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(Reuters) – India once again wilted against quality pace bowling as Sri Lanka defeated them by 51 runs in the eighth match of the one-day Tri-series at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday.

(Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen’s second successive century led England to a four-wicket victory over Pakistan and a series whitewash after the fourth and final one-day international in Dubai yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados have left out pacer Fidel Edwards from their 13-man squad for their fourth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championships against Combined Campuses and Colleges starting here Friday.

The winger Ricky Shakes and mid-fielder Howard Newton were  the Golden Jaguars players to score over the weekend, as they aided their clubs Ebbsfleet United and St.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – David Rudisha is proud to be a 800 metres world champion, proud to be a world record holder but as much as anything is proud of being a Maasai and desperate to secure a first Olympic gold medal for his tribe later this year.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The battle against discrimination in soccer moves to Downing Street today when British Prime Minister David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt, the sports minister, meet senior soccer officials and representatives from anti-discrimination groups.

Linden’s Amelia’s Ward Football Club sent Buxton Stars packing after dropping three goals on the East Coast natives when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League tournament continued last Sunday in Linden at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

Guyana’s national cricket team, basking in the euphoria of their hard-fought,  four-wicket win over the Combined Campuses and Colleges team in the just concluded third round of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Regional Four-Day competition, will receive a timely boost with the additions of Ramnaresh Sarwan and Trevon Griffith.

The Guyana national rugby team has one of its  toughest tasks ahead as they prepare for the HSBC Sevens World Series in Hong Kong from March 23-25.

MUNICH,  (Reuters) – British boxer David Haye is wanted for questioning by German police over his brawl with fellow British heavyweight Dereck Chisora following a WBC title clash in Munich on Saturday, a police spokesman said  yesterday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies Under-19s will open their campaign in the Youth World Cup against former champions India, when the tournament opens in Australia later this year.

(BBC) Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt to go head-to-head in Rome in May Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell will take on compatriot Usian Bolt at the Golden Gala in Rome in May, meeting organisers have confirmed.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Danish Kaneria will be called before the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) integrity committee to explain his involvement in a spot-fixing probe that saw former Essex team mate Mervyn Westfield jailed.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Not even a late cameo from vice-captain Anisa Mohammed could prevent West Indies from a narrow three-run defeat to India in their second Twenty20 International of their five-match series here Sunday.

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) under the stewardship of its chairman Clive Lloyd completed its countrywide public seminar tour on Sunday at the Berbice High School.

The minnows have been eliminated and the stage is now set for fierce battles in the quarter-finals of the NAMILCO 16-team Football festival beginning tomorrow evening at the Tucville ground.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels stroked a excellent unbeaten half-century to help Duronto Rajshahi undertake a superb run chase, and whip Barisal Burners by nine wickets in the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC– Chris Gayle was expected to undergo a fitness assessment here yesterday to determine if he will take his place in the Dolphins side for the domestic Twenty20 Challenge.

Prime Minister and Minister of Sport, Portia Simpson Miller, is firmly opposed to any suggestion of Jamaica seceding from a unified West Indies cricket team and standing on its own.

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board regrets the comments made by Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller at the Jamaica Cricket Association awards dinner.