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NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian paceman Shanthakumaran  Sreesanth is suffering from swine flu and will miss today’s  second and final Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka.

Talk about female football in Guyana and the conversation invariably drifts to the game in the Lethem, Rupununi area  but conditions  are not so bright and beautiful for the hinterland ladies as it relates to them playing the game which they call ‘their everything’.

-three games called off in GCA under-19 tourney After early morning showers washed out play in  three of the four scheduled matches of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) 50-over tournament that began yesterday, Everest Cricket Club made easy work of Georgetown Cricket Club at the Everest ground in the Yhann’s Engineering sponsored competition.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC – Bahamian Pauline Davis-Thompson and other Caribbean sprinters are the beneficiaries after the International Olympic Com-mittee (IOC) formally re-allocated Sydney 2000 medals from drug disgraced Marion Jones on Wednesday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Brazil forward Ronaldinho was  named as World Player of the Decade by prestigious British  magazine World Soccer yesterday, while Argentine forward  Lionel Messi was named their World Player of the Year.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Three-times African  Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto’o was among five players named  on a shortlist for the 2009 award yesterday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Ricky Hatton is close  to making a final decision on whether he will make a comeback  to professional boxing.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) The Los Angeles Lakers routed  the Utah Jazz in the fourth quarter to seal a 101-77 win on  Wednesday, their 10th successive victory.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Pitch curator Cameron Sutherland says the WACA strip should provide pace and bounce for the third Test starting next week, welcome news for West Indies who believe speedster Kemar Roach holds the key to a victory over Australia.

– facility to include two squash courts Three contracting companies were yesterday awarded separate contracts for building a Racquet Centre on Woodford Avenue, Georgetown which is expected to cost the Government of Guyana some $28.75m.

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Former technical Director of the Guyana Football Federa-tion Jamaal Shabazz is calling on the government and the business community in Guyana to build on the visit of Brazilian soccer legend King Pele.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – Skipper Kumar Sangakkara  lashed 78 off just 37 balls to inspire Sri Lanka to a 29-run win  over India in the first Twenty20 international yesterday.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Even the prospect of a golf  landscape temporarily minus Tiger Woods is not one PGA Tour  officials, advertisers and sponsors care to ponder as  speculation swirls around the popular athlete’s private life,  which has kept him secluded in his Florida home.

Chris Gayle has warned Ricky Ponting to expect “some fury” from Kemar Roach in next week’s third Test in Perth – but the Australian captain is already prepared for the threat from the West Indies newest “pace like fire” tearaway.

– says Colin Klass President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass (CK) recently sat down and spoke exclusively with Stabroek Sports’ Rawle Toney (RT) about his satisfactions and certain misconceptions relating to football in Guyana.

By Marlon Munroe President of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Phillip Fernandes has expressed his association’s gratitude to the sponsors of the Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival stating that the GHB will immediately start preparations for next year’s tournament.

Joel Garner believes the Umpire’s Decision Review System (UDRS) is “a gimmick that everyone’s been experimenting with” and should be taken out of cricket.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – All Star center Dwight  Howard celebrated his 24th birthday by scoring 25 points in the  Orlando Magic’s 97-86 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on  Tuesday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – A bright picture is being painted ahead of the region’s hosting of the International Cricket Council’s World Twenty20 tournament next year.