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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, CMC – Sprint superstar Usain Bolt has confirmed his presence for the DN Galan Diamond League later this month, in a return to the city where he suffered his last defeat.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Veteran batsman Shiv Chanderpaul has praised rookie Kirk Edwards for helping him to his 23rd Test century in the third and final Test against India last Sunday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – There will be a huge depth of  golfing knowledge amid the galleries of Royal St George’s this  week but even the keenest statistician might be hard pressed to  name the winners of the last 11 major championships.

LAVAUR, France, (Reuters) – Riders and organisers  need to sit down together to resolve the safety issues that have  marred this year’s Tour de France, according to seasoned  professional rider David Millar.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish defeated  fierce rival Andre Greipel to win the 11th stage of the Tour de  France yesterday and snatch the green jersey in the process.

SALTA, Argentina, (Reuters) – Venezuela stunned  Paraguay with two goals in the dying minutes to snatch a 3-3  draw and retain their lead in Group B at the Copa America yesterday.

SANDWICH, England, (Reuters) – Players are being  invited to write messages in a Seve Ballesteros book of  remembrance at this week’s British Open, the Royal & Ancient  (R&A) organisers said yesterday.

By Treiston Joseph Guyana’s male and female teams yesterday shot into the semi-finals of Digicel’s Caribbean Areas Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships, continuing dominant performances that have established them as the ones to beat in the competition.

Christopher Barnwell and Andre Stoll with an impressive century and spell of quick bowling respectively were the highlights of the second day of the three-day practice match involving the Guyana Under-19 team at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC Ground) yesterday.

Guyana squeezed past Barbados with a narrow 22-run win in the 4th round of the 2011 Regional Under-15 competition at Honeymoon Park, in Trinidad yesterday.

MENDOZA, Argentina, (Reuters) – An own goal in  injury time gave Chile a dramatic 1-0 victory over Peru yesterday to leave them top of their group ahead of the Copa  America quarter-finals.

HOLLYWOOD, California,  (Reuters) – Britain’s WBA  light-welterweight champion Amir Khan is a superior boxer at 24  than Filipino Manny Pacquiao was at the same age, according to  trainer Freddie Roach who works with both fighters.

LA PLATA,  Argentina,   (Reuters) – World Cup semi-finalists Uruguay beat a young  Mexico side 1-0 in the Copa America yesterday to set up a  mouth-watering quarter-final clash with their River Plate rivals  Argentina.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says there is a role for regional governments in the management of West Indies cricket but says key questions about ownership of the regional game needed to be answered.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – India coach Duncan Fletcher has praised the development of the West Indies team under new coach Ottis Gibson.

West Side All Stars and Squatters “The Gunners” United prevailed yesterday afternoon, in their respective West Demerara quarter-final matches, at the Dem Amstel community centre ground, in the inaugural 2011 GT&T Fast Ball knockout competition.

Competing in the 105kg class and one of the toughest groups in the men’s championships, Guyanese lifter and Caribbean champion Karel Mars finished just outside the medals at the North America Regional Powerlifting championships on Saturday in Miami.

Kadecia Baird ran her fastest 200 metres this year but failed to make it into the finals at the World Youth Championships in Lille, France from July 6-10.

CARMAUX, France, (Reuters) – German Andre Greipel  put one over bitter rival and former team mate Mark Cavendish by  securing a maiden Tour de France stage win yesterday.

RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Olympic double  bronze medallist Walter Dix does not buy the talk that America,  without Tyson Gay, will have no answer for Jamaica’s Usain Bolt  and Asafa Powell at next month’s world championships.