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By Tamica Garnett Category winners of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open Tennis Tournament were on Monday night presented with their prizes in a closing ceremony held at the tournament venue – GBTI Recreational Centre, Bel Air Park.

The Guyana Netball Association (GNA) will be introducing an under-23 category with an inaugural tournament scheduled to begin tomorrow at the National Gymnasium from 5pm.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidadian Lendl Simmons, repeatedly overlooked by West Indies selectors in recent months, warmed up for the regional Twenty20 tournament with a cameo in trials on Tuesday.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck  Jonathan has suspended the national soccer team from  international competition for two years following their poor  performance in the World Cup, his office said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A sense of stunned disbelief  descended over south west London at 3.46pm yesterday when the  unthinkable happened — Roger Federer’s remarkable reign as  Wimbledon champion was finally over.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Richard Chin and Charlie Sonson remained on a collision course as they both secured uncomplicated victories on the second night of competition in the 17th St Lucia Squash Open to remain unbeaten.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting  and Ryan Harris led Australia to a comfortable 78-run victory  over England in the fourth one-day international at the Oval yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Despite West Indies’ series loss to South Africa in the three-Test series, rookie bowlers Sulieman Benn and Kemar Roach have made strides in the International Cricket Council bowlers rankings.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle has made light of the on-field spats which marred the third and final Test at Kensington Oval this week.

BRIDGETOWN, Bridgetown, CMC – West Indies’ wretched batting continues to be source of irritation for skipper Chris Gayle.

Tomorrow: Emanie vs Rim Rockerz Saturday: Emanie vs Fearless Flyers All Stars vs.

Bridgetown, Barbados – It was not a casual trot, but South Africa eventually closed the Third Digicel Test with a seven wicket victory against West Indies and earned themselves a day and two full sessions  rest as they ended their four month Caribbean trip with a 2-0 Digicel Series triumph.

By Marlon Munroe The executives of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) at a recent emergency meeting decided to withdraw the Lady Jaguars team from the July 22-31 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, mainly because of financial constraints.

NORTHAMPTON, England, CMC – A magnificent century from batsman Kirk Edwards was not enough, as West Indies slipped to a five-wicket defeat to England Lions in their second match of the Tri-Nations Limited Overs series yesterday.

By Floyd Christie The out-of-towners highlighted day two of the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) when they went head-to-head on Monday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in a match-up that saw Kwakwani Secondary outshining New Silver City 29-27.

—asks Donald Duff A friend of mine once told me that he did not anticipate Guyana qualifying for the World Cup finals in his lifetime.

By Floyd Christie The 19-man rugby squad named after recent trials at the National Stadium will be reduced to the final 12-man team to represent Guyana at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Rugby Games after a period of encampment at the Splashmins Resort.

The second practice match between the national under-19 team and a Rest Team XI  at Eve Leary ground was washed out by early morning rains after the first day.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Spain and Paraguay  squeezed into the World Cup quarter-finals yesterday while FIFA  boss Sepp Blatter apologised for two colossal refereeing  blunders that have created the tournament’s biggest controversy.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams was left all  alone trying to crush an unlikely uprising on Wimbledon’s  hallowed lawns yesterday as sister Venus and Kim Clijsters  suffered shock defeats in the women’s quarter-finals.