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By Emmerson Campbell Will the ‘Big Truck’ roll over the ‘Sniper’ or will the ‘The Sniper’ shoot down the ‘Big Truck’?

(Cricinfo) Lalit Modi, the former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner, has said he was arm-twisted into rigging the 2009 player auction to ensure Andrew Flintoff was sold to the Chennai Super Kings.

Head Coach of Guyana’s Golden Jaguars football squad Trinidadian Jamaal Shabazz has offered to assist the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy by making available two coaches from the Twin Island republic to work with their Guyanese counterparts ahead of the tournament phase of the academy.

(BBC) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has moved to clarify Saeed Ajmal’s claim that he has permission to straighten his arm more than other bowlers.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Italian Fabio Capello’s turbulent reign as England manager ended yesterday when he resigned after meeting FA chairman David Bernstein and general secretary Alex Horne at Wembley stadium.

(Reuters) – India made heavy weather of a modest run chase before securing a four-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the second match of the triangular series at Perth yesterday.

(Reuters) – The Miami Heat inched closer to top spot in the Eastern Conference with a 107-91 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Football here was plunged further into chaos yesterday when police and a court-appointed marshall swooped down on the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation offices to seize its assets.

Roseau, Dominica – Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, fresh off his match haul of 8-70 against the Leeward Islands in Guyana’s opening round game of the regional Four Day tournament is looking forward to tomorrow’s encounter against the Windward Islands in Dominica.

The 13th annual Guyana Olympic Association (GOA)  annual International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sports Administrators’ Course will commence this afternoon.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Barbados captain Edwards likes Barbados chances against champions said his side was geared up to face defending champions Jamaica in their second round, Regional Four-Day Championship clash at Sabina Park starting tomorrow.

By Carwyn Holland When Trinidad and Tobago’s  National football team, nicknamed “The Soca Warriors”, qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, they became the smallest nation (both in size and population) to ever qualify for a World Cup Finals.

The 2012 Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy opened yesterday with key stakeholders stating that they anticipate greater benefits for the participants in a much larger progamme this year.

(Reuters) – England dropped struggling batsman Ian Bell from their one-day and Twenty20 squads yesterday while drafting in Danny Briggs and Jos Buttler for the limited over series against Pakistan.

Lausanne, (Reuters) – WADA president John Fahey labelled Alberto Contador a “doping cheat” yesterday and said the Spanish rider might have escaped with half of his two-year doping ban had it not been for remarks by a Spanish politician during the case.

Now that he has been given given the green light by the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation (TTFF)to start working with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Jamaal Shabazz, head coach of the Golden Jaguars football team, has decided on a two-tiered approach to developing the Guyana national team programme for the future.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Sunil Narine continued to weave his web around leaden-footed, unsure batsmen, almost singlehandedly bowling Trinidad & Tobago to an emphatic, 172-run victory over Combined Campuses & Colleges in the Regional 4-Day Tournament on Sunday.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Saeed Ajmal, who tortured England’s batsmen in Pakistan’s clean sweep of their three-test series, believes no one has yet been able to pick his mystery “teesra” ball.

By Iva Wharton The Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) yesterday handed over a cheque valued at $200,000 to the University of Guyana to assist the university’s relay team to travel to Barbados for the annual relay fair.

(Reuters) – Kobe Bryant moved past Shaquille O’Neal to become the NBA’s fifth highest scorer on Monday but it was a bitter-sweet moment for the Los Angeles guard as the Lakers lost 95-90 to the Philadelphia 76ers.