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BOSTON, (Reuters) – Ray Allen sank a  three-pointer with two seconds left as the Boston Celtics beat  the Chicago Bulls 118-115 to even their Eastern Conference  playoff series at 1-1 on Monday.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – NBA champions Boston Celtics,  already without key forward Kevin Garnett, have lost back-up  Leon Powe for the rest of the season through injury, the team  said on its website (www.nba.com/celtics)

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams  may have to defend their Wimbledon titles after dark under the  Centre Court’s new retractable roof, All England Club officials  said yesterday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Australia are banking on the  return of Andrew Symonds and Shane Watson to provide the spark  for a jaded side which takes on Pakistan in the first of five  one-day internationals today.

La Fleur’s golden goal spurs Camptown to c/ship winQuame La Fleur scored a stunner in the final of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/ Banks Premium Beer Knockout Competition against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), to lead Sunburst Camptown to the title on Sunday at the Tucville playfield.

The Plaisance Community Centre ground will be abuzz with action tonight as the second annual Mackeson Stout/ Digicel-sponsored Bakewell Buxton Stars organized Sweet 16 football tournament kicks off.

– tournament to bowl off tomorrow All three counties have selected their respective squads to contest this year’s Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/GTM sponsored under-19 Inter-county three-day competition which is scheduled to commence tomorrow at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground.

Central/Upper Corentyne was declared the winner of the first ever Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Diamond Fire and General Insurance Company Under-19 Inter-zone tournament after heavy rain forced an early abandonment of the finals versus West Berbice at the Port Mourant ground.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) organized second division two-day cricket competition which is jointly sponsored by Cummings Electrical Company and P & P Insurance Brokers was launched at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus recently.

LEICESTER, England,  CMC – West Indies coach John Dyson has slammed the condition of the Grace Road pitch for West Indies opening match on their tour of England against Leicestershire yesterday.

LEICESTER, England, CMC – West Indies’ batting failed to ease concerns that it could be the weak link in their three-day tour match against Leicestershire yesterday, after bowling their opponents out cheaply.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – Matthew Hayden and Muttiah Muralitharan steered the Chennai Super Kings to an emphatic 92-run win over the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

NAIN, Jamaica, CMC – Jerome Taylor has declared himself fit to take his rightful place in the West Indies team on their current tour of England.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidadian football czar Jack Warner has defended the appointment of new national head coach Russell Latapy and has backed the former midfield star to resuscitate the country’s quickly fading FIFA World Cup hopes.

LONDON,(Reuters) – Arsenal will be without leading strikers Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin van Persie for the Premier League trip to Liverpool today, manager Arsene Wenger said.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers made a fantastic start to the defence of their Western  Conference title on Sunday, racing to a 22-point first-half  lead on the way to a 113-100 victory over the Utah Jazz.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Russia’s Dinara Safina was  confirmed as world number one in the WTA rankings published yesterday to complete a famous double for her family.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Juventus will have to play a  home game behind closed doors after fans racially abused Inter  Milan striker Mario Balotelli in Saturday’s 1-1 Serie A draw,  the Italian league said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Triple Olympic sprint champion  and world record holder Usain Bolt will fine-tune his world  championship preparations by running the 100 metres at the  London Grand Prix in July, organisers said yesterday.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Twenty-one horses from a  Venezuelan team competing at the U.S.