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KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Spinner Ajantha Mendis  produced the best figures in Twenty20 internationals yesterday  to bowl Sri Lanka to an eight-run win over Australia at the  Pallakele Stadium and a 2-0 series win.

As part of their preparations for this weekend’s two-day Jam Zone Masters’ Cup T20 cricket competition at the Guyana National Stadium, the teams involved have been participating in warm-up matches before Friday’s  semi-finals.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Belgium’s world number two Kim  Clijsters yesterday shot down talk of retiring after next year’s London Olympics and said she would rather have a much lower-key  farewell.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal  was a surprise omission when Pakistan announced their latest  batch of central contracts yesterday.

(BBC) Zimbabwe wrapped up a 130-run victory over Bangladesh in Harare to complete a successful return to Test cricket after a break of nearly six years.

The East Bank Cricket Association says several of its players qualified for promotions to the Demerara teams over the past season, at a meeting hosted on Thursday evening to elect a new executive.

Yamaha Caribs outplayed the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ‘A’ to walk away with the Banks DIH Sevens trophy yesterday at the National Park.

In his first year in charge of the national side, new Guyana women’s cricket coach Latchman Yadram has pledged to go all out to win this year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Women’s limited overs tournament which commences today in Barbados.

Georgetown, Guyana – Jamaica coach Robert Samuels has praised his players for their team-work, unity and belief in each other following the capture of the three-day title in the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-19 Tournament.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – A typically belligerent, unbeaten 47 from Kieron Pollard propelled Somerset to a six-wicket victory over Nottinghamshire in the quarter-finals of the English Twenty20 Championship yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Regional players body, WIPA, have appointed directors Dave Kissoon and Michael Hall to lead its negotiations with the West Indies Cricket Board to revise the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement.

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts, CMC – Shalrie Joseph continued to give proof of his confidence in taking penalty kicks, but Alejandro Moreno upstaged him with a pair of goals that handed Chivas USA a 3-2 victory the New England Revolution on Saturday in Major League Soccer.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India seamer Zaheer Khan needs  surgery for ankle and hamstring problems and has been ruled out  for the remainder of the England series, the Indian cricket  board (BCCI) said yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Rahul Dravid has said his return  to India’s one-day squad is a temporary one and he is retiring  from the shorter forms of the game after the upcoming series  against England, but his surprise recall is being viewed by some  as a step in the wrong direction.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United fought back from  two goals down and struck deep into stoppage time to beat  Manchester City 3-2 in a dramatic Community Shield at Wembley yesterday.

LONDON, England, CMC – World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was handed a solid defeat ahead of her title defence in Daegu later this month, when American Carmelita Jeter won the 100 metres at the Aviva London Grand Prix on Saturday.

MONINO, Russia, (Reuters) – Russia believe they can  win their opening match on their rugby World Cup debut with  coach Nikolai Nerush saying their inclusion is a big boost for a  set-up which receives “peanuts”.

The moment of devastation had to be faced.  It was the moment of losing.

By Colin Benjamin Barbados completed their demolition of the home side early on the final day yesterday, to claim an impressive innings and 52-run victory, in the final round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) three-day tournament at Everest Ground yesterday.

Guyana’s unbeaten streak came to an end in the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Women’s Challenge Cup when they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Uruguay in their final preliminary match yesterday at the Deodoro Hockey Complex in neighbouring Brazil.