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Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United edged BK Western Tigers 2-0 in the feature contest of the beginning of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Players Cup quarterfinal round at the Tucville Community ground on Wednesday.

The first semi-final of the 2013 Universal DVD First Division T20 Cricket Competition held in Berbice between Group A winners Albion Community Centre and Group B runners-up West Berbice, is scheduled to bowl off tomorrow at Albion.

The quarterfinal round of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Players Cup continues today with an exciting double header at the Tucville Community Centre ground.

Riddim Squad FC crushed Georgetown Football Club (GFC) 3-0 in the opening quarterfinal round of the Georgetown Football Assoc-iation (GFA) Players Cup at the Tucville Community ground on Wednesday.

Action continues today with a double-header in Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA)/Trophy Stall Championships after the Kashif and Shanghai Kings defeated the Half Mile Bulls 56-42 in Wednesday’s game at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – An apocryphal story freely circulated about Sachin Tendulkar holds that for most of his career India’s selectors never debated his place in the national team.

(Reuters) – Little-known facts about Sachin Tendulkar, who announced yesterday he was retiring from all forms of cricket after playing his 200th test against West Indies next month.

(Reuters) – A tenth-wicket stand of 127 between BJ Watling (103) and Trent Boult (52 not out) helped New Zealand to a first innings total of 469 on the second day of the opening match in a two-test series against Bangladesh yesterday.

(Reuters) – Fifth seed Roger Federer was dumped out of the Shanghai Open, losing to Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 in the third round yesterday, while top seed Novak Djokovic progressed.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – More than six million requests for World Cup tickets were made during the first sales period that ended yesterday.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Young Brazil playmaker Neymar has improved since leaving Santos for Barcelona in June and could go on to become the best player in the world, according to compatriot Ronaldo.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- The first ever international women’s tri-nation series hosted in the Caribbean will be broadcast live on television across the region, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced yesterday.

(BBC) Yuvraj Singh, playing in his first international since January, scored an unbeaten 77 as India beat Australia yesterday by six wickets in their Twenty20 meeting in Rajkot.

(Reuters) – A one-year-old filly has been sold at auction for a world record 5.25 million pounds ($8.36 million).

(Reuters) – The 2013-14 PGA Tour season began in cool, calm conditions at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California with yesterday’s opening round of the Frys.com

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Frank Maloney, mentor of former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, has retired after spending more than 30 years in boxing as a manager and promoter.

Mumbai (Reuters) -Indian Sachin Tendulkar, the world’s most prolific international run-scorer, will retire after playing his 200th test match at home against West Indies next month.

Half-centuries from Man-of-the-match Jashim Uddin and Mossadek Hossain Saikat, reinforced by Javed Ferdous Rahuttul’s five-wicket haul, powered Bangladesh to a 63-run win over the West Indies, levelling the seven-match One Day International Under-19 series 1-1, at the Georgetown Cricket Club’s Bourda ground, yesterday.

President of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Vernon Burnett said yesterday that the recent threat of Court action by the Kashif and Shanghai Organization against the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) if the 24th edition of their event is run parallel with the GFA competition simply has no merit.

Boxing superstars are not born into the role, they earn that title by paying their dues usually in the amateur ranks then onwards and upwards to the pay-per view arenas that holds the sport’s true riches.