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LONDON, (Reuters) – World champions England profited from an abject batting display by Pakistan yesterday to win the second Twenty20 international in Cardiff by six wickets. 

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Forward Luis Scola steered  Argentina into the world championship quarter-finals with a  breathtaking individual performance in a 93-89 victory over  traditional rivals Brazil yesterday. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – United States captain Corey  Pavin named Tiger Woods, Zach Johnson, Stewart Cink and Rickie  Fowler yesterday as his four wildcard selections for the Ryder  Cup against Europe next month in Wales. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – CONCACAF side Canada secured a narrow win to open their FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup on a high at the Larry Gomes Stadium on Monday.

West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin will get a chance to improve on his batting when he lines up with former West Indies batting legend Gordon Greenidge from next week.

LONDON, (Reuters) – WBA heavyweight world champion  David Haye promised to finish Audley Harrison’s career after it  was confirmed yesterday that the two British fighters would  clash in Manchester on Nov.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Cricketers must take more  responsibility for their actions to prevent the spread of  corruption, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said yesterday.  

After a moment of prayer and a few final words of encouragement, Guyana’s national cricket team, the “Amazon Conquerors” yesterday departed the shores of Guyana for South Africa where they will take on their toughest battle yet at the Airtel Champions League which officially begins on Friday.

-U.S. Open NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic stormed into the quarter-finals of the U.S.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – World championship favourites  the United States stormed into the quarter-finals yesterday with  a 121-66 rout of Angola and were joined by Russia, who were also  on song in their 78-56 win over New Zealand.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad yesterday met Guyana’s Amazon Conquerors before they departed for South Africa to compete in the eagerly awaited Champions League Twenty20 tournament.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Esteban Cambiasso, Javier  Zanetti and Gabriel Milito will make their Argentina comebacks  against world champions Spain in a friendly at the River Plate  stadium today (2000 GMT). 

East/ West Fire scorches Eagles 80-69 The East/West Fire basketball team brought their fire power Sunday night to the Burnham Court and scorched the Eagles with an 80-69 points victory in the Pepsi Street Basketball Series.

Omar Shariff created the biggest upset of the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Topco Juice sponsored chess tournament when he defeated national player Taffin Khan on Saturday at the Kei-Shars Sports Club.

City teams Alpha United and Sunburst Camptown secured wins over the weekend as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League competition continued with five matches.

NORTON, Massachusetts, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods  appeared to end the uncertainty over his participation in next month’s Ryder Cup with a storming finish at the Deutsche Bank  Championship yesterday.

Former West Indies bowler, Ian Bradshaw, doubts his team’s win in the Champions Trophy semi-finals in 2004 against Pakistan was fixed in the latest allegation of corruption to hit the Pakistan cricket team.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will investigate the total assets of the Pakistan cricketers, team officials and top-ranking paid officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board, a senior tax official said yesterday.  

LONDON, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen was fined yesterday following his online outburst after being dropped by England for the first time in his career.  

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The spot-fixing scandal which has marred Pakistan’s tour of England has tarnished cricket’s image and tough decisions need to be made if necessary, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said in an interview.