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KANDY, (Reuters) – India fast bowler Irfan Pathan’s second five-wicket haul helped his team beat Sri Lanka by 20 runs in the fifth and final one-day international at Pallekele yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen led an England counter-attack with a scintillating unbeaten century to lift his side to 351 for five on the third day of the second test against South Africa  yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Narsingh Deonarine gave West Indies a boost with two late wickets, after Marlon Samuels emphasised his batting rebirth with a fourth Test hundred in the face of a batting meltdown, which allowed New Zealand to nose ahead in the second Test yesterday here.

From Orin Gordon in London Now it gets serious. For Aliann Pompey and Team Guyana, for whom all three track athletes compete at the London Olympic stadium today.

Guyana’s most recent record holder is ready to swoosh to another big mark.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Narsingh Deonarine gave West Indies a boost with two late wickets, after Marlon Samuels emphasised his batting rebirth with a fourth Test hundred in the face of a batting meltdown, which allowed New Zealand to nose ahead in the second Test yesterday here.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba powered away from two Kenyan rivals to capture the first track gold of the London Olympics in the women’s 10,000 metres  yesterday, while three wins in the pool propelled the United States to the top of the medals table.

The inaugural National Fitness Week which was launched yesterday in the boardroom of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport aims to raise healthy and fitness lifestyle awareness countrywide.

Twenty-five year-old Plaisance native Winston George will be taking to the track in a matter of hours to run the race at his life at the Olympic Stadium of the London 2012 Olympic Games in the first round of the men’s 400m race.

National chess champion Taffin Khan has opened up a lead of 10 points over his nearest rival following play Wednesday in the fourth round of the inaugural Red Cherry ladder tournament at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club on Hadfield Street.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Heavy rain here yesterday resulted in the abandonment of the final day of the second round of matches in the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship.

The third annual Mark Sutton Memorial football tournament is set to conclude tomorrow at the Melanie Playfield.

The eighth annual Regan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile cycle road race will pedal off tomorrow at 09:00hrs.

Sophighters Youth Group of North Sophia will stage a five-s-side football competition tomorrow at the North Sophia Entrance, Pike Street.

The two-day clinic organized by the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) for fast bowlers and spinners will conclude today.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Kemar Roach underlined his role of strike bowler for West Indies with another telling bowling performance, helping to demolish New Zealand’s fragile batting in the second Test yesterday here.

Eight-time Caribbean Squash Champions, team Guyana has returned with the Caribbean Girls championship title, overall championship title and third place title in the boys championship.

LONDON,  CMC – The much anticipated track and field segment of the London Olympics runs off today with the first round of the women’s 100m expected to be the highlight, but with most waiting with baited breaths for the showdown between Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake later in the weekend.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Michael Phelps became the first male swimmer to win the same event at three successive Olympics when he clinched the men’s 200 metres individual medley gold medal at the London Games yesterday.

The Inter-Ministries/Corporation seven-a-side football tournament which was scheduled to have its semi-finals and finals played last Sunday at the Banks DIH Thirst Park Ground has to be rescheduled  due to inclement weather.