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KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Rain and Rubens  Barrichello will be Jenson Button’s main concerns this weekend  when the Briton returns as championship leader to the scene of  his first Formula One podium.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – World number one Rafael Nadal  needed two tie-breaks to outlast Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 7-6 at  the Sony Ericsson Open on Tuesday, the Spaniard’s win  completing an ominous march into the quarter-finals for the top  seeds.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – China should build a cricket  stadium so it can host international tournaments and offer a  neutral venue for Pakistan to stage their matches, former  Pakistan captain Javed Miandad said yesterday.

(Cricinfo) The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) has dismissed a proposed settlement from the West Indies Cricket Board as a “position paper”, meaning that a further round of negotiations will be necessary before the threat of strike action in the fifth and final ODI against England can be entirely dismissed.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Daniel Flynn and Tim Southee have been recalled to the New Zealand squad for the third and final test against India.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s Kevin Pietersen and  Andrew Flintoff will be fit for Friday’s decisive Fifth One-Day  International against West Indies in St Lucia.

(BBC) Kevin Pietersen has said he would not go on another extended England tour like the one in West Indies, without his wife, singer Jessica Taylor.

With the Guyana under-15 team set to depart these shores shortly for neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago where they will compete in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/Clico-sponsored Regional under-15 tournament, Stabroek Sport brings you a Who’s who of the team.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – National coach Gus Logie has told his players to remain focused ahead of their opening World Cup qualifier against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at Potchefstroom University today.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – Twelve teams will clash over the next 19 days as they chase four spots up for grabs at the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica ’s coach Junior Bennett yesterday identified team spirit and physical fitness as key areas in his side’s capture of the WICB Regional Four-day championship title.

The Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) answered the call of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) Blood bank plea, when three of their executives donated blood to the entity on Monday.

MHS aiming to make clean sweep again By Rawle Toney The 5th Annual Victory Valley Royals Basketball Tournament will officially bounce off today in Linden at the MacKenzie Sports Club hard court and the tournament’s defending champions, MacKenzie High School (MHS) is making it clear that they’re serious about winning again.

Seventeen-year-old Vijay Rahim of Hardcore Gym lifted his way to three national records and the best lifter title when the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) held its 2009 National Novices Competition at  Club Blue Note last Sunday.

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Australia will  look to take advantage of the absence of experienced South  Africa all- rounder Jacques Kallis when the teams begin their  five-match one-day series today.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and its Windies Sports Bar first division team bade  an emotional and heartfelt farewell last Sunday to long standing sponsor and honorary member  David Burgess.

`I’m a old man so I’ll looking to finish things early’- Eastman By Rawle Toney On April 25 national Middleweight champion and world renowned Howard “Battersea Bomber” Eastman will match gloves with Lennox “Too Sharp” Allen at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall for the vacant super middleweight title of Guyana.

Fruta Conquerors and Alpha United both recorded their second wins of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Banks Premium Beer Knockout Tournament at the Tucville Playfield Sunday to enter the semi-final round.

Hemant Narine, on the comeback trail, turned back a strong challenge from his opponents to win the GNRA .22 LR Precision Pistol Shoot last Saturday at Eve Leary ranges.

Following a three-and-a-half-hour practice session at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC)  ground yesterday, the junior selection panel of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has short-listed a 34- man squad for two 40 overs-a-side trial matches.