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The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has postponed its annual athletics championships for the third time in three weeks, attributing the postponement to the wet condition of the ground.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Usain Bolt fired up a cool evening at London’s Olympic Stadium as only he can when he retained his 100 metres title with a thrilling reassertion of his status as the world’s supreme sprinter yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell Carlton Wheelers Cycle Club rider Robin Persaud made it two in a row yesterday by speeding off with the winner’s trophy of the eighth annual Reagan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile cycle road race.

This year’s Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) overall winner Kerwin Clarke will spearhead a team of bodybuilders to compete at the 40th annual Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships next month in Puerto Rico.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of Jamaicans who braved the wind and heavy rain to watch outdoor screenings of the Olympic 100 meters final  yesterday, erupted in wild celebration, blowing horns, banging pots and pans and waving flags, as their star sprinter Usain ‘Lightning’ Bolt retained his title.

LONDON,  CMC – Grenadian Kirani James came one step closer to adding an Olympic gold medal to his World title when he clocked a season-best time to win his semi-final and surge into the final of the men’s 400 metres at the 30th Olympiad here yesterday.

The Hikers Hockey Club’s fourth annual junior hockey camp begins today and ends August 18.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Lanky pacer Christopher Powell grabbed a five-wicket haul as defending champion Jamaica put the choke on Barbados on the first day of the third series of matches in the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship here yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A man was arrested for throwing a plastic bottle at Usain Bolt and the seven other competitors just before the start of the 100 metres final at the Olympics yesterday, London’s Metropolitan Police said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Typically stoic batting from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and a career-best knock from Kemar Roach allowed West Indies to formalise a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in the second Test yesterday here.

BLACK ROCK, Barbados, CMC – Windward Islands enjoyed the better of the exchanges on the opening day of their third round Regional Under-19 three-day Championship clash with Leeward Islands here yesterday.

LEEDS, England,  (Reuters) – England failed to make a breakthrough before rain forced the abandonment of play at 1715 (1615 GMT) on the fourth day of the second test at Headingley yesterday as South Africa reached 39 without loss in their second innings.

PINE BASIN, Barbados,  CMC – Opening batsman Jeremy Solozano slammed an unbeaten century to lead a Trinidad and Tobago assault on Guyana’s bowling on the first day of their Regional Under-19 three-day Champion third round match here  yesterday.

From Orin Gordon in London Aliann Pompey was apologetic. “I got your message,” she told me as she came off the track in her last race for Guyana at an Olympic Games.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Marlon Samuels defied a dropped chance and the “distraction” of the women’s Olympic 100 metres final being shown in the ground to score a pivotal 52 that fortified West Indies’ bid for a series-clinching victory over New Zealand in the second Test here yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Three athletics golds crowned host nation Britain’s best Olympic day for over a century after the greatest swimmer of all time bowed out on a high by winning yesterday’s last pool race of the Games.

With West Indian attention firmly set on London and our special stars at the Olympics on track and in pool, a breathtaking individual performance in the team discipline that first established the region’s sporting excellence passed on Friday at a hallowed Caribbean cricket venue without the acclaim it truly deserved.

By Yonalla Dalrymple The Goodwill draughts series between Guyana and Suriname got underway on Friday evening with the opening ceremony at the Providence National Stadium with Guyana’s Director of Sports Neil Kumar declaring the tournament open.

Says Iva Wharton Mention the name Colin France and the image of a table tennis ball readily springs to mind.

LONDON,  CMC – St Kitts and Nevis’ most decorated athlete Kim Collins was  yesterday barred from competing in the men’s Olympic 100 metres for breaching team rules and says his career for the tiny Caribbean country could now be over.