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CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Ravi Rampaul had much to celebrate over the weekend.

Canadian-based Guyanese Roger Rajkumar capitalized on his first day advantage to win the third Annual Digicel Golf Classic while top female player Christine Sukhram copped the women’s title after two days of intense competition that attracted close to 50 players  at the Lusignan Golf Club yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell Suhai Feng became the 2011 Sasha Cells national junior chess champion after he defeated Cecil Cox yesterday in a best of three games playoff Series at the Guyana Olympic Association building on High Street following the completion of the seven round Swiss system tournament.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) defeated the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on first innings points in their Noble House Seafood’s second division two-day match which ended yesterday at the GDF ground, Camp Ayanganna.

A fine all round performance by Trevor Benn while Rawle Browne narrowly missed out on a century  as the Guyana Police Force grabbed first innings points from Everest Cricket club in their drawn Noble House Seafoods second division encounter at the Guyana Police Force Sports Club ground Eve Leary, yesterday.

(Reuters) – Bernard Hopkins cried foul after losing his WBC light heavyweight title to Chad Dawson on a controversial technical knockout on Saturday, while his opponent accused him of being “soft” in a swift and chaotic end to the fight.

AUCKLAND,  (Reuters) – Hosts New Zealand overwhelmed Australia 20-6 in a dazzling display of pace, power and possession at Eden Park  yesterday to set up a rugby World Cup final against France next weekend.

YEONGAM, South Korea, (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix  yesterday to secure Red Bull’s second successive Formula One constructors’ championship with his 10th victory of the season.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Andy Murray beat Spain’s David Ferrer 7-5 6-4 to claim the Shanghai Masters tennis title yesterday and move ahead of Swiss Roger Federer in the rankings for the first time in his career.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s sports minister Fikile Mbalula said yesterday he had received threatening phone calls telling him not to investigate bonus payments made to Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Gerald Majola.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Captain Robin van Persie struck twice to inspire Arsenal to a much-needed 2-1 victory over Sunderland  yesterday while Newcastle United scored late to maintain their unbeaten Premier League record with a 2-2 draw at home to Tottenham Hotspur.

YEONGAM, South Korea, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton allowed himself a flicker of a smile yesterday after a Korean Grand Prix performance that his McLaren team hailed as one of his dazzling best, even though he did not win.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – A swashbuckling eighth-wicket partnership of 64 from 30 balls between Wayne Parnell and Juan Theron propelled South Africa to an unlikely three-wicket victory over Australia in the second Twenty 20 international  yesterday.

(BBC)  Bowler Jade Dernbach says containing India captain Mahendra Dhoni is crucial to England’s hopes of winning the one-day international series.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Attractive half-centuries from Marlon Samuels and Lendl Simmons inspired West Indies to a crushing eight-wicket defeat of Bangladesh in the second One-Day International here yesterday, earning the Caribbean side only their second one-day series win in three years.

LONDON –  Manchester City went top of the Premier League table yesterday as it beat Aston Villa, 4-1, while Manchester United needed a late equalizer to force a 1-1 draw at Liverpool.

Just as too much can be made of the West Indies’ successive ODI wins on Thursday and yesterday in Dhaka, it is impossible to downgrade them, as they inevitably and widely will be, as “only” over Bangladesh.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is an international body set up in 1984 to settle sport-related disputes.

By Emmerson Campbell Godfrey Pollydore sped  off with the feature 35-lap Schoolboys and Novices race in record time yesterday when national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed and the Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Company staged a  11-race cycling meet at the National Park circuit, Thomas Lands.

By Iva Wharton A three-day exhibition of basketball paraphernalia was held recently at the National Library and organiser of the event, Julian Haynes, said its purpose was to preserve the history of the sport in Guyana.