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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies will face Kenya and Sri Lanka in Colombo next February, in official warm-up matches for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Ricky Ponting has revealed details of a “bruising” argument between Australia’s past and present players over safety concerns in the lead up to this year’s IPL.

GATINEAU, Canada, – St Lucia are on the verge of finishing the men’s junior NORCECA Championship winless, after another straight sets whipping by Martinique in their penultimate match on Friday.

MASON, Ohio, (Reuters) – World number two Roger  Federer comfortably beat Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-4 6-3 yesterday to set up a meeting with American Mardy Fish in the  final of the Cincinnati Masters.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Nevis turned in a dominant performance, hammering Antigua and Barbuda by 122 runs to open the St Kitts Under-13 tournament on a high yesterday.

(BBC) Pakistan captain Salman Butt hailed his side’s character after they survived a final session wobble yesterday at The Oval to give them hope of rescuing the series.

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Arjun Atwal  is on the verge of becoming the first player from India to win  on the PGA Tour after racing three shots clear of the field in  the Greensboro Classic third round yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Juan Martin  Del Potro will be unable to defend his title this month, having  failed to recover from a wrist injury which has kept him out  since January.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC –  Former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell has called an end to his 2010 season, joining his more celebrated Jamaican compatriot Usain Bolt on the sidelines.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s cricket team has  offered to tour Pakistan to raise funds for the victims of the  country’s massive floods, despite the suspension of foreign  visits following a militant attack last year.

Cozier on Sunday There was a time when, for good reason, English county cricket attracted close attention throughout the Caribbean.

(BBC) Andy Murray battled hard but succumbed to American Mardy Fish 6-7 (7-9) 6-1 7-6 (7-5) in intense heat in the last eight of the Cincinnati Masters yesterday.

By Tamica Garnett Swimming clubs are now looking beyond the erection of the 50-metre Olympic-size swimming pool at Liliendaal and their concern is over the scheduled time that will be allotted the various clubs for use of the facility when it is opened.

By Floyd Christie In their first game against the senior national basketball team since 2007, the Washington DC Jammers basketball team outclassed the locals in Game One of the three-game series for the Godwin McPherson Memorial Trophy, Thursday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

LONDON, England, CMC – Veteran West Indies batsman Shiv Chanderpaul lashed his second century in four games for Lancashire to keep them in line for a victory while ex-Test seamer Corey Collymore’s four-wicket haul spurred Sussex to an innings triumph yesterday.

The national men’s and veterans’ squash teams began the team championships of the National Lotteries Authority Caribbean Squash Championships in St Vincent and the Grenadines on Wednesday on a losing note going under to Barbados and the Cayman Islands respectively.

(BBC) Lewis Hamilton lost his championship lead to Red Bull’s Mark Webber at the last race in Hungary but the McLaren driver is four points back with seven races left.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams has pulled out  of the U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan transformed the course of the third test against England at the Oval yesterday in a spectacular passage of play immediately after the tea interval on the third day.

Alpha United head coach Wayne ‘Wiggy’ Dover is concerned that the team is not in top form despite the Inter-Guiana Football Cup being just about a week away.