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LONDON, (Reuters) – Having lost in the third round  of the French Open last month, world number one Caroline  Wozniacki decided to forget about tennis and focus on football.  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Exciting West Indies opener Adrian Barath and rookie leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo have made significant jumps in the latest ICC Test Player rankings released yesterday.

By Treiston Joseph President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), KA Juman Yassin’s analysis of the issues concerning the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek Sport has caused Chairman of the Senior Selection Panel of the GCB, Claude Raphael to come out of the closet on the matter.

Alpha United stumbled  to yet another disappointing Inter-Guiana Club Championship run and will have to wait for another shot to claim the title as the Fourth Edition of the tournament continued on Thursday night at Stade Edmard Lama in Remire Montjoly, French Guiana.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Andy Roddick’s dream of winning  Wimbledon is on hold for another year after he was out-gunned by  a left-handed Spaniard yesterday, not reigning champion Rafa  Nadal but Feliciano Lopez whose tennis lived up to his nickname.

Kingston, Jamaica – Strong winds propelled Yohan Blake, Michael Frater, Lerone Clarke and Asafa Powell to sub-10 performances in the opening round of the 100m on Thursday’s opening day of the Jamaican Championships at National Stadium.

4R Lioness pulled off an upset victory over Shemaine Campbell’s Rose Hall Females to become the Stag Beer & El Dorado Rum softball champions last Sunday at the GCC Ground, Bourda.

Brussels, Belgium – Belgium’s Olympic High Jump champion Tia Hellebaut announced her second comeback to athletics at a press conference in Brussels on Thursday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan opening batsman Upul  Tharanga has been suspended for three months after failing a  doping test, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand allrounder Scott  Styris has retired from international cricket, lowering the  curtain on a 12-year career with the Blackcaps.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The inaugural Sri Lanka  Premier League will go ahead next month without the Indian  cricketers after talks failed with the Indian board (BCCI), Sri  Lankan sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told Reuters yesterday.

The inaugural Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy wraps up today with what is expected to be a terrific day of football with the finals in the male and female categories being  contested at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground.

The selection committee of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has called up 26 female cricketers for a one-day limited overs trial match scheduled for today at the Albion Community Centre Ground.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The International Cricket  Council (ICC) will discuss constitutional amendments to abolish  the rotational policy of appointing its head and avoid  “government interference” in the game’s administration at next  week’s conference in Hong Kong.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – West Indies pace bowler Ravi  Rampaul has been fined 10 percent of his match fee for dissent  after disputing an umpire’s decision in the first test against  India, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand will play their  first home test against Zimbabwe in 11 years, as well as a  three-match series against South Africa, in the next southern  hemisphere summer, New Zealand Cricket announced yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – India needed a mere half-hour after lunch on the fourth day to quell West Indies’ resistance and send the hosts plunging to a 63-run defeat with over a day to spare in the first Test here yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Regional governing body for cricket, the WICB, has accused players’ union head Dinanath Ramnarine of threatening behaviour during a stormy meeting in Jamaica last week, and is seeking an apology over the incident.

Jack Warner, the controversial former FIFA executive committee member who was at the heart of a corruption investigation until he resigned this week, is set to pick up a five-figure annual pension for life as a result of his decision to stand down.

By Colin BenjaminDemerara scored a tense  four wicket victory over Cellink Berbice yesterday to be crowned 2011 champions of the Guyana  and Trinidad Mutual three day Inter County tournament.