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CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Procter & Gamble Co’s  Gillette brand will not renew its endorsement contract with  golfer Tiger Woods, which ends on Dec.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – South Africa are prepared for  India’s experienced line-up to fight back strongly in the Boxing  Day test after their crushing defeat at Centurion, captain  Graeme Smith said yesterday.

RALEIGH, North Carolina,  (Reuters) – A young Kenyan  provided athletics’ biggest breakthrough in a year when injuries  and American Tyson Gay bested Usain Bolt.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Chicago Bulls continued  their rapid ascent through the Eastern Conference by defeating  the injury-depleted Washington Wizards 87-80 Wednesday for  their ninth victory in their last 10 games.

After receiving the Guyana Cricket Board’s Club of the Year Award at the Umana Yana on December 15, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) took time out to acknowledge their sponsors over the year 2010 and all those who contributed to the clubs winning of the award.

The Kashif and Shanghai football tournament makes a return to the place where it all started over two decades ago.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England were blindsided by  the intensity of paceman Mitchell Johnson’s swing during their  third test defeat to Australia in Perth, but would not be  caught out again in Melbourne, batsman Kevin Pietersen warned yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s suspended test captain  Salman Butt will attend a hearing into spot-fixing charges in  Doha in January after the International Cricket Council rejected  his application to adjourn proceedings.

Coach of the of the Guyana national cricket team, Ravidranauth Seeram, and team captain Ramnaresh Sarwan are of the opinion that the Guyana national Twenty20 cricket team is in even better shape for the upcoming 2011 Caribbean Twenty20 than they were when the tournament was held this yea.

Guyana’s darts ace Norman Madhoo has been eliminated from the Ladbrokes.com

The local basketball arena will come alive shortly as the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) is jumping off the New Year with the hosting of their inaugural ‘Champion Club’ basketball tournament scheduled to begin on January 22.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Organisers are hoping the presence of West Indies stars Shiv Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan raises the intensity of next week’s Cricket Festival Twenty20 series.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The NBA champion Los   Angeles Lakers were left stunned and humiliated after being   upset 98-79 on their home court by the under-strength  Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.

WINDSOR, Ontario, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao will  fight Shane Mosley, a former champion in three divisions, on  May 7 in Las Vegas, promoter Bob Arum said Tuesday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Discarded West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has downplayed his inclusion in a 30-man squad to prepare for next year’s Cricket World Cup in India.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A year that began with doubts  over Rafael Nadal’s body and continued with worries over Roger  Federer’s head ended with both men at the peak of their powers  and promising some juicy new chapters of their rivalry in 2011.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Cycling in 2010 was struck by a  series of crises that threatened to wipe out most of its efforts  to fight doping, with the sport’s two biggest names involved in  scandals.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Lendl Simmons’ local club president is irate over the flashy opener’s continued exclusion from West Indies teams and has blasted regional selectors over the issue.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Embattled West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford has been pulled from the Windward Islands side for next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 Championship, following his suspension from bowling in international cricket because of an illegal action.

Bridgetown, Barbados – Fast bowler Tino Best is delighted to be among the 30 players named by the West Indies Cricket Board in the preliminary squad for the ICC World Cup 2011.