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The Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice will run off a 46-mile cycle road race on Sunday.

The Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) of Guyana will start the ball rolling in this new year with their Inter-Jamaat 10 overs tapeball round robin cricket competition.

(BBC) Evander Holyfield is set to fight Francois Botha for the lightly-regarded World Boxing Federation heavyweight title in Uganda on 16 January.

(BBC) Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi will miss the first of two Twenty20 internationals against England in Dubai after biting the ball in a one-day match in Perth.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester United  and Leeds United will rekindle one of the fiercest rivalries in  English soccer after a five-year hiatus on Sunday and Alex  Ferguson is anticipating the FA Cup clash as eagerly as anyone.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – All-rounder Richard Kelly has been recalled to Trinidad & Tobago’s senior team after a protracted absence.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – An upbeat West Indies Under-19 squad were scheduled to leave here yesterday evening to contest the ICC Under-19 World Cup which bowls off in New Zealand in mid-January.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago captain Daren Ganga warmed up for the opening round of the WICB four-day first class competition with an unbeaten century to fire his side to a five-wicket win in the Gerry Gomez North/South Classic on Wednesday.

MARINGA, Brazil, CMC – World and Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion Melaine Walker tasted defeat as Caribbean athletes struggled at the Grande Prêmio Caixa Maringá de Atletismo held on Sunday.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)  has recalled players Fawad Alam and Abdul Rauf from Australia to  reduce the size of the touring squad, officials said in a  statement yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Hopes of salvaging the hotly anticipated fight between Manny Pacquiao and American  Floyd Mayweather Jr.

(Jamaica Gleaner) It seems unlikely that the ill-fated Caribbean Games will be staged before 2013, as organisers compete with a congested international sporting calendar to find a suitable date for the staging of the multi-sport event.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe  Mortaza has been ruled out of next month’s home tri-series  against India and Sri Lanka after failing a fitness test, the  Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – AT&T Inc said yesterday it  was terminating its sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods,  joining the list of companies that have distanced themselves  from the top golfer in the wake of a sex scandal.

(BBC) The England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed it will allow bowling coach Ottis Gibson to explore the vacant head coach position with West Indies.

CLEVELAND,  (Reuters) – LeBron James would not let  the Atlanta Hawks spoil his 25th birthday, scoring a  season-best 48 points to rally the Cleveland Cavaliers to a  106-101 victory on Wednesday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal believes he is ready  for the start of the 2010 tennis season despite having had a  relatively short time to prepare.

By Marlon Munroe West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) CEO Dr. Ernest Hilaire is urging the Guyana Cricket Board to prepare itself for a rapidly changing cricket landscape which will force it to find new ways of operating.

By Rawle Toney The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation said yesterday it will desist from announcing cash incentive prizes to teams over its public address system in keeping with a decision by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

PERTH, Australia,  CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle has been cleared of serious injury and is expected to return to Australia’s Big Bash Twenty20 tournament next week for his team Western Australia Warriors.