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From Tony Cozier SIR Garry Sobers  – the Right Excellent Sir Garfield St.

Before entertaining patrons at the National Cultural Centre tonight, this year’s Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) guest poser Jeff ‘Classic’ Beckham paid a visit to Joshua House yesterday and shared out ice cream much to the delight of the children.

Ogle’s U15 and Lusignan B teams recorded wins in the latest rounds of the East Coast Cricket Board competition played last weekend.

Captain of the Combined Campuses and Colleges team (CCC) Steven Jacobs said getting the better of his Guyanese counterparts whom he played with for most of his cricketing career was pleasing for him and his team.

Guyana’s one-day skipper Christopher Barnwell and Guyana’s four day captain Leon Johnson will lead their respective sides and arch rivals the Demerara Cricket Club and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) when play in the Georgetown Cricket Association Hadi’s World Incorporated division one, two-day competition gets underway today at the GCC ground, Bourda.

Pele FC led by a Deon Alfred double, defeated Camptown FC by a margin 2-0 when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) division one league continued at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground, Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue on Thursday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy yesterday reminded Australia that “talk is cheap” and said West Indies preferred to do its business on the pitch.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies Women stormed to the top of Group B with their third straight win, after trouncing Sri Lanka Women by eight wickets at the at the Sylhet Stadium yesterday.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Former champions India became the first team to qualify for the World Twenty20 semi-finals after half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma secured a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over hosts Bangladesh yesterday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mar 28, CMC – Romel Currency struck his second successive half-century as Windward Islands prospered on the opening day of their fifth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship against Leeward Islands yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies batsman Kirk Edwards stroked his second century of the Regional Four-Day season as Barbados kept Jamaica in the field all day here yesterday.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Sony Open, one of tennis’s most prestigious events, was left devastated when both men’s semi-finals ended in walkovers yesterday sending world number one Rafa Nadal and number two Novak Djokovic through to the final without hitting a ball.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Skipper Darren Sammy produced an electrifying, unbeaten cameo to propel West Indies to an exciting six-wicket win over Australia, and keep alive their hopes of a semi-final spot at the World Twenty20 Championship here today.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Batting great Sunil Gavaskar was installed as interim head of the Indian Premier League (IPL) today after India’s top court temporarily relieved N.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Title-holders West Indies face a stern test of their form and character when they face perennial archrivals Australia in their third game of the World Twenty Championship here today.

Inaugural floodlight cricket matches will be held at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) today.

The 2014 cycling season will resume tomorrow in the National Park with the staging of the inaugural Star Party Rental 11-race programme.

Defending champions St. George’s High defeated the Bishops’ High 4-2 to seal their semi-final spot when the quarterfinal round of the Milo/Petra Organization U-20 school football tourney concluded yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

BK Western Tigers overcame Buxton United 12-11 on sudden death kicks following a nil-all score at the end of normal and extra time when the Fruta Conquerors Football Club/Namilco sponsored One Love Knockout Festival continued on Wednesday.

Kerwin ‘Chisel’ Clarke is the man to beat and he knows it.