BURNABY, Canada (CMC):

The St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) international Marlon James hit the winning goal for Vancouver Whitecaps, and Jamaican Nicholas Addlery was also in scoring form for Puerto Rico Islanders in the United States Soccer (USL) this past weekend.

James converted a second-half penalty that lifted defending champions Vancouver past Cleveland City Stars 2-1, while Addlery got PR Islanders' opening goal, as well as an assist, in a 3-1 win over Miami FC. Vancouver and Puerto Rico are both through to the play-offs.

New boxing chief

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

Guyanese Peter Abdool has taken over as the new president of the Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) after long-standing head Roy Van Putten stepped down. During last weekend's fifth CABOFE annual general meeting, Aruba's Van Putten announced he was not seeking re-election and Abdool, the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) president, was elected for the position. Van Putten is not completely lost to CABOFE and holds the title honorary president.

Barbados boxing chief James Marshall is the vice-president; George Shepherd, who has served as acting chairman of the Barbados Boxing Board of Control (BBBC), is secretary and St Maarten's Erno Labega is the treasurer.

Drawn match

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):

Wendell Cuffy's early second-half strike earned St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) a 1-1 draw with hosts St Kitts and Nevis in their friendly football international on Sunday night. Sashi Isaac had given St Kitts and Nevis an early first-half lead and Cuffy hit the game-levelling goal in the 48th minute at Warner Park.

Henin to return

BRUSSELS (AP):

Former top-ranked player Justine Henin will announce her comeback to competitive tennis today, according to two top Belgian newspapers.

"Justine Henin's Yes" read the headline on La Derniere Heure's Web site late yesterday, while Le Soir said "Henin should announce her return."

Her spokeswoman did not return phone calls and Henin's own Web site had no comment on the rumours. Last year, Henin shocked the tennis world by announcing her retirement while still ranked No. 1. As recently as May, she complained that the sport had left her with so many physical ailments a return was unthinkable.

President's future doubtful

JOHANNESBURG (AP):

South African track officials will meet this week to discuss the future of their president, who faces calls to go, after he admitted to lying about his role in the gender-test case of runner Caster Semenya. Attlee Maponyane, vice president of Athletics South Africa, said a meeting of the group's council would be held Thursday. The council includes ASA president Leonard Chuene and leaders of sport-specific committees and provincial bodies.

Chuene had repeatedly said gender tests on 800-metre world champion Semenya were done abroad, not in South Africa. Over the weekend, he admitted he knew of tests conducted in South Africa, saying he had lied to protect Semenya's privacy, but refused to resign.

Puma, Adidas rivalry

FRANKFURT (AP):

Athletic apparel makers Puma and Adidas are taking to the pitch in a joint bid to promote global peace, six decades after the brothers behind the two firms parted company in an acrimonious split. The fierce business rivals played each other in a football match yesterday, the first time in recent memory that they have participated in a joint event together. It is part of efforts to raise awareness for Peace One Day, an international day of initiatives that calls for combatants worldwide to lay down their arms, if only for a day.

Both trace their lineage to the brothers Rudolf and Adi Dassler, whose mysterious feud split the Dassler Brothers Sports Shoe Factory into two companies in 1948.

Adolf Dassler set up Adidas, while Rudolf set up Puma - both based in the small Bavarian town of Herzogenaurach. The reasons for the split have never been clear.