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MADRID, (Reuters) – World number one Rafael Nadal  damaged a muscle in his right leg during his Australian Open  quarter-final defeat by Spanish compatriot David Ferrer and  needs around 10 days to recover.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Selectors have named three newcomers in Jamaica’s 13-man squad to face Guyana in their opening game of the Regional First Class Championship starting here Friday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Injury has forced Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga out of the clash with Barbados, in the opening game of the Regional First Class Championship which starts here Friday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has hailed Adrian Barath’s maiden One-Day International century, terming the innings as “something special”.

COLOMBO, Trinidad,  CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Bravo is expected to be available for the second One-Day International against Sri Lanka tomorrow, after recovering from a slight knee injury.

COUVA, Trinidad,  CMC – Opener Jeremy Solozano struck an unbeaten half-century to help fire Trinidad and Tobago’s Under-17s to a convincing seven-wicket win over Canada’s Under-19s here Monday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Misbah-ul-haq overcame the  loss of late wickets to keep his cool and guide Pakistan to a  two-wicket victory over New Zealand in their fourth one-day  international match in Napier yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia captain Ricky Ponting  made a return to training yesterday as he bids to be fit in  time for the World Cup, while batsmen Callum Ferguson was rushed  into the squad for the final two one-day internationals against England.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India are ready to deal with the  pressure of being World Cup hosts in a cricket-mad country,  their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Organisers of last year’s Delhi Commonwealth Games have withheld payment to nine foreign companies for “non-performance” but one of them said yesterday it would sue over non-payment.

– 1st ODI COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – A contest that promised much following Adrian Barath’s maiden One-day International hundred of 113 and Ramnaresh Sarwan’s crisp 75, delivered very little, when rain ruined West Indies’ first ODI against Sri Lanka yesterday.

By Kizan Brumell Pele battled their way into the history books after enduring a tough match up against the in-form Fruta Conquerors Sunday night to emerge victorious in the inaugural Western Tigers Super Eight Knockout Competition at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – At the start of the day, run-scoring appeared a quandary for West Indies opener Adrian Barath.

European Union diplomat Albert Russell reigned supreme in capturing the Ming’s Products Medal Play Golf tournament last weekend at the Lusignan Golf course as members of the diplomatic community continued their excellent showing this year.

By Marlon Munroe Assad Fudadin, in his new role as captain of the national cricket team, believes that the team owes the nation an abundance of joy and memorable performances, especially since the last two years have been dismal in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Four-day tournament.

Guyana’s Jessica Stephenson swam off with straight wins in all five of the events she participated in on Sunday at the Sea Hawks Second Annual New Year Splash hosted at the Dr.

Sunday’s scheduled Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG)  Developmental Meet at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary was postponed owing to a memorial service that was held for Ashton Alleyne former Discipline and Welfare Officer of the Royal Youth Movement (Royals) athletics club.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics gained a  measure of revenge from last season’s disheartening loss in the  NBA Finals by routing the Los Angeles Lakers 109-96 on Sunday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The International Cricket  Council (ICC) will visit Kolkata’s Eden Gardens next Monday to find out if it can host its three remaining World Cup games and  has said the India-England match will be moved to Bangalore.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic belted out  Serbian folk songs in an all-in party after clinching the  Australian Open, but shrugged off a poor night’s sleep to focus  on more glory on the clay-courts of Roland Garros.