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The 2013 Trophy Stall Doubles Tennis Tournament will commence on Thursday November 28 at the National Park and Non Pariel racquet facilities.

KOCHI, India,  CMC- Darren Bravo carried the batting with a well-played half century but India’s spinners made sporadic inroads as West Indies lost by six wickets in the first One Day International (ODI) here yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Indiana Pacers came out ice cold against a revenge-minded New York Knicks team on Wednesday but showed their class and put the NBA on notice with a hot finish that produced another notch in the win column.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – England’s destroyer Stuart Broad ended up with figures of six for 81 after helping dismiss Australia for 295 in the opening session on day two of the first Ashes test last night.

A match-winning half-century from Kandasammy Surujnarine and a five-wicket haul from Veerapen Permaul guided Albion Community Centre to a 91-run win over Big Star to secure a spot in the semi-finals of the Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice.

PALLEKELE, (Reuters) – Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kusal Perera slammed quick half-centuries to steer Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win over New Zealand yesterday and take the two-match Twenty20 series 1-0.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – England paceman Stuart Broad ignored the jeers, chants and catcalls of a hostile Gabba crowd to take five wickets and leave Australia clinging on at 273 for eight on the first day of the first Ashes test yesterday.

BRISBANE,  (Reuters) – Australia coach Darren Lehmann’s demand that his compatriots harass Stuart Broad “so he cries and goes home” backfired in spectacular fashion yesterday when the England paceman took five wickets in the first Ashes test at the Gabba.

KOCHI, India, CMC- Captain Dwayne Bravo says the loss of opening batsman Chris Gayle is a severe blow to the West Indies against India in their One Day International (ODI) series currently underway.

(Reuters) – Victoria captain Matthew Wade, the first Australian cricketer to be banned for pitch tampering, lost his appeal yesterday and will serve a one-game suspension in the domestic Sheffield Shield.

KOCHI, India, CMC- India defeated West Indies by six wickets in their first One- Day International here at Nehru Stadium, Kochi today.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – England paceman Stuart Broad ignored the jeers, chants and catcalls of a hostile Gabba crowd to take five wickets and leave Australia clinging on at 273 for eight on the first day of the first Ashes test yesterday.

The hot, humid conditions at the Providence National Stadium was ideal for breaking records and the high school stars of Track and Field did not disappoint.

Let the games begin. Following the exhortation of the athletes to aim for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil from President of the Guyana Teacher’s Union, Colin Bynoe, the 53rd Guyana Teacher’s Union/Ministry of Education (MOE) National School’s Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships was officially declared open by acting president, Samuel Hinds at the Providence National Stadium.

One sign among the abundance at the Wankedhe Stadium last week grieving over the passing of Sachin Tendulkar – for that is what it seemingly was to his millions of Indian disciples – bore a simple, unanimously held sentiment.

Alpha United Head coach Wayne Dover says that while he expects a very competitive Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer knockout tournament, his side will do everything in their power to reclaim the title when the event commences on Saturday.

Chathram Gangadin slammed a belligerent century as Lower East Coast Bulls thrashed Upper East Bank Colts by 64 runs in the seventh preliminary round of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers Over-40 20-overs-a-side competition yesterday.

Volleyball teams from Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago will participate in the second International Invitational Club Festival which commences tomorrow at the National Gymnasium.

PERTH, Australia, CMC- Prolific West Indian batsman Dwayne Smith has signed as the Perth Scorchers’ second international player for new Big Bash League season.

The 79th edition of Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green’s birthday anniversary seven-a-side Inter-Ward/Village knockout football tournament is set to continue tomorrow at the Tucville Community ground with seven fixtures.