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LONDON,  CMC – Glenn Mills rebuffed suggestions that Usain Bolt will chase four gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

DURBAN, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Uncapped paceman Kanishka Alvitigala and seamer Dhammika Prasad have been added to Sri Lanka’s beleaguered squad ahead of the second test against South Africa starting on Dec.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Shakib Al Hasan became the first Bangladeshi to hit a century and take five wickets in an innings in the same test but his efforts look like being in a losing cause after Pakistan seized control of the second test.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s test team have rarely been far away from crisis this year and it has again been the prevailing mood as they prepare to try and prevent another hefty chunk being taken out of their once formidable reputation.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Batsman Virat Kohli struck a commanding 132 against the Chairman’s XI on the second day of India’s tour match in Canberra to bolster his hopes of selection for the first test against Australia.

The Guyana Defence Force Football Club has been suspended from all football-related activities by its umbrella body Georgetown Football Association (GFA)  pending a hearing as to why the club was yanked from participating in the GFA/Banks DIH Knockout Tournament by its top brass.

Bakwell Buxton Stars and Seawall FC were the latest winners when action in the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai tournament continued at the Uitvlugt Community Center ground on Sunday evening.

Tournament favourites Pele and the Kashif and Shanghai tournament to a lesser extent, received a boost with Canadian-born Golden Jaguars representative Julien Edwards linking up with the Pele side for the remainder of the competition.

National scrabble champion Abigail McDonald overwhelmed 12 other players to win the Scrabble Scramble competition organized by the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) on Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

National player Walter Moore scored for Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA’ to help them defeat the Defence Force in the Digicel Trinidad and Tobago Pro League Friday night.

The recent success of the Golden Jaguars football team in the ongoing 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign completely disguises the fact that local football is in a state of utter lawlessness even as the acting president is attending a FIFA meeting in Zurich.

The University of Guyana (UG) subdued  Bishops’ High School on Sunday night  in the opening game of the 2011 and second edition of the Titans Bowl Basketball Tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when it bounced off.

Round of 16 action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Knockout Cup continued on Sunday evening with Riddim Squad Football Club and Georgetown Football Club (GFC)

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – India have fought some epic battles with Australia but now embark on a test tour with what many believe is their best chance of humbling the wearers of the baggy green caps in their own back yard for the first time.

(Reuters) – Elite male athletes who participate in high-contact sports such as football, soccer and rugby have a higher risk of developing knee and hip osteoarthritis than men who exercise little or not at all, a Swedish study found.

CARIFTA Swimming Championships gold medalist Jessica Stephenson collected an overall six gold and two bronze medals to win the title of girls’ 15 and over age group champion at the Blue Waters Invitational Age Group Championships which concluded last Sunday at the Marlins Swimming Pool, Trinidad.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – President of the Barbados Olympic Association Steve Stoute said the island is likely to field its smallest team ever for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC/IANS – Batsmen around the World may start to shiver in their boots, after Fidel Edwards threatened to touch the 160 kilometre-an-hour mark in the next year.

By Emmerson Campbell World Boxing Council’s (WBC) CABOFE cruiserweight champion Barbadian Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox scored a sensational first round knockout of Guyana’s Kurt Bess Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall at the 19th staging of the Friday Night Fight card organised by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control.

National table tennis player Nigel Bryan yesterday created history by becoming the first person in Guyana to win the junior, senior and under-21 titles at the annual national championships.