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– says Kuznetsova of French Open win PARIS, (Reuters) – Svetlana Kuznetsova wears the glow of a proud parent after securing her second grand slam title with a convincing French Open victory on Saturday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Roger Federer said he would never  again feel any pressure in his career after clinching his first French Open title with a 6-1 7-6 6-4 victory over Swede Robin Soderling yesterday.

Woeful Windies slaughter mighty Aussies LONDON,  CMC – Chris Gayle smashed a typically belligerent 88 from 50 balls to earn the Man-of-the-Match award, and lead West Indies to a convincing seven-wicket victory over Australia in the ICC World Twenty20 Championship yesterday.

Cricket’s continuing evolution According to Allen Stanford, Chris Gayle and a host of others, it is the game of the future but cricket’s newest and shortest format, the Twenty20, had proved itself very much the game of the present well before its second World Championship that started so sensationally at Lord’s on Friday and the Oval yesterday.

Chris Gayle’s Jekyll and Hyde West Indians In Robert Louis Stevenson’s book the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr.

Fruta oppose homeboys in tonight’s final Homesters Sunburst Camptown and opponents Fruta Conquerors will battle this evening for top honours in the Camptown Football Club-organized Camptown Goodwill Series while the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and BK International Western Tigers will contest the third place showdown at the Camptown Football Ground.

-LABA Pioneer Construction c/ships The Pioneer Construction-sponsored Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) first-division league resumed at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court with wins for Alleyene’s Retrieve Raiders and Glands Trucking Service Bulls.

Jaguars to play for salvation today against the French Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will play for pride today in their final game of this year’s Parbo Bier Cup in Suriname.

– Safina freezes in final of chilly French Open PARIS, (Reuters) – Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova froze out world number one Dinara Safina to claim a first French Open title yesterday after overwhelming her compatriot.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Dwight Howard scored only one basket during the Orlando Magic’s series-opening blowout loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, but the All-Star centre is more worried about his team’s leaky defense going into Game Two of the NBA Finals.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – India’s Pragyan Ojha  claimed four wickets on his Twenty20 international debut to bowl  the holders to a 25-run win over Bangladesh in their opening  World Cup group A game yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – With no Rafael Nadal to torment  him from the other side of the net in today’s French Open  final, Roger Federer must be thinking that this must be his  year to win the elusive Musketeers’ Cup.

LONDON, (Reuters) – New Zealand romped to a  seven-wicket victory over Scotland in a rain-shortened Twenty20  World Cup group D match at the Oval yesterday.

BELMONT, New York, (Reuters) – Summer Bird streaked down the stretch to overtake Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and win the 141st running of the Belmont Stakes yesterday.

LONDON (Reuters) – The Netherlands scrambled an  overthrow from the final ball of the match to upset hosts  England by four wickets at Lord’s yesterday in a spectacular  start to the Twenty20 World Cup.

Suriname demolishes Guyana 5-1 Guyana continued its losing ways in the 2009 Parbo Bier Cup when it lost 5-1 to host Suriname last night at the Andre Kampervene Stadium.

LONDON, England, CMC – West Indies will meet Australia in their opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 Championship today desperate to turn the page on a wretched last few weeks and save a campaign that promised so much at the start.

North Ruimveldt to tangle with Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust American economist and political writer Thomas Sowell said: “If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.”

After winning the bid to host matches in next year’s International Cricket Council (ICC) 20/20 World Cup which will be held in the Caribbean for the first time, members of the local organizing committee (LOC) held their first meeting yesterday at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Main Street.

Ballentyne and Morgan to defend titles The local organizing committee (LOC) for this year’s CARICOM 10K road race has confirmed that all systems are in place for the June 28 event.