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St. Agnes and Ketley Primary Schools on Thursday registered victories in the Georgetown District of the Scotiabank nationwide Kiddy cricket festival played at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda.

The cream of the nation’s track and field athletes will battle for individual supremacy tomorrow at the Enmore Community Centre ground when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) stages its National Senior Championships.

In a grand ceremony at the Le Meridien Pegasus yesterday, the Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) along with Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and Scotiabank launched the fourth edition of the Scotiabank/Pepsi schools football academy.

Hassan Mohamed will team up with the National Sports Commission (NSC) to continue his 2014 cycling calendar with back-to-back events today and tomorrow.

Barring the return of the inclement weather the  Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Hadi’s World Incorporated first division and the Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competitions will get underway today.

(Reuters) – Andy Flower has stepped down as England head coach following his side’s humiliating 5-0 Ashes defeat in Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board said yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – Point guard Goran Dragic scored 28 points and made seven assists to lead the high-flying Phoenix Suns to a 102-94 win over the Indiana Pacers.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC Former Jamaica cricket captain Tamar Lambert says he wants to retire from first class cricket with a bang after missing a century by 12 runs in the opening match of the NAGICO Super50 tournament at the Queen’s Park Oval here on Thursday.

(WICB) Port of Spain, Trinidad – Jamaica defeated the Windward Islands by 14 runs in a close encounter in the opening match of the NAGICO Super50 in Port of Spain.

Golden Jaguars Intern-ational and Slingerz FC midfielder Vurlon Mills said that although the departure of mercurial winger Dwain Jacobs to arch-rivals Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United was shocking, it will not weaken the Vergenoegen giants.

Guyana Defence Force winger William Europe says he feels slighted by his omission from the recently released Guyana Football Federation proposed local national team roster because he has proven himself over the years.

The Guyana Malta Supreme Senior team will today commence their tenth Regional 50-over title hunt when they clash with the unpredictable Ireland in the second match of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) NAGICO Super50 tournament.

FLORIDA,  CMC- Guyana International defender John Paul Rodrigues has signed a two-year contract with Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soca League (NASL).

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka crushed a hapless Bangladesh by an innings and 248 runs with more than a day to spare to claim the first test and go 1-0 up in the two-match series yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Wednesday’s National Basketball Association games: – – – –   Thunder 112, Heat 95 Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant scored 33 points to lead the Thunder past the Miami Heat, who received 34 points from forward LeBron James.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Injured captain Darren Sammy says Liam Sebastien is capable of leading Windward Islands to a successful defence of their regional Super50 title captured last year.

(Reuters) – Australia replaced injured batsman Shaun Marsh with Phillip Hughes yesterday while clearing fit-again paceman Jackson Bird to join the team in South Africa for the three-test series starting on Feb.

(Reuters) – Red Bull designer Adrian Newey went back to his drawing board yesterday after another nightmare day for the Formula One champions in pre-season testing in southern Spain.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s alarming injury list has finally eased with the Proteas confident of fielding a full-strength side against Australia in the first test starting on Feb 12.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – For about the 10th time in a row the Six Nations is being described as “the most open for years” as Europe’s rugby elite shuffle for supremacy having suffered their usual November southern hemisphere hidings.