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Australia draw inspiration from Lord’s record LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia will draw inspiration  from their performance in the first Ashes test against England and their outstanding overall record at Lord’s for the second test starting today (1000GMT).

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Just three weeks after being hailed as national heroes for winning the Twenty20 World Cup,  the Pakistan cricket team is under fire after suffering their  first test series defeat in Sri Lanka.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A day before the start of the  second Ashes test, the “time-wasting” row from the finale of  the first match refuses to die down with Australia captain  Ricky Ponting weighing in again yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt promised yesterday  to offer “something special” to the crowd of the Stade de France  tomorrow during the Paris stage of the Golden League.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Trinidad & Tobago registered their second win of the TCL Group West Indies three-day Cup with an emphatic eight-wicket win over the Windward Islands yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Leeward Islands staged a gallant run chase to stun defending champions Barbados by four wickets on the final day of their second round TCL Group West Indies three-day Cup match yesterday.

TURNBERRY, Scotland,  (Reuters) – Tiger Woods goes  into this week’s British Open as heavy favourite to clinch his  15th major crown on a Turnberry layout which has consistently  rewarded the game’s top players.

Essequibo teams through to semis Essequibo’s Die Hard XI and Young Warriors made it to the semi-final round of the Guyana Softball League (GSL) Trophy Stall 15-Over Softball Competition  after they defeated Farm Masjid and Ariel XI  at the Police Sports Club ground on Sunday.

LONDON, England, CMC – Guyana’s resurgent squash ace Nicolette Fernandes is now on the verge of returning to the Top-100 in the world rankings.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Striking West Indies players will begin to receive monies owed them shortly.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Captain Charlene Taitt is one of five West Indies players named in a strong Barbados squad for next month’s WICB Women’s Senior Cricket Championships in Guyana.

ST FARGEAU, France, (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish  yesterday laughed off media reports that he had made  derogatory comments about the French on the Tour de France.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – South African fast bowler  Dale Steyn has ended injured Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah  Muralitharan’s long reign as the top-ranked test bowler.

By Tiadi Blair Overseas-based racquet wielders Michelle John and Paul David yesterday declared themselves ready to “war” for Guyana’s table tennis.

– Ryan Hinds only new addition ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies selectors have stood by the makeshift West Indies squad for the second Test against Bangladesh starting Friday, with Barbadian batsman Ryan Hinds the only new addition to the line-up.

– Keisha Jeffrey, Victoria Arjoon crowned squash queens Guyana started this year’s Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) championships with three squash queens but were left with only two when the curtain came down on the individual competition yesterday in Barbados.

Flamingo shrivels Alpha It was thrills and spills on an action-packed second night of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and Georgetown Football Association,  Guinness Futsal  tournament at the  Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Monday.

Sixteen top teams from the Georgetown and East Coast districts will battle for one million dollars when the Victoria King’s FC in association with Cool Crew Pro and Team Guyana-USA inaugural East Coast Reunion 2009 competition kicks off on Saturday at the Victoria Ground, East Coast Demerara.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Windward Islands gave another inept batting display and were facing defeat in their TCL Group West Indies Under-19 second-round match against Trinidad and Tobago yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Akeem Dewar, Romeo Dunka and Kirk Harris struck half-centuries for Jamaica to put Guyana on the ropes on the second day of their TCL Group West Indies three-day Cup match at Sabina Park yesterday.