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The best teams and players clash today for championship honours when the seventh Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey Festival concludes today at the National Gymnasium.

Jamaali Homer held off a stiff challenge from Priscilla Greaves to take the under-13 girls title in the ongoing National Table Tennis Championships yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

The president and directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) are, no doubt, closely following developments down under, in their Australian counterpart, Cricket Australia.

By Emmerson Campbell A celebratory dinner was hosted on Thursday night by Stanley Ming and his wife for the Guyana men’s rugby team for earning their sixth consecutive North America Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Sevens title at the residence of the president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Kit Nascimento.

There is a plot among some regional administrators to remove Daren Ganga, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), so says president of WIPA Dinanath Ramnarine.

CHENNAI, India, IANS/CMC – Both the Indian and West Indian camps seem unanimous that the Chepauk pitch will be slow and might assist spinners in the fifth and final game of the One-Day International series here today.

The curtain will come down today on the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA)organized nationwide softball tournament at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

An 18-team Twenty20 dominoes competition will take place today at the Dynasty Sports Bar.

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.