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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC – New Zealand Cricket are anxiously anticipating the arrival of West Indies Women, with preparations already underway for the one-day and Twenty20 series starting next March.

Distance runners get ready, in excess of $1 million will be up for grabs when the ‘Oasis 5K Fun Run’ is staged on November 12 at the National Park.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Stroke-maker Sunil Ambris seems to have taken his batting to a different level, says West Indies A head coach, Graeme West.

ST GEORGE, Grenada, CMC – Roland Cato failed to reach his maiden first-class hundred, as he led Windward Islands Volcanoes’ batting before Leeward Islands Hurricanes fought back with a cluster of late wickets in the Regional 4-Day Championship on Thursday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – No play was possible in the day/night, third “Test” between Windies “A” and Sri Lanka “A” on Thursday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Very little play was possible between Barbados Pride and Trinidad & Tobago Red Force in the Regional 4-Day Championship, due to wet conditions on Thursday here.

  BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Quinton de Kock scored his highest Twenty20 international score of 59 to lead South Africa to a 20-run victory over Bangladesh on Thursday in the first game of the series.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Beer Premier League resumes today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda with a doubleheader.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton says he wants to secure his fourth Formula One title by winning Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix, rather than finishing fifth.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Swiss great Martina Hingis has announced she will retire from tennis at the end of this week’s WTA Finals, where the 37-year-old multiple grand slam champion is playing in the doubles tournament alongside Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan.

BASEL, Switzerland,(Reuters) – Top seed Roger Federer needed less than an hour to dispatch Benoit Paire 6-1 6-3 and reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors tournament on Thursday — treating his home fans to another masterclass.

SINGAPORE,(Reuters) – Venus Williams let her tennis do the talking after she avenged her Wimbledon final defeat by Garbine Muguruza to battle past the Spaniard and into the WTA Finals semi-finals on Thursday.

Team Yvette Bunbury, Bibi Hasan and Vonette Mayers secured contrasting wins, when the ‘We Believe Cup’ Women’s Futsal Championship, commenced on Wednesday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Amid much anticipation, the playoff round for the 2017 edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Zone, is slated to commence November Saturday 11th.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) annual Lennox Blackmoore Intermediate Champion-ships will box-off tonight at the National Gymnasium.

As the 2017 cycling season winds down, more and more riders are turning up to the starting line looking for some late season form to ride into 2018.

Three-time defending champions the Guyana Jaguars will fancy their chances against a relatively inexperienced Jamaican Scorpions side when the two franchises meet today in the opening round of Cricket West Indies Regional four – day tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

PUNE, India, (Reuters) – Tight bowling and fifties from Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik helped India secure a series-levelling six-wickets victory against New Zealand in the second one-day international yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Bowling all-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall says West Indies A will need to exhibit more patience against Sri Lanka A’s spin attack, in order to win the decisive third four-day “Test” starting here today.

LONDON, CMC – In-form Shai Hope continued his surge in the International Cricket Council batting rankings, jumping another seven places to move even closer to the top-20 in the world.