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Bucks tie Hawks 2-2, Suns take 3-2 lead over Blazers CHARLOTTE,(Reuters) The Orlando Magic completed their first best-of-seven postseason sweep, dispatching the Charlotte Bobcats with a series-ending 99-90 victory on Monday.

(Cricinfo) The interim IPL chairman, Chirayu Amin, has admitted the governing council was “dazzled” by the league’s success and overlooked issues, but has promised a clean-up that would assure franchise owners and fans of the IPL’s stability and viability.

By Marlon Munroe West Indies captain Chris Gayle says his team will not be underestimating any of its opponents as it looks to start this year’s ICC World Twenty20 championship on a winning note.

The five youngest players in the West Indies ‘A’ team that swept all three matches against Zimbabwe in their recent short series in Grenada have been placed in the West Indies Cricket Board’s new High Performance Centre (HPC) in Barbados rather than included in the squad of 14 for the tour of Bangladesh May 2-25.

In yesterday’s edition in the article captioned “Ireland plans to give Group-D teams ‘a run for their money’”, Stabroek Sport incorrectly reported Irish players Niall and Kevin O’Brien as saying that the team had not won any of its three games at the last World Cup in the Caribbean in 2007. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyana’s Shawn Beveney, and Jamaican Sean Fraser scored goals, when the Trinidad & Tobago Pro League kicked off its new season over the weekend.

(Cricinfo) Ramnaresh Sarwan hopes home advantage will give West Indies the edge in the ICC World Twenty20 beginning on Friday.

By Floyd Christie Central McKenzie advanced to the finals of the Mackeson National Super Wards Basketball Championships when they ousted defending champions North Ruimveldt on Sunday night in the tournament’s first semi-final.

MOLYNEAUX, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies women continued their winning trend ahead of next week’s start of their World Twenty20 Championship campaign, when they beat Pakistan by four wickets in the opening Twenty20 International of their three-match series yesterday.

International Tennis Federa-tion (ITF) Level two Coach Anthony Jeremiah yesterday wrapped up a week-long series of sessions for coaches, players and their parents facilitated by the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board chief Julian Hunte is urging regional fans to throw their support behind the home squad for the upcoming World Twenty20 Championship.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – World marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie predicted yesterday that he would become the first man to clock two hours two minutes over 42.195 kms.

LONDON, (Reuters)- Ross Brawn, the man who helped mastermind so many of Michael Schumacher’s finest moments in Formula One, said the seven-times champion will be a winner again this season once Mercedes give him a good enough car.

ISTANBUL,(Reuters) – Uruguay’s long and tough road to World Cup qualification has transformed a young squad into an experienced and confident team who will head to South Africa with lofty ambitions, according to captain Diego Lugano.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC Title-hungry England arrived in Barbados on Sunday evening, eyeing West Indies as “dangerous” opponents but confident they could conjure enough magic to win the World Twenty20 Championship.

-James triple-double gives Cavaliers 3-1 lead MIAMI, (Reuters) – Staring playoffs elimination in the face and the possibility of playing his last game in Miami, Dwyane Wade exploded for a career playoff-high 46 points to help the Heat to a 101-92 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday.

(Cricinfo) The IPL governing council has unanimously appointed Chirayu Amin, an industrialist and head of the Baroda Cricket Association, as the interim chairman of the league, following the suspension of Lalit Modi late on Sunday night.

LONDON, CMC- Tino Best had a memorable debut for Yorkshire, when he bowled impressively, and the English county won their Pro40 match against Essex on Sunday.

With four days remaining to the opening of the ICC World Twenty20 championships, the Ireland cricket team intends to give Group-D teams, West Indies and England, a “run for their money.”

Georgetown’s top wards in the Mackeson National Super Wards Basketball Championship continued their winning streak Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall after they hammered Christianburg and Central Mackenzie in the last of the preliminary round matches.