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(Reuters) – World number one Tiger Woods is to compete in the inaugural Turkish Open in Antalya in November, the European Tour said yesterday.

ST. JOHN’S , Antigua, CMC-St.Kitts will host the Regional Under 19 cricket tournament this year but the start of the event is being pushed back by a week to facilitate training camps, the West Indies Cricket Board announced yesterday.

DEAR PRESIDENT DAVE CAMERON With the impressive showing of the West Indies Women’s team at the recent World Cup, the West Indies Cricket Board should now be structured to include influential and knowledgeable women in decision making roles to facilitate further advancement of the Women’s game in every territory in the Caribbean.

(Reuters) – Former Olympic pole vault champion Sergei Bubka will announce his bid for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee yesterday, a source close to the Ukrainian has told Reuters.

Gordon Richards and Alex Moore won their respective divisions at last weekend’s Precision Pistol Shooting competition shot at the TSU Range at Eve Leary.

(Reuters) – Tony Parker delivered a season-high 37 points as the San Antonio Spurs completed a sweep of Memphis on Monday with a 93-86 victory that booked a trip to the NBA Finals.

CARDIFF, Wales, CMC- The West Indies team will continue their preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy at the Cardiff Wales Stadium this afternoon as teams continue to arrive for the prestigious tournament.

Universal DVD Berbice Titans maintained their winning streak at home by defeating the Georgetown Lions by four wickets in the final of the 2013 Independence Cup 20/20 competition held Sunday at the Albion Sports Complex ground, Berbice.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) president Christopher Matthias accompanied by GFF Vice President of Competitions Collie Hercules  departed Guyana Sunday to attend the 63rd FIFA Congress in Mauritius.

Linden Champions Silver Bullets eliminated Georgetown Champions Leopold Street 2-0 as action in the inaugural Guinness Greatest of the Streets National Championships continued at the Demerara Park Tarmac (Banks DIH Parking Lot), Industrial Estate on Sunday.

The intense rivalry between Amy Grant and Sarah King ended Sunday with Grant getting the better of her opponent en route to winning the girls 11-12-years-old 100m backstroke and 50m freestyle events of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association Long Course Independence championships at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal.

Guyana track and field athletes copped 10 medals at last weekend’s Hampton International Games at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

By Cosmo Hamilton Dear President Cameron. In his book – A History of West Indies Cricket, published in 1988 and chronicling West Indies cricket from 1906 through 1987, the late Jamaica Prime Minister Michael Manley wrote – “At a political level, the University of the West Indies apart, cricket is the most completely regional activity undertaken by the people of the member states of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation will stage its annual Intermediate and Masters Championships on Sunday at the University of Guyana Campus.

The six-man chequered flag chasing team of local speed demons suffered mixed fortunes in the first leg of the two-day Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) which concluded on Sunday at the Dover Raceway in St.

Guyana School of Agriculture led by a Emmanuel Archibald’s 13 points  defeated hosts Marian Academy in a U20 encounter 20-15 as action in the Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued at the Marian Academy School Court, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.

LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – New Zealand again found Graeme Swann a difficult conundrum as the off-spinner bowled England towards another convincing victory in the second and final test yesterday.

KOLKATA, India,  CMC – West Indian batsman Dwayne Smith who inspired Mumbai Indians to several wins in the Indian Premier League is celebrating success in his first major final.

Guyana’s Leon Seaton Jr. swam to a bronze medal in Barbados on Sunday when the 22nd Aquatic Centre International swim concluded at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex in St.

CHESTER- LE-STREET, England, CMC- West Indies middle order batsman Shiv Chanderpaul and his Leeward Islands teammate Chesney Hughes were dismissed cheaply as Derbyshire lost to Durham by 43 runs by way of the Duckworth Lewis method in the Yorkshire Bank 40 on yesterday.