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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Guyana’s Cleveland Forde underlined his growing status as a commanding force in regional distance running with a good win against a quality field in De Heart Uh Barbados 10-kilometre road race on Saturday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s women added the  Twenty20 World Cup to their 50-over crown when they beat New  Zealand by six wickets in the final at Lord’s yesterday.

SILVERSTONE, England, CMC – Britain’s Lewis Hamilton could only manage a 16th place finish as Germany’s Sebastien Vettel sped to a magnificent victory in the British Formula One Grand Prix event yesterday.

The Guyana women’s “Lady Jags” football team continued to impress recording yet another dominating victory against their opponents in the Turks and Caicos football festival with Ashley Rodrigues hammering home a hat-trick.

There were victories for Sunburst Camptown and Uprising Football teams in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier and Western Union First Division Football Leagues at the Tucville Playfield on Friday evening.

– GDF and Buxton to clash for third The Camptown Ground will come alive tonight as the final night of competition in the Camptown Football Club organized Camptown Goodwill Series wraps up with what is expected to be an exciting double header commencing at 6pm.

Cozier on Sunday Given their obvious limitations, the West Indies overreached themselves to make it as far as the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 championships.

Physical fitness instructor, sports organiser and community activist Eli Hazel is exhorting fathers in New Amsterdam and its environs to come out and support today’s Father’s Day stroll.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies’ selectors have named a largely untested 12-member A-Team squad for a three-day, first-class tour match against Bangladesh from July 3 to 5 at Kensington Oval in Barbados.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Darren Bravo has been rewarded for a season of heavy scoring for his native Trinidad & Tobago in regional competitions with selection to the West Indies’ squad for the first two of four One-day Internationals against India next week.

LONDON, CMC – Pakistan and Sri Lanka, two teams still seeking to recover from a tragic attack almost four months ago, meet again in the Final of the Twenty20 World Cup today at Lord’s.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Ato Boldon believes that the cancellation of the Caribbean Games this year may have been a blessing in disguise.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – UEFA should take a tougher  stance against racism and discrimination in soccer, Tokyo  Sexwale, a senior member of South Africa’s 2010 World Cup organising committee, said yesterday.  

-leads to easy  Sri Lanka victory LONDON, England, CMC – Angelo Mathews’ crippling first-over burst of three wickets and a pivotal unbeaten 96 by Tillakaratne Dilshan propelled Sri Lanka past West Indies by 57 runs yesterday and into tomorrow’s ICC World Twenty20 final.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Organisers announced yesterday morning the cancellation of the first ever Caribbean Games in Trinidad and Tobago next month, blaming the spread of Swine Flu for the decision.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s run to the final of  the Twenty20 World Cup has helped lift the mood in the country  following months of suicide bombings, militant attacks and  economic hardships.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports yesterday opened up the doors of its  new resource centre for sports located at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

(BBC) Brilliant batting from Claire Taylor and Beth Morgan saw England produce a stirring fightback to stun Australia in the Women’s World Twenty20 semi-finals.

LONDON, (Reuters) – World number one and champion Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal from Wimbledon led to a major reshuffle in the men’s draw yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Hosts South Africa, who  started the Confederations Cup so slowly even own their fans  almost fell asleep with boredom, could set the vuvuzelas blaring  even louder today.