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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Tino Best was run out going for the winning run to condemn Barbados to a share of the WICB Regional One-day title with Leeward Islands, when the low-scoring Grand Final ended in a historic tie yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Incentives and magical  numbers abound for Kobe Bryant and the NBA champion Los Angeles  Lakers as they enter a new season with their sights set on a  record-equalling 17th title.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former Trinidad & Tobago Under-19 wicketkeeper/batsman Dion Bennett succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicular accident seven days ago, and died at the San Fernando General Hospital on Friday.

The fourth edition of the Namilco Football Festival kicked off Saturday night at the Tucville Playfield with Santos and Victoria Kings football clubs becoming the first two teams to progress to the next round.

A century from Tulsie Sahadeo aided the Floodlights Softball Cricket team to secure a five-wicket win over the Ministry of Sports (MoS).

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Swiss master Roger Federer  beat Germany’s Florian Mayer 6-4 6-3 to win the Stockholm Open yesterday and equal Pete Sampras’s haul of 64 ATP titles.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former European champions  Feyenoord suffered their worst defeat ever with a 10-0 loss to  Dutch league leaders PSV Eindhoven yesterday.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada and Guadeloupe became the first two sides to qualify for the Finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup next month in Martinique.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyana’s Nigel Bryan emerged winner of the Cecil James Memorial Under-18 Open Junior tournament on Saturday at the Maloney Indoor Sport Arena.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Limited sponsored National Indoor Hockey championships will bully off at 6pm tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dominic Fraser registered another unblemished day Saturday as the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Tennis Tournament continued at the tennis courts of the Pegasus Hotel.

As part of its bi-monthly training programme the Guyana Canoe Federation (GCF) held another practice session at the Coverden Marina on Saturday.

MARGAO, India, (Reuters) – The third and final  one-dayer between India and Australia yesterday was called off  after steady rain over the past two days waterlogged the  outfield, handing the hosts a 1-0 series win.

– Five wicket hauls for Bishun, Bourne, Ferrier and Barrington Spinners Totaram Bishun, Ranole Bourne, Deon Ferrier and Shemroy Barrington highlighted the second round of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) First Division Heroes Cup with five-wicket hauls yesterday.

Seawall United scored an upset victory over Victoria Kings while Alpha continued down victory lane when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League continued on Friday at the Georgetown Football Club Ground.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – World and Olympic sprint relay gold medalist Aleen Bailey is the 2010 winner of the Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence.

The in-word in West Indies cricket at the moment is “tough”.

Khain Singh with the maximum 16 games spearheaded `D’ Division to victory when the Guyana Police Force male and female Inter-Division dominoes competition continued recently.

Promoters of the upcoming All-Star Basketball Weekend received a significant boost from Giftland Office Max when they were presented with a number of trophies, basketballs and basketball nets at the company’s location on Water Street on Friday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – U.S. open water swimmer Francis ‘Fran’ Crippen, a world championship bronze medallist, died during a Marathon Swimming World Cup 10km event in the United Arab Emirates yesterday, world governing body FINA said.