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In hindsight the 2010 cycling year was a challenging, but rewarding ride for Guyana’s cyclists.

Avinash Persaud once again proved to be a player in a class by himself locally but his younger sibling Avinda Kishore is fast catching up as golf made positive strides in 2010.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Debutant Usman Khawaja briefly  lit up a gloomy first day of the fifth Ashes test yesterday  but Australia’s batting frailties and rain returned later in   the day to leave the hosts wobbling on 134-4 at the close of   play.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – A grimly determined Gautam  Gambhir and a serene Sachin Tendulkar took India to 142 for two at stumps on the second day of the deciding third test against South Africa yesterday.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa all-rounder  Jacques Kallis battled through the pain barrier to stroke a  century yesterday but his heroics mean he is unlikely to play  any further part in the third and final test against India.

(BBC) Australia captain Ricky Ponting will undergo surgery today to repair his fractured finger.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Regional cricket chief Julian Hunte has reiterated his board’s financial support for the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship and says every attempt will be made to ensure the tournament becomes a lucrative enterprise.

Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab have moved a step closer to participation in the upcoming IPL player auction by fulfilling the Bombay High Court’s condition of filing affidavits in connection with bank guarantees.

It will cost the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) US$1M to host two English clubs for the upcoming regional T20 cricket series. A

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former Sports Minister Manohar Ramsaran says he hopes to bring a renewed energy to the national programme after taking up a key post in the local cricket board here yesterday.

The Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Senior cricket team will meet the T&T ‘A’ team in a revenge clash Thursday night at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre.

A New Zealand Cricket XI yesterday reduced the touring Pakistan cricketers to  234-8 in a warm-up match in Whangarei before the first Test.

STOKE-ON-TRENT, England, CMC – Stoke City’s Trinidadian marksman Kenwyne Jones says he has put a difficult last few weeks behind him and is ready to press on with the job of scoring goals to ensure the club continues flourishing in the English Premiership.

Despite the controversy that surrounded the Alpha United squad’s participation in the 2010/2011 Kashif and Shanghai tournament, Alpha became the last team standing at the conclusion of the 21st annual tournament which ended on New Year’s Day at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

– LumumbaFollowing his team’s victory in the 2010/2011 Kashif and Shanghai football tournament Saturday night at the Guyana National Stadium , Providence, president of the Alpha United club, Odinga Lumumba, has raied the bar as it pertains

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – There was no starring role for West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo but Victoria still brushed aside Queensland by 33 runs to launch their Twenty20 Big Bash title defence in style yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Boston Celtics All-Star forward  Paul Pierce and Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy were fined by  the NBA for separate incidents that occurred earlier this week,  the league said on Saturday.

There is a certain, satisfying poetic justice in the fact that Ricky Ponting will not, after all, be able to play in the final Test of the Ashes series that started last night at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – An assured unbeaten 81 by  Jacques Kallis put South Africa in command on the first day of the deciding third test against India at Newlands yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The fate of the Ashes was   decided last week in Melbourne but with the series and a huge   amount of pride still on the line, neither Australia or  England are calling this week’s fifth test in Sydney a dead  rubber.