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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Left-arm spinner Nikita Miller bowled five-time defending champions Jamaica to a 63-run victory over Barbados in the Regional 4-Day Championship yesterday.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC-A crucial ninth wicket stand between Shanel Daley and Anisa Mohammed upstaged performances from Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin as West Indies women defeated New Zealand Women by 48 runs in their second Super Six, second round match in the ICC Women’s World Cup at Brabourne Stadium here  yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC- Iconic sprinter Kim Collins says he does not owe any money in child support following his arrest as he prepared to leave the country.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts,  CMC- Iconic sprinter Kim Collins says he does not owe any money in child support following his arrest as he prepared to leave the country.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC-A crucial ninth wicket stand between Shanel Daley and Anisa Mohammed upstaged performances from Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin as West Indies women defeated New Zealand Women by 48 runs in their second Super Six, second round match in the ICC Women’s World Cup at Brabourne Stadium here today.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies suffered a dreaded whitewash to Australia after losing the final One-Day International of their five-match series by 17 runs, despite a maiden century from rookie opener Johnson Charles.

Second half strikes from the vibrant pair of Warren Gilkes and Carlos Matthews powered Plaisance to a 2-1 victory over a dogged Buxton A unit in the latest round of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets East Coast edition Saturday night.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Sprint star Usain Bolt says he is pleased with his opening race of the year after winning his 400 metres heat at the Camperdown Classic here Saturday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – Steven Jacobs stroked only his second first class half-century to lead Guyana to first innings points over Leeward Islands on the second day of their Regional Four-Day Championship clash here  yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Jamaica’s batting was rocked by an inspired spell of medium-fast bowling from Jonathan Carter, upstaging another purposeful effort from Nikita Miller here  yesterday and leaving Barbados to chase 192 for victory in the Regional Four-Day Championship.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – West Indies opener Devon Smith sent a reminder to selectors about his ability with a sterling century as Windward Islands overpowered Combined Campuses and Colleges on the second day of their first round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship here  yesterday.

Roraima Bikers cyclist Alonzo Greaves made a clean sweep of the week-end’s cycle main events by winning the fifth annual Burnham Memorial cycle road race yesterday.

For the fifth year in succession the National Communications Network will be sponsoring an Under-15 cricket tournament in Berbice.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Sprint star Usain Bolt says he is pleased with his opening race of the year after winning his 400 metres heat at the Camperdown Classic here Saturday.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Three players are set to make their international Twenty20 debuts after being named in a 12-man squad to face West Indies in their one-off T20I in Brisbane on Wednesday.

President of the Guyana Basketball officials Council (GBOC) Cecil Chin says he is presently having talks with officials from the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) to enable local basketball officials to benefit from a referee’s certification course.

The annual National Sports Commission (NSC) Mashramani table tennis competition will commence on Friday at the National Gymnasium.

National junior player Narayan Ramdhani and his sister Priyanna Ramdhani won the men’s and women’s singles titles of the GUMDAC Open badminton tournament which ended on Friday at the Queen’s College courts.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, , CMC – Steven Jacobs stroked only his second first class half-century to lead Guyana to first innings points over Leeward Islands on the second day of their Regional Four-Day Championship clash here today.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Adam Voges scored his maiden one-day international century as a depleted Australia secured a 5-0 series whitewash by beating West Indies by 17 runs in the final match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today.