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DUBAI, (Reuters) – A healthy body and a healthy mind  have become the priorities for tennis world number four Andy  Murray.

ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – Pacer Pedro Collins took five for 32 and Sulieman Benn claimed four for 50 to spur Barbados to a commanding 10-wicket victory over Jamaica half hour after lunch on day three of their WICB first class match at Frank Worrell Oval yesterday.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Roger Federer has been forced to  withdraw from the Dubai tennis championships starting on Monday  because of a lung infection, the 16-time grand slam winner said  yesterday.

HOBART, Australia, Australia, CMC – The West Indies batting collapsed again and Australia motored to their fifth win in two weeks over the Caribbean side as their two-match Twenty20 International series began yesterday.

JAIPUR, India, (Reuters) – South Africa tail-ender  Wayne Parnell was run out from the final ball to hand India a  thrilling one-run victory in the first one-day international at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium yesterday.

By Marlon Munroe The Queen’s Baton Relay for the XIX Commonwealth Games scheduled for Delhi, India in October arrives in Guyana with a six-man Protocol team that includes Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Committee (CGC) on Thursday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul warmed-up for higher intensity tussles with a workmanlike half-century to help Guyana gain a first innings lead against Leeward Islands in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.

By Marlon Munroe Olympic swimmer Niall Roberts, Noelle Smith and Britany van Lange continued their dominance yesterday at the Mashramani Swim Meet at the Castellani Pool.

The finals of the DeSinco Trading Under-19 Football Competition will be decided today as the four teams clash in the semi-final round from 8:30am at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Camptown Grounds.

– Mark Lee supports HFF with generous donation Overseas-based Guyanese Mark Lee handed over a cheque worth $150,000 to the Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Organization towards the venture that K&S and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has undertaken, to stage two benefit matches  in support of the Haiti Football Federation (HFF) after their losses suffered in  the earthquake.

Joven Benn scored a tough five set win over Caribbean U-15 girls champion Victoria Arjoon in the lone Category `B’ match of the Toucan Industries Mashramani Junior Tournament Friday night at the Georgetown Club courts.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Spinners Amit Jaggernauth and Imran Khan set things up, and their openers fortified Trinidad & Tobago’s dominant position over Windward Islands in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.

Much like his batting, Chris Gayle’s reputation has gone through several phases these past few months.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Beleaguered West Indies will look to the two Twenty20 Internationals for redemption after being thoroughly whipped by Australia in their preceding one-day series.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies could field two sides in the lucrative Twenty20 Champions League if England fail to resolve their scheduling issues with tournament organisers.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad,  CMC – Jamaica bowled themselves back into contention in limiting Barbados to a first innings lead of 67, but their batsmen failed to fire for the second time leaving the title-holders with a tall order to win the top-of-the-table sixth round, WICB first class championship match here yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Usain Bolt’s rise to athletics glory will literally soon be an open book.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Gary Allen has lambasted the conduct of some of Jamaica’s athletes at the island’s Sportsman and Sportswoman-of-the-Year awards ceremony last month.

ORLANDO, (Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks rallied  from an 11-point deficit to strengthen their grip on the  Southwest Division lead with a 95-85 road win over the Orlando  Magic on Friday.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle said Friday he was delighted after being named as one of the winners of ESPN Cricinfo awards for 2009.