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As Guyana prepares to host one of the events of the Central American and Caribbean Games for the first time, the local organizing committee headed by Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) President Kit Nascimento is working feverishly towards completing preparations for the CAC rugby  games on July 24-25 at the National Stadium.

Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes is planning yet another comeback and this time he promises to give a better account of himself with a “brutal” performance in the first match-up.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa,  (Reuters) – If any dope  cheats or tokers are among the footballers taking part in the  World Cup, they will have to get past Dr.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Former World Cup winners  Patrick Vieira and Geoff Hurst have picked Spain as their team  to win the tournament being hosted for the first time on African  soil.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp  Blatter called for an end to racism and discrimination in soccer  on the eve of the first World Cup finals to be held in Africa at  FIFA’s 60th annual Congress yesterday.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi’s hopes of being  crowned the best player at the World Cup could be dashed by the  exhaustion of a taxing European season, according to the man  responsible for keeping the team in shape.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Lukas Podolski promised yesterday to put his poor club form behind him and return to the  scoring exploits that helped Germany reach the World Cup  semi-finals four years ago.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Everyone seems to have a reason  why Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher gets overlooked as  one the NBA’s elite guards.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – FIFA made a profit of $196  million in 2009 and has equity of over $1 billion thanks mainly  to massive and still growing income from the sale of TV rights,  soccer’s governing body said yesterday.

IRENE, South Africa, (Reuters) – England manager  Fabio Capello has drilled home the message to his team that  set-pieces can be the difference between winning and losing at  the World Cup and the United States have clearly taken note.

-as over 20 countries expected for Pan-American karate championships By Marlon Munroe The 11th International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF) Pan-American Championships was launched yesterday at the Cara Lodge Hotel with Sport Minister Dr.

By Floyd Christie The countdown to the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Rugby Sevens Games which will be held at the National Stadium on July 24 and 25 officially began yesterday with a press conference at Olympic House, High Street.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Rain could play a major role in the opening Test between West Indies and South Africa starting here today, thwarting the hosts’ attempts to turn the page on the recent dreadful one-day series.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday received their first-place prize of $500, 000 and a trophy from Mayor Hamilton Green after they won the 2010 Mayor’s Cup edition on Sunday evening at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda.

Guyana was well represented at the Tiger Claw Interna-tional Sport Karate Cham-pionship held in Trinidad and Tobago last weekend.

Former West Indies Under-19 skipper Leon Johnson has been named captain of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) team for this week-end’s Digicel 20/20 smash.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The once inconceivable  notion of a World Cup played on African soil, in ultra-modern  stadiums beamed live to soccer fans in all corners of the globe  will become a reality tomorrow.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies A were keeping their eyes on the skies as they prepared for their opening four-day “Test” against India at Grace Road in England today.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers stunned  the Boston Celtics 91-84 on Tuesday to take a 2-1 lead in the  NBA Finals and snatch back homecourt advantage in the  best-of-seven series between the league’s fiercest rivals.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Stroke-maker Ramnaresh Sarwan walked away with top honours when he copped the Player-of-the-Year award at the West Indies Players Association Awards Ceremony here Tuesday night.