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GALLE, (Reuters) – Pakistan were facing defeat at 36 for three wickets in their second innings at the close on the third day of the first test against Sri Lanka yesterday after being set a formidable winning target of 510 runs.

The finals of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Under-15 junior badminton tournament will take place this afternoon from 4.30pm at the Queen’s College Auditorium.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – A dejected Darren Sammy has lamented West Indies’ inconsistent displays, after they slipped to another loss  yesterday to finish their tour of England empty handed.

Despite the presence of a number of IPL players, the Indian ‘A’ team could not defeat the West Indies ‘A’ team in their first T20 match at the Queen’s Park Oval on Saturday night.

EUGENE, Oregon, (Reuters) – Justin Gatlin is back. So is Tyson Gay.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – Scintillating half-centuries from Dwayne Smith and Dwayne Bravo were not enough to save West Indies from a seven-wicket defeat in their one-off Twenty20 International as they completed a wretched, winless tour of England here  yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Having picked himself up after the disappointment of failing to complete his grand slam collection in Paris, Novak Djokovic begins his Wimbledon defence looking for a repeat of last year’s “perfect tournament”.

VALENCIA, Spain, (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso thrilled home fans by winning an incident-packed European Grand Prix in Valencia yesterday to take the overall championship lead and become Formula One’s first repeat winner of the season.

KIEV, (Reuters) – Alessandro Diamanti scored the decisive spot kick as Italy beat England 4-2 on penalties after their action-packed Euro 2012 quarter-final finished goalless after extra-time yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Uncapped leg-spinner Samuel Badree has been called up for West Indies’ two-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand which bowls off next week in Florida, United States.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  CMC – Ian Henderson scored 13 of Bermuda’s points, despite being sin-binned, as they maintained their regional supremacy by beating Guyana 18-0 in  yesterday’s Caribbean Rugby Championship final at the National Sports Centre.

VALENCIA, Spain,  CMC – Championship leader Lewis Hamilton has never won the European Grand Prix but will look to change all this when he starts from second in the grid on Valencia’s street circuit here today.

A FIESTY debate has broken out in English cricket over the past few weeks.

Jude Bentley was the winner of the senior category of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Time Trials held yesterday.

DONETSK, (Reuters) – Holders Spain set up a European Championship semi-final with Iberian rivals Portugal after an uninspiring 2-0 win over France yesterday which featured yet another headed goal but prompted boos from a sometimes bored crowd.

(BBC) Ireland’s one-day international against Australia at Stormont was abandoned yesterday  after only 10.4 overs of play because of bad weather.

(Reuters) – One of the jurors who convicted Jerry Sandusky on 45 child sex abuse charges said on Saturday that the former Penn State assistant football coach seemed to accept the verdict as a confirmation.

GALLE, (Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara missed out on a double hundred by one run but his team ended the second day of the first test on a high with Pakistan reeling at 48 for five at the close yesterday.

The National Community Basketball League (NCBL) will shift to Linden this evening once again as the final quarterfinal game between Western Union Central Mackenzie and Kwakwani tips off at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Courts from 19:00hrs.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Temperamental left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn says his 15 months on the sidelines has not dented his hunger for competitive cricket.