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In a small media briefing at the Duke Lodge in Kingston on Saturday 18 of the 20 participating teams scheduled to participate in the upcoming 22nd Kashif and Shanghai football tournament were presented with the tournament booklet highlighting the rules and regulations of the competition along with donations to assist their preparations.

DUBAI, CMC – Gifted West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has moved up 14 places in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen following the third and final Test against India in Mumbai.

T&T’s director on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Baldath Mahabir, while pleased with the direction of the West Indies team at present, is very concerned with the spate of injuries being suffered by the regional players.

National senior and junior chess champions Taffin Khan and Suhai Feng placed 10th and 19th respectively in the Challenger section of the second annual Umda Cup tournament in Barbados.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has warned of more runs to come from his younger brother Darren Bravo.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Formula One champions Red Bull scoffed at suggestions they manipulated yesterday’s Brazilian Grand Prix to hand Mark Webber a first victory of the season.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Barbados’ senior cricket side is to take part in a four-team Twenty20 Festival at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre at the end of December, an official of the Trinidad &Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) said.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – A thrilled West Indies Women’s captain Merissa Aguilleira said Saturday she was pleased with the way her side had executed in playing unbeaten to win the ICC Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton ended a long-running Formula One feud with Felipe Massa yesterday by walking up to the Ferrari driver after the Brazilian Grand Prix and giving him a hug.

(Reuters) – New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder gave himself some valuable batting practice ahead of Thursday’s first test against Australia with a blistering 175 yesterday, but walked off Allan Border Field in Brisbane slightly disappointed.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer became the first player to win the ATP World Tour Finals six times but had to weather a storming fightback by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga before retaining his title with a 6-3 6-7 6-3 victory at the O2 yesterday.

(Reuters) – National Basket-ball Association (NBA) owners and players were busy putting the finishing touches to a new labour deal  yesterday as details of the tentative agreement began to emerge.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – West Indies ‘A’ were confirmed as 2-0 winners of the three-match ‘One-Day International” series against Bangladesh A yesterday after the final match was abandoned without a ball bowled because of torrential rain.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Deandra Dottin’s whirlwind 95, followed up by off-spinner Anisa Mohammed’s seven-wicket haul, propelled West Indies to a crushing 130-run win over Pakistan in the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament here yesterday.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies snatched a fortuitous draw in dramatic circumstances after another dreadful batting collapse had put them on the verse of losing the third and final Test against India here yesterday.

The Bakewell nationwide softball tournament is entering its final stage. Last week at the Ministry of Education Ground, Floodlights def.

St. Lucia’s general elections are tomorrow. So what does that have to do with West Indies cricket or, more precisely, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)?

(Reuters) – Former prizefighter Ron Lyle, a convict-turned-contender who once fought Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title, died  yesterday at age 70 in Denver.

The Wild Bunch Dominoes Organisation will today stage an 18 team 20/20 dominoes tournament at its headquarters Campbell and Da Silva Streets, Newtown Kitty.

(Reuters) – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and its players have reached a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement which paves the way for a 66-game season starting on Christmas Day.