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Esaun Crandon
Esaun Crandon

Guyana locks horns with Windwards

Guyana will be looking to build on the momentum gained from their opening round victory over the Leeward Islands when they face off with the Windward Islands today in the second round of the 2011/12 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four-day competition at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica.

Tony Parker
Tony Parker

Parker spurs San Antonio to win over 76ers

(Reuters) – San Antonio’s Tony Parker scored 37 points to continue his hot scoring stretch and lead the Spurs to a 100-90 road win over the Atlantic Division-leading Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday for their sixth successive victory.

Jan Ullrich

Tour winner Ullrich found guilty by CAS

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Retired former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has been found guilty of doping in relation to a blood-doping scandal that engulfed his sport six years ago and has been banned for two years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said yesterday.

McCullum ton powers New Zealand past Zimbabwe

(Reuters) – Captain Brendan McCullum smashed his fourth one-day international century off 79 balls as New Zealand completed a sweep of their three-match series against Zimbabwe with a 202-run victory at McLean Park in Napier yesterday.

Hassan Mohamed

Greaves to be tested in tomorrow’s National Park cycling meet

National cycling coach Hassan Mohamed will pedal off his second ‘Teach Them Young’ cycling programme for the 2012 season tomorrow at the National Park Circuit, when Olympic hopeful Alonzo Greaves will be challenged to repeat his performance last year when he won the  35-Lap feature race.

Wayne Braithwaite

“Big Truck” ready to roll over the “Sniper”

`If he thinks he is coming in my backyard to fight a lame duck he best start doing the quacking’ By Carwyn Holland Guyana’s second World Champion Wayne “Big Truck” Braithwaite says he knows nothing much about Barbadian Shawn “The Sniper” Cox, but what he knows for sure is that the Barbadian will not leave Guyana with a victory come February 25th.

Theodore Henry

Rugby Sevens team face Froggies test

‘Definitely the guys are going to go out there and give it their all’ By Emmerson Campbell The local men’s Sevens Rugby team will open their Las Vegas Invitational tournament campaign this morning at 8:40am against the Force XV Froggies (a French team).

Jamaal Shabazz

Trinidad coaches to work with Scotiabank/Pepsi schools academy

Head Coach of Guyana’s Golden Jaguars football squad Trinidadian Jamaal Shabazz has offered to assist the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy by making available two coaches from the Twin Island republic to work with their Guyanese counterparts ahead of the tournament phase of the academy.

Capello quits as England manager

LONDON, (Reuters) – Italian Fabio Capello’s turbulent reign as England manager ended yesterday when he resigned after meeting FA chairman David Bernstein and general secretary Alex Horne at Wembley stadium.

Jack Warner

More chaos as TTFF assets seized

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Football here was plunged further into chaos yesterday when police and a court-appointed marshall swooped down on the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation offices to seize its assets.

Devendra Bishoo

Bishoo looks forward to Windwards clash

Roseau, Dominica – Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, fresh off his match haul of 8-70 against the Leeward Islands in Guyana’s opening round game of the regional Four Day tournament is looking forward to tomorrow’s encounter against the Windward Islands in Dominica.

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