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The national under-19 cricket team was treated to a farewell dinner Monday evening at the Water Chris Hotel prior to their departure for St.

NEW YORK  – The confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) yesterday announced that it has decided to withdraw its support from the men’s and women’s soccer competitions in the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico due to a lack of suitable facilities.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford has identified the support from his teammates as one of the memorable features of his entry into international cricket.

ARENBERG, France,  (Reuters) – Norway’s Thor Hushovd  set the record straight by winning the 213-km third stage of the  Tour de France yesterday as defending champion Alberto Contador  and seven-times winner Lance Armstrong lost ground.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan,  cricket’s leading international wicket taker, will retire from tests after this month’s first test against India, his manager said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan completed a second Twenty20 victory over World Cup finalists Australia in as many days at Edgbaston in Birmingham yesterday.

By Tamica Garnett Chairperson of the Junior Development Committee of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA), Grace McCalman, has lamented the poor turnout at the recent mini-tennis Inter Schools tournament.

LAUSANNE, (Reuters) – Jamaican triple Olympic  champion Usain Bolt said yesterday he may end his  record-breaking career after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African world 800  metres champion Caster Semenya was cleared yesterday to compete  as a woman nearly a year after controversial gender tests put  her career on hold.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – LeBron James has made at least one decision, just not the one the basketball world had been waiting for.

ADARE, Ireland, (Reuters) – A tetchy Tiger Woods was  in no mood to field questions about his troubled private life  while competing at the JP McManus Invitational Pro-Am yesterday.

By Marlon Munroe They had no ‘superstars’ of West Indies cricket, no IPL big cheque earners to rely on.

By Floyd Christie Ian Jackson cruised past the finish line unchallenged to become the new champion of the Roraima Bikers Club NAMILCO ‘Wheat Up’ 70-mile road race yesterday.

Martinique’s Karl Rapon played unbeaten to win  the Guyana /FIDE International rating Tournament which ended yesterday at the National Stadium at Providence.

– says FIDE’s Development Commission chairman Allan Herbert By Donald Duff Allan Herbert chairman of the Development Commission of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) yesterday lauded the organising committee of the FIDE rated tournament which ended at the Providence National Stadium and said the tournament achieved its objective.

The Elcock Stable was adjudged champion stable at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports eight-event horse race meet on Sunday at the Alness Race Course, Corentyne.

Kwakwani Secondary’s under-16 and under 18 teams stormed into the finals of the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) following wins in the  semi-finals Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck  Jonathan yesterday reversed a ban on the national soccer team  taking part in international tournaments after the football  federation pledged to disband the side and rebuild it.

ADARE, Ireland, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods failed to  match the party atmosphere with his golf as he slumped to a  seven-over-par 79 in the first round of the JP McManus  Invitational Pro-Am yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A confident Trinidad and Tobago Under-19 squad, led by West Indies vice-captain Yannick Ottley, will leave here today to participate in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge Trophy in St Lucia.