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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The sorry campaigns of the Leeward Islands and Canada came to equally dismal ends here yesterday, when their final game of the Caribbean Twenty20 Trophy was rained out at the Queen’s Park Oval.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s San Juan Jabloteh conceded a late goal to lose their opening encounter of the CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round against Santos of Mexico on Tuesday night.

(BBC) Captain Andrew Strauss insists England will not be distracted by the upcoming Ashes when they begin their Test series against Pakistan today.

(BBC) Essex have signed West Indies international Dwayne Bravo for their T20 squad ahead of the finals.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar once again  came to his country’s rescue and raised hopes of salvaging the  second test yesterday after Sri Lankan spinners wreaked havoc  by claiming four wickets to hinder India’s fightback.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – With LeBron James, Dwyane  Wade and Chris Bosh focused on building their own NBA Dream  Team in Miami, USA Basketball unveiled a Plan B line-up yesterday for next month’s world championships.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Former Australia captain  Steve Waugh tipped Graeme Swann, Ajantha Mendis and Harbhajan  Singh to fill the void left by the retirement of spin bowling’s  golden generation.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – In the searing Georgia sun,  American Justin Gatlin works alone on resurrecting a sprinting  career cast into limbo by a four-year doping ban.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – Triple Olympic champion Usain  Bolt and top sprint rivals Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell will meet  for the first time this year in a 100 metres showdown at the  Stockholm Diamond League meeting next week.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Seven-time world champion  Manny Pacquiao made a vow to improve life in his poor southern  hometown and to help the Philippines win a first Olympic gold  medal in his maiden speech as a lawmaker in Congress.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – Professional golfer Tiger Woods has been off his game since his extramarital affairs were  exposed last year, but he’s still the world’s highest earning  athlete, according to 2010 rankings released yesterday.

-Guyana’s women rubgy team in last gasp victory over T/dad By Floyd Christie It was described by International Rugby Board (iRB) Regional General Manager, Tom Jones as the best game of rugby he has seen in years.

-Adam Harris, Prowell also eliminated from 200m Guyana’s Aliann Pompey failed to land a second medal after placing sixth in the women’s 200m final at the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico yesterday.

By Tamica Garnett Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday declared that construction work of the Olympic-size swimming pool at Liliendaal has been “making steady progress.”

– Captain Shemaine Campbelle By Marlon Munroe National women’s cricket captain Shemaine Campbelle is soft spoken but very competitive and as rounded and gifted as most in the sport and she sets a high standard for her other teammates to follow.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Manager Dave Small has hailed the character of the Barbados Under-17 side after they overcame several challenges to advance in the Caribbean Football Union Youth Cup last weekend.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – For former world and Olympic  heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft, scraping into the European  championship long jump final as the last qualifier yesterday  was a huge achievement.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Diego Maradona’s stormy  spell as Argentina coach came to an end yesterday when the  Argentine Football Association (AFA) voted unanimously not to  renew his contract.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Three decades after winning  the first of nine Olympic medals, the remarkably  youthful-looking Merlene Ottey has no intention of discarding  her running shoes.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies cricket chief Julian Hunte has lauded the Windward Islands’ historic capture of the regional Under-19 Challenge title on Monday.