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DHAKA, (Reuters) – Paceman Christopher Mpofu claimed three vital wickets for 25 to lift Zimbabwe to a nine-run  victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day international yesterday.

Alpha United Football Club president Odinga Lumumba has until today to respond to the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) memo on whether his club will be playing in the Kashif & Shanghai football tournament that is scheduled to begin on December 12.

Swimmers from the Dorado and Dolphins Speed Swim Clubs are gearing up for their participation at the upcoming Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) Invitational from December 16 – 19.

The Rage, Scramblers and TX domino teams out of Georgetown and the Essequibo coast recently etched their name among other zone winners in the ongoing Ivanoff Vodka National Domino tournament.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Finally, the ‘Big Three’ made big  contributions and the Miami Heat crushed the Washington Wizards  105-94 on Monday with LeBron James scoring 30 points and Dwyane  Wade adding 26.

RIVIÈRE-PILOTE, Martinique, CMC – Jamaica secured a berth in the semi-finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals with a comfortable 2-0 win over Guadeloupe on Monday night.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – African soccer president Issa  Hayatou said his conscience was clear yesterday after a British  TV programme made bribery claims as he and the rest of FIFA’s  executive committee prepared to choose the 2018 and 2022 World  Cup hosts.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan omitted senior batsman  and former captain Mohammad Yousuf yesterday from their squads  for their tour of New Zealand next month.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia pace bowler Mitchell   Johnson’s wayward first Ashes test performance in Brisbane has   placed him squarely in the firing line for media and fan   criticism as his dented side prepare for the second match in   Adelaide on Friday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – An “accidental” remark he  wished he had never made is behind AB de Villiers’ rapid ascent  into the top-rank of the world’s leading batsmen, the South  African told Reuters yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The New York Knicks used a  third-quarter scoring burst to beat cross-river rivals the New  Jersey Nets 111-100 at Madison Square Garden last night for  their seventh win in eight games.

KANDY, Colombo, CMC – Resurgent wicketkeeper/batsman Carlton Baugh says his half-century in the last Test was important to his career.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) launched the third Pepsi/Carib Inter-County Twenty20 tournament yesterday at its headquarters on Regent Road.

The New GPC Inc pledged their third year of support to the annual Kashif and Shanghai Tournament with a donation of $2 million in the company’s boardroom  yesterday.

THOUSAND OAKS, California, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods  has a final chance to claim his first victory of the year at  this week’s Chevron World Challenge and close the curtain on a  2010 campaign he described as “very painful”.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The wife of Pakistan   wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider wants to join her husband in   London as she fears for her children’s safety after Haider   said he would expose those taking bribes in Pakistan cricket.

The committee formed by football clubs invited to participate in the upcoming Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Tournament, Clubs for Negotiation (CFN), met with directors of the Kashif and Shanghai Organization on Sunday.

The first phase of construction for a permanent building to house the Guyana Karate College (GKC) will commence next week at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.

Photos by Orlando CharlesStabroek Sport took to the streets yesterday to ask the ordinary citizen what they thought about the issues surrounding the upcoming Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament.

The Pepsi Sonics basketball club’s senior team won all their games in the recently concluded ‘Refresh your world’ basketball competition to emerge  winners of the tournament last Sunday at the National Gymnasium.