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BOSTON, (Reuters) – LeBron James muscled his way to a  35-point, 14-rebound performance as the Miami Heat pushed the  Boston Celtics to the brink of playoff elimination with a 98-90  overtime triumph Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 (Reuters) – The Commonwealth Games  Federation (CGF) is to approach the International Cricket  Council (ICC) again to push for Twenty20 cricket’s inclusion in  future Games, the CGF said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former English Football  Association chairman David Triesman has accused FIFA executive  committee members Jack Warner, Ricardo Teixeira, Nicolas Leoz  and Worawi Makudi of asking for favours in return for their  votes for England’s 2018 World Cup bid.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Disciplinary issues have been at the centre of West Indies left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn’s non-selection since the World Cup, chief selector Clyde Butts has revealed.

MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Praveen Kumar dealt early  blows while Bhargav Bhatt polished off the tail as Kings XI  Punjab stunned Mumbai Indians by 76 runs to keep their playoff  hopes alive in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – West Indies vice-captain Brendan Nash says he is anxious to rejoin the fray after four months out of international spotlight.

Two years away from all forms of cricket must have roused a beast out of hibernation in Marlon Samuels because certainly the double hundred he plundered yesterday against his West Indies counterparts was as savage as ever.

A Guyana XI yesterday drew its two-day First Class match against Pakistan at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda yesterday.

JAIPUR, India, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni and  his top order colleagues fired in unison as Chennai Super Kings  thumped Rajasthan Royals by 63 runs to jump to second place in  the Indian Premier League yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The aging and erratic Los  Angeles Lakers faced an uncertain future yesterday after the  NBA champions were embarrassingly swept out of the second round  of the playoffs by the Dallas Mavericks.

Eagles squeezed past Retrievers Unknowns 3-2 to lift the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Futsal football tournament in front of a mammoth crowd at the Mackenzie market squad Saturday evening to bring the curtains down on the Linden leg of the series.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – West Indies selectors have announced a 13-man squad for the first Test against Pakistan starting here Thursday.

HAMBURG, Germany, (Reuters) – British WBA heavyweight  champion David Haye called rival Vladimir Klitschko “a fraud” yesterday as the duo began verbal sparring ahead of their  unification fight in Hamburg on July 2.

By Treiston Joseph Once a budding star in Guyana at the tender age of 13, Kadecia Baird returned to her homeland three years after  migrating to the United States of America (USA) where she now resides in New York (NY), with her mother Natasha Baird.

National full-bore captain Mahendra Persaud has expressed disappointment in Guyana not retaining the prestigious Anchor Cup, symbol of short-range team shooting in the region at West Indies Fullbore Shooting championships held last week in Antigua.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC – A shoulder injury seems poised to rule dashing opener Virender Sehwag out of next month’s tour of the Caribbean.

The Guyana Chess Federation will stage a one-day Rapid Chess tournament on Sunday in Linden as the GCF moves to decentralize the sport.

Co-Founder and President of the Haynes Foundation, Paul Haynes, has declared that his 10-day visit to Guyana was very productive.

Giftland Office Max confirmed its support for the second year running of the President’s/Jefford Track & Field Classic when Marketing Manager Compton Babb handed over a cheque for an undisclosed sum to the co-ordinator, Edison Jefford yesterday at the company’s Head Office on Water Street.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor says he opted for the Indian Premier League in order to erase the uncertainty surrounding his future.