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Lower Corentyne crushes Central/Upper Corentyne to reach final Lower Corentyne advanced to the finals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Diamond Fire and General Insurance Under-19 inter-zone tourney after giving a good all-round performance against Central/Upper Corentyne.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Caster Semenya, the 800  metres world champion at the centre of a gender verification  row, will return to competitive athletics at an international  meet in Zaragoza, Spain on June 24, she said yesterday.

CHENNAI, India,  CMC – West Indies all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard continued their wretched run in the Indian Premier League, failing again with the bat as Mumbai Indians slipped to a surprise 24-run win over Chennai Super Kings yesterday.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Formula One continues to  break new ground away from its traditional European base and as  Asia expands its interest with the addition of the Korean Grand  Prix this season, India is next in line to join the fray from  2011.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The National Basketball  Association (NBA) fined Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson  $35,000 on Monday for publicly criticizing game officials, the  league said on their website (www.nba.com).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said Tuesday batsman Wavell Hinds would bring maturity and leadership to the regional squad, as he offered a resolute defence of the 33-year-old’s surprise selection for the upcoming World Twenty20 Championship.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s Government has denied claims it has been dithering over reconstruction plans for the national track and field stadium, significantly damaged when the dangerous Hurricane Ivan ripped through the island six years ago.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Injury-prone pacer Jerome Taylor has been included in a 13-man squad for the Jamaica Cricket Festival, a move aimed at getting the Jamaican match fit for the World Twenty20 Championship starting later this month.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Three players who helped West Indies Under-19s to the semi-finals of the Youth World Cup earlier this year have been picked in a 13-man ‘A’ side to face Zimbabwe in a short series in Grenada later this month.

Guyana’s boys and girls’ U-18 table tennis teams earned bronze medals in the team events after reaching the semi-finals of their respective categories as the 15th annual junior Caribbean championships continued yesterday in Utuado, Puerto Rico.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands,  CMC – Grenadian sensation Kirani James completed the double by winning the 200 metres while Trinidadian Jehue Gordon set his second record of the 39th CARIFTA Games here yesterday in winning the 110 metres hurdles to also grab his second gold of the championships.

AUGUSTA, Georgia, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods said on  Monday he had received treatments for injuries from a Canadian  doctor under investigation for smuggling performance-enhancing  drugs but insisted he had never taken illegal drugs.

The Miami Veterans football team under the captaincy of former national footballer Trevor `Lanny’ Maxwell is in Guyana for friendly engagements against two of Georgetown’s top football sides.

-in his 60s but fitter than many in their 20s His name is Compton Winston Dunbar and he was born on January 29, 1947 to the late Stella Thomas and Bertie Dunbar in a little ward called Stanleytown in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

(Cricinfo) Shane Warne produced the old magic, and Rajasthan Royals yet again defied the odds to stun Deccan Chargers and maintain their incredible IPL record of always defending a 150-plus total.

AUGUSTA, Georgia, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods took full  responsiblity yesterday for the marital infidelities which have  led to his startling fall from grace and admitted he had lied  and deceived a lot of people along the way.

Five-time West Indies fullbore champion Ransford Goodluck continued his climb back to top form when he secured his second win in as many weeks at Sunday’s Spoon shoot held at the Timehri rifle ranges.

Kashif and Shanghai Kings and Victory Valley Royals are through to the final of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association U-21 tournament following victories in the semi-finals Saturday at the Mackenzie Sports Club hardcourt.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Coach Don Nelson tied the NBA  record for all-time wins with the 1,332 of his career on Sunday when the Golden State Warriors defeated the Toronto Raptors.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica’s cricket authorities here are intensifying preparations for the staging of the two One-Day Internationals between West Indies and South Africa later this year.