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LONDON, England, CMC – Former West Indies batsman Wavell Hinds stroked an aggressive half-century for Derbyshire but could not save them from a comprehensive eight-wicket loss to Nottinghamshire yesterday.

(BBC) – Australia captain Ricky Ponting says England may be better off without Andrew Flintoff in their Ashes side, unless the key player is 100% fit.

BBC) World Twenty20 holders India are confident seam bowler Zaheer Khan will be fit to play an important part in the upcoming competition in England.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – World champion sprinter Tyson Gay tests his form after last year’s Beijing disappointment, and Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown renews her sprint rivalry with Lauryn Williams at today’s New York grand prix.

(BBC) – Lance Armstrong escaped serious injury after a fall midway through the 19th stage of the Giro d’Italia, which was won by Spain’s Carlos Sastre.

TYNE AND WEAR, England, CMC – Veteran Trinidadian striker Dwight Yorke has been released from England Premiership club Sunderland, a move that could signal the end of his club days in England.

PARIS (Reuters) – A tortured and tormented Venus Williams whimpered out of the French Open yesterday while Portuguese teenager Michelle Larcher de Brito made a very noisy departure from the big stage.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) – LeBron James put on a virtuoso performance in the fourth quarter to will the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 112-102 win over the Orlando Magic on Thursday as the Eastern Conference top seeds staved off elimination.

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – Jamaica’s world-rated light heavyweight boxer Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson is poised to secure his long-awaited rematch with the undefeated American Chad Dawson.

Sixteen year old Neil Reece has been rewarded for his outstanding performances at this year’s Beacon Cycling Festival which was held in Trinidad and Tobago from April 22-May 3.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers put  on a fiery fourth-quarter display to grind out a 103-94 victory  over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, the win earning the top  seeds a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference finals series.

Bolaram Deo pulled off a spectacular win in the BK International sponsored Independence Cup Medal Play golf tournament staged on Tuesday (Independence Day) at the Lusignan Golf Course.

By Tony Cozier in LONDON Not for the first time in the recent past, the British media has lambasted a West Indies team for an abject performance.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Roger Federer was lucky to keep  alive his dream of winning a maiden Roland Garros crown and  Venus Williams used a good night’s sleep to spare herself from a  French Open nightmare in the second round yesterday.

Georgetown Cricket Club will square off with Old Fort in the opening match of the prestigious 2009 Farfan and Mendes men’s first division hockey league this afternoon at GCC ground, Bourda.

WORMSLEY, England, CMC – Promising Windward Islands batsman Andre Fletcher said yesterday he was anxiously looking forward to the ICC World Twenty20 Championship starting next week.

After 91 race walking competitions, local champion Rudolph Mitchell still finds himself in an unbeatable zone.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A dispute with Pakistan over  2011 one-day World Cup games needs to be resolved as soon as  possible, International Cricket Council (ICC) president David  Morgan said yesterday.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and Western Union came on board in support of the ‘Foreign Invasion’ Boxing card in Linden which will see Guyana’s world rated bantamweight fighter, Leon ‘Hurry-up’ Moore coming up against Mark Murray at the Mackenzie Sports Club tomorrow.

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