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CLEVELAND,  (Reuters) – LeBron James sparked a  game-deciding third quarter run as the Cleveland Cavaliers  crushed the Houston Rockets 108-83 for their fourth consecutive  win on Sunday.

– Kashif and Shanghai semi-final action tonight As the race for football’s `Holy Grail’ nears its climax the Guyana National Stadium at Providence will take centre stage with tonight’s semi-finals of the 20th Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament.

– Western Tigers eliminate Linden’s last hope Topp XX Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United and BK International Western Tigers booked the last two semi-final spots in the 20th Anniversary Kashif and Shanghai Tournament after defeating their opponents in the quarter-final round on Saturday night.

By Orin Davidson Christmas  brings  much goodwill, but the endless stream of plaudits being showered on the West Indies team after their losing Test tour of Australia is becoming  grossly overdone.

It is just over two months since the election of a new executive for the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association, with me almost thoughtlessly accepting responsibility for its leadership.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies Under-19 coach Andre Coley believes the desire for unprecedented success should be a huge motivation for his side heading to next month’s ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.

(Fightnews) It appears the Floyd Mayweather Camp is open to a compromise on their demands on blood testing.

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, (Reuters) – The Atlanta Hawks  finished their four-game road trip with a comfortable 110-98  victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday.

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Colossal Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has topped Argentina’s football superstar Lionel Messi in the poll for the best Latin American and Caribbean male athlete in 2009, the Cuba-based news agency Prensa Latina has reported.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The fifth and final one-day  international between Sri Lanka and India was abandoned after  23.3 overs yesterday due to a dangerous pitch at the Feroz Shah  Kotla stadium.

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Andrew Strauss  scored a combative half-century as England reached 103 for one  when bad light ended play on the second day of the second test  against South Africa at Kingsmead yesterday.

(BBC)  Nathan Hauritz starred as Australia dominated on day two of the first Test in Melbourne to leave Pakistan struggling to avoid the follow-on.

By Rawle Toney Defending champions Pele came from behind to inflict a painful 2-1 win over the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in the second game of the Kashif and Shanghai Christmas Day double header at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

President of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA), Christopher Ram, has outlined a 10-point plan while calling for government support in an effort to move the sport forward.

By Marlon Munroe For the past year, Vishal ‘Cheesy’ Singh and Rajendra ‘Rahul’ Chandrika have been doing what they know best – making runs at all levels of Guyana’s cricket.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will tonight play host to a night of reflection and remembrance in honor of Colin Wiltshire, the former British Guiana opening batsman who died last week.

Pink balls, playing at nights under lights and, according to chief executive, Ernest Hilaire, “a cricket festival atmosphere.”

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board chief executive, Ernest Hilaire has chided players union president, Dinanath Ramnarine over his public criticism of the shortened regional first class season, and says the Board had taken a financially prudent decision in cutting back on the number of matches in next year’s championship.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Roberto Mancini marked his first  game in charge of Premier League side Manchester City with a 2-0  home win over Stoke City yesterday.

(BBC) Australia’s openers both narrowly missed out on centuries but gave their side a strong start in the first Test against Pakistan in Melbourne yesterday.