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MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies pacer Daren Powell will play for Lancashire in next season’s County Championship, after signing a two-year contract with the club.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers  suffered their second successive loss, despite a triple-double  by league MVP LeBron James, in the new NBA season on Wednesday  with a 101-91 defeat to the Toronto Raptors.

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC – Batting icon Brian Lara has advised Aussie pacer Brett Lee to adopt the same approach that helped West Indies fast bowler Malcolm Marshall in his latter years.

St Lucian Ernest Hilaire is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

DOHA, (Reuters) – When Andre Agassi failed a drugs  test 12 years ago having dabbled with crystal meth then  fabricated an excuse to the ATP, the men’s governing body took him at face value and moved on to other business.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) has attracted sponsorship from some  overseas-based Guyanese and has also established long term relationship with some of them.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Olympic and world sprint champion  Usain Bolt believes the tainted image athletics has acquired  after several high-profile drugs cases in the past few years  will clear as time goes by.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Soccer’s governing body FIFA will  work with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to step up the  pressure on drug cheats in the sport, possibly with  cycling-style biological passports.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Shakib Al Hasan led Bangladesh to  a seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the second one-day  international with a blistering knock of 105 off 69 balls yesterday.

CHENNAI, India,– Australian wicketkeeper  Tim Paine will take no further part dia, (Reuters) in the one-day tour of  India after suffering a broken finger during the second game,  Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.

DOHA, (Reuters) – World number one Serena Williams  marched into the semi-finals of the WTA Championships yesterday with a comfortable win over Elena Dementieva.

By Marlon Munroe Guyana’s cricket got a much needed boost after the national senior team scored a hard-fought three wicket win over the Leeward Islands in the first round of the WICB President’s Cup limited overs tournament at the Enmore Community Centre ground yesterday.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – A quickfire century by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni set up India’s 99-run victory over Australia yesterday as the home team levelled the one-day  series 1-1.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former international cricket  umpire David Shepherd has died aged 68 following a long battle  with cancer, Gloucestershire County Cricket club said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant delivered a  masterful 33 points as the Los Angeles Lakers held off a late  fightback by city rivals the Clippers to launch their NBA  championship defence with a 99-92 win Tuesday.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Eight-times grand slam winner Andre  Agassi left the tennis world in a state of shock yesterday  when he admitted using the recreational drug crystal meth and lying to men’s governing body the ATP to escape a ban.

DOHA, (Reuters) – The anticipated duel in the desert for the world number one spot failed to materialise at the WTA Championships yesterday as Dinara Safina withdrew with a back injury to gift the prize to American Serena Williams.

Champions League Twenty20 runners up Trinidad and Tobago with the Bravo brothers to the fore, yesterday thrashed Jamaica by 90 runs at the Providence National Stadium in a President’s Cup limited overs first round encounter.

The Combined Campuses and Colleges yesterday snatched a thrilling one run victory over the Windward Islands in a match that went all the way down to the wire.

A responsible innings of 27 from tail ender Suleiman Benn helped Barbados defeat the West Indies Under-19 team yesterday at the world famous Georgetown Cricket Club ground,  Bourda when the 2009 WICB President’s cup Limited overs tournament bowled off.