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MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester United  inflicted more Champions League misery on Chelsea with a 2-1 win that put them in the semi-finals and then twisted the knife when  Alex Ferguson said he might not have fielded the right team.

St John’s, Antigua – Barbadian First Class batsman Kraigg Brathwaite will lead the West Indies Under 19 team on a tour to the United Arab Emirates to play against Australia Under 19s.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Battered Bermuda’s survival in the World Cricket League Division Two was hanging by a thread after they slumped to their third defeat in four matches with a crushing 87-run defeat at the hands of Namibia here yesterday.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons  will not have his contract renewed when it expires at the end of June, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said yesterday.

By Treiston Joseph President Bharrat Jagdeo Sunday night congratulated the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) on a successful 10/10  softball tournament after bowling the first ball of the final to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GT&T, Yog Mahadeo at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last Sunday evening.

After 19 years in office at the helm of Guyana’s cricket Chetram Singh is about to call it a day but his impending departure will take longer than anticipated due to critical oversight by the Friendly Societies.

West Indies middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan stroked an unbeaten double century along with a century from Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) partner Vishal Singh to beat Transport Sports Club (TSC) by an innings in the last round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) two-day Carib Beer/Heroes Cup first division competition over the weekend.

The Trinidad & Tobago national two-day championship league continued over the weekend with Kellon Carmichael and Deon Ferrier of Aranguez being among the wickets.

The Pepsi Hornets rugby team overpowered Yamaha Caribs 17-5 in the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) 15-a-side tournament when the two powerhouses met last Saturday at the National Park rugby field.

It rained goals on New Silver City tarmac on the second night of action in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets five-a-side football tournament as 26 goals were scored in six matches Saturday in the bauxite mining community of Linden.

The Central Police Operational Youth Club (CPOYC) of New Amsterdam outreach and community enhancement programme will continue tomorrow with the staging of a grand day of sports.

he Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) will conduct its first level one coaching course at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue from tomorrow starting at 10:00hrs.The

Michael Edwards netted a double to take the Trinidad and Tobago’s Pro League champions Defence Force to a 4-0 win over host Milerock in their home-and-away second round tie of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club championship, at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground last Sunday evening.

The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) is to resume the Carib Twenty/20 and the Rockaway Auto Sales Major and Minor League within the next week and is

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Shane Watson struck a world  record 15 sixes in an unbeaten innings of 185 from only 96 balls  to take Australia to a crushing nine wicket victory over  Bangladesh in the second one-day international yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Sports Minister Olivia Grange has hailed the leadership of captain Tamar Lambert in Jamaica’s capture of their fourth straight Regional First Class Championship.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – South Africa all-rounder  Jacques Kallis notched his second successive half-century to  power Kolkata Knight Riders to a nine-run victory over Deccan  Chargers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – An extra 109 elite Australian  athletes will receive government support in the run-up to next  year’s London Olympics after funding was increased by A$3  million ($3.2 million), sports minister Mark Arbib said yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The woman at the center of a tawdry scandal involving retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says she never intended to be a “gold-digger” and just wants her life back, according to an interview on ABC News.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Arsenal is poised to become the  fifth Premier League club to have an American owner after sports  tycoon Stan Kroenke agreed a deal for a takeover that values the  soccer club at 731 million pounds ($1.2 billion).