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BANGALORE, (Reuters) – The second and final test  between India and Australia was heading for a gripping climax after bowlers dominated the fourth day yesterday.

Former West Indies fast bowlers Colin Stuart and Reon King are among five Guyanese attending the West Indies Cricket Board Umpires and Match Referees workshops which began Monday in Jamaica.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – India left Sachin Tendulkar,  Virender Sehwag and five other frontline players out of the squad for the three-match one-day series against Australia.

Front runner Sham Khan will be looking to extend his lead when the fifth round of the Sasha Cells national Junior Chess Championships takes place today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club on Hadfield Street from 5pm.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)  has asked one-day captain Shahid Aridi to avoid making critical comments on selection issues after he told the Express television channel he had not been given two or three players he  wanted for a forthcoming series against South Africa.

Today¡¯s scheduled Ordinary General Meeting of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has been postponed.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Commonwealth Games women’s 100  metres gold medallist Osayemi Oludamola has been suspended after  testing positive for a banned stimulant, Games Federation chief  Mike Fennell said yesterday.

The local rugby team lost all three of their matches  on the first day of the rugby competition at the XIX Commonwealth Games currently underway in New Delhi, India at Delhi University.

Richard Ishmael Secondary School yesterday retained their title as Zone One Champions of the Inter-Schools Championships of the North Georgetown District.

NEW DELHI, India,  CMC – Cydonie Mothersill won Cayman Islands’ first gold medal at a Commonwealth Games when she captured the women’s 200 metres yesterday.

Ravens Basketball Club doubled its championship title holdings in the Pepsi Street Playoff Series when they won the Series’ Open Division final a night after their Division Three team bagged the top spot in that competition.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC – Barbados finished seventh in the netball competition at the 19th Commonwealth Games here after their stormed back from an early deficit to post a narrow 60-59 win over rival Trinidad and Tobago yesterday.

Kingston, Jamaica – Due to persistent rains in Jamaica over the past two weeks the West Indies Cricket Board, on the advice of the Jamaica Cricket Association, has moved the first two matches of the WICB Regional 50 Over Tournament scheduled for Chedwin Park to Kensington Park in Kingston.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – St Kitts and Nevis and hosts St Vincent and the Grenadines advanced to the second round of the Digicel Caribbean Cup following a dramatic last series of first round, Group B qualifying matches on Sunday night.

Carlos Adams returned to the winner’s row when he captured the Prabudial “Speedy” Ramdial Memorial Medal Play tournament last Saturday at the Lusignan golf Club.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Krishna Poonia ended India’s  52-year wait for a Commonwealth Games gold medal when she led  the home nation in a clean sweep of the women’s discus yesterday.

Tutorial High and Queenstown Secondary Schools each rode away with seven wins in the cycling events of the East Georgetown Inter-School Championships held last week around the inner circuit of the National Park.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – The Bangladesh spinners tied New  Zealand in knots to set up a crushing seven-wicket victory for  the hosts in the third one-day international yesterday.

The stands of the Tucville Playfield which have been home to football fans for several years will undergo refurbishing ahead of the annual Fruta Conquerors organized NAMILCO Football Festival which begins later this month.

-Guyana finishes second Jamaica’s Reggae Boys junior squad continued their terrific run to win Group C of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) under-20 World Cup qualifiers and advance to the CONCACAF qualifiers when they defeated host, Guyana at the Guyana National Stadium last night.