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Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy who holds the record of registering the fastest knockout in South America  is finding it difficult to attract opponents  into the ring with him.

Victory Valley Royals and Amelia’s Ward Jets comfortably defeated their opponents to set up the much anticipated semi-final clash between the two teams tomorrow at the Mackenzie Hard Court in Linden for the 2011 Brusche Basketball Classic.

Guyana once again dominated the Athletics Championships at the just concluded Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), scoring a total of 357 points to win the category.

President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Cheryl Thompson has been issued a strong letter of reprimand along with three months suspension by the federation’s Disciplinary Committee for displaying disregard and disrespect for the federation.

Junior 400 metres sprinter Stephan James once again performed excellently for Guyana by gaining a sprint double at the recently-concluded Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) in Suriname.

The Guyana Draughts Association has scheduled its annual national draughts competition for tomorrow and Sunday at the Mildred Mansfield Youth Club (Dorcas Club), D’Urban Street, Werk-en-Rust.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Boxing champion Floyd  Mayweather Jr. was acquitted on Wednesday of charges he  threatened to send armed friends to harm two security guards at  a gated community in suburban Las Vegas. 

DURBAN, (Reuters) – South Africa and Australia reckon  today’s decisive one-day game could have a bearing on next  month’s test series and both are giving their injured players  every chance to prove their fitness for the Durban clash.   

SOFIA, (Reuters) – Olympic champion Galabin Boevski  was arrested at Sao Paulo’s international airport after trying  to board a plane bound for Spain with nine kg of cocaine,  Bulgaria’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Carlos Tevez should not have been  fined four weeks’ wages by Manchester City as he did not refuse  to play in last month’s Champions League match at Bayern Munich,  England’s Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) said yesterday.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera  will launch a sports news channel across the Middle East next  month, it said in a statement yesterday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – A watchful first test century for  Azhar Ali took Pakistan to 281 for four at the close on the  second day of the second test yesterday and sent them past Sri  Lanka’s first innings total of 239.

HOLLYWOOD, California, (Reuters) – Occasionally  criticised for being too much of a gentleman in the ring, Manny  Pacquiao is more motivated than ever for his WBO welterweight  title defence next month against Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez.  

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A British investigative  journalist who has accused FIFA of massive corruption has told  Brazil’s Senate that the country should freeze corrupt officials  from soccer’s governing body out of preparations for the 2014  World Cup.

Trinidad & Tobago defeated Guyana by four wickets at the Guyana National Stadium last evening to book a place in the final of the Regional Super50 tournament on Saturday.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies Darren Sammy says he is hoping for a better showing from his batsmen when his side faces Bangladesh in the second Test starting in Dhaka on Saturday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation boss Oliver Camps is among 10 Caribbean Football Union officials set to face a probe from football’s world governing body, FIFA, over the cash-for-votes scandal.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s sports minister resigned yesterday over a corruption scandal, reviving concern about President Dilma Rousseff’s unstable coalition and the country’s lagging preparations for the 2014 soccer World Cup.

By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground will come alive tomorrow when the University of Guyana  (UG) hosts its annual inter faculty track and field championships.

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki celebrated in defeat yesterday after injured Russian Maria Sharapova’s withdrawal from the season-ending WTA Championships made sure the Dane would end the year as world number one.