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MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Lancashire chief  executive Jim Cumbes has warned an English county club could go  bankrupt after he announced a post-tax loss of 546,000 pounds  ($804,900) for 2009.

Hikers put down GCC Tigers 4 – 3 The ladies game gave a subtle indication of what was in store for the night when Hikers displaced GCC Tigers 4 – 3 at the reconvening of the Mr.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Santos football clubs made it to the final of the annual Mayor’s Cup Knockout Football Tournament on Wednesday when they defeated their opponents in the semi-final at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground.

– responds to Panday’s claims The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) issued a statement yesterday in response to the allegations by head coach of  Scorpions Basketball Club, Vijay Panday.

Brimming with confidence, ‘Stealth Bomber’ Gwendolyn O’ Neil has already claimed the vacant Light Heavyweight Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) title belt as hers.

President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Kit Nascimento said yesterday that the squad for the 21st Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games will be named on June 13 following an intensive training session to be held that same weekend.

Four cricketers have been selected to receive benefits under the  Junior Ambassador Programme and  Western Union is plugging $256,000 into this year’s initiative.

OSLO, Norway, CMC – Asafa Powell is again heavily favoured to win the men’s 100 metres dash, when the IAAF Diamond League continues today.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Nelson Mandela met South  Africa’s national soccer team Bafana Bafana yesterday, wearing  the captain’s number 4 shirt, to help inspire the team in this  month’s World Cup which the country is hosting.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – The billions of fans of  soccer’s World Cup, globally the premiere sporting event, will  increasingly turn to mobile phones to track the action,  according to a Nielsen survey released yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Gustavo Kuerten once etched a  heart on centre court at Roland Garros, Francesca Schiavone just  knelt down and planted a kiss on its red dust surface yesterday as a career spent in the shadows finally blossomed.

RUSTENBURG, South Africa, (Reuters) – A cluster of  local workers, police and security guards and a pack of  television crews welcomed the England World Cup squad to their  Rustenburg base in warm sunshine yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England face a trial  by spin in today’s second test at Old Trafford after Bangladesh  coach Jamie Siddons said he felt a couple of their batsmen  including Kevin Pietersen were vulnerable.

– Puerto Rican arrives to keep ring date with Dalton By Marlon Munroe A 31-year-old Puerto Rican boxer by the name of Hector `Machito’ Camacho arrived in Georgetown yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Avoiding their third straight one-day series whitewash to South Africa will be West Indies’ main aim when the fifth and final One-Day International bowls off here today.

-Players’ body slams WICB chief executive remarks The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) is calling on the West Indies cricket Board’s (WICB) chief executive Dr.

PARIS, (Reuters) – After-shocks rumbled around Roland  Garros as Serena Williams became the latest champion to topple  but Rafael Nadal proved rock-solid by staying on course to  regain his French Open title yesterday.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan will send a team to  contest the Twenty20 competition at this year’s Asian Games in  China to help raise the game’s profile in the region, the  Pakistan Cricket Board said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Brazil gave a glimpse of the  Latin American flair they will bring to the World Cup in South  Africa with a 3-0 warm-up win over Zimbabwe yesterday, a  victory tempered by an injury to goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A lack of maturity is keeping attacking batsman Dwayne Smith out of the West Indies side, chief West Indies selector Clyde Butts has said.