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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC – Traditional powerhouses Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago will clash in the first round of next year’s CONCACAF Under-17 Championship here.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Kevin Durant, who led the  United States to their first world championship title in 16  years, has been selected as the 2010 USA Basketball male  athlete of the year.

PERTH, (Reuters) – England tightened their grip on  the Ashes yesterday, ripping out Australia’s top order cheaply  and dismissing the hosts for 268 on day one of the third test.  

TORONTO, (Reuters) – The Chicago Bulls crushed the  injury-hit Toronto Raptors 110-93 on Wednesday for their  seventh straight victory but the excitement was dulled by the  news that centre Joakim Noah would be lost for two months.  

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) Division Two and Three Knockout tournaments have been plagued with postponements and since its recent stoppage it shows no sign of a restart.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Twelve international coaches have already expressed interest in the post of Trinidad and Tobago head coach, even though the embattled Russell Latapy remains in charge.

In her first event, Goodwill Games gold medalist Brittany van Lange was able to produce a new personal best in the 100m freestyle while compatriot Ronaldo Rodrigues bettered his time in the 50m freestyle yesterday on the second day of the FINA (International Swimming Federation) World Championships (25m) in Dubai.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – The International Cricket  Council (ICC) has extended its deadline for Pakistan to name  their preliminary squad for next year’s 50 overs World Cup until  Jan.

While outgoing president of the GCB Chetram Singh described his last year in office as controversial, Sport Minister Dr.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Leeward Islands batsman Runako Morton will make his debut for Trinidad and Tobago in next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 Championship after being included in a 14-man squad yesterday.

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa’s  Morne Morkel claimed four for 20 as he and Dale Steyn tore  through India to leave the top-ranked nation 136 for nine at the  end of the first day of the first test yesterday.  

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – NBA Commissioner David Stern is  not in a giving mood these days despite having an office that  overlooks the holiday-season revelry of glittery Fifth Avenue.  

(Barbados Nation) Sagicor UWI’s protest against BNB St Catherine over the use of a “venom” ball in last Sunday’s Sagicor General Super Cup semi-final has been dismissed by the Barbados Cricket Association’s (BCA) Complaints and Disputes Committee.

It pays to be a leg-spinner for Guyana after the Guyana Cricket Board last night named leg-spinners Devendra Bishoo and Amir Khan the senior and junior Cricketers-of-the-Year at their annual awards ceremony held at the Umana Yana.

Guyana’s Ronaldo Rodrigues placed second and sixth in the men’s 100m breaststroke and men’s 200m freestyle events on the first day of the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships in Dubai yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have leapfrogged Trinidad and Tobago to claim top spot in the Caribbean Football Union rankings, following their unbeaten run in the recently concluded Digicel Caribbean Cup.

Chef-de-Mission of Guyana’s contingent to the recent Commonwealth Games and Treasurer of the Guyana Olympic Association, Garfield Wiltshire yesterday said that the three national rugby players recently suspended by the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) had been drinking and were under the influence of alcohol.

In a continuing effort to promote sports in schools the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) partnered with the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) to launch the national schools chess championships yesterday at the MCYS office, Main Street.

LONDON, England,  CMC – Test reject Ravi Bopara and rising star Steve Finn have been included in a strong England Lions 16-man squad named yesterday to do battle in the West Indies Cricket Board first class championship starting next February.

(Cricinfo) Despite including two former World Cup heroes – Sanath Jayasuriya and Chaminda Vaas – in the provisional 30-member squad for the tournament’s 2011 edition, Sri Lanka’s chairman of selectors Aravinda de Silva gave no indication that they would be in contention for a spot in the final 15.