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BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies batsman Chris Gayle on Friday led tributes from Royal Challengers Bangalore to late international media icon, Tony Cozier, who passed away last Wednesday in his native Barbados.

There are precious few iconic dates and times in one’s lifetime that come to mind with total recall as to when and where one was when a particular cataclysmic event took place.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has selected former national players Lugard Mohan and Abdulla Hamid to serve as head coaches for the boys and girls’ U16 teams respectively for the upcoming Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championships in Guyana.

After sweeping the podium last year, Team Gillette Evolution (TGE) cyclists will start as favourites for this weekend’s ‘Golden Jubilee Three-Stage road race’ which pedals off today in Berbice.

The sum of 20 local strong men and women have fulfilled the criteria for selection to this year’s 14th IPF / NAPF North American Regional Powerlifting Championships scheduled for St.

 ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Sir Curtly Ambrose has been replaced as West Indies bowling consultant, just over a month after helping the regional team to the capture of the Twenty20 World Cup in India.

Brenessa Thompson is once again grabbing headlines for all the positive reasons.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies master batsman, Brian Lara, has credited the late cricket media icon Tony Cozier, for helping to transform the fortunes of the beleaguered regional side, following the wretched 1998-99 tour of South Africa.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Renowned South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis has been appointed chief mentor to the Trinbago Knight Riders for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League season.

MONTREAL, (Reuters) – World sport is facing an unprecedented drug crisis as yet another in a string of doping bombshells dropped at the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) foundation board meeting yesterday, shocking officials.

Golden Jaguars head-coach Jamal Shabazz said the management staff has yet to name a captain for Sunday’s fixture against the Canadian Olympic Team at the National Stadium at Providence.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) become the latest sponsor to throw its support behind the Canada and Guyana International Friendly, donating an undisclosed amount to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Ex-West Indies and Barbados speedster, Tino Best, says he plans to give his all during his ongoing stint for Hampshire in the English County Champion-ship.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – India’s Shashank Manohar has been elected unopposed as the first independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body said yesterday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Canadian businessman Victor Montagliani was elected president of CONCACAF, the embattled governing body for soccer in North, Central America and the Caribbean, yesterday.

MONTREAL,  (Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency’s compliance review committee unanimously recommended yesterday that Kenya be found in non-compliance with the WADA Code with immediate effect.

DERBY, England,  CMC – Leeward Islands Hurricanes opener, Chesney Hughes, extended his superb early-season form for Derbyshire with an unbeaten half-century in a drawn encounter with Sussex, on a rain-hit final day of their English County Championship fixture here Wednesday.

 (The Sports Xchange) – Stephen Curry bombed in a 3-pointer with 24.9 seconds remaining on Wednesday as the Golden State Warriors held off the Portland Trail Blazers 125-121 to seal the Western Conference semi-final playoff series four games to one.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India wants to host a day-night test against Australia early next year, according to a report, as the world’s richest cricket board continues its backing of the concept which seems to be taking root in the subcontinent.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – Cricket Australia has paid tribute to the late Tony Cozier, highlighting his key role in the ground-breaking World Series Cricket staged here during the late 1970s.