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YEONGAM, South Korea, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton aimed to end Red Bull’s run of pole positions after leading Jenson Button to a McLaren one-two in South Korea yesterday in practice for his team’s 700th Formula One race.

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – Australia fullback Kurtley Beale was given 24 hours yesterday to prove his fitness for tomorrow’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand as the relentless pressures of tournament rugby took their toll on the remaining four teams.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jack Warner has described the leaking of a video appearing to show him urging officials to accept cash gifts from former FIFA Presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam as part of a “conspiracy” against the game in the Caribbean.

(WICB) Georgetown, Guyana – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced another exciting feature of the Regional Super50.

Today’s field events will determine the winner of the East Georgetown Inter-Schools competition but yesterday the athletes were quite assertive on the track, throwing down the gauntlet to competitors in  the upcoming National Track & Field, Cycling and Swimming championships next month.

St. Mary’s Secondary School recorded a mammoth 441 points to comfortably win the track and field aspect of the North Zone Inter-Schools Championships in Zone Three yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – After promising much before with eight half-centuries, Lendl Simmons came good with his maiden international hundred to lead West Indies to a 40-run victory in the first One-day International yesterday.

After a two-year hiatus Guyana’s national female basketball team will be back in action as they are scheduled to compete in the Gillian Brazier tournament in Antigua.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s former world  heavyweight champion David Haye retired from the sport on his  31st birthday yesterday, ruling out future bouts with  Ukraine’s Klitschko brothers.

Former junior national basketball player Orin Rose put on a clinic to lead his team, Unknowns, undefeated through to the next round of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 basketball tournament at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Court last Wednesday evening.

MOSCOW, Russia, CMC – Guyanese pugilists Leon “Hurry Up” Moore and Wayne “Big Truck” Braithwaite will feature on the undercard for one of the biggest fight nights in Russian history next month.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jonathan Carter has all but confirmed that he will play for Barbados in the Caribbean Super50 Championship starting next week in Guyana.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Australia were too   sharp for rusty South Africa as the touring side won the first  Twenty20 international by five wickets with three balls to spare  yesterday.

Guyana’s Aliann Pompey will not be able to add a Pan American Games medal to the gold and silver she has won at two Commonwealth Games.

National youth sprinter Jevina Sampson made her mark at the North Zone Inter-Schools Championships for Zone Two yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Lendl Simmons hit 122 to set West Indies up for a 40-run victory over Bangladesh in the first One-day International yesterday.

NEW YORK CITY, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago hauled themselves back into contention with an emphatic crushing of Barbados but 11 teams were eliminated from contention from the next round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers in the latest round of games on Tuesday.

MUMBAI, India, IANS-CMC – Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla will host the first of three Tests between India and the West Indies, when the Caribbean side arrives here next month.

By Iva Wharton Equality for women in cricket is far from becoming a reality in Guyana but several of Guyana’s senior national players said they are not discouraged.

Archrivals and neighbours Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets (RHTGG) and Port Mourant Karibee Rice (PMKR) will square off on Saturday at the Area H Ground in the final of the 8th annual RHTYSC Busta Champion of Champions tournament.