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PARIS, (Reuters) – Saxo Bank promised on Sunday to stay on as title sponsors of Bjarne Riis’s cycling team even if three-times Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is banned after failing a dope test.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board has introduced a revised code of conduct for its players in line with recommendations made by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for stricter implementation of anti-corruption laws.

YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – Cameroon coach Javier Clemente will meet with the country’s Football Federation President Iya Mohamed after receiving stinging criticism from the team’s technical department.

RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – U.S. Olympic 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt has been suspended through July 2011 after testing positive for a banned substance found in a male enhancement product, the U.S.

– B/dos win by 151 runs despite Bishoo’s 6-36 KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Tino Best lived-up to his surname and upstaged Davendra Bishoo to all but put Barbados into the semi-finals of the WICB Regional One-day competition, following a convincing 151-run victory over Guyana yesterday.

– replaces Gayle as new West Indies test captain; Nash named test vice captain ST.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Neither the West Indies High Performance Centre nor Leeward Islands may have complained, when Jamaica’s recent dodgy weather forced a no-decision yesterday in their bizarre WICB Regional One-day match.

President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Kit Nascimento said yesterday he will brief the media on Wednesday on the performance of the national rugby Sevens team at the just concluded Commonwealth Games in India.

Discarded national wicketkeeper/batsman Derwin Christian was in fine form with bat and  ball on the second day of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Heroes Cup first division competition at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, Queenstown, yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter  appealed to his executive committee members to stay silent as he  launched an immediate investigation into alleged vote-selling  ahead of the decision on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Jonathan Foo and Krishmar Santokie head the list of young, untried players, which the West Indies selection panel have named in a 13-member A-Team squad for two Twenty20 matches against Pakistan-A on November 5 and 6 at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.

Guyana’s girls’ number one junior player Shawna Gentle yesterday picked up where she left off on Saturday as the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Tennis Tournament continued at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel’s courts.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) with 78 games ran out winners of the Ministry of Home Affairs domino competition last Wednesday at the Police Sports Club.

David Khan, Suhai Feng and Frankie Farley are on the maximum two points after two rounds of the Guyana Chess Federation Topco Juice sponsored Senior Chess qualifiers at the Keishar’s Sports Club yesterday.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, (Reuters) – A second  successive century from Hashim Amla took South Africa to a  resounding eight wicket victory over Zimbabwe yesterday and  secured the three-match series with a game to spare.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Paceman Rubel Hossain stunned New  Zealand with four wickets to help Bangladesh beat the tourists  by three runs yesterday and complete a 4-0 series sweep.

KOCHI, India, (Reuters) – Steady overnight rain and an early morning shower washed out the first one-day international between India and Australia yesterday.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – West Indies produced two clinical back-to-back performances to capture the ICC Women’s Twenty20 Challenge title here yesterday.

Ron Motilall is the new junior chess champion of Guyana. Motilall yesterday dethroned defending champion Cecil Cox (junior) in a three-game, tie-break set of matches where he had the advantage of playing with the white pieces twice.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia coach Tim Nielsen  has backed Ricky Ponting amid calls for the Tasmanian to  relinquish the test captaincy ahead of the Ashes starting next  month.