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CANTERBURY, England, CMC – Jimmy Adams has been appointed the new head coach of the Kent County Cricket Club.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Michael Clarke hit a brilliant unbeaten 251 and Ricky Ponting his first hundred in two years as Australia took control of the second test against India yesterday, finishing the second day on an imposing 482 for four.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke is naturally hoping his biggest ever test score will set up a second test victory over India but he would also like it to garner him a little more respect.

(Reuters) – Kobe Bryant rediscovered his scoring touch to tally 37 points and lead the Los Angeles Lakers to top spot in the Pacific division with a 108-99 win over the visiting Houston Rockets on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Memphis forward Zach Randolph could miss up to eight weeks playing time after tests revealed the Grizzlies’ second leading scorer has a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee, the team said yesterday.

CAVE HILL, Barbados,  CMC – Batting continued to be a problem for three of the sides preparing for the Caribbean Twenty20, when the Barbados T20 Festival opened on Tuesday.

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has noted a recent pattern of WIPA press engagements seemingly aimed at establishing a familiar unsavoury and antagonistic approach towards the WICB.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will have to pay regional players in the vicinity of $12 million after losing the latest round of arbitration to the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, cMC – Kieron Pollard will miss the quadrangular Twenty20 tournament in Barbados this week.

“When I was told that I was being nominated to the FIFA Panel as a FIFA Referee for the 2012 season, I was elated, excited and overwhelmed with joy.”

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) said last year was a good year for the body.

Heeralall Bridgelall and Riaz Imam produced outstanding performances to help Shieldstown defeat Number Three by 212 runs when the New Building Society second division limited overs competition continued recently in Berbice.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  CMC – Kim Collins said he was looking forward to a showdown with former World 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell at an indoor meet next month.

NEW YORK CITY,  CMC – American Ted Howard will act in the post of general secretary of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Roger Federer staked his claim as one of the favourites for the Australian Open title later this month by romping into the second round of the Qatar Open, while rival Rafa Nadal survived a scare in windswept Doha on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – No last-second buzzer-beater could save Oklahoma City this time as the Thunder lost a rematch with the Dallas Mavericks 100-87 on Monday to become the last NBA team to record a loss this season.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – James Pattinson took four wickets as Australia bundled India out for 191 on the opening day of the second test yesterday, before coming through a top order crisis of their own to finish a frenetic day on 116 for three.

Sri Lanka’s national cricket board was elected uncontested  yesterday amid allegations that political pressure had forced the favourites to withdraw from the first election in seven years.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis and Alviro Petersen hit centuries to drive South Africa into a commanding position on the first day of the third test against Sri Lanka at Newlands yesterday.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake conceded Sri Lanka had misread the pitch when they asked South Africa to bat first in the third and final test  yesterday and then compounded the mistake by bowling badly.