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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Out-of-favour batsman Delbert Hicks has been leading a Guyanese domination of the North and South Championship Divisions here in recent weeks.

(BBC) Australia made it nine wins out of nine in all formats of Pakistan’s tour with a two-run victory in a thrilling Twenty20 international in Melbourne yesterday.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – South Africa have targeted India’s middle order as an area to exploit in the first test starting today, according to captain Graeme Smith.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics overcame the  absence of leading scorer Paul Pierce to pull away from the  Miami Heat in the fourth quarter for a 107-102 victory on  Wednesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados selectors have moved quickly to include the young West Indies trio of Jason Holder, Shane Dowrich and Kraigg Brathwaite in a 13-man squad for the next two rounds of the WICB regional first class championship.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle says his side’s crushing warm-up win on Thursday was an ideal start to their one-day tour and augured well for the upcoming series against Australia.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – All-rounder Nkrumah Bonner could make his first class debut for Jamaica after being one of four players called up for the next round of matches in the WICB regional first class championship.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidadian all-rounder Imran Khan is hoping his success this season earns him a West Indies call up.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Legendary all-rounder Sir Garry Sobers and former West Indies opening batsman Desmond Haynes are expected to headline the Barbados Tourism Authority’s Invitational Golf tournament which tees off here today.

Acting President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) David Patterson says that Guyana has fully recommitted  itself to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) after attending the Annual General Assembly which was held last weekend in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).

Andrew Arjoon, with a positive 10 handicap, continued where he had left off on the opening night with a hard fought win over national junior player Oliver Downes in the 2010 Bounty Farm-sponsored Handicap Squash Tournament which  continued on Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Club courts.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A top Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board official has blasted the appointment of Ottis Gibson as West Indies coach and says David Williams has gotten a raw deal.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Gene therapy offers Olympic  athletes a tempting new way to go for the gold, but the  technology is far too risky a way to cheat, a top gene therapy  expert said yesterday.

Last year the two parties had a falling out over the running of the inter-block nationwide football tournament but now the Ministry of Sport and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) are heading in the direction of a collaborative effort to stage this year’s event.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The new Virgin Racing Formula One  car completed its first laps yesterday with Germany’s Timo  Glock at the wheel.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A brewer, a sugar baron and a  cement maker are among the most influential people in Indian  sport, according to a recent power list, elbowing out some of  the country’s biggest sports stars themselves.

By Marlon Munroe The practical aspect of the six-week swimming instructors’ course for teachers and volunteers at Special Needs Schools commenced yesterday with special emphasis on technique corrections.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – A 14-year-old soccer fan  died yesterday after being shot along with two men when their  bus was attacked on the way back to Rosario from a match in  Buenos Aires, local media reported yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – While speculation escalates  over when Tiger Woods will return from exile to competition, the  execution of his comeback continues to attract widespread  comment from communication experts and his fellow players.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African trade unions  have threatened to disrupt the World Cup over allegations being  investigated by FIFA that a mascot for the soccer spectacular is  being manufactured in a Chinese sweatshop.