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LONDON,  (Reuters) – Usain Bolt’s achievements are so extraordinary that the Jamaican’s sensational 9.76 seconds 100 metres victory in Rome on Thursday was greeted as a mere “return to form” after his sluggish outing in Ostrava last week.

LEICESTER, England,  CMC – Guyanese left-hander Assad Fudadin says he is hoping to rekindle his love affair with England once he get a look-in during the ongoing series.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka produced an exceptional bowling and fielding display to beat Pakistan by 37 runs yesterday in the first of two Twenty20 internationals.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association has shortlisted a squad in preparation for the 17th Caribbean Junior Cadet tournament scheduled for Jamaica from July 20th to 25th.

In a field of 125 starters, outstanding team work earned Guyana two spots on the podium on Monday, Memorial Day, in the United States at the 69th Annual Tour of Somerville in Somerset County, New Jersey.

Tonight’s Guinness Greatest of the Streets Exhibition Competition matches will now kick off  at the new Albouystown Basketball Court after being re-scheduled from the Burnham Court because of inclement weather.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The ICC Cricket Committee has decided to keep the controversial Duckworth Lewis method for calculating one-day targets when weather intervenes while making minor changes in other areas of the game, the sport’s governing body said yesterday.

(WICB) Leicester, England – Ottis Gibson said West Indies will be looking to regain their confidence, when they face Leicestershire in a two-day, tour match, starting today here.

HOENDERLOO, Netherlands, (Reuters) – Netherlands playmaker Wesley Sneijder believes Euro 2012 will be more difficult to win than the World Cup, where the Dutch finished as runners-up two years ago.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Would you bet on Queen Elizabeth lighting the Olympic flame?

LONDON, (Reuters) – England will start their defence of the Ashes against Australia at Trent Bridge in July next year with Durham hosting a test in the series for the first time, the England and Wales Cricket Board said yesterday.

By Iva Wharton The after-school female basketball programme is seen as the nursery of female basketball in Guyana and it has attracted girls from various schools in the city, who are said to be improving “leaps and bounds”.

The inner circuit of the National Park will become a cycling speedway today when national cycling coach Hassan Mohamed and Banks DIH Limited under the Powerade energy drink brand team up to host an 11-race youth cycle programme.

Wakapau Secondary stands a good chance in the Digicel Schools Football tournament, according to Teacher/Manager Kapil Singh.

Narayan Ramdhani emerged the top male junior player and Greer Jackson the top female junior player at the National Sports Commission (NSC) Independence Junior Badminton Tournament which concluded on Monday at the Queen’s College Badminton Courts.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic faced fired-up Frenchmen and partisan crowds at Roland Garros yesterday, and took differing routes to negotiate safely past them into the fourth round of the grand slam.

ROME, Italy,  CMC – Reigning double Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt silenced his detractors yesterday, storming to a world-leading 9.76 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Rome Diamond League.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine has described his unexpected call up for the Test tour of England as a dream come true.

By Emmerson Campbell It will be youth versus experience tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when undefeated CABOFE welterweight champion Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy matches gloves with former European middleweight champion Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman.

(WICB) Leicester, England – Assad Fudadin said his first trip overseas with the West Indies team has been an eye-opening experience.