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PARIS,  (Reuters) – After four days of play, the French Open was left without a Williams sister in the draw yesterday when former runner-up Venus joined 2002 champion Serena in making an early exit.

TORONTO, Canada,  CMC – Barbadian jockey Patrick Husbands fashioned two contrasting rides as he snatched some of the attention on Woodbine’s ten-race card here Saturday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – In-form West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has vaulted a whopping 20 places in the Test batting rankings, following his outstanding performance in the just concluded second Test against England at Trent Bridge.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Selected positions from the International Cricket Council Test rankings released on Tuesday: BATTING: 1 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)       865 2 AB de Villiers (SA)                            821 3 Jacques Kallis (SA)                           819 4 Younus Khan (PAK)                         797 5 Kumar Sangakkara (SL)                  779 6 Alastair Cook (ENG)                        776 7 Thilan Samaraweera (SL)              772 8 Michael Clarke (AUS)                      771 9 Hashim Amla (SA)                           763 10 Ross Taylor (NZ)                            761 22 Darren Bravo (WI)                        660 35 Marlon Samuels (WI)                  552 55 Darren Sammy (WI)                    435 56 Kirk Edwards (WI)                       428 74 Adrian Barath (WI)                     339 88 Denesh Ramdin (WI)                  310 99 Kieran Powell (WI)                      265 BOWLING: 1 Dale Steyn (SA)                               886 2 Saeed Ajmal (PAK)                       835 3 James Anderson (ENG)              793 4=Graeme Swann (ENG)               769 4=Rangana Herath (SL)                 769 6 Stuart Broad (ENG)                     766 7 Vernon Philander (SA)             764 8 Ben Hilfenhaus (AUS)                756 9 Peter Siddle (AUS)                     740 10 Abdur Rehman (PAK)            739 17 Kemar Roach (WI)                   626 25 Darren Sammy (WI)                541 40 Ravi Rampaul (WI)                  386 52 Shane Shillingford (WI)         307 81 Marlon Samuels (WI)              149

TORONTO, Canada,  CMC – Veteran Trinidadian jockey Emile Ramsammy scored his first wins of the near two-month old Woodbine season on Sunday, to snatch a share of the headlines on the 10-race programme.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – Emmanuel Nanthan will take charge of the Windward Island Cricket Board of Control for a third straight term, after being returned as president during the Annual General Meeting held here this week.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Head coach Ottis Gibson says West Indies are losing the mental battle, after crashing to a nine-wicket loss in the second Test inside four days here Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard has ordered the termination of investigations into an alleged bribery scandal involving Works Minister Jack Warner in his former capacity as president of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) during a meeting at the Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain, on May 10-11, 2011.

A hat-trick off the boot of former Alpha United player Orlando Fredericks gave Bank of Guyana a 3-1 victory over the Ministry of Sport as the Inter-Ministry/Corporations Seven-a-side

Masters Category Two (74kgs) powerlifter, Winston Stoby’s dead-lift of 265.5kgs/585.4 pounds at the 2012 Caribbean Championships in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, in April was officially confirmed as a world record by the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF).

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – West Indies A Team Manager, Colin Borde, is looking forward to the upcoming visit by India A.

Berbice High School is in the Digicel Schools Football Tournament to win it, says Manager and Physical Education Teacher, Zahir Moakan.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Former champion Serena Williams shocked the French Open crowd, and herself, by losing to Virginie Razzano in the first round on Tuesday, her earliest exit from a grand slam in the 47 appearances she has made in an outstanding career.

ROME, – The real Usain Bolt will make a return appearance at Rome’s Diamond League meeting tomorrow, according to the Jamaican sprinter who got tongues wagging last week when he failed to break 10 seconds over 100 metres in Ostrava.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Advances in technology will allow sports fans on both sides of the Atlantic to see more Olympic action than ever this summer without being chained to the television screen.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Led by LeBron James’ 32 points, the Miami Heat enjoyed a convincing 93-79 win over the Boston Celtics on Monday to grab a 1-0 lead in their Eastern Conference championship series.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers demanded improvements across the floor from his team after they fell to a 93-79 defeat to the Miami Heat in the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday.

New national swimming records were achieved in 11 different events in the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association’s (GASA) Annual Independence Swim Meet which came to a close last Sunday at the National Aquatic Centre.

The Golden Jaguars second string team completed their participation in the Parbo Bier Cup tournament on Friday evening, with a 2-1 victory over Suriname side Suripros at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium following their 4-2 loss to Vitesse on Wednesday last.

Four goals in the first half and three in the second half saw Guyana go down 7-1 to a superior Colombia side ranked 23rd in the world in a closed door practice match at Estadio El Campin, on Monday evening.