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LONDON, (Reuters) – England would never have launched  a bid to stage the World Cup in 2018 if world governing body  FIFA had said at the outset that it wanted to take the  tournament to new frontiers, British sports minister Hugh  Robertson said yesterday.

AUCKLAND (Reuters) – Sigmund Freud spent a lifetime unravelling the human psyche.

BERLIN (Reuters) – World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has agreed to fight Frenchman Jean-Marc Mormeck in Duesseldorf on December 10, the Ukrainian said yesterday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Denesh Ramdin joined coach Ottis Gibson and captain Darren Sammy in describing West Indies’ tour of Bangladesh this month as challenging.

NEW YORK CITY, CMC – Chuck Blazer is resigning from the post of CONCACAF Secretary General just over four months after blowing the whistle on alleged corruption in the Caribbean Football Union.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Adrian Griffith will be the lead match referee on duty during the WICB Regional Super50 Championship starting later this month in Guyana.

By Emmerson Campbell This year’s five-stage road race which pedals off this morning on the Corentyne, Berbice has attracted riders from Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Denmark, Germany, USA and England along with top local riders.

The long-awaited National Sports Policy (NSC) has been completed, according to Sport Minister Dr.

BENGALURU, India, CMC-IANS – In a nail-biting finish, Royal Challengers Bangalore, with West Indies opener Chris Gayle in the line-up, snatched a thrilling victory by two wickets from a defiant South Australian Redbacks yesterday to qualify for the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20.

Bishops’ High School has officially been declared winners of the North Georgetown District swimming championships which was held on Monday last at the Castellani Swimming Pool, Homestretch Avenue.

The Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AAG) female Athlete of the Year, Natasha Alder and her teammate Michael Sinclair rewrote the history books of the Joint Services Championships when the event’s second day concluded yesterday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Ground, Camp Ayanganna.

By Emmerson Campbell Guyana’s middleweight champion Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman and Edmund DeClou will headline the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) card dubbed the ‘Thirst Park Explosion’ scheduled to be held at Thirst Park ground, Ruimveldt on October 29.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Officials of the Barbados Cricket Association insisted yesterday that cousins Carlos Brathwaite and Jonathan Carter must play for Barbados in this month’s WICB Regional Super50 Championship.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Officials have revoked the naming of the players’ enclosure at Sabina Park after former Jamaica captain and West Indies batsman Lawrence Rowe.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Uncapped players Jermaine Blackwood and Kenar Lewis have been selected in the Jamaica squad for this month’s WICB Regional Super50 Championship in Guyana.

AUCKLAND (Reuters) – Sigmund Freud spent a lifetime unravelling the human psyche.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Three Pakistan cricketers, driven by greed, betrayed their team mates and the sport of cricket itself by taking bribes to fix incidents during a test match against England last year, a London court heard  yesterday.

(Reuters) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that it will clear all outstanding payments to the players and implement the central contracts before the national team depart for the UAE to play against Sri Lanka.

DHAKA,  (Reuters)– West Indies are happy to build a team around youngsters and will not miss former captain Chris Gayle in the upcoming series against Bangladesh, coach Ottis Gibson said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Alastair Cook saw India cave in without resistance when the teams last met but the England captain  yesterday said beating Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side in a limited overs series on their patch will be an altogether different proposition.