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LONDON, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen struck the India  bowlers to all parts of Lord’s  yesterday during a majestic  unbeaten innings of 202 on a sun-dappled second day of the first  test.

L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France, (Reuters) – Luxembourg’s Andy  Schleck seized the Tour de France yellow jersey with two days  remaining as 2010 champion Alberto Contador restored his pride  with a relentless day of attacks on the mountainous 19th stage  to l’Alpe d’Huez yesterday.

Over 100 horses have been registered for the Digicel Horse Race Classic at the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club tomorrow at Bel Air No.

The final and third day of the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) Inter-Unit Championships at Camp Ayanganna Ground was postponed yesterday due to heavy rainfall.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Suspended Asian soccer chief  Mohamed Bin Hammam questioned whether he would be fairly treated  as a two-day hearing began yesterday into allegations he tried  to buy votes ahead of last month’s FIFA presidential election.

The South Pacific Play Ground in Brooklyn came alive last Sunday as scores of overseas-based Guyanese turned out to witness the start of the three-game friendly series between Linden and Georgetown.

The Guyana Cycling Association of North America (NAGCA) will host a raffle in Walter Grant Stuart’s honour on Labour Day.

Caribbean Airlines stepped in yesterday to assist the Alpha United team to travel to Costa Rica for the CONCACAF Champions League from July 26.

Guyana’s World Junior Championship representative Kadecia Baird will not be participating at the Pan American Junior Championships in Miami, Florida which started yesterday.

Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday granted an order restraining the new Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) executive from performing functions on behalf of the entity, as the saga in the embattled GCB elections continues.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will complete a successful School’s Rugby Summer Camp today with a sight-seeing tour around Main Street, Georgetown.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s lamentable  performance at the Commonwealth Games boxing tournament in Delhi  has prompted the country’s sports chiefs to send 10 of its best  fighters to Cuba in a bid to avoid similar failure at next  year’s London Olympics.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies will play a Test against England at Lord’s on their tour in May and June next year, after all.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Lisle Austin repeated his demands for a forensic audit of regional governing body CONCACAF.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Hosts Guyana and Jamaica will face-off in the key clash in the second round of the WICB Regional Under-19 Championship, starting today at Bourda Oval.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Leeward Islands coach Winston Benjamin has lamented his side’s poor showing in the opening round of the WICB Regional Under-19 Championship here.

Ricknauth Rooplall stroked 135 runs not out to lead Better Hope XI to the highest team score in the Kares Tapeball tournament to date against Combine Warriors last weekend at the Ogle Community Ground.

Many people today are still puzzled at the sudden emergence of three West Indies Cricket Team captains in Clive Lloyd, Sir Vivian Richards and Richie Richardson.

COL DU GALIBIER, France, (Reuters) – Alberto  Contador said winning a fourth Tour de France title this year  was now “impossible” after he cracked in the final ascent of yesterday’s 18th stage won by Andy Schleck.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Accolades continue to shower on  Japan’s women’s soccer team after their World Cup triumph with a  sponsor paying a bonus of one million yen ($12,680) to each  player for their surprise success.