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GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – Paul Palmer and Jermaine Blackwood shared 51 for the fifth wicket to limp reigning champions Jamaica to a five-wicket victory over Leeward Islands in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, CMC – Alia Atkinson set a CAC Games record in the women’s 200 metres breastroke on the first full day of competition yesterday.

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago opened the women’s volleyball competition with a straight sets victory over archrivals Barbados at the CAC Games yesterday.

AX 3-DOMAINES, France, (Reuters) – The battle for  Tour de France victory took a twisted turn in Ax 3-Domaines yesterday when yellow jersey holder Andy Schleck and defending  champion Alberto Contador played mind games in the final climb.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Guyanese right arm leg-spinner Amir Khan grabbed a hat-trick in a spectacular eight-wicket haul and then frustrated the Windward Islands with resilient batting to give his team a small glimmer of hope in their third round TCL West Indies Under-19 Challenge match here yesterday.

Shaqueel Amin became the latest swimmer to qualify for the Goodwill Games as the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) trials continued yesterday at the Castellani Pool, Homestretch Avenue.

By Dr. Sham Samaroo Guyana’s coach, Ravindranauth Seeram, is confident of success at the upcoming regional twenty20 cricket tournament set for Barbados and Trinidad.

The Guyana Taekwondo Association (GTA) has named a strong four-man contingent to represent Guyana at the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC), in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

– Hendy Springer recommends that the WICB persist with the A team tours since it serves a “serious purpose” Cozier on Sunday It lasted just a week short of three months, touched four countries spread across the planet and included international matches against five different opponents.

The National Twenty20 side pulled off a 22-run victory over a Guyana Cricket Board Select XI at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday in a warm up game for the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Caribbean Twenty20 championships in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.

Geddes Grant Limited on Friday presented shirts and vitamins to the National Under-17 footballers who depart Guyana today for Dominica to compete in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup Group stage qualifying series.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) will stage a one-week youth camp for under-15 and under-19 cricketers from its affiliated clubs at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) Ground from tomorrow.

All the ingredient are in place for what is expected to be an action packed day for horse racing fans at the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club, Silver Park, No.

The Young Achievers started with a bang to climb to the top spot in the Castrol Strikers/Guyana Volleyball Federation Championships which commenced yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

ST ANDREWS, Scotland, July 17 (Reuters) – Louis Oosthuizen  withstood everything thrown at him by the Scottish weather, a  hungry chasing pack and a testing Old Course layout to move to  the brink of a first major win at the British Open yesterday.

DENNERY, St Lucia, CMC – Clint St Hill narrowly missed out on a century as Barbados grabbed first innings points over Trinidad and Tobago in their third round TCL West Indies Under-19 Challenge match here yesterday.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Seasoned batsman John Campbell stroked 92 but Jamaica suffered a wretched batting collapse to let Leeward Islands back into their third round TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge match  yesterday.

LONDON, England, CMC – Kieron Pollard produced a typical robust all-round performance to fire English county Somerset to a solid six-wicket win over Gloucestershire and keep them on top of their group in the Friends Provident Twenty20 tournament on Friday.

(BBC) Manny Pacquiao will start negotiations with Antonio Margarito or Miguel Cotto after a deadline to agree a clash with American Floyd Mayweather Jr expired.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Salman Butt will captain  Pakistan for the remaining test matches on their tour of England  following the resignation of Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan Cricket  Board (PCB) said yesterday.