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LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea showed by beating  Manchester United that they will not give up the Premier League  title without a fight and Liverpool are likely to be just as  tenacious when they face United at Anfield on Sunday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Soccer’s law-making body is  expected to approve more experiments with goal-line technology  systems on Saturday, but there is still a long way to go before  any hi-tech device helps a referee make a decision.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – When Sri Lanka turned up for  their first two World Cup matches without Lasith Malinga, it was  a bit like watching The Good, The Bad and the Ugly without the  gun-slinging heroics of Clint Eastwood.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – In a World Cup in the  sub-continent generally expected to be dominated by spinners,  the success of fast bowlers has come as very little surprise to  former West Indies captain Richie Richardson.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – An aggrieved Indian cricket  board (BCCI) on Wednesday sent a letter to the game’s governing  body slamming the “inadequacy” of the Umpire Decision Review  System (UDRS) being used in the World Cup.

For the first time in the WICB First-Class tournament Guyana showed some backbone before they drew their game against Barbados at the Guyana National Stadium and skipper Assad Fudadin was pleased with the performance.

In a simple ceremony yesterday, ANSA McAl rewarded the top finishers of their 7-A-Side street football inter-ward tournament which was sponsored under the company’s Stag beer brand.

Six Under-15 cricketers late last month received $200,000 worth of cricket gear and educational materials from the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club under the auspices of the Basil Butcher Berbice Cricket Development Trust Fund.

The Inter-Guiana Games which were scheduled for Suriname from May 12-15 might be postponed to a later date.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Plans for a mega-fight  between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams was  recovering at her Los Angeles home after undergoing emergency  treatment for a blood clot in one of her lungs, the former  world number one confirmed yesterday.

ORLANDO, Florida, (Reuters) – Orlando brought the  New York Knicks back to Earth with a bump on Tuesday with Dwight  Howard grabbing 30 points in the Magic’s 116-110 win.

A new body headed by newly-elected president Lethem Wilson was chosen to carry out the administrative functions of the Linden Table Tennis Association (LTTA) following a meeting on Monday at the Senior Supervisors’ Club in Linden.

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In DHAKAThere were always three teams in their group the West Indies needed to beat to be sure of advancing to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Roger Harper returned to the helm of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) on Monday evening after gaining a landslide victory over former president Alfred Mentore.

The Western Union Hikers junior hockey teams indoor tournament concluded Sunday afternoon at the National Gymnasium with Everest Hikers and the Georgetown Cricket Club teams standing out.

The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Challenge Series has been rescheduled to March 11-13 from its original February 25-27 date, according to a release from YBG  yesterday.

Former national junior player Jonathan Sankar turned in a stellar performance to cart off the prestigious men’s singles title from a quality field Sunday evening as the National Sports Commission sponsored annual Mashramani tournament climaxed with a crescendo.

By Treiston Joseph International Table Tennis Federation Level One Coaching Conductor Sydney Christophe last Sunday acknowledged the success of his training programme at the awards ceremony held following the conclusion of the annual Mashramani table tennis tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Veteran marksman Ransford Goodluck started the 2011 season on a winning note when he won last Sunday’s Recorded Shoot held at the Timehri rifle ranges over 300, 500 and 600 yards ranges.