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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Force were propelled by Jeremy Solozano’s maiden first class hundred but Jamaica Scorpions were making a strong reply on the second day of their Regional First Class contest here yesterday.

The world love winners, just ask Usain Bolt. The best way to make a name for yourself in the sporting arena is to be a winner.

IT was inevitable that the high expectations for the latest review of the management of West Indies cricket would quickly turn into the turmoil that has typified its sharp decline of the past two decades.

It was a final befitting the inaugural Banks Beer Inter-Corporation Futsal Championship as hosts Banks DIH downed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 8-5 on Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.

With positions in the semi-final round up for grabs, the elimination round in the GTT/Limacol Football Championship will commence today at the Victoria Community ground in the East Coast of Demerara.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Successful former Australia captain Steve Waugh has blamed poor leadership and the lure of global Twenty20 tournaments for the demise of West Indies cricket.

The Mayor Hamilton Green 81st birth anniversary Inter-Ward tourney will continue today at the Dem Amstel Community ground with four fixtures.

BERNE, (Reuters) – The ethics committee of world soccer governing body FIFA said on Saturday it had completed its investigation into the conduct of FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini and requested sanctions against them.

An unbeaten fifty from Guyana Jaguars Captain Leon Johnson highlighted the rain-affected opening day against the Barbados Pride in round three of the WICB/PCL Regional 4-Day match which bowled off yesterday the at the Providence Stadium, Guyana.

The National Sports Commission and Fly Jamaica are the main sponsors of the Guyana table tennis team which is set to participate in the upcoming North American Teams table tennis championships which runs from November 27-29 at the Gaylord National Resort, National Harbour, Maryland, United States of America.

Defending Georgetown champ North Ruimveldt, national holders Sparta Boss and former titlist Leopold Street punched their tickets to the knockout round when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown tourney continued on Tuesday.

MONACO,CMC- Sprint superstar Usain Bolt is among three athletes on the final short list for the 2015 IAAF World male Athlete of the Year award.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Windward Islands Volcanoes, replying to Leeward Islands Hurricanes 24 for seven declared, were 104 for five at the close of the first day of their third round match in the Regional First Class Championship at Windsor Park here yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Force were 145 for five against Jamaica Scorpions at the close of their rain affected first day of their third round match in the Regional First Class Championship at the Queen’s Park oval here yesterday.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Sierra Leonean footballer who used to play in Britain’s top league has revealed he was trafficked as a teenager, taken to Britain by a man who tried to force him into the sex trade.

(Reuters) – Golden State talisman Stephen Curry continues to steal the spotlight from Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul, consistently leaving his rival in his wake as he climbs towards the top rung of the NBA ladder.

MOSCOW/LONDON, (Reuters) – The sportswoman who blew the whistle on doping in Russian athletics is in hiding abroad, pursued by a barrage of criticism from former colleagues and officials at home who accuse her of betraying her country.

Following an exciting opening round of matches, the 2nd edition of the Smalta/Ministry of Public Health Girls U-11 Football Championship continues today at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.

(Reuters) – Jos Buttler’s record-breaking century and a more routine one from Jason Roy fired England to an 84-run win over Pakistan in a high-scoring final one-day international in Dubai yesterday and a 3-1 victory in the series.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa have added fast bowler Marchant de Lange to their squad for the final two test matches in India as concerns remain over the fitness of attack spearhead Dale Steyn.