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By Emmerson Campbell This year’s 30th annual three-stage road race which is being organized by national cycling coach, Hassan Mohamed for the 46th Independence Anniversary celebrations, is gearing up to be one of the best ever.

(Reuters) – The Miami Heat hammered the final nail into the injury-ravaged New York Knicks’ coffin with a 106-94 win to clinch their place in the second round of the NBA playoffs, while the Grizzlies avoided elimination by beating the Clippers in Memphis.

Guyana’s last hope of punching a ticket to the London Olympic Games, lightweight boxer Stefan Gouveia, lost to the rampant 21-year-old Colombian Eduar Marriaga 25-nine when the pair matched gloves in their quarterfinal bout at the Olympic qualifier box off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Wednesday.

The Eve Leary Sports Club ground will come alive this Sunday with the World Athletics Day Championship starting from 09:00hrs.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The world’s greatest athletes descend on London in July for the 2012 Olympics.

(Reuters) – Jamaican world champion Yohan Blake missed the fastest 100 metres of the year by the blink of an eye on Wednesday, his 9.84 seconds a mere 0.02 behind world record holder and training partner Usain Bolt’s mark.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A thrilling and unpredictable Premier League season reaches its climax on Sunday when either Manchester United or Manchester City will be crowned champions after the closest title race for over 20 years.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named Mohammad Hafeez new captain of the national Twenty20 team, but retained Misbah-ul-Haq as skipper for tests and one-day internationals.

(Reuters) – Fast bowlers Mitchell Johnson and Patrick Cummins will return to Australia’s one-day international side following long-term injury breaks when they were named yesterday for next month’s tour of Ireland and England.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday broke their silence on Chris Gayle’s pending return to the regional team, saying they were “pleased” the estranged batsman had made himself available to play.

JAIPUR, India, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo had a game to quickly forget but his Chennai Super Kings still managed to get past the Rajasthan Royals by four wickets in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – David Richardson, the former South Africa wicketkeeper, has been chosen by the International Cricket Council as its new chief executive.

By Emmerson Campbell Guyana’s light heavyweight champion Kwesi ‘Lightning Struck Assassin’ Jones will defend his title against former WBC CABOFE light heavyweight champion, Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese Sean Corbin when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) stages its 23rd edition of its Pro Am card on June 1.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies were yesterday still sweating on the arrival of Narsingh Deonarine after the Guyanese left-hander remained stuck here waiting on a travel visa for the United Kingdom.

(BBC) Amir Khan’s rematch with Lamont Peterson has been called off after the American champion’s failed drugs test.

LONDON, England,  CMC – Former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams has thrown his support behind embattled current skipper Darren Sammy, ahead of the three-Test series against England.

By Cosmo Hamilton ‘Newsprint is sacred.’ That is what my late father Cleveland Hamilton used to say.

NORTHAMPTON, England, CMC – West Indies will be hoping the rain stays away when they face England Lions in a four-day match starting here today, a fixture that will be their final warm-up before the Lord’s Test next week.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Defending champion Petra Kvitova was upset by qualifier and Czech compatriot Lucie Hradecka 6-4 6-3 in the second round of the Madrid Open yesterday.

(Cricinfo) It wasn’t the easiest of pitches to bat on at the Wankhede Stadium, and Mumbai Indians possess the most potent bowling attack in the competition, but none of that mattered to Chris Gayle as he swung sixes on his way to the orange cap, 500 runs in the tournament and an unbeaten 82 that propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to the fourth spot.