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It was a bomb waiting to detonate, wreaking more damage to West Indies cricket that, after two decades of collapse, can hardly withstand any more.

Tournament favourites Alpha United and Slingerz FC will resume the hunt for their first win in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League when they oppose Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Monedderlust FC respectively today at the GFC ground.

If the recent discussions between the Director of Sports Christopher Jones and the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) bear fruit, the sports of table tennis could receive a massive shot in the arm which could lead to improved player development and better results internationally.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League outfit Fruta Conquerors officially adopted their new constitution on Friday at their Tucville Club, in the process paving the way for their election to be held on October 18th.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) in collaboration with the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) officially launched the second annual Goodwill/Caribbean Development Boxing championship yesterday at the Olympic House in Kingston.

Veteran Sports Journalist Allan La Rose will officially launch a weekly one hour live television show dubbed ‘Real Football Vybz’ tomorrow on the National Communications Network (NCN) from 21:00hrs.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Newly appointed West Indies Women’s captain, Stafanie Taylor, says she is depending on the support of her teammates to carry her through her first stint as skipper of the regional outfit.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- The Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) says it’s awaiting a report outlining the reasons behind the abandonment of the third Jamaica trial match on the second day at Sabina Park on Wednesday.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recorded their first win of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, relegating Buxton United to their second consecutive loss via a 1-0 score line on Thursday at the Tucville Community Centre ground.

Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) chief Peter Abdool yesterday confirmed that the welterweight title fight between national champion Iwan Azore and Dexter Gonsalves has been officially postponed and that Clive Atwell will be Gonsalvess next opponent on the rescheduled card on October 24th.

What appeared to be a controversial decision by the assistant referee on Thursday marred Fruta Conqueror’s hard-fought 2-1 win over Monedderlust FC when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League continued at the Tucville Community ground.

Den Amstel were crowned the Sydroy Nedd Memorial 60th birth anniversary 7-a-side Inter-Ward football champs after crushing Grove Thursday in the grand finale at the Dem Amstel ground, West Demerara.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of funds, the Swiss attorney general’s office said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Argentina picked up their first Pool C win at the Rugby World Cup by dispatching Georgia in convincing fashion yesterday as the tournament prepared to lower the drawbridge for the Twickenham blockbuster between England and Wales.

LONDON, CMC – Hampshire, inspired another inspired spell from discarded speedster Fidel Edwards, beat Nottinghamshire by eight wickets yesterday to further boost their hopes of surviving the drop to Division Two of the English County Championship.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – All four One-Day Internationals of the Home Series between West Indies Women and Pakistan Women, will now be played under lights.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A senior magistrate yesterday adjourned to December 2, the start of the extradition hearing in the case in which the former FIFA vice president Austin Jack Warner is wanted in the United States on corruption and mail fraud related charges.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Pat Cummins is unlikely to be fit until at least the World Twenty20 in India next year as he battles to recover from a third stress fracture in his lower back in three years.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Carlos Brathwaite says one of his aims is to transform himself into a genuine all-rounder, and plans to focus on developing his batting further.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Since playing his sole test for Australia in 2013, every so often a wistful James Faulkner has pulled out his baggy green test cap to stoke the aspirations for a career yet to bloom.