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(BBC) Alexandre Vinokourov won stage 13 of the Tour de France after a late breakaway on the approach to Revel yesterday.

GALLE, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan  needs just eight wickets in his final test appearance to become  the first player to reach the 800-mark but Indian skipper  Mahendra Singh Dhoni has no intention of making it easy for  him.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Penetrative bowling and decisive batting have left Windward Islands in a strong position to push for a victory against tournament leaders Guyana, after the opening day of their third round TCL West Indies Under-19 Challenge match yesterday.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, (Reuters) – St. Andrews bared  its teeth on Friday as brutal winds scattered the British Open  field, leaving early starter Louis Oosthuizen to emerge from the  wreckage with an astonishing five-shot lead.

By Tamica Garnett The Guyana Netball Association (GNA) is hoping to stage its planned netball clinics for school children as well as a seminar for table officials during the summer vacation.

MENDE, France, (Reuters) – Defending champion  Alberto Contador warned Tour de France race leader Andy Schleck  what to expect in the Pyrenees stages with a blistering attack  on one of his favourite climbs in Mende yesterday.

By Floyd Christie The 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games will be held in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico from today to August 1 and 19-year-old Continental Cycling Club cyclist Geron Williams has his eyes fixed on CAC gold.

By Marlon Munroe Six boxers will represent Guyana at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico from Thursday – July 31.

DENNERY, St Lucia, CMC – Left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican’s six-wicket haul led a Barbados fightback after half-centuries from openers Nicholas Alexis and Kieron Joseph threatened to put Trinidad and Tobago in total control of the their third round TCL West Indies Under-19 Challenge match yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Dashing opener Adrian Barath has his eyes on a return to the Club Champions League.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – An unbeaten half-century from John Campbell led a strong Jamaica reply against Leeward Islands on the opening day of the third round match in the TCL West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – A group of U.S.  relay team members who were stripped of their 2000 Olympic medals by the IOC because of Marion Jones’s doping can retain them, The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Captain Shahid Afridi added to  the turmoil afflicting Pakistan cricket on Friday by announcing  his decision to quit the test arena after his side were beaten  within four days by Australia at Lord’s.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Former Washington Wizards guard Mike Miller has joined an already top-rated class of newcomers  with the Miami Heat, the team said yesterday.

– Basil Butcher By Marlon MunroeFormer West Indies and Guyana batsman Basil Butcher says that should the merger between the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) materialise, it would “be a sinful act against cricket”.

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene donated airline tickets to three national table tennis players participating in the Central American and the Caribbean (CAC) Games in Puerto Rico.

The current rainy weather has contributed to the unsatisfactory state of the $8 million Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Training Facility says the President of the Guyana Cricket Board Chetram Singh, while emphasising that “there will be no forsaking of the facility”.

The Tactical Services Unit (TSU) team yesterday trampled the Felix Austin Police College (FAPC)–Berbice team 3–0 to emerge as the winners of the team category on the first day of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Inter Division and Branches Table Tennis Competition held at the Sergeants and Inspectors’ Mess, Eve Leary.

National sprinter Chavez Ageday has been confirmed as the final team member of the Guyana contingent set to participate in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games scheduled for Singapore from August 14-26.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) is confident all of its boxers will return with medals from the CAC games set for July 22-31 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.