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CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – The Internat-ional Cricket  Council (ICC) has urged U.S.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, (Reuters) – Mine That Bird  trainer Chip Woolley does not like to give too much advice to  his jockeys but offered Calvin Borel a little gem on Saturday.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics finally  overcame a determined challenge from the Chicago Bulls with a  109-99 victory on Saturday, the NBA champions edging their  enthralling Eastern Conference first-round series by a 4-3  margin.

ROME, (Reuters) – World number one Rafael Nadal  overcame stubborn early resistance from defending champion Novak  Djokovic to claim a record fourth Rome Masters title with a 7-6  6-2 win yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The Punjab Kings XI and the  Bangalore Royal Challengers joined two other teams at the top of  the Indian Premier League standings after winning their  respective games yesterday.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – The Atlanta Hawks cruised past  the Miami Heat 91-78 to win Game Seven of their Eastern  Conference opening series yesterday and advance to the second  round against top-seeded Cleveland.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s Olympic silver medallist Kerron Stewart won the women’s 100 metres in a world-leading 10.92 seconds at the Jamaica International Invitational meeting on Saturday night.

ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Kamran Akmal smashed an  unbeaten century to lift Pakistan to a seven-wicket win over  Australia in the final one-day match in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

STUTTGART, Germany, (Reuters) – Russian Svetlana  Kuznetsova snapped a two year title drought when she stunned  world number one Dinara Safina 6-4 6-3 to win the Stuttgart  Grand Prix yesterday.Kuznetsova,

King betters personal best  to take pole in Group ‘4’ It seems as though Andrew King meant business when he told this newspaper on Thursday that he was aiming to take back his lap record which was broken by Jamaican David Summerbell.

An entertaining innings of 85 from national middle order batsman Assad Fudadin guided New Line Cavaliers (NLC) to a three-wicket victory over Gizmos and Gadgets Georgetown Pitbulls in the final of the DJ Stress organized Twenty20 cricket festival at the Guyana National Stadium, Provi-dence late Friday night.

-Alpha gains walk over Reigning Kashif and Shangai football champions Pele Football Club (PFC) has launched a protest against the playing surface of the Plaisance Community Centre ground and the lights being used to illuminate the said venue, that is presently hosting the second annual Bakewell Buxton Stars organized Digicel/Mackeson Stout sponsored sweet 16 football tournament.

Seven races on card Some of the country’s top horses and breeders will be at Alness Village on the Corentyne as the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club stages a massive one day meet today.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) sanctioned two new boxing gyms in Essequibo this past Friday, continuing with its venture to establish multiple gyms countrywide to develop the sport.

Nine years ago, a health setback ended Stephen Camacho’s 18 years as secretary/chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

– GDF stick up Pele Fruta Conquerors’ Manessah Primo produced a terrific double to lead his team to victory when action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier League continued on Friday at the Tucville Playfield.

MIAMI (Reuters) – Dwayne Wade scored 41 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 98-72 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday and force a deciding Game Seven in their Eastern Conference playoff series.

DERBY, England, CMC – West Indies team manager Omar Khan has confirmed that captain Chris Gayle’s late arrival for the opening Test has been sanctioned by authorities, but conceded it would not be the best preparation for the encounter which bowls off at Lord’s on Wednesday.

It was sweet revenge forthe Victory Royals when they defeated Dyna’s Ravens 56-54 last Thursday in Linden when the two clubs met in what was dubbed a grudge match at the McKenzie Sports Club hard Court.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – American Floyd Mayweather Jr will come out of retirement in July and take on Mexico’s IBO world lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez in a non-title fight, the American said yesterday.