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DOHA, (Reuters) – Thomas Bjorn became the first  Danish-born player to capture the Qatar Masters yesterday when  he recorded a bogey-free final-round 69 in windy conditions to  win by four strokes.

TALLINN, (Reuters) – American Ashton Eaton broke his  own world record for the heptathlon yesterday at an indoor  meeting in Estonia.

Newly-appointed technical director of the National Rugby Sevens team, Spencer Robinson, is pleased with the progress the team has made in preparing for the International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens World Series in Las Vegas, United States.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Windward Islands bowlers upstaged a half-century from Kyle Corbin to put their side in a favourable position over Combined Campuses & Colleges in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

NAIN, Jamaica, CMC – A gutsy batting effort earned Guyana first innings points but Marlon Samuels stroked a confident, unbeaten half-century to keep Jamaica in the hunt, on the second day of the first round of the Regional First Class Championship yesterday.

Three wickets in one over by Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) Joshua Wade and a commanding 93 from Gavin Singh have Police facing an uphill task to take first innings points against the home team in the Heroes Cup first division two-day tournament.

(Cricinfo) Hot Spot will not be part of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) that will be used during the 2011 ICC World Cup, reducing the system to its basic requirements: a ball-tracker (in this case Hawk-Eye), a super slow-motion camera and a ‘clear’ stump microphone.

AUCKLAND (Reuters) – Jesse Ryder scored his second one day international century to help New Zealand earn a face-saving 57-run victory over Pakistan at Eden Park yesterday in the sixth and final match of their series.

LONDON (Reuters) – Newcastle United produced an astonishing fightback to draw 4-4 at home to Arsenal yesterday after trailing 4-0 as a record 38 goals were scored in the Premier League yesterday.

Team GDF snatched the male and female titles at the conclusion of the Inter-Services Cross Country Championships on January 29, the GDF said in a release on Friday.

The Stag Beer Inter-Ward Seven-a-Side Street Football tournament is geared to create waves among competing teams from the various areas in Linden when it kicks off on February 14.

Junior cyclist Paul DeNobrega pulled off a stunning victory yesterday at the National Park when he out-sprinted a number of senior cyclists to win the 18th Annual Ricks and Sari Agro Industries Limited youth race programme.

Of all the many mysteries surrounding the Indian Premier League (IPL), the most mystifying, on the face of it, has been Chris Gayle’s inability to attract a bid at the auction for the 2011 edition from the multi-millionaire industrialists and Bollywood stars who own the franchise teams.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – With their eyes already firmly fixed on their pending World Cup campaign, West Indies will search for a confidence-boosting win when they face Sri Lanka in the final One-Day International of their three-match series today.

DOHA (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were banned for at least five years yesterday after they were found guilty of corruption by an International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal.

Guyana’s world class bodybuilder Hugh Ross and female boxing champion Shondel Alfred have been voted as the 2010 Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, respectively.

NAIN, St Elizabeth, CMC – Guyana fast bowler Brandon Bess grabbed a five-wicket haul to send Jamaica tumbling on the opening day of their first round Regional First Class Championship match here yesterday.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso may have singled  out Michael Schumacher as a big Formula One title rival this  season but McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was having none of that  after calling his own team’s new car a “masterpiece” yesterday.

POINTE-A-PIERRE, Trinidad, CMC – Kirk Edwards anchored Barbados’ batting, and was within sight of a second first-class hundred in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Trinidad & Tobago yesterday.

CARDIFF, (Reuters) – Two tries from winger Chris  Ashton got England off to a flying start in the Six Nations  championship yesterday with a 26-19 victory over Wales.