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By Floyd Christie The national men’s rugby squad is “well on course right now,” according to their coach Theodore Henry.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Olympic and world 100  metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser has tested positive, her track  club (MVP) president Bruce James said.  

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – LeBron James announced last night he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to join Dwayne  Wade and Chris Bosh at the Miami Heat next season, ending one  of the biggest transfer sagas in U.S

By Tamika Garnett Dian Gladstone, mother of Youth Olympic Games Scholarship awardee, Jevina Sampson, after returning from the assessment interview at the Singapore Sports School from June 14–18, has affirmed that her daughter will be accepting the scholarship once the offer is confirmed.

By Marlon Munroe The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) practice facility in the compound of the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) ground, Woolford Avenue, is now a sanctuary for cows, wasps and vines.

DENNERY, St. Lucia, CMC – An unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 43 between Kwame Crosse and Andre Stoll put Guyana within reach of first innings points over the Leeward Islands in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.

GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – A half-century from Trinidad & Tobago’s Nicholas Alexis trumped a penetrative spell from Jamaica’s Nicholson Gordon in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.

GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – Bronte Bess hit back for the Windward Islands, after Jomel Warrican helped Barbados dismiss the hosts cheaply in their first innings in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The refereeing system will  change for the next World Cup with goalline technology and extra  officials being considered, FIFA said yesterday.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – The sheer quality of Spain’s  performance in the 1-0 win over Germany that sent the European  champions into their first World Cup final has prompted coach  Vicente del Bosque to wax lyrical over his talented team.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Netherlands striker Robin  van Persie had saved his best for last and was set to shine in  the World Cup final against Spain, said coach Bert van Marwijk.

HELSINKI,  (Reuters) – South African world 800 metres  champion Caster Semenya will return to competition next Thursday  in the Finnish town of Lappeenranta, after an enforced break due  to controversial gender tests, her agent said.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Jamaican triple  Olympic champion Usain Bolt overcame a nagging Achilles tendon  strain to equal the season’s fastest 100 metres at the Lausanne  Athletissima Diamond League yesterday.

MONTARGIS, France, (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish burst  into tears and broke down on the podium as weeks and months of  tension were finally released by victory in the fifth stage of  the Tour de France yesterday.

BERLIN, (Reuters Life!) – Some Germans are calling  for a public roasting of the oracle octopus who correctly picked  the winner of all six of their national soccer team’s World Cup  matches — including a bitter defeat to Spain yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Ian Bell hit an unbeaten 84 on  his first one-day international appearance since November 2008  to guide England to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh yesterday.

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) has selected 10 of its most promising junior stars to attend the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Tennis Championships set for St Vincent and the Grenadines in August.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, (Reuters) – Carles  Puyol’s match-winning header against Germany in Wednesday’s  World Cup semi-final was the fruit of a move worked out on the  training ground at Barcelona, the defender said yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Spain killed off Germany  with a single goal in a pulsating World Cup semi yesterday to set up a final with the Netherlands where a new winner of soccer’s biggest prize will be crowned.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC – Usain Bolt returns to competition in today’s Diamond League meet here, following an injury.