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(Reuters) – Pakistan built on a strong start  from openers Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar to take a 96-run  first innings lead with three wickets in hand after the second  day of the opening test against England yesterday.

By Colin Benjamin in Barbados An unbroken 91-run third-wicket partnership from left-handed duo  Shivnarine  Chanderpaul and Narsingh Deonarine propelled the “Amazon Conquerors”  to an eight-wicket win  over tournament whipping boys Canada, in the latest Group B encounter of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados last evening.

GT&T’s third 10/10 Softball Cricket Tournament is expected to be significantly larger than the previous two years, with the addition of an international component and a plan to double the number of teams that participated previously.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A tidy all-round performance from Shane Shillingford helped Windward Islands virtually sew up a semi-final place in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament with a 22-run victory over Leeward Islands yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A rusty and agitated  Serena Williams grimaced her way through an attack of swooping  bugs to resume her domination at Melbourne Park with a scratchy  6-3 6-2 win over Austria’s Tamira Paszek on Tuesday.

Guyana’s local sprint queen Alisha Fortune has plans set for a push at the Olympics qualifying times for the 2012 London Olympics.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Sydney Thunder failed to ease concerns about their batting after Chris Gayle again failed and they crashed to a 91-run defeat at the hands of the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League Twenty20 yesterday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – Top West Indies Women’s player Stafanie Taylor had mixed results last weekend, as the national One-day and Twenty20 competitions came to a close last weekend.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – A  half-century from Faf du Plessis led South Africa to a  series-clinching victory in the third one-dayer against Sri  Lanka yesterday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Champion Kim Clijsters  flirted with dishing out the fifth Australian Open ‘double  bagel’ of her career on Wednesday as she steamrolled her way  past France’s Stephanie Foretz Gacon 6-0 6-1 and into the third  round.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Dwayne Smith said he felt his career, particularly in the Twenty20 format, was moving in the right direction following his outstanding form for Barbados in recent matches.

(Reuters) – Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal flummoxed  England’s batsmen with his off-spin for a career best haul of  seven for 55 to dismiss the visitors for 192 on the first day of  the opening test in Dubai yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Brazilian Bruno Senna will  race for Williams this season, following in the footsteps of his  late uncle and triple world champion Ayrton who died in one of  the Formula One team’s cars at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Derek Fisher’s game-winning  three-pointer put a pretty ribbon on a workmanlike 73-70 victory  for the Los Angeles Lakers over the defending NBA champion  Dallas Mavericks Monday.

(Reuters) – Michel Platini will be a good  president for FIFA, incumbent Sepp Blatter said yesterday.

By Colin Benjamin in Barbados The Guyana cricket team affectionately known as the “Amazon Conquerors” will lock horns with competition minnows Canada in their third Group B match of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 competition at the  world famous Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados from 16:00hrs today.

Sport Minister Dr Frank Anthony declared yesterday that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) was given ample time to get its house in order before the formation of the government-created Interim Management Committee.

Guyana’s local ‘Little Kenyan’ Cleveland Forde is in pursuit of an Olympic berth at the London Olympics scheduled from July 27 to August 12.

The former national captain, who is the captain of the Harvard Rugby Club, was also named the most disciplined player.

The third round of the Banks DIH Beach Football saw improved performances on Sunday in Linden with two games ending in a draw while Cool Runnings and Silver Shattas dominated their matchups against Top 25 and Wisroc respectively.