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By Marlon Munroe Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and Dwayne Bravo can readily be identified in any contemporary West Indian team or under contract for rich owners of cricket teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mike Hussey and Shaun Tait led  Australia to a 42-run victory in the fifth and final one-day  international at Lord’s yesterday as England won the series  3-2.  

Below is the full list of fixture for the upcoming TCL Group West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-19 Tournament to be played in St Lucia: The three-day matches start at 10am and will be 90 overs per day.

President’s College (PC) will face off with the undefeated Marian Academy in the under-18 semi-finals of the fifth annual National Schools Basketball (NSBF) Festival which begin from 2pm today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Serena Williams has Mozart and Frank Sinatra on her MP3 player but her tennis during yesterday’s one-sided women’s singles final at Wimbledon, as it has been all fortnight, was pure thrash metal. 

ROTTERDAM,  (Reuters) – The Tour de France began yesterday in a near carbon copy of last year’s edition, with the  victory of Fabian Cancellara in the prologue and the promise of  a showdown between Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong.  

LONDON, (Reuters) – With Roger Federer out of the way  and any doubts about his fitness spectacularly dispelled, Rafael Nadal faces an unexpected yet fascinating obstacle in the way of  a second Wimbledon title in today’s final.  

The Guyana Cricket Board has named a 27-woman squad to contest three 50-over matches from July 6-8 at  Eve Leary and Everest Cricket Club grounds.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Uruguay striker Luis Suarez  was given a one-match ban by FIFA yesterday for the  controversial last-minute handball which denied Ghana a World  Cup semi-final place.

ROTTERDAM, (Reuters) – To finish sixth in a Tour de  France prologue, 27 seconds behind the supreme Fabian  Cancellara, would please most riders, yet defending Tour  champion Alberto Contador was not satisfied.

SAINT QUENTIN, France, (Reuters) – Spain’s Jose Maria Olazabal has decided to delay a mid-year break and will play in  next week’s JP McManus Pro-Am in a strong field that includes  Tiger Woods.  

– as last hope Ghana blows penalty JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Ghana striker Asamoah  Gyan’s penalty miss in the dying seconds of extra time against Uruguay yesterday cost the African side a place in the World Cup  semi-finals and broke hearts across the continent.

– Dutch come flying back to oust favourites PORT ELIZABETH, (Reuters) – Netherlands scored two  second-half goals from out of the blue to stun five-times  champions Brazil 2-1 yesterday and march into the semi-finals of  the World Cup.

Argentina vs. Germany 10:00am (Guyana Time) Paraguay vs. Spain 2:30pm (Guy-ana Time)

By Marlon Munroe The Lady Jaguars stand on the threshold of creating football history if they beat Cuba today by two clear goals at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground.

By Tamica Garnett National chess player Taffin Khan yesterday rebounded from his opening day defeats to snatch two victories against the visitors while Shiv Nandalall secured his first victory over the foreign opposition as the  Guyana/FIDE International Rating Tournament continued   at the Guyana National Stadium.

By Donald Duff I had never seen him play but had heard and read about him.

Two major golf tournaments will highlight CARICOM weekend at the Lusignan Golf Club with players showcasing their talent today and Monday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal almost looked  apologetic as he whispered words of consolation into Andy  Murray’s ear after he made sure yesterday that Britain’s wait  for a men’s Wimbledon champion would roll into a 75th year.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Serena Williams may have  preferred the devil she knows in the Wimbledon singles final,  but sister Venus is out, and the defending champion knows only  her best will be good enough against the wily Vera Zvonareva.