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Regarded as the top two junior basketball players in the country, Richard Mohandatt of President’s College and Akeem Kanhai of Mackenzie High School (MHS) said that they are ready to leave their mark on this year’s National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) which bounced off on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.Speaking

Lennox Allen proved ‘Too Sharp’ for Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes in winning the vacant national Super Middleweight title while Leon Moore hurried up the demise of Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques when S and S Promotions staged its `Final Execution’ five-fight bout Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

“I anticipated this win,” said Guyana’s Cleveland Forde after outsprinting Pamenos Ballantyne of St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday to claim his first Caricom 10K road race.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – West Indies drew level in their four-match One-day International series with India, after Ravi Rampaul enhanced his reputation with a career-best spell to set them up for an eight-wicket victory yesterday.

Rawle Greene completed a sprint double at the Police Progressive Youth Club’s (PPYC) Christopher Hall Classic when he dominated the field in the Open Male sprint events at the Police Sports Club Ground, yesterday.

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As the Caribbean continues its preparations for the hosting next year of the International Cricket Council’s World Twenty20 cricket tournament the venue assessment team is set to travel around the region beginning today.

Kingston, Jamaica: Kordell Clarke, a special teenager from Jamaica who has lived a traumatic life and who has overcome more obstacles than most face in a lifetime, received a unique 18th birthday gift courtesy of Digicel.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Motor racing chief Max Mosley  claims he is under pressure to stay on as head of Formula One’s  governing body after opponents rushed to write his obituary  following a peace deal last week.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Holders Brazil fought back  from 2-0 down with three second-half goals to beat the United  States 3-2 and win the Confederations Cup for the third time in  a superb final yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Facing Roger Federer on grass is  usually a daunting enough prospect but lining up against the  Swiss with a dodgy stomach could make Robin Soderling feel more  than a little queasy today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The tough part starts now for Andy Murray, the 22-year-old Scot who is four victories away from giving Britain its first men’s singles champion at Wimbledon since the days when they played in long trousers.

Pamenos Ballantyne says his mind is set on winning his fifth straight CARICOM 10K but Guyana’s Cleveland Forde is aiming to continue his recent dominant formOne of the Caribbean’s most decorated distance athlete Pamenos Ballantyne says that winning today’s annual CARICOM 10K road race for the fifth year is the only thing on his mind.

-as they seek to level series KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Swept aside in the opening match by a powerful batting display, West Indies will be looking to hit back against India when the second One-Day International of the four-match series bowls off today at Sabina Park.

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Camptown gets past GDF as Flamingo erans first point Sunburst Camptown are still in second on the leader board in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier League after defeating the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) while Flamingo are stuck at the bottom even though they gained a point from a draw at the Tucville Playfield on Friday evening.

Some 26 high schools from around the country will make their way to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall today for the start of the 2009 National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) which will get underway from 2:00 pm with a lavish opening ceremony.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Jelena Jankovic’s challenge  melted in soaring temperatures at Wimbledon yesterday while  Andy Murray scorched the Centre Court turf as he blasted his way  into the second week of the grasscourt championships.

For the second successive ODI, the West Indies found themselves chasing an overwhelming total – and losing – in the first of the four-match series against India at Sabina Park on Friday.

Kingston, Jamaica: International captains, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Chris Gayle, were impressed with West Indies debutant, Darren Bravo, after the First Digicel ODI at Sabina Park on Friday.