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MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Justine Henin passed the first  serious test in her comeback to the Australian Open when she  defeated Russia’s Elena Dementieva 7-5 7-6 yesterday in a  high quality match of unrelenting tension.

ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – World number one Tiger Woods  should come out and answer his critics in public before making  his golfing return, Australian Geoff Ogilvy said yesterday.

FIFA pours money into Haiti relief efforts PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Football’s world governing body, FIFA, has thrown US$250 000 behind relief efforts in Haiti while one of its vice-presidents Chung Moon-Jung has pledged another half-million US dollars of his personal money, as football mogul Jack Warner continues to lobby the fraternity for support.

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies Under-19s are through to the quarter-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup after Pakistan dramatically edged Bangladesh by four wickets in a tense Group D match yesterday.

BENGUELA, Angola, (Reuters) – Six-times champions  Egypt maintained their perfect record at the African Nations Cup  when they beat Benin 2-0 in their final Group C game yesterday.

Peter Green was given the nod to return as the president of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) when that body held its annual general meeting (AGM) on Sunday at the Tropical View Hotel in Campbellville.

CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – LeBron James sparked the  Cleveland Cavaliers to a 108-100 victory over the Toronto  Raptors on Tuesday.

The Guyana Tape-ball League (GTL) Twenty20 tape-ball cricket tournament bowls into action on February 7 with teams competing for $500,000 in prizes with the winner walking away with $200,000 and a trophy.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Rookie West Indies players Kieron Pollard and Kemar Roach were among those slapped with expensive price tags at the Indian Premier League auction yesterday.

The Harley Davidson Club of Russia paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport at its  conference room on Main Street.

Football administrators have taken lots of flak over the state of the sport locally over the years but recently there has been an upsurge in the number of competitions staged and an overall increase in sponsorship.

Farfan and Mendes renewed its 15-year alliance with the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) with a $160,000 sponsorship cheque for 2010 yesterday at the company’s head office on Urquhart Street, Cummingsburg.

– Campbell 6-35, Perreira 75 and Sinclair 65* The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club continued its domination of youth cricket in Berbice when their Under-17 team crushed D’Edward by 103 runs to advance to the final of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Tournament at the Area H Ground last  weekend.

For the next three months an Interim Management Com-mittee (IMC) implemented by Guyana’s governing body for football, Guyana Football Federation (GFF), will be dealing with the management of football in Georgetown following an emergency meeting held by the federation last week.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will stage its first tournament of the year on Saturday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club on Camp and Hadfield Streets.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The dark clouds were still  hovering above Roger Federer and Serena Williams when they made their first appearances at the Australian Open yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Guyanese batsman Narsingh Deonarine has declared himself ready, in mind and body, for the upcoming tour of Australia.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies chief selector Clyde Butts says he hopes the upcoming one-day series in Australia will be the start of a positive run for the regional side.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers  picked up where they left off in the NBA Finals last June by  finishing strongly to beat the Orlando Magic 98-92 on Monday.  

LUANDA, (Reuters) – Depleted Ghana beat Burkina Faso  1-0 on yesterday to advance to the African Nations Cup  quarter-finals.