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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Nehemiah Perry has resigned as Jamaica’s chairman of selectors amidst speculation he is upset over Chris Gayle’s snub as captain of the national Twenty20 squad.

Brooklyn, New York: Jamaican coach, Arthur Mikes says his side will not be taking Haiti lightly in the Digicel Caribbean Cup match in New York on Sunday.

—Tamar Lambert takes over; Marlon Samuels returns KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Tamar Lambert has been named to lead Jamaica in the upcoming Caribbean Twenty20 tournament, sparking speculation over West Indies skipper Chris Gayle’s future as captain of the national squad.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Windward Islands captain Darren Sammy believes his side’s chances are as good as any in the upcoming Caribbean T20 tournament.

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – Barbados broke a stubborn last-wicket stand to snatch first innings points over Leeward Islands on a rain-wrecked final day in the second round of the TCL West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.

By Orin Davidson The long awaited academy or High Performance Centre set up by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is most welcome but if the powers-that-be believe it is the magic formula to dramatically improve regional cricket standards then they had better think again.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia grasped their  opportunity to exploit the swing and seam movement available at Lord’s yesterday by dismissing Pakistan for 148 on the second  day of the first test.

GAP, France, (Reuters) – Sergio Paulinho gave Lance  Armstrong’s team RadioShack their first victory in the Tour de  France when he won the 179-km 10th stage in Gap yesterday.

CHAMBERY, France, (Reuters) – Seven-times Tour de  France champion Lance Armstrong said yesterday he had not  owned a stake in the company behind the U.S.

-boys suffer mixed fortunes Led by their three individual Caribbean singles champions Guyana girls yesterday were in a non-nonsense mood routing Bermuda and the Cayman Islands  teams by 5-0 scores as the team competition of the annual Caribbean Squash Championships got underway in the Cayman Islands.

By Floyd Christie The ‘Elite 24’ of the recently concluded National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) further developed their basketball repertoire with some fundamental skills training during a coaching clinic held yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K Juman Yassin is still hopeful that the Government of Guyana will come on board to assist the country’s contingent to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico for the CAC Games from July 22-31.

-P&P Insurance Brokers tennis camp finally gets underway By Tamica Garnett The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association’s (GLTA) P & P Insurance Brokers Limited sponsored lawn tennis Summer Camp finally got underway yesterday at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel courts following Monday’s rained out opening day.

GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – Jamaica took control of their TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge match against Guyana, after all-rounder Jermaine Blackwood hit a rare double hundred yesterday.

DENNERY, St. Lucia, CMC – Windward Islands, leading by 20 runs on first innings, reached 60 for one in their second innings at the close on the second day of their second round match in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday at the Dennery Playing Field.

GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – Leeward Islands, replying to Barbados’ first innings total of 350 for six declared, reached 186 for nine at the close on the second day of their second round match in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Nine-times All-Star guard Ray  Allen has re-signed with the Boston Celtics, the team said yesterday as they prepare to win a record 18th NBA title after  falling just one win short earlier this year.

ST JEAN DE MAURIENNE, France, (Reuters) – Andy  Schleck seized the Tour de France reins after joining forces  with defending champion Alberto Contador in a hard, 204.5-km  Alpine stage in which most of the other favourites dropped out of contention.

-Ponting overtakes Lara on test runs scorers list LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan exploited heavy cloud  cover and humidity to the full yesterday to seize the advantage over Australia in an old-fashioned English test match in which  ball dominated the bat throughout.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan  Gilbert has been fined $100,000 for a scathing letter in which  he called LeBron James’ decision to play for the Miami Heat  “cowardly behaviour,” the NBA said on Monday.