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(Reuters) – Attacking the Indian spinners is the best possible way to survive against them, according to New Zealand captain Ross Taylor.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Single amputee Jerome Singleton studied physics so he could learn how to master the use of his prosthetic leg, having been born without a fibula.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Troubled Birmingham City striker Marlon King has been left out of a 24-man squad for Jamaica’s CONCACAF World Cup qualifying tie against United States starting next week.

Spectacular is certainly not the most appropriate adjective to describe Guyana’s performance at the recent London 2012 Olympic Games where Guyana was represented by six athletes competing in three sports disciplines.

By Neil Barry Transport Sports Club’s (TSC) captain Joshua Ram fell nine runs short of what would have been a well-deserved century as his side defeated Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) by 101 runs yesterday to reach the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Brainstreet Under-15 final.

National cyclist Alonzo Greaves along with his fellow Roraima Bikers Club (RBC) mates departed Guyana

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Last year’s hosts Martinique will help to launch the Caribbean Football Union’s Caribbean Cup when they face British Virgin Islands in Group 3 action starting next Wednesday.

By Neil Barry The David Persaud Investments Cup Under 19 semi-finals will be played today at the Malteenoes Sports Club and the Georgetown Cricket Club grounds.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Windward Islands conjured up an remarkable performance to whip Leeward Islands by six wickets and snatch the Regional Under-19 one-day title here yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago maintained their supremacy over Jamaica in twenty20 cricket after defeating them by six wickets to clinch the T20 for 50 Cricket Festival at Queen’s Park Oval over the weekend.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic and three-times winner Serena Williams each dropped just two games against bewildered opponents at the U.S.

After a lengthy break due to the inclement weather, the Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB) 2012 cricket season restarts today when arch rivals Albion Community Centre and Rose Hall Town Bakewell clash in the final of the Leslie Amsterdam Memorial/Memorex Under 17 competition.

Reuters) – Wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking and South Africa’s ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius were among the luminaries on hand for the opening on Wednesday night of the biggest Paralympics in the 11-day competition’s history.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French steeplechaser Nour-Eddine Gezzar has been banned for 10 years after a second positive drugs test, the French athletics federation said in a statement on Tuesday.

New York,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams survived a rare bad day on the courts as she beat Spain’s Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez to secure a spot in the third round of the U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The top guns at the U.S. Open encountered little resistance once again at the U.S.

SHARJAH,  – Australia’s fast bowlers, led by man of the match Mitchell Starc, narrowly outshone Pakistan’s spinners as Michael Clarke’s side edged to a four-wicket win in the opening one-day international of their three-match series in Sharjah.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss, who oversaw back-to-back Ashes wins over Australia and took the team to the top of the test rankings, announced his retirement from professional cricket yesterday.

(Reuters) – England spinner Graeme Swann will be rested for the remaining one-day internationals against South Africa, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

By Emmerson Campell The five-fight all-pro card dubbed ‘Redemption’ which was scheduled to box off on September 8 at the Banks DIH Thirst Park Ground has been rescheduled to October 27 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).