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A former national champion believes the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is on the right track with its Junior Development Programme.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rahul Dravid ensured India  avoided the follow-on in the first test against dominant England  at Lord’s yesterday with an unbeaten 103 after Sachin  Tendulkar had again fallen cheaply at world cricket’s  headquarters.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A controversial advertisement  in which India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni ridiculed team mate  Harbhajan Singh has been yanked from the air, the alcohol  company which ran the ad has said.

GRENOBLE, France, (Reuters) – They came to win the  Tour de France but the Schleck brothers were still happy to  settle for less after being humbled by Cadel Evans in yesterday’s  final time trial.

NUERBURGRING, Germany, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton  was almost speechless yesterday after producing a stunning lap  to bounce Sebastian Vettel off the front row at the German’s  home Grand Prix.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Swede Alexander Noren was  unstoppable yesterday as he fired a course record nine-under  63 to charge into an 11-shot lead after the Scandinavian Masters  third round.

LA PLATA, (Reuters) – Striker Paolo Guerrero scored  a hat-trick as Peru crushed 10-man Venezuela 4-1 to take third  place at the Copa America yesterday.

MONACO, (Reuters) – World and Olympic champion Usain  Bolt needed a late surge to narrowly beat fellow Jamaican Nesta  Carter in the 100 metres with his season’s best time of 9.88  seconds at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.

The various winners of the recently concluded Rite Care Pharmacy Schools Table Tennis competition in Linden were on Thursday presented with their trophies by proprietor Dennis Muhammed.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Discarded West Indies left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn has been named in the Georgetown Pitbulls squad for next month’s Jam Zone Masters Cup Twenty20 tournament.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A wet outfield has forced the abandonment of play on the second day of the second round, WICB Regional Under-19 Championship match between Barbados and Leeward Islands at Demerara Cricket Club yesterday.

During the 75-year Test history at the famous GCC Ground, Bourda from 1930-2005, it was common trend to see many of the 31 Test matches at the venue interrupted by heavenly downpours.

Part of the Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United Football Club departs today for Costa Rica where they are scheduled to play Club Sport Herediano in the preliminary round of the CONCACAF Champions League tournament on July 26.

Newly crowned Caribbean girls’ Under-19 champion Keisha Jeffrey and her sister, Kayla, got off to good starts on Wednesday when they both racked up wins in the first round of the of the World Women’s Junior Squash Championships currently ongoing at the Harvard University, Boston, USA.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Heavy rain has forced the abandonment of the first day of the second round match in the WICB Regional Under-19 Championship between Barbados and Leeward Islands at

A lion-hearted effort from Windward Islands fast bowler Ray Jordan gave the defending champions a share of the spoils on a rain-affected opening day of their second round match of the 2011 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional under-19 tournament, at Providence yesterday.

National 400 metres junior champion Stephan James placed sixth in the 400-metre final at the ongoing Pan American Junior Championships yesterday in Miami, Florida while Iana Amsterdam failed to show up to participate in her events.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen struck the India  bowlers to all parts of Lord’s  yesterday during a majestic  unbeaten innings of 202 on a sun-dappled second day of the first  test.

L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France, (Reuters) – Luxembourg’s Andy  Schleck seized the Tour de France yellow jersey with two days  remaining as 2010 champion Alberto Contador restored his pride  with a relentless day of attacks on the mountainous 19th stage  to l’Alpe d’Huez yesterday.

Over 100 horses have been registered for the Digicel Horse Race Classic at the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club tomorrow at Bel Air No.