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LONDON, England,  CMC – Injury has forced rookie West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel out of the England tour.

St John’s, Antigua – Barbadian fast bowler Kevin McClean has been named by the West Indies Selection Panel to replace his countryman Tino Best in the West Indies A squad for the First Digicel ‘Test’ against India A at Kensington Oval starting June 2.

‘Mother Nature’ dealt a severe blow to the much anticipated third edition of the President’s/Jefford Track Classic as athletes were forced to compete on the waterlogged track of the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden, last Sunday.

(Cricinfo) Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders have easily been the best sides this IPL.

LONDON, (Reuters) – West Indies captain Darren Sammy has been fined 80 percent of his match fee for his team’s slow over rate during their five-wicket defeat by England in the first test at Lord’s, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

LONDON, England,  CMC – A spirited West Indies gave England a small scare but the World number one side easily shrugged it off to coast to a five-wicket win in the opening Test here yesterday, and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

LONDON, England,  CMC – England captain Andrew Strauss yesterday rubbished talk of West Indies being easy walkovers after his side was forced to fight before securing a five-wicket win in the first Test.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars slumped to their second defeat in 48 hours when they lost 0-2 to Panama on Sunday evening at the Estadio Rommel Fernández Stadium,Panama City.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs steamrolled into the NBA Western Conference finals after a 102-99 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday gave them a clean sweep of their seven-game series.

Guyana’s world-ranked squash player Nicolette Fernandes on Sunday defeated Deon Saffery of Wales by three sets to two (3-2) in the final of the WISPA International Squash

National Chess Champion Taffin Khan is the winner of the Caribbean Containers FIDE rating tournament which ended on Sunday at Olympic House.

Members from the Park Players Tennis Club dominated a Junior Series Develop-mental Competition, held last Saturday at the National Racquet Centre.

PATIALA,  (Reuters) – As Geeta Phogat completes her sprint at a sprawling sports campus in Punjab state, one of her coaches nods approvingly at her stopwatch, another rushes to check her pulse, and a third ushers her toward the gym for a bout of wrestling.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said despite losing the opening Test to England  yesterday, his side had managed to answer many of the critics who had written off their chances before a ball was bowled in the three-Test series.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Fit-again opener Lendl Simmons and out-of-form Test batsman Kraigg Brathwaite have been named in a 13-man West Indies A squad to face touring India A in the opening four-day “Test” starting in Barbados next week.

LONDON, England,  CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has criticised “certain individuals” in the West Indies set-up for the recent slump in his international career and says he is in no hurry to return to the Caribbean side, despite his prolific form in the English County Championship.

LONDON, England,  CMC – A devastating spell from pacer Kemar Roach rocked England late on the penultimate day yesterday, leaving the hosts stunned and handing West Indies a glimmer of hope of winning the first Test at Lord’s.

By Emmerson Campbell Clint Duke of Total Fitness Gym Saturday night copped the heavyweight and overall titles in the first of four sub meets prior to the grand staging of this year’s Hugh Ross Classic.

Thirteen year-old Marian Academy student Taylor Fernandes completed the upset of the tournament by defeating Larissa Wiltshire in an impressive five-game battle to win the Girls Under 15 title on the final day of the Woodpecker National Junior Squash Championships yesterday at the Georgetown Club.