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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – After an extended period out of Test cricket, energetic all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says he is keen on regaining his spot in the West Indies side for the game longest version.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Brick by brick, Andy Murray chiselled his way through a Spanish wall to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals while Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic simply demolished outclassed opponents yesterday to set up a mouth-watering first meeting on grass.

Michael `Pimsy’ Vieira on Monday looped and smashed his way to  titles when the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) staged its multi-category Veterans tournament at the National Gymnasium.

By Iva Wharton As expected, frontrunners the Guyana Defence Force Sunday night clinched the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks DIH Limited-sponsored President’s Beer football league when the defeated hosts Georgetown Football Club (GFC) 3-1 at the GFC ground.

If Kadecia Baird and Sheniece Daphness had been running for elected office, they surely would’ve been buoyed by the lobbying of a diplomat who knows a bit about running a government office.

By Yonalla Dalrymple Queen’s College carted off two titles to be the most outstanding school when the Business School sponsored tournament ended on Monday at the National Gymnasium.

By Emmerson Campbell Most sportsmen and women the world over are rewarded for their record-breaking feats and other outstanding performances whenever the represent the land of their birth.

Even though she has nothing to prove and has already won several national titles over the years, world ranked squash star Nicolette Fernandes is pumped and ready to take on the local competition at the Digicel National Senior Squash Championships which serves off this evening.

By Iva Wharton It went down to the wire, but Tutorial High School nevertheless prevailed and were crowned Regional 6 Champions.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida,  CMC – Dr. Ernest Hilare, the outspoken and often controversial Chief Executive Officer of West Indies cricket, is leaving the job.

By Treiston Joseph It was not to be third time lucky for the Brooklyn Bulldogs who went under without a whimper 60-84 to the Washington DC jammers basketball team at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Monday night.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Though better known for his fiery fast bowling, Tino Best believes he has more to offer the West Indies with the bat.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago,  CMC – Tagenarine Chanderpaul, the son of Test star Shivnarine Chanderpaul, gathered a half-century as Guyana beat Barbados in the second round of the WICB Under-17 Championship here yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scenting a fifth Wimbledon singles title, grasscourt predator Serena Williams mowed down defending champion Petra Kvitova to move ominously into the semi-finals for the eighth time  yesterday as the championships again battled the elements.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka duo Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara shared a double-century partnership before Pakistan hit back by grabbing three late wickets on the fourth day of the second test   yesterday.

(Reuters) – Injury-prone paceman Mark Gillespie has been ruled out of New Zealand’s two-test series in West Indies after failing to recover from an ankle injury, the country’s cricket board (NZC) said  yesterday.

Twenty-five year old police officer Winston George is literally counting the days to the moment when he will be able to realize the dream of nearly every track and field athlete; that is competing at the Olympics Games.

By Emmerson Campbell Two days after powering to victory in the feature 35-lap event of the Malta Supreme sponsored cycling programme in the National Park, Robin Persaud took his talents to the open road yesterday and sprinted away with the ninth annual NAMILCO Caricom Day winner’s trophy.

By Iva Wharton A second chance is what two young women have been given and according to them they intend to make the best of the opportunity.

Nineteen year-old national squash champion Alex Arjoon will be taking the court this week to put up all the resistance that he possibly can to defend his title at the 2012 Digicel National Championships which begins tomorrow night at the Georgetown Club.