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Coaches at the three-week Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) P&P Insurance Tennis Camp  implemented the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) “Play or Stay” programme.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super 8 knockout tournament resumes today with a double header at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground from 6pm.

U-17 footballers will have to improve conditioning –  Coach Coach of the under-17 footballers Sampson Gilbert believes that his charges will have to improve their physical fitness and conditioning but said there was enough time to do so before the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup qualifiers.

Dellon Desa, Gary Benjamin, Neil Reece and Ray Millington were among the top prize winners when the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) held its  annual Corriverton Cycle Event last Sunday.

-says Irshad Mohammed By Tamica Garnett The Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) rapid chess tournament is expected to start off today at the Keishar’s Sports Club, Camp and Hadfield Street, Georgetown.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England birthday  boy James Anderson and rookie pace bowler Steven Finn ripped  through Pakistan’s batting to reduce them to 90 for six at tea  on the second day of the first test at Trent Bridge yesterday.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka preserved their 1-0  lead in the three-match series when the second test ended in a  high scoring draw on Friday.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Pakistan captain  Salman Butt alluded to a hole in the Decision Review System yesterday after his team mate Azhar Ali chose not to refer his  dismissal when he appeared to be not out against England.

-Burnett captures bronze Adrian Spellen added a taekwondo silver medal to Guyana’s tally in the men’s under-87kg weight class at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games currently underway in Puerto Rico yesterday.

By Floyd Christie Defending champions and tournament favourites, Guyana suffered their first loss in the past four years of the North American and Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Championships, yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

-national coach By Marlon Munroe National boxing coach Wincel Thomas says that for amateur boxers to be effective and to rise to the top here and further afield, they will have to become more technically correct.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Torrential rain forced the abandonment of the penultimate preliminary match in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship between Barbados and Guyana without a ball being bowled.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England’s Eoin  Morgan plundered 125 not out for his maiden test century to help  dig his team out of trouble and steer them to 331 for four at  stumps on day one of the first test with Pakistan yesterday.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Formula One drivers must be  allowed to race each other freely and if that means missing out  on the title by a single point then so be it, Rubens Barrichello  said yesterday.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Britain’s Phillips Idowu  produced the performance of a lifetime to defy the form book and  beat hot favourite Teddy Tamgho of France in the triple jump  final at the European championships yesterday.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – The Orlando Magic, hoping to  return to the NBA Finals for the second time in three seasons,  gave coach Stan Van Gundy a contract extension that will keep  him with the team through the 2012-13 season, the Magic said.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya’s world champion Vivian  Cheruiyot won the 5,000 metres after a terrific last lap sprint  with big Ethiopian rival Meseret Defar on the second day of the  African Championships yesterday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Suresh Raina  stroked a  memorable debut century and Sachin Tendulkar coasted to his  fifth double hundred to lift India to a massive total of 669 for  nine in the second test against Sri Lanka yesterday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – All three games in the opening round of the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 One-Day Trophy were washed out yesterday, after heavy rain doused the island leaving venues under water and forcing officials to abandon any hopes of play.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s football federation  has suspended its chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya on  suspicion of fixing the national team’s matches during a tour of  Asia last year, the federation said yesterday.