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DHAKA, (Reuters) – England captain Stuart Broad is confident he will play a “full part” in his side’s World Twenty20 campaign in Bangladesh despite suffering from a knee injury.

National rugby player, Theodore Henry rolled back the clock and put on a vintage performance, recording three of the five tries in Caribs’ 31-12 romp of the UG Wolves.

Veerasammy Permaul’s career best 10-wicket haul was not enough to secure a win for Guyana who were left to settle for a draw after being 38 runs away from victory with three wickets in hand when bad light stopped play their game against the Windward Islands in yesterday’s third round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional 4-day match played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Gavin Lewis emerged as the new men’s singles champion after winning all of his round robin group matches as the Assuria Invitational top four tournament organized by the Guyana Tennis Association ended Thursday night at the Le Ressouvenir Tennis Club.

Mae’s A clinched the U13 title, defeating Mae’s B in the final by a 3-0 score line when the Business School Team table tennis tournament commenced Saturday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has confirmed the inclusion of skipper Leon Johnson and middle-order batsman Chandarpaul Hemraj in the four-day team for the upcoming remaining rounds of the ongoing West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) 4-day tournament.

Alisha Fortune failed to finish in the women’s 200m and boxers, Theresa London and Dennis Thomas lost their respective bouts as Guyana’s mediocre showing at the ongoing South American Games continued on Saturday.

Former Organising Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major is prepared to take the current executives of the GFF to court for monies owed to him since 2012.

Chaos and fighting would mar the final round of group stage matches as the St.

The Malteenoes Sports Club will today stage a 15-15 cricket tournament sponsored by Noble House Seafoods, Star Party Rentals and Friends of Malteenoes at the club’s ground, Thomas Land commencing at 09.00hrs.

Entries for Sunday’s Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club’s Horse Race Meet which is will run off at the club’s Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice track will close today.

Kingston Secondary overcame Richard Ishmael by a 3-1 margin when the Milo/Petra Organization Schools Football tourney continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Akeal Hosein’s maiden first class century, coupled with an incisive burst from seamers Shannon Gabriel and Rayad Emrit, helped Trinidad and Tobago batter Leeward Islands on the second day of their Regional Four-Day game here Saturday.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Cuban Americans met in Miami on Saturday to discuss how to normalize relations with Cuba and end the five decade-long United States embargo against the communist-run island, the first such gathering in a decade in a city better known for hostility toward the communist-run island.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – West Indies captain Darren Sammy cannot overstate the importance of Chris Gayle’s towering presence at the top of the batting order but insists others will have to contribute if they are to defend their World Twenty20 title in Bangladesh.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Paceman Mitchell Johnson was ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup by an infected big toe today in a blow to Australia’s hopes of snaring the one major international trophy they have never won.

By Delvon Mc Ewan Veersammy Permaul and Narsingh Deonarine yesterday combined to bowl Guyana back into their regional four-day match against the Windward Islands at the Providence National Stadium after the locals had surrendered first innings points.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Kirk Edwards made an emphatic return to the Barbados team with his eighth first-class hundred, to lead a strong batting performance against Combined Campuses & Colleges in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

In intermittent showers at the National Park yesterday, Team United’s Orville Hinds reigned over a field of Guyana’s premier wheelsmen to cart off the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the ninth annual Diamond Mineral Water 11-race programme.

Former national lightweight champion, Revlon Lake will be the first local pugilist to take the ring when the Caribbean Contender Boxing Series boxes off in Jamaica on Wednesday.