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(Reuters) – Paul Millsap scored 14 straight points  for Utah in the critical fourth quarter to carry the Jazz to a  106-96 triumph over the Northwest Division rival Denver Nuggets  on Sunday.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) boxer-of-the-year for 2011, Imran ‘Magic’ Khan, will headline the amateur segment of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) 20th edition of the Guyana Fight Night Pro Am card on January 27.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia named an unchanged  12-man squad yesterday for next week’s fourth test against  India in Adelaide, where they could wrap up a 4-0 series clean  sweep.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Male players at the  Australian Open yesterday warned of future strikes over prize  money and said a proposal to boycott the year’s first grand slam  had been strongly endorsed but ultimately knocked down.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – World number two Petra  Kvitova took a little bit of time to get warmed up in the  blistering Melbourne heat before demolishing Vera Dushevina 6-2  6-0 in just over an hour last night to advance to the second  round of the Australian Open.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Italy’s World  Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro, former Argentina skipper  Juan Pablo Sorin and Frenchman Robert Pires are set to feature  in an Indian soccer competition that hopes to replicate the  success of cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A rivalry riddled with  acrimony resumes on neutral territory in Dubai today with  England seeking to consolidate their world number one ranking  against a Pakistan side rebuilding after the 2010 corruption  scandal.

LONDON, (Reuters) – FIFA’s former director of  international relations Jerome Champagne has suggested changes  in the world governing body to help end a perception it is run  by self-interested men who do not care enough about the game.

NEW YORK CITY, CMC – Regional officials have started the reconstruction work on the Caribbean Football Union with the appointment of three new committees.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki  thanked Roger Federer for roaring through his match and allowing  her a decent night’s sleep after she crushed local hope  Anastasia Rodionova 6-2 6-1 at the Australian Open yesterday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil had been demanding  too much in negotiating the conditions for hosting the 2014  World Cup but a legal dispute should be settled within days,  FIFA said yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s  one-match ban means the India captain will have time for an  introspective look as to where and when his Midas touch deserted  him as his team mates battle to avoid a series whitewash against  Australia in Adelaide.

(Reuters) – NBA All-Stars LeBron James, Kobe  Bryant and Dwight Howard are among the 20 players who will  compete for selection for the U.S.

(Reuters) – Diego Maradona has undergone  surgery to have kidney stones removed, the Dubai hospital where  he is being treated said yesterday.

Olympic qualifier Winston George claimed his first athlete of the year award while Natasha Alder claimed her second when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) annual awards ceremony concluded last Saturday night at the Young Men’s Christian Association building (YMCA), Thomas Lands.

By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday selected the men’s’ Sevens team that will represent Guyana at the Las Vegas Invitational Sevens tournament from February 9 to 11.

Operations at Guyana’s first ever “Learn-to-Swim” school is scheduled to begin next week Monday, with classes set to take place six days a week at the school’s facility located, Industry, East Coast Demerara.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – A combative Rafa Nadal returned serve at sceptics who have questioned his motivation at the Australian Open  yesterday, saying the passion he lost toward the end of last season had returned and that he was fighting fit to take down 2011 nemesis Novak Djokovic.

By Iva Wharton Shiv Nandalall was yesterday returned unopposed as president of the Guyana Chess Federation (GFC) after that body held its Annual General Meeting and election of officer bears at the Guyana Olympic Association building on High Street.

(Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks had little difficulty extending their win streak to five games as they crushed the Sacramento Kings 99-60 at the American Airlines Center on Saturday.