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The national Sevens men’s rugby team currently taking part in the three-day 2012 Cathay Pacific/HSBC World Sevens series in Hong Kong lost their opening game to Portugal 19 to nil yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell After staging a successful Guinness Greatest of the Streets football tournament last year, local beverage giant Banks DIH Limited yesterday launched this year’s edition at the Egbert Benjamin Exhibition and Conference Centre in the mining town of Linden.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica hit back to reduce Combined Campuses and Colleges to 46 for three after being dismissed for 200 in their first innings on the opening day of their seventh and final round regional first-class match at the 3Ws Oval here yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago made a huge stride towards the semi-finals of the Regional Four-Day Championship, claiming first innings points over Leeward Islands on the opening day of their seventh round encounter at Warner Park here yesterday.

Promoter Lyall Gittens will today stage the third annual 27-team domino competition sponsored by Ansa McAl under the Stag Beer brand, at the Strikers Sports Club, Meadow Brook Drive from 14:00hrs.

The Linden/Georgetown basketball rivalry will be renewed today when the second Kevin Lawrence Memorial basketball classic tips off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tonight from 19:00hrs.

(Reuters) – Boston halted the Milwaukee Bucks’ six-game winning streak on Thursday after a defensive change in the third quarter helped them to a 100-91 road win that tightened their grip on an Eastern Conference playoff spot.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – With their five-match One-day International series tantalizingly locked at 1-1 following a pulsating tie in Tuesday’s third game, West Indies and Australia will clash again here today, chasing a victory that will hand either side a huge advantage ahead of Sunday’s finale.

By Emmerson Campbell The three-day International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens World Series, known officially as the HSBC Sevens World Series, will kick off today in Hong Kong with Guyana facing Portugal in the opening match.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago will be eyeing semi-final spots when the seventh and final round of matches in the Regional Four-Day Championship bowls off today.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Chief selector Clyde Butts believes the inclusion of opener Adrian Barath will give West Indies added stability at the top for the two remaining One-Day Internationals against Australia.

(Reuters) – Serena Williams made a triumphant return to the WTA Tour yesterday, crushing China’s Zhang Shuai 6-2 6-3 in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

The Golden Jaguars lost the opening match of their first of two back-to-back encounters against neighbouring French Guiana 1-0 Wednesday evening at the Stade de Baduel, Cayenne.

Potential London Olympian and joint Junior Sportsman of the Year, Imran ‘Magic’ Khan along with Stefan Gouveia and Eon Bancroft registered victories in their respective bouts at the invitational box-off competition currently underway in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has partnered with the Neal and Massy Group of Companies to stage the first ever Intermediate Second Division tournament for teams in the Ancient County.

The Roraima Bikers Club is teaming up with Humphrey’s Bakery to pedal off the sixth annual George Cumberbatch Memorial 10-race cycle meet tomorrow at the National Park Circuit.

University of Guyana Inter-Faculty Twenty20 defending Champions, Social Sciences batted their way to a positive start to the 2012 Inter-Faculty T20 tournament yesterday on the campus ground.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Pace bowler Aizaz Cheema grabbed three wickets at key moments to help Pakistan beat Bangladesh by two runs in a thrilling final to win the Asia Cup for the second time yesterday.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – The NBA-leading Chicago Bulls remain wary of complacency as they look to close out a dominant regular season, mindful of their premature exit from last year’s playoffs as the top seed.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has labeled Tuesday’s dramatic tie with Australia in the third One-Day International as “a sickening blow” but says the team’s valiant fightback from a near hopeless position was testimony to their growing character.