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NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Debutants stole the show at the  New York City marathon on Sunday as Ethiopian Gebre Gebremariam  won the men’s race on his marathon debut and Kenya’s Edna  Kiplagat took the women’s title in her first New York race.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Alberto Contador was facing the  possibility of a two-year ban and losing this year’s Tour de  France title after the UCI asked the Spanish federation yesterday to open proceedings against him for failing a drugs test.

The ‘Ride For Life 4’ cycle road race was regarded as a huge success by government officials at the presentation ceremony at the National Cultural Centre last Sunday, and plans are already in place to take the event beyond the shores of Guyana,  on to the international stage.

Group 4 driver Kevin Jeffrey saved his best for the final stage of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship Series at the South Dakota Circuit yesterday but still ended two points shy of defending champion David Summerbell Jr.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has decided to waive the taxes of the foreign boxers who participated on the Caribbean Fury 2 card at Princess Hotel Saturday night.

Guyana’s world rated bantamweight fighter Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore survived three knockdowns to walk away with a unanimous decision win over Venezuelan Breilor Teran in the main event of the Caribbean Fury 2 boxing card at the Princess Hotel Saturday night.

-Ride for Life 4 fifth stage ends in photo finish The fourth annual Ride For Life cycle road race came climaxed yesterday at Homestretch Avenue with Miami-based cyclist Frank Travieso clinching victory over Godfrey Pollydore and Alonzo Greaves in a photo finish in the fifth and final stage.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Miami’s ‘Big Three’ took turns  powering the Heat to their second win over the New Jersey Nets  in a week with a 101-89 victory on Saturday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – A brutal half-century from Danza Hyatt helped West Indies-A sweep their Twenty20 series against Pakistan-A 2-0, when they won the second match by five wickets on Saturday.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Lee Westwood narrowly failed to  begin life as world number one in winning style when Italian  Francesco Molinari pipped him to the HSBC Champions tournament yesterday after a thrilling final-round shootout.

The Guyana Legion will host an individual billiards competition today from 17:00 hours at the Guyana Legion Club, Carifesta Avenue.

(BBC) Australia ended their seven-game losing streak as seamers Clint McKay and Mitchell Starc bowled them to an eight-wicket one-day victory over Sri Lanka yesterday.

(BBC) Skipper Andrew Strauss hit 120 not out as England beat Western Australia by six wickets in their opening three-day warm-up game yesterday ahead of the Ashes series.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – New Zealand pacer Chris  Martin bowled superbly on an unhelpful pitch to demolish the top  order and leave India with a fragile lead of 110 and six wickets  down in their second innings yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England’s Kevin Pietersen  believes he is hitting his best form just at the right time  with the Ashes series against Australia just a couple of weeks  away.

Guyana left it until the final night but sneaked into the finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup after their southern Caribbean neighbours Trinidad and Tobago hammered Haiti 4-0 at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Trinidad on Saturday.

The Fyrish Fire Hawks and New Amsterdam Warriors have advanced to the final of the Stag Beer Basketball Club division one championships following semi-finals wins recently.

Seawall FC continues to impress as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League approaches its conclusion.

Gavin Lewis defeated Kijana Lewis 6 – 3, 6 – 0 in a men’s singles match Thursday night as the Pegasus Open tournament continued at the hotel’s courts.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan leg spinner Danish  Kaneria has been refused clearance from the country’s cricket  board to join the squad in Dubai for the test series against  South Africa.