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Straker, Jonas, Martin eyeing more medals …after good showing on third day Javina Straker, Jonella Jonas and Ricardo Martin will all be looking to fly the Golden Arrowhead high once again after qualifying for the finals of their respective races on day three of this year’s Junior CARIFTA games which is on presently in St Lucia at the George Odlum Stadium.

AUGUSTA, Georgia, (Reuters) – Argentina’s Angel  Cabrera won his second major after a nerve-jangling playoff  victory at the U.S.

BERLIN, Germany, CMC – Usain Bolt has told a German tabloid newspaper that he used marijuana when he was a teen.

ST THOMAS, US Virgin Islands, CMC – Captain Rawl Lewis smashed a solid half century and Shane Shillingford grabbed three late wickets to put the Windward Islands in command against the Leeward Islands in their WICB regional four-day match yesterday.

CAVE HILL, Barbados,  CMC – Trinidad & Tobago were trying to keep a lid on the Combined Campuses & Colleges scoring, after gaining a one-run, first innings lead yesterday in their WICB regional four-day competition for the Headley/Weekes Trophy.

-deadline looms, GABF mum The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) will have two days from today to say to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC), if it will be attending the Caribbean championship which will be held in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) from June 28-July 4.

–the law, the bottles, the girls’ “There is always in the past, though made dim and twisted by the ravages of time, a star to light up the pathway to the present, a star that sometimes casts a silvery ray of light and hope into the future, such a star was the tanned, scarred leathery-faced man who goes by the name of `Young Joe Louis’” (Edward Phillips).

MVP award in basketball tournament was fair Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in SN, April 8, 2009 by Mr Linden Alphonso, President of Royal Basketball Club pertaining to his player Dwayne Roberts (Brown Sugar) (‘Why was Dwayne Roberts not named the most valued player of the basketball tournament?’).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica successfully defended their CLICO West Indies Under-15 championship crown yesterday, when they defeated the Windward Islands by seven wickets in their final round game.

CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – LeBron James scored 29  points and the Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the Boston Celtics  107-76 yesterday to move within one win of the league’s  all-time record for home victories in a season.

CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Fresh from a rare test  series victory in New Zealand, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh  believes India have what it takes to beat the best in the world  on their home soil.

CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Indian batting  stalwart Sachin Tendulkar credits coach Gary Kirsten with  helping the team become a force in world cricket again.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The 2009 Indian Premier League  cricket tournament in South Africa will be covered by major news  agencies after the two sides resolved issues that had caused  many news media to suspend IPL coverage last year.

INDIANAPOLIS, (Reuters) – Danny Granger scored 24  points to spark the Indiana Pacers to a 106-102 victory over  the playoff-bound Detroit Pistons on Saturday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – World number two Roger  Federer married his long-time girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec in his  home town of Basel in Switzerland on Saturday.

Led by a resilient and unbeaten half century from middle order batsman Royston Crandon, Guyana which is yet to win a game in this year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional four-day competition, reached 208-6 at the end of the first day against Barbados at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

The junior national table tennis team left these shores for St.

Winners Connection and host Net Rockers, as was expected, will face off in the finals of the Net Rockers Football Club Linden Town Week Under-19 football tournament today from 1600hrs at the Bayroc Community Centre ground..

Fullbore captain Mahendra Persaud has taken a crucial one-point lead as the competitors in the X Class go into an intriguing final day of the National Rifle Shooting championships today at the Timehri ranges.

CAVE HILL, Barbados,  CMC – Trinidad & Tobago suffered a batting collapse of their own, after Ravi Rampaul shrugged off the disappointment of being overlooked for West Indies’ tour of England later this month to undermine the Combined Campuses & Colleges’ batting yesterday in the WICB regional four-day competition for the Headley/Weekes Trophy.