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The annual summer camp organized by the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) and sponsored by P and P Insurance Brokers Company Limited will run from July 11-18.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – India have been fined for  maintaining a slow over-rate during the drawn second test  against West Indies, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Teams began arriving yesterday in rainy conditions for the annual Windward Islands Under-19 championship, set to start on Monday with two matches.

LES ESSARTS, France, (Reuters) – Thor Hushovd swapped  his world champion’s jersey for the Tour de France yellow thanks  to his Garmin-Cervelo team mates who won the 23-km second stage  of the race, a time trial, yesterday.

HAMBURG, Germany, (Reuters) – Vladimir Klitschko beat  Britain’s David Haye on a unanimous points decision on Saturday  to add the WBA heavyweight title to his three other belts and  complete his family’s domination of the division.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – The second Test between West Indies and India ended in a draw yesterday after the fickle weather that had interrupted the match for days finally halted play.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson believes estranged opener Chris Gayle has to decide his own future with the regional side, and says he will press ahead with his goal of building a successful, united side.

While Chris Gayle, not without reason, tries to understand why he still remains basically debarred from selection, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Marlon Samuels, two other batsmen of similar vintage who have confronted different troubles of their own, have been battling to re-establish themselves in the Test team.

Belgium-based Blair Wynn scored a hat-trick as a youthful T&T senior women’s hockey squad thrashed Guyana 7-0 in the first of a three-match series at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Friday night.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – A frustrated Lionel Messi said a joke goal had complicated Argentina’s Copa America start as the hosts struggled to impose themselves in their 1-1 draw with Bolivia in the tournament’s first match on Friday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Nerveless 21-year-old Petra Kvitova delivered a remarkable performance of confidence and power to out-gun favourite Maria Sharapova and win the Wimbledon title for the first time with a convincing 6-3 6-4 victory yesterday.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Test spinner Danish Kaneria filed a High Court petition yesterday against the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) refusal to clear him to play international cricket.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Indian opener Virender Sehwag needs more time to recover from surgery on his shoulder and will miss the first test against England at Lord’s later this month, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Often overshadowed by his classic duels with Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal’s rivalry with Novak Djokovic has been brewing slowly and it will come to the boil today when the world’s two best players contest the 125th Wimbledon men’s final.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday CARICOM governments should heed the call from embattled West Indies opener Chris Gayle, and intervene in the impasse between him and the West Indies Cricket Board.

The eighth edition of the gruelling Wheat Up Cycle Road race sponsored by National Milling Company (NAMILCO) organized by Roraima Bikers Club will take place tomorrow (Caricom Day) on the East Bank of Demerara.

Heavy rain yesterday prevented any play on the opening day of the 2011 Regional Under-15 cricket series between Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana and Jamaica and the Windwards.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – The familiar figures of Rahul  Dravid and Vangipurappu Laxman guided India to safety and toward  a position to push for an unlikely victory in the second test  against West Indies in Barbados yesterday.

Former West Indies spinner Rawl Lewis was warmly received by a distinguished gathering of regional and local coaches and team managers here in Trinidad and Tobago for the annual West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Under-15 Championships which bowl off today.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Estranged West Indies opener Chris Gayle yesterday lamented his continued exclusion from the regional side, and has called on CARICOM to intervene in the impasse.