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(BBC) Former Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds has announced his retirement from professional cricket.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jeremy Lin showed off another dimension on his magical NBA ride in leading the Knicks to a 100-85 rout of the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday for New York’s seventh win in a row.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, CMC – Usain Bolt continues to fashion his diary of events for the year with confirmation that he will contest the 100 meters at the Golden Spike meet on May 25.

Distinguished former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has resigned from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), citing the controversy posed in relation to his role as Head of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) to run local cricket.

By Carwyn Holland Grasstrack action is set to return to the West Bank of Demerara this Sunday when the National Grasstrack Racing Club stages its first meet of 2012.

Controversial president of Alpha United Football Club, Odinga Lumumba, yesterday withdrew his club from participating in activities organized by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA).

The Government of Guyana (GoG) will be sending a full dossier to the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 48 hours, articulating its reasons for implementing  the Interim Management Committee (IMC) to deal with the affairs of local cricket.

The annual Mashramani Swim Meet which was scheduled to begin today has been cancelled by the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) which is contemplating squashing future meets billed for the new 50-metre pool at the National Aquatic Centre at Pattenson.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indian players suffered rare failures in the Bangladesh Premier League yesterday but batsman Marlon Samuels still managed to emerge on the winning side for Duronto Rajshahi in the night’s feature encounter.

LEICESTER, England, CMC – Experienced stroke-maker Ramnaresh Sarwan seems set to be unavailable for West Indies’ upcoming engagements after striking a deal with Leicestershire as their overseas player for the imminent County season.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – French Caribbean side Haiti have displaced Trinidad & Tobago, as the second ranked team in the Caribbean Football Union.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Four-time defending champions Jamaica will be highly favoured to take a third straight win when they clash with struggling Leeward Islands at home in the third round of the Regional Four-Day Championship starting today.

Half centuries from Nazim Mohamed and Deoprakash Ramdat helped No.71 defeat No.73 Young Warriors  in their final Zone `O’ preliminary match and earn a spot in the last 16 playoffs of the 2011 New Building Society (NBS) second-division, limited overs competition in Berbice.

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Women’s team have a tough assignment ahead of them in the coming weeks but they believe the hard work they have put in over the last 12 days will pay dividends in the upcoming series against India Women.

There was some success for Success XI, Wolf Warriors and Mahaica Masters in the Demerara Zone of the  Guyana  Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA)Hadi’s World Incorporated  softball competition over the week-end.

An avalanche of goals heralded the start of the Thomas United Mashramani Challenge Cup football competition on Sunday.

* FIFA rankings are in brackets. 1 Jamaica (50) 2 Haiti (71) 3 Trinidad and Tobago (85) 4 Antigua and Barbuda (90) 5 Guyana (92) 6 Bermuda (105) 7 Puerto Rico (113) 8 Cuba (116) 9 St Kitts and Nevis (117) 10 Suriname (126) 11 Dominican Republic (129) 12 Grenada (133) 13 St Vincent and the Grenadines (145) 14 The Bahamas (154) 15 Aruba (165) 16 Barbados (169) 17 Dominica (176) 18 US Virgin Islands (180) 19 Cayman Islands (185) 20 St Lucia (186) 21 British Virgin Islands (198) 22 Anguilla (200) 23 = Montserrat (205) 23 = Turks and Caicos Islands (205)

A youthful Golden Jaguars unit kicked off their four-game Caribbean tour on a losing note going under 1-2 to a Tobago All-Star XI at the Dwight Yorke Stadium on Valentine’s (Tuesday) evening.

(Reuters) – Alastair Cook became the first England captain to score consecutive one-day centuries yesterday to set his side up for a 20-run victory over Pakistan in the second one-day international in Abu Dhabi.

(Reuters) – NBA results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS). Miami 105              INDIANA 90 NY Knicks 90              TORONTO 87 San Antonio 99         DETROIT 95 MEMPHIS 93              Houston 83 CHICAGO 121         Sacramento 115 OKLAHOMA              CITY 111 Utah 85 DENVER 109              Phoenix 92 Washington 124        PORTLAND 109 LA LAKERS 86       Atlanta 78