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 Jack Warner
Jack Warner

Caribbean to come under FIFA microscope

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Some Caribbean football administrators could find themselves under FIFA’s scrutiny shortly, after the world governing body said yesterday it would continue to probe the meeting in Trinidad and Tobago that triggered the cash-for-vote scandal.

Cadel Evans
Cadel Evans

Evans to give Australia first Tour victory

GRENOBLE, France, (Reuters) – Cadel Evans was only a  short 95 km ride away from becoming the first Australian winner  of the Tour de France after he outclassed the Schleck brothers  in the penultimate stage time trial yesterday.

Mohamed Bin Hammam
Mohamed Bin Hammam

Bin Hammam to appeal against FIFA life ban

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Mohamed Bin Hammam, the Asian  soccer chief who was due to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA  presidency last month, was banned for life by football’s ruling  body yesterday for his part in a cash-for-votes scandal.

Rahul Dravid celebrates his test century yesterday.

Dravid fights rearguard battle in first test

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rahul Dravid ensured India  avoided the follow-on in the first test against dominant England  at Lord’s yesterday with an unbeaten 103 after Sachin  Tendulkar had again fallen cheaply at world cricket’s  headquarters.

  M. S Dhoni

Harbhajan spoof ad pulled

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A controversial advertisement  in which India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni ridiculed team mate  Harbhajan Singh has been yanked from the air, the alcohol  company which ran the ad has said.

Bolt edges out compatriot Carter in Monaco

MONACO, (Reuters) – World and Olympic champion Usain  Bolt needed a late surge to narrowly beat fellow Jamaican Nesta  Carter in the 100 metres with his season’s best time of 9.88  seconds at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.

Wet outfield forces abandonment at DCC

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A wet outfield has forced the abandonment of play on the second day of the second round, WICB Regional Under-19 Championship match between Barbados and Leeward Islands at Demerara Cricket Club yesterday.

Keisha Jeffery (white top) in action Ecuador’s Nicole Bravo on Wednesday in Round One of the Championship.

Jeffrey twins advance then lose at World Junior Squash C/ships

Newly crowned Caribbean girls’ Under-19 champion Keisha Jeffrey and her sister, Kayla, got off to good starts on Wednesday when they both racked up wins in the first round of the of the World Women’s Junior Squash Championships currently ongoing at the Harvard University, Boston, USA.

Ray Jordan claimed 4-39 for the defending champions (Orlando Charles Photo)

Honours even on rain affected first day

A lion-hearted effort from Windward Islands fast bowler Ray Jordan gave the defending champions a share of the spoils on a rain-affected opening day of their second round match of the 2011 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional under-19 tournament, at Providence yesterday.

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