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GROS ISLET, (Reuters) – Impressive England reached  the final of the Twenty20 World Cup after outclassing Sri Lanka  to win by seven wickets with four overs to spare yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Fight trainer extraordinaire  Freddie Roach, who helped Manny Pacquiao scale the heights to  become hailed as boxing’s best, said he gets a sense of deja vu  working with Briton Amir Khan.

Wigan, England, (Reuters) – With his four-wheel drive  BMW in the car park, his four-bedroom house nearby, fashionable  training shoes and clothes, Hendry Thomas has come a long way  from a childhood where money, if not food, was in short supply.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao has been given  permission to fight for the final time by his mother and plans  to take on undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Wilson Palacios, the seam of iron at the heart of Honduras’ World Cup midfield, knows better than  most where football sits in the general scheme of things.

With just days to go before their departure for the West Indies Fullbore championships in Barbados, Guyana’s rifle shooters have heightened preparation for the regional event slated for next weekend in Bridgetown.

Action in the Berbice Football Association Coca Cola 2010 Knockout Tournament continues tomorrow at the Blairmont Community Centre Ground when Rosignol United goes head to head with Piston united at 4pm.

With nine days to the world title rematch fight between Shondel ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred and Corinne Van Ryck De Groot for the bantamweight title, it is not yet clear where the bout will be kept.

MADRID, (Reuters) – World number one Serena Williams  was battered into a 4-6 6-2 6-3 submission by a fired-up Nadia  Petrova in the third round of the Madrid Open yesterday.

GROS ISLET, (Reuters) – Barred from playing cricket  in their own country, constantly embroiled in rows and  disciplinary problems, troubled Pakistan have somehow managed to  reach the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Amir Khan longs for peace  after all the trash talking heaped on him by New Yorker Paul  Malignaggi, and the Briton reckons a knockout defence of his  WBA super lightweight title on Saturday would do the trick.

By Marlon Munroe The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) six-month pilot programme for schoolboys and junior boxers begins on Sunday at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym in Albouystown from 08:00 hours.

Trinidad’s Aron Wilson has been selected on the International Table Tennis Federation’s 2010 World Hopes team.

Leota Babb, Larry Josiah, Michael Saul and Michael Pollydore displayed the creditable athletic skills of Guyana’s disciplined services when they performed laudably at the Trinidad and Tobago Police Athletics Championships held last week.

DETROIT,  (Reuters) – In a Texas-sized legal battle,  billionaire Ross Perot Jr.

CLEVELAND,  (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics pushed the  Cleveland Cavaliers to the brink of elimination on Tuesday and  one step closer to an off-season that will determine where the  team’s top player, LeBron James, will play next season.

NEW YORK, CMC – June 12 has been set as the date for the two best female half-lap runners in the World to stage a showdown.

-Women’s semi-final GROS-ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Australia Women will be looking to set the example for their men’s side, and qualify for the Final of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, when they face India Women in the first semi-final today at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.

– says contrite Gayle GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – Chris Gayle continued to be contrite about West Indies’ meek exit from the Twenty20 World Cup, but believes West Indies cracked under the pressure of being host nation.

GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – For different reasons, the first men’s semifinal of the Twenty20 World Cup today at the Beausejour Cricket Ground is special for England and Sri Lanka.