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(Reuters) – Senior batsman Rahul Dravid has batted down suggestions of a rift in India’s struggling test team and said he was working hard to correct flaws in his defence which has been repeatedly breached in the series against Australia.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Marlon Samuels drew on all of his experience, smashing an unbeaten 66 that trumped the same score from compatriot Chadwick Walton to usher Jamaica to a thrilling, two-victory over the Combined Campuses & Colleges in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament on Tuesday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki faced a battle to be fit for the Australian Open after being reduced to tears during a dramatic defeat by Agnieszka Radwanska at the Sydney International yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Marlon Samuels said he hopes to inspire Jamaica to victory in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament this year with another strong batting performance.

(Reuters) – At the ninth time of asking, the Washington Wizards finally earned their first victory of the season with a surprisingly comfortable 93-78 home triumph over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Kobe Bryant turned back the clock with a 48-point effort to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 99-83 win over the Phoenix Suns yesterday.

PAARL, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka collapsed to their lowest one-day score of 43  yesterday when they lost by 258 runs to South Africa in the first one-day international at Boland Park.

OSLO, Norway, CMC – Organisers announced on Wednesday that sprint megastar Usain Bolt will contest the 100 metres at the Bislett Games on June 7 in the city.

By Emmerson Campbell Guyana’s welterweight champion Iwan ‘Pure Gold’ Azore and Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy proved yesterday at their contract signing at the Abdool and Abdool building that there is indeed have bad blood between them.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) dynamic sprint duo of  Rupert Perry and Quinse Clark,  is looking forward to making their Olympics debut when the 2012 London Olympics runs off from July 27 to August 12.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – For different reasons, Leon Johnson and Darren Sammy, the star performers on the opening day of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament, said they were glad to play a part in their sides securing victory.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Chris Gayle deflected comments that the Sydney Thunder was a one-man show following his outstanding form in the Big Bash Twenty20 League for the franchise.

(Reuters) – Carmelo Anthony swooped in to score eight of his 22 points in the last three minutes and deliver the New York Knicks a 91-87 home victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Sussex Sharks overcame feeble batting, undermined by a career-best spell from Tim van der Gugten, to fashion a 34-run victory over the Netherlands in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) has chosen national amateur flyweight champion and road to London pugilist, Imran ‘Magic’ Khan as their boxer of the year 2011.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – There is no closely guarded secret to Caroline Wozniacki’s grit, no private belief she clings to in moments of despair on a tennis court.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Mike Brearley, one of England’s most successful cricket captains, said yesterday that eradicating corruption from the game was probably impossible but that was no reason to stop trying.

(Reuters) – India’s cricketers are the most vulnerable in the international game and wilt when subjected to sustained pressure, Australia wicketkeeper and vice captain Brad Haddin said yesterday ahead of the third test between the two countries.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan cricket team manager Naveed Akram Cheema said he was “absolutely clear and confident” there would be no repeat of the spot-fixing controversy when his team play England in the United Arab Emirates over the next two months.

The Guyana Cricket Board  has sent a congratulatory message to the Christopher Barnwell-led national Twenty20 cricket team for its victory over the Leeward Islands at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Monday night.