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Over the past year lawn tennis has slowly been moving into the limelight with the GLTA taking steps to broaden junior players’ experience through participation in international tournaments and by introducing the sport in schools to scout up and coming talent.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis defied medical  advice to score a magnificent century which put South Africa in  position to win the deciding third test against India yesterday.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Kieron Pollard smashed a typically explosive half-century but it was not enough to save South Australia from a 21-run loss to New South Wales in their opening game of the Twenty20 Big Bash on Tuesday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A dominant Alastair Cook scored   189 and Ian Bell his first century against Australia as   England took a commanding first innings lead of 208 at the   close of play on the third day of the fifth Ashes test yesterday.

(BBC) Australia captain Michael Clarke has rejected claims that team-mate Phillip Hughes attempted to cheat Alastair Cook in the final Ashes Test in Sydney.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Windward Islands manager Lockhart Sebastien has warned rivals that his side is fit and focussed, and will be difficult to beat in the upcoming Caribbean Twenty20 Championship.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies A batsman Danza Hyatt hinted at a full recovery from injury with a cracking half-century, as he tuned up for next week’s start of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea’s hopes of retaining the  Premier League title looked forlorn and Carlo Ancelotti’s future  equally bleak yesterday as the champions’ fall from grace  continued with a 1-0 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The New York Knicks had too   much firepower for San Antonio on Tuesday and continued their   high-scoring antics with a crushing 128-115 victory over the   NBA-leading Spurs.

Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) president Trevor Rose said elections are the first priority on the agenda at the AGM set for this week.

With the eagerly-anticipated Caribbean Twenty20 championship only five days away, the Guyana national team is gearing up for a successful title defence having resumed training sessions on Monday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England rode their luck through   a rocky afternoon spell to reach 167-3 in their first innings  at the close of play on the second day of a well-balanced  fifth Ashes test yesterday after dismissing Australia for 280.

The national selection panel headed by Dudnath Ramkessoon is hoping that Trinidad & Tobago captain Daren Ganga shows the form of old and get T&T the T20 cricket title later this month with both runs and leadership.

President of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) Azim Bassarath says that Guyana is a very focussed team and one to watch in the upcoming regional T20 cricket series.

TORONTO, Canada, CMC – Canada coach Pubudoo Dassanayake is confident his side can spring an upset in this year’s edition of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship which bowls off in Antigua next Monday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaican sprint wizard Usain Bolt says he has resumed training and is already eyeing the defence of his titles at the World Championships in South Korea this August.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Teenaged batsman Rakheem Cornwall is the lone newcomer in a Leeward Islands 14-man squad named yesterday for the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship starting next week but selectors have made several bold changes.

Having foreign teams play in the regional T20 cricket series will maximise the earning potential for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) as it relates to television rights, Corporate Communications Officer of the WICB Imran Khan says.

Former government minister Manohar Ramsaran on Monday took up office as the Administrative Manager of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board which has its  headquarters at Balmain in Couva.

Attention to India’s spinners when their series bowls off here next week.