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VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – West Indies arrived here yesterday for their second One-Day International against India, following their heart-breaking loss in the first game in Cuttack.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Paceman Mitchell Johnson is likely to be sidelined for up to five months with a foot injury, Cricket Australia said yesterday, almost certainly ruling him out of upcoming test series against New Zealand and India.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Injury-prone West Indies pacer Jerome Taylor has been omitted from a Jamaican 25-man squad to prepare for the upcoming Caribbean Twenty20 Championship.

ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA needs to bring its member associations into line as well as cleaning up its own act, the man called in to head its new independent watchdog said yesterday.

ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA should keep a close eye on its elected officials and limit their mandates, an independent report into soccer’s governing body said  yesterday.

(Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) does not have the jurisdiction to rule on an appeal by the Swiss Anti-Doping agency that could lead to a life ban for former cyclist Jan Ullrich, the body said yesterday.

MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona fullback Adriano Correia has pulled a thigh muscle and will be out of action for up to seven days, the Spanish champions said yesterday.

CUTTACK, India, CMC – India withstood a lethal early burst from pacers Kemar Roach and Andre Russell, to sneak home by one wicket with seven balls to spare, in a tense opening One-Day International against West Indies here yesterday.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Estranged West Indies opener Chris Gayle smashed a whirlwind unbeaten century but his Matabeleland Tuskers crashed to a seven-wicket defeat with three balls to spare in the domestic Twenty20 Championship here yesterday.

Guyana’s Under-17 Lady Jags football team was beaten 8-0 by Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Princesses in the first game of the second round of the  CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying competition yesterday.

A contingent of seven amateur boxers, including one female and four officials will wing out today for Barbados to compete in the inaugural Ronald Wilson Memorial tournament.

The semi-finals of the 2011 Carib Beer/Pepsi nationwide Twenty20 competition bowls off today at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda from 9:00am.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies A manager Colin Borde has reiterated the value of the High Performance Centre, noting it played a key role in the recently concluded A series against Bangladesh.

(Reuters) – Fatigue among Spain’s players could help a well-prepared Argentina spring a surprise at this week’s Davis Cup final in Seville.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Off-spinners Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik grabbed two wickets apiece to lead Pakistan to a comfortable 50-run win over Bangladesh in a low-scoring, one-off Twenty20 international yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The British Olympic Association (BOA) has “wrapped itself in a cloak of righteousness” in behaviour unworthy of Olympic hosts as it tries to defend its unilateral approach on doping, former world anti-doping chief Dick Pound said yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is under investigation for violating the country’s foreign exchange laws, sports minister Ajay Maken said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Britain’s David Haye, who announced his retirement last month, has been offered the chance to fight WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko next year.

LONDON (Reuters) – England soccer captain John Terry has been questioned by police investigating allegations he racially abused Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a match last month.

LONDON (Reuters) – Didier Drogba has refused Chelsea’s offer of a one-year contract extension and will go wherever he is offered the most money next year after also turning down a loan move to AC Milan, his agent said yesterday.