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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida, CMC – Three successive bogeys on the back nine ruined Stephen Ames’ charge in the third round of the Honda Classic on Saturday, leaving him with much to do on the final day of the US$5.6 million tournament today.

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Nigerian footballer Endurance  Idahor died after collapsing during a game in Khartoum yesterday, football association officials said.

LONDON, England,  CMC – Jamaican international Jason Euell scored his first goal in nearly five months yesterday to fire Blackpool to a 1-0 win over Ipswich and drag the north-west England side to within reach of a playoff spot.

Guyana’s Lady Jaguars football team scored a comfortable victory over Suriname in the first round of the World Cup Qualifiers when they went head to head at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, yesterday.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is to make changes to its constitution president Colin Klass said yesterday.

Guyana’s Avinash Persaud occupied the fourth position after the first day’s play of the Ansa Mc Al Trinidad and Tobago Open Amateur Golf Championships at the St.

By Marlon Munroe It is possible that the West Indies cricket team would have heard every conceivable criticism following their one disastrous performance after another.

By Orin Davidson These are times when West Indies cricket drives you absolutely nuts with despair.

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods has turned down a  $75 million sponsorship offer from Paddy Power, the Irish  bookmaker said yesterday, adding it would make an improved offer  to the golfer.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British hurdler Callum Priestley  has been provisionally suspended from athletics after failing an  out-of-competition doping test.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Juergen Klinsmann said he was  looking forward to getting back into coaching and optimistic  about the right offer coming along after this year’s World Cup.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Miami Heat overcame a  39-point effort from Kobe Bryant to capture a thrilling 114-111 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday.

(BBC) Plans to buy into a team in the Indian Premier League and bring matches to Lord’s have been abandoned by the MCC.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC – World powerhouse Cuba advertised their strength in amateur boxing again last weekend when they swept a remarkable eight of the 11 titles at stake at the American Youth Continental Championships.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Opener Craig Kieswetter struck his maiden one-day century to lift England to  a 45-run victory over Bangladesh on Friday and a clean sweep of their one-day series.

The Ocean View Dominoes Club will stage a countrywide one-day tournament tomorrow at the Better Hope Centre Road.

By Marlon Munroe After West Indian cricket fans jumped and pranced for most of the day, their mien was ultimately transformed into utter stupor after their team was again humiliated by Zimbabwe in the first One Day International at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

National senior hockey coach Philip Fernandes departed Guyana yesterday to attend the International Hockey Federation (FIH) World Cup Coaching Course which opened in New Delhi, India today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Stoke City fans have had  precious little to celebrate in 122 years but victory at Chelsea  on Sunday would put them one game away from reaching the FA Cup  final for the first time while reviving some painful memories.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – When Joshua Clottey steps into  the ring against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on  March 13 the Ghanaian will imagine he is fighting someone else.