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LONDON, England,  CMC – Jamaican Asafa Powell recovered from his loss to American Justin Gatlin last week to storm to victory on a rainy night at the Shanghai Diamond League here yesterday.

MUNICH,   (Reuters) – Chelsea cleared the final hurdle in a season of never-ending challenges when they beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties in the German team’s Allianz Arena stadium to be crowned European Champions for the first time yesterday.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies snatched two wickets in the final session to stymie England’s momentum but were still facing a tall order after captain Andrew Strauss’s 20th century, and first in nearly two years, put the hosts in control of the opening Test here yesterday.

Mary Fung-A-Fat moved a giant leap closer to capturing her first national under 19 title after overpowering her main adversary Ashley deGroot on Thursday night at the Georgetown Club during the Woodpecker National Junior Squash Championships.

Gym mates from the Harpy Eagles Gym James Walcott and Rudolph Fraser are both brimming with confidence ahead of their respective bouts on June 1 when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) stages its 23rd edition of its Pro Am initiative.

It’s the fight the world awaits; it’s the fight with the potential of earning the world’s single highest pay-per-view buys in combat sports period and it’s the fight which can easily be named “Fight of the decade”.

Distance athlete Alika Morgan left this morning for Nickerie, Suriname to compete in the second leg of the Telsur 10k race.

Tobago’s Beach Football team, BagoSports arrived in Guyana yesterday for a three-man series against a Guyana Selection at the Christianburg Beach Football ground in Linden this weekend.

The much-anticipated Guyana Independence Twenty/20 Cup in Berbice got a major boost when  Demerara Distlillers Limited (DDL) delivered a solid sponsorship package yesterday for the tournament  at Albion Sports Complex on May 26.

The stage is set for the third annual Modern Optical Inter-Services shooting championships billed for tomorrow at the Timehri ranges.

By Neil Barry Queen’s College and the Demerara Cricket Club will clash from today in one of the semi-final matches of the Brainstreet U-15 cricket competition at the Gandhi Youth Organisation ground.

(Reuters) – The Indiana Pacers, showing the poise and determination Miami was supposed to have, routed the cold shooting Heat 94-75 on Thursday to take a surprising 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final series.

LONDON, England, CMC – World number one batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul produced another resolute effort to close in on his 26th Test century but seamer Stuart Broad’s six-wicket haul undermined West Indies on the opening day of the first Test at Lord’s here yesterday.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC – Talismanic opener Chris Gayle sent his strongest message yet to West Indies selectors yesterday, smashing a whirlwind, unbeaten century for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League to become the first-ever player to cross 700 runs in the multi-million dollar tournament.

Ryan Gonsalves, captain of the national 7s and 15s rugby team, is confident of his side’s chances for their first game in Round 2 of the Southern Zone of the NACRA Regional Qualifier for the 2015 Rugby World Cup which kicks off in Barbados tomorrow.

The National Community Basketball League (NCBL) is officially set to bounce off tomorrow at the Burnham Hard Courts, according to  a press conference held on Wednesday at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Head Office.

(Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Thunder scored nine unanswered points in the final two minutes to edge the Los Angeles Lakers 77-75 on Wednesday and seize a 2-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.

Golden Jaguars national coach, Jamaal Shabazz, says that after next week’s friendly international against Panama he and his technical staff will select the final squad for Guyana’s two opening third round 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Mexico and Costa Rica to be played on June 8 and 12.

 (Reuters) – The surprising Indiana Pacers held Dwyane Wade to five points and shocked the cold shooting Miami Heat 94-75 to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final series yesterday.

BALTIMORE, (Reuters) – While the Preakness Stakes appears to be a two-horse affair between Kentucky Derby champ I’ll Have Another and the speedster Bodemeister, the owner of Went the Day Well is waving the caution flag.