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(Cricinfo) A couple of hundred protestors were at Lahore airport when the three Pakistan players at the centre of the spot-fixing scandal returned home  yesterday morning.

This is just the second Champions League Twenty20 but it’s already built a strong perception: that the IPL teams are at a disadvantage because they are just mercenaries, ronins who assemble for two months a year.

The Champions League, for some reason, has grouped all the champion sides in one group, and the runners-up in another.

`I don’t want to comment on the issue because I only took over the presidency about a year ago, so I can’t say anything’ President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Colin Boyce says he was not immediately aware that Marian Burnett was ill following her participation at the Central American and the Caribbean (CAC) Games, where she represented Guyana in the 800m and the 1500m.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz  has been summoned for questioning by Scotland Yard on Sept.

-players now more determined to conquer handicaps – Daly-Ramdyhan Fresh off a circuit of three regional tournaments in August, the nine national junior tennis players who participated in tournaments in St Lucia, Barbados and Curacao have already begun to show improvement in their game, coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan said.

It was certainly a night of blowouts on Wednesday at the Burnham Basketball Court when Courts Pacesetters and Ravens Basketball Clubs displayed their top rank billing in Georgetown by utterly mauling their opponents by margins of 30 points and more.

TORONTO, Canada, CMC – Jason Holder enhanced his reputation with a miserly spell of fast-medium bowling, but the West Indies High Performance Centre were set-back on their tour of Canada, when the hosts beat them by three wickets yesterday.

A Linden boxing coach has turned his love of the sport into opportunities for several boxers from his community to gain international recognition through participation in overseas contests.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – A masterclass performance by  forward Kevin Durant steered the United States into the world championship semi-finals with an 89-79 victory over Russia yesterday.  

Former South Africa cricket captain Clive Rice has called on investigators to re-examine the deaths of former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer and former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje in the wake of the latest Pakistan betting scandal in England.

Popular boxing promoter and broadcaster Carwyn Holland yesterday received some financial support for his international boxing broadcast stint in the USA from close friends and businesses.

The Dynamos Tennis Club, based at the Le Meridien, Pegasus Hotel, will host the Popeye’s Novices/Intermediate Lawn Tennis Tournament this weekend.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Mikhail Youzhny of Russia wore down marathon man Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in five  sets yesterday and advanced to the U.S.

– A frustrated Marian Burnett after running her guts out on the track has finally decided to spill her guts on what it is like to represent Guyana internationally Guyana’s 800 and 1500m specialist Marian Burnett is literally killing herself to represent her country.

Stag Beer yesterday made a substantial donation towards the sponsorship of the Mike Parris National Open Boxing Championships that will be held at the Mandela National Gymnasium from September 10-12.

The annual Demerara Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Medal Play Golf tournament will be contested Saturday at the Lusignan golf Club, East Coast Demerara.

Monedderlust defeated Cougars Football Club in the first of two quarterfinal matches to claim the third semifinal spot in the third annual Cheddi and Janet Jagan Memorial knockout tournament on Sunday.

The Guyana Women’s National Senior Football team (Lady Jags) will begin their final preparation ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup finals to be held in Cancun, Mexico from October 28 to November 8 this year.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan Cricket Board chairman  Ijaz Butt was jeered at Lahore Airport yesterday on his  return home from London for the first time since the spot-fixing  scandal engulfed the Pakistan team.