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NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Veteran West Indies left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul missed out yet another hundred for Lancashire on the opening day of their County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Boston Celtics guard Rajon  Rondo has withdrawn from the U.S.

—says WICB St John’s, Antigua – The WICB notes WIPA’s response of August 23rd, to its release of August 21st which exposed WIPA’s rejection of the joint ICC/FICA proposal to intervene in an attempt to bring final settlement to years of acrimonious relations.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Pro League champions Joe Public left here Monday for Guatemala City, intent on rescuing their fading fortunes in the CONCACAF Champions League.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt on Tuesday signed a lucrative multi-million endorsement deal with sportswear giants PUMA, positioning the World and Olympic champion as one of the highest earners in world sport.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia will retain coach Tim Nielsen until the end of the next Ashes series in England  in 2013, the national cricket board said yesterday.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Windward Islands Under-19 all-rounder Kavem Hodge, finished with a10-wicket match haul failed to prevent Cavaliers from going down to the six-time defending champions Desiderata Tremors by 26 runs in the Augustus Gregoire First Division championship.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Jamaican triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt could compete in the long jump or over 400 metres at the 2013 Moscow world championships, the sprinter told Reuters yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Defending champions Barbados won their second straight game and Antigua and Nevis joined them in winners’ row in the third round of the St Kitts Under-13 tournament played on Monday.

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The Japan Karate Association/World Federation Guyana on Saturday conducted its third grading examinations for the year at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall which saw 74 students attaining a higher rank.

The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) yesterday said that the decision not to enter into negotiations with the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) was because it is already committed to a binding arbitration process which is to be determined shortly.

Warren Gilkes was the most valuable player of the night scoring the only goal of the game to allow the  Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to get  past Sunburst  Camptown on the opening night of round two of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League tournament at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

By Marlon Munroe The men and women of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will be in action against their counterparts from Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados when the 56th edition of the GPF Track & Field Championships gets underway today at the Eve Leary ground.

—To face `Trini’ test this weekend By Marlon Munroe Guyana’s national cricket team’s preparedness for the Airtel Champions League T20 tournament in South Africa next month will come into sharp focus when they play Trinidad & Tobago this weekend  at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

Wins from Richard Chin and Robert MacDavid were not enough to secure a victory over Trinidad and Tobago as the team event of the National Lotteries Authority Caribbean Squash Championships continued in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

— to run for one week By Tamica Garnett The Junior Hockey Summer Camp held by Hikers Hockey Club commenced yesterday at 9am at the St.

(BBC) Caster Semenya’s coach says the South African athlete is happy to turn her back on negative comments about her.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday  warned Roger Clemens, his lawyers, prosecutors and possible  witnesses against making statements that could sway potential  jurors about the charges that he lied to the U.S.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Local Organising Committee chairman, Joyce Bowen has called on the business community to throw their support behind next month’s AIBA World International Women’s Boxing Championships.