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LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Oscar De La Hoya, the  “Golden Boy” who has held world titles in six different weight  classes, announced his retirement from the ring on Tuesday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC West Indies ace player Stafanie Taylor registered a sturdy all-round performance for Jamaica to defeat Guyana by four wickets in the final of the West Indies Under-19 women’s cricket championship on Sunday.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – Ben Gordon’s tie-breaking  lay-up with 14 seconds left gave the Chicago Bulls a 91-88 road  win over the Detroit Pistons, lifting the visitors into sixth  place in the Eastern Conference on Monday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan skipper Younis Khan  wants his players to stay positive and cash in on being fresher  than Australia in their five-match one-day series in the United  Arab Emirates from April 22.

AUGUSTA, Georgia, CMC – Despite his meltdown on a dramatic final day at Augusta National on Sunday, Trinidad & Tobago’s Stephen Ames said he was still pleased with his fifth outing at the Masters tournament.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo is on course  for a hat-trick of PFA Player of the Year awards after being  included in the nominations released yesterday.

The final round match of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sponsored Headley/  Weekes trophy between Guyana and Barbados was evenly poised at the end of the penultimate day, with the hosts battling to avoid their seventh defeat in the double-round tournament.

– Jamaica most dominant By Rawle Toney The Golden Arrowhead did not fly from the podium on the fourth and final day of the 2009 Junior CARIFTA Games in St Lucia as Javina Straker, Jonella Jonas and Ricardo Martin all failed to medal.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has made several important changes to its constitution as it seeks to modernize its operation.

West Berbice and Central/ Upper Corentyne outplayed favourites Lower Corentyne and New Amsterdam/Canje respectively to reach the finals of the Diamond Fire & General Insurance Company Berbice Inter-Zone Under-19 Tournament.

Sunburst Camptown was the first of two teams to book a spot in the final of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Premium Beer Knockout Football Competition  defeating Fruta Conquerors at the Tucville Playfield last Sunday night.

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PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – Herschelle Gibbs hit a sparkling century and Dale Steyn took four wickets to lift South Africa to a series-clinching 61-run win over Australia in the fourth one-dayer yesterday.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) finished the WICB regional four-day competition for the Headley/Weekes Trophy on a high, when they romped to an unlikely, 63-run victory over Trinidad & Tobago yesterday.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—Michael Finley might have been the only person in Arco Arena who didn’t realize his winning 3-pointer almost certainly didn’t leave his hands before the 24-second clock expired.

ST THOMAS, US Virgin Islands, CMC – A three-wicket burst from Leeward Islands pacer Gavin Tonge wrecked the Windward Islands innings and left them on the threshold of defeat on the third day of their 14th round WICB Regional four-day match yesterday.

MONTE CARLO (Reuters) – Andy Murray, in impressive form this season with three titles to his name, is ready to “let it flow” on clay and improve his miserable record on the slow surface.

LONDON (Reuters) – Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez said he could risk injured captain Steven Gerrard for today’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at Chelsea.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Riders from Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana will join an impressive contingent of cyclists from South American and European countries as they clash at the Palo Seco Games which begin here today.

…after Royston Crandon ton An unbeaten and pugnacious 104 from Kevin Stoute, coupled with an unbeaten 83 from Ryan Hinds piloted Barbados to 267-3 in reply to Guyana’s 334 at the close of the second day’s play at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.