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 Saeed Ajmal
Saeed Ajmal

Pakistan crash for 99 all out

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Sixteen wickets tumbled on the opening day of the third and final test as England limped to 104 for six after skittling hosts Pakistan for 99.

Derrick Rose
Derrick Rose

Late blooming Rose lights up The Garden

(Reuters) – Derrick Rose took over scoring duties late in the game to ensure the surging Chicago Bulls held off the New York Knicks to record a 105-102 victory at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.

GFF coaches forum on today

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will host a one-day national coaches forum for national and potential national football coaches this morning from 9am at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) building, Thomas Lands.

WICB pulls Australia Test from National Stadium

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Guyana will no longer host the third Test of Australia’s tour of the Caribbean later this year after the West Indies Cricket Board announced yesterday it was pulling the game from the National Stadium at Providence.

Garey Mathurin

Jamaica hit back after Mathurin fireworks

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Left-arm spinner Garey Mathurin’s five-wicket haul sent title-holders Jamaica sprawling for just 180 but the hosts hit back late to leave the first round contest of the Regional Four-Day Championship wide open after the first day at Sabina Park yesterday.

 Scenes as the Guyana Cricket Board office was being opened yesterday afternoon. (Aubrey Crawford photos)

Locks off!

Since the government announced its implementation of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) on December 23, 2011, over the past 42 days the IMC and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) have been at loggerheads.

Didier Drogba

Mighty Ivorians next for Nations Cup co-hosts

MALABO, (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea’s lower-league footballers and little-known journeymen will try and upset a side containing household names like Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure at the African Nations Cup tomorrow.

England debut trio take different routes to top

BAGSHOT, England, (Reuters) – Three men will pull on an England senior shirt for the first time and walk out proudly together to face Scotland at Murrayfield tomorrow but the routes they have taken to get there could not have been more different.

David Patterson

Basketball set for FIBA boost this year

After one of its worst years last year, basketball is  set for  positive changes this year, and special assistance is being sought from the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), according to president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) David Patterson.

 Brendan Nash

History-chasing Jamaica whet appetite of Brendan Nash

(Jamaica Observer) Out-of-favour West Indies batsman Brendan Nash said any thought he had of pulling out of the Jamaica cricket set-up was swept aside by the prospect of being a part of the nation’s quest to win a historic fifth consecutive regional four-day title.

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