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HARARE,(Reuters) – Opener Chamu Chibhabha hit 90 as Zimbabwe, aided by bad light, held off a spirited revival from Pakistan to level the one-day international series with a five-run victory in the second match at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo says he is looking forward to his first taste of Test cricket on Sri Lankan soil, after undergoing his first practice session here yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, has hailed the late former chief executive Steve Camacho as a “true stalwart and champion of the game” and has credited him with the development of young players in the past.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Interim head coach Eldine Baptiste will oversee West Indies training for the first time today when the regional side undergo their first practice session since arriving here Thursday.

The Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB) three-day, division one competition will commence shortly following the decision by the National Sports Commission to plough a quarter of a million dollars into the staging of the competition.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) says there is no clause in their new constitution that debars anyone from running for office and as such, former GFF President Colin Klass is eligible to participate at the impending elections on November 14th.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Will the real Rugby World Cup holders please stand up?

NEW YORK/ZURICH, (Reuters) – Major soccer sponsors yesterday issued coordinated calls for the immediate resignation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter in the most significant move by companies supporting the sport since a bribery and corruption scandal erupted at world football’s governing body last May.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Emphasis will shift from the Barbados-based High Performance Centre and onto the WICB Professional Cricket League for the development of regional players.

The fourth annual Petra Organisation/Courts Pee-Wee Under-11 football tournament will officially kickoff today at the Thirst Park ground with 12 programmed group matchups.

DHARAMSALA, India, (Reuters) – JP Duminy’s batting heroics secured South Africa a thrilling seven-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 International despite Indian opener Rohit Sharma burnishing his limited overs reputation with a blistering century yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s test squad have been sent back to play domestic one-day cricket in order to prepare for next month’s series against New Zealand after their tour to Bangladesh was postponed on Thursday due to security concerns.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former Young West Indies batsman John Campbell stroked a half-century but discarded West Indies left-arm spinner Nikita Miller snatched a five-wicket haul as spinners dominated the opening day of the two-day Jamaica trial match here Thursday.

Some 31 amateur boxers have been named in a list of probables to represent the nation at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) International Goodwill Competition which will be hosted here next month.

Ben Mekdeci and Michael Atherly secured impressive wins over Medhi Ramdhani and Rafael DeGroot respectively when the Lucozade Handicap Squash Championship continued on Thursday at the Georgetown Club facility.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies Cricket Board president, Ken Gordon, believes suspending head coach Phil Simmons was the right thing to do but says he should still be allowed to join the squad in Sri Lanka in some capacity.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Emphasis will shift from the Barbados-based High Performance Centre and onto the WICB Professional Cricket League for the development of regional players.

NEW YORK/ZURICH, (Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co and McDonald’s, on Friday called for the immediate resignation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter a week after Swiss authorities said they were opening a criminal investigation into the head of the world soccer body.

A monumental clash will highlight the start of the fifth round of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League when point’s leader Pele opposes third-placed Slingerz FC today at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground from 6pm.

After being banned last year, former Region 10 Chairman and ex-Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) chief Sharma Solomon has returned to head the association, winning the presidential post uncontested yesterday during their electoral congress.