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MARINGA, Brazil, CMC – World and Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion Melaine Walker tasted defeat as Caribbean athletes struggled at the Grande Prêmio Caixa Maringá de Atletismo held on Sunday.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)  has recalled players Fawad Alam and Abdul Rauf from Australia to  reduce the size of the touring squad, officials said in a  statement yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Hopes of salvaging the hotly anticipated fight between Manny Pacquiao and American  Floyd Mayweather Jr.

(Jamaica Gleaner) It seems unlikely that the ill-fated Caribbean Games will be staged before 2013, as organisers compete with a congested international sporting calendar to find a suitable date for the staging of the multi-sport event.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe  Mortaza has been ruled out of next month’s home tri-series  against India and Sri Lanka after failing a fitness test, the  Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – AT&T Inc said yesterday it  was terminating its sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods,  joining the list of companies that have distanced themselves  from the top golfer in the wake of a sex scandal.

(BBC) The England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed it will allow bowling coach Ottis Gibson to explore the vacant head coach position with West Indies.

CLEVELAND,  (Reuters) – LeBron James would not let  the Atlanta Hawks spoil his 25th birthday, scoring a  season-best 48 points to rally the Cleveland Cavaliers to a  106-101 victory on Wednesday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal believes he is ready  for the start of the 2010 tennis season despite having had a  relatively short time to prepare.

By Marlon Munroe West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) CEO Dr. Ernest Hilaire is urging the Guyana Cricket Board to prepare itself for a rapidly changing cricket landscape which will force it to find new ways of operating.

By Rawle Toney The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation said yesterday it will desist from announcing cash incentive prizes to teams over its public address system in keeping with a decision by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

PERTH, Australia,  CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle has been cleared of serious injury and is expected to return to Australia’s Big Bash Twenty20 tournament next week for his team Western Australia Warriors.

By Marlon Munroe West Indies middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan was named Cricketer-of-the-Year on Tuesday evening when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) hosted its annual awards presentation ceremony at the Umana Yana in Kingston.

BROOKLYN, New York, CMC – Popular United States-based Caribbean publication Everybody’s Magazine has named Jamaica’s sprint superstar Usain Bolt as its “Person of the Year.”

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Manchester United and Arsenal  closed the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea with classy,  one-sided wins over struggling Wigan Athletic and Portsmouth yesterday.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers used stingy defense and a fourth quarter burst to beat the Atlanta Hawks 95-84 on Tuesday and post their fifth straight win.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Shawn Findlay stroked a top score of 78 and led a trio of batsmen getting half centuries on Tuesday’s second day of Jamaica’s last practice match ahead of the 2010 West Indies first-class season.

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Graeme Swann and  Stuart Broad bowled South Africa out for 133 as England  completed victory by an innings and 98 runs on the fifth day of  the second test at Kingsmead yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The South team’s Sherwin Ganga and his Northern counterpart Daron Cruikshank hit contrasting centuries Tuesday to set up an exciting finale in the annual Gerry Gomez Classic at the Queen’s Park Oval.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Ousted General Secretary of the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) Forbes Persaud has had his contract as Chief Executive Officer terminated by the new executive.