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Intense rivalries highlighted the second day of the seventh Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey Festival at the National Gymnasium yesterday setting the platform for a riveting finale tomorrow.

The 22nd Annual Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament, Guyana’s premier football competition, kicks off tonight with a double header at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.

By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Football Association (GFA) launched its inaugural Banks Beer Knockout Football tournament at the Banks DIH Headquarters, Thirst Park yesterday.

Victoria Kings Football Team yesterday received their winners cheque of  $250,000 for being victorious in the just-concluded East Coast Football senior league sponsored by Mackeson at Ansa McAl’s headquarters on the East Coast.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – General Secretary of the Caribbean Football Union Angenie Kanhai has cited the psychological toll the cash-for-votes scandal has taken on her as the reason for her decision to resign from the position.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Unbeaten half-centuries from Mohammad Hafeez and Taufiq Umar put Pakistan in a commanding position after they had dismissed Bangladesh for 135 on the first day of the first test yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad & Tobago High Court Justice Ricky Rahim has granted an extension to an injunction filed by the West Indies Players Association.

HOBART, (Reuters) – Paceman James Pattinson claimed a five-wicket haul for a second successive match as Australia barged New Zealand out for 150 in their first innings on the opening day of the second test yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Virender Sehwag’s world record score in one-day internationals will remain under constant threat from the swashbuckling opener himself, according to the Indian batsman’s coach.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Pace bowler Varun Aaron yesterday became the second Indian cricketer to be ruled out of the away test series against Australia because of an injury.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Chris Gayle will be a non-starter for Jamaica in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship next month.

Hikers and national livewire Robert France aided in a fitting opening to the seventh Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey Festival at the National Gymnasium yesterday when his team cooled down Supernova 12-1.

A day after the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation issued a statement denying that it propagates the policies of any political party, a picture surfaced on the social network Facebook of co-director Kashif Muhammad wearing a PPP/C jersey.

 INDORE, India, (Reuters) – Virender Sehwag (219)  blasted the highest individual score in 50-over cricket to  secure India’s comprehensive 153-run series-clinching victory  over West Indies in the fourth one-dayer yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former captain Daren Ganga has been dropped from the Trinidad & Tobago team to take part in next year’s Caribbean Twenty20 Championship, beginning on January 9 in Antigua.

(Reuters) – FIFA’s head of security believes games at  this year’s U.S.-based

Devon Ford scored a brilliant hat-trick to lead Banks DIH Football Club to victory over Grove Hi Tech in the East Bank Demerara Football Association first division final sponsored by Coca-Cola at Thirst Park ground last Wednesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies assistant coach David Williams has been made a senior national selector.

INDORE, India, (Reuters) – The 10 highest  one-day international totals after India reached their best ODI  score of 418-5 against the West Indies yesterday.

INDORE, India,  (Reuters) – The 10 highest one-day international  innings after India’s Virender Sehwag scored 219 against the West Indies in the  fourth ODI match yesterday.