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LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke has hit out at critics who have questioned his desire in the wake of his poor run of form during the current Ashes test series.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) sponsored eight-division summer championships will take place at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Homestretch Avenue/National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, from August 21-23.

As the 2015/16 Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional season looms closely, Coach and Manager of the defending champions, Guyana Jaguars yesterday bowled off a three-day training session at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

National 400m record holder, Winston George and a female track and field athlete yet to be named will represent Guyana at the August 22-30 IAAF World Championships in China.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – The rain-marred, two-test series between South Africa and Bangladesh ended in a predictable draw yesterday after the final day’s play of the second match was called off without a ball being bowled due to a wet outfield.

Team Guyana recorded their second win of the Player Tournament defeating an U-21 Training Squad by a 2-0 score line on Sunday in the Twin-Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Football Union president, Gordon Derrick, believes the Caribbean can rebound from the latest scandal to shake the region.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Massachusetts prosecutors said yesterday that an anonymous caller, who told lawyers for former NFL star Aaron Hernandez that one of the jurors who found him guilty of murder should have been disqualified, had a sexual relationship with the athlete.

(Reuters) – World number one golfer Rory McIlroy has scheduled a Saturday practice round at Whistling Straits, site of next week’s PGA Championship, a reliable source told Reuters yesterday.

The ladies of the Guyana National cricket team departed this morning for Trinidad & Tobago ahead of the WICB Regional Super50 Tournament which begins on Thursday, August 6, 2015.

KUALA LUMPUR/SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Some of the readings from athletes’ blood tests leaked by a whistleblower for a report exposing suspected doping were so extreme they were “downright dangerous”, one of the experts cited in the report told Reuters yesterday.

National Coach Garvin Nedd will bowl off his annual Cricket Summer Camp from August 10-22 at the Demerara Cricket Club Ground (DCC) from 9:00hrs, Mondays to Fridays.

This weekend’s National Novices Championships and the ones going forward will be named after Guyana’s first world boxing champion, Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis as a way of paying homage to the fallen hero.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia’s Athletic Federation will not act on allegations of widespread doping among its sports stars before the world athletics championships in Beijing later this month, the acting head of the body, Vadim Zelichenok, told Reuters yesterday.

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTYSC), recently received a massive boost via a financial contribution from the Calcutta Sports Club of Freeport, Central Trinidad.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – The head of world athletics vigorously defended the IAAF’s anti-doping record on Monday, as global sporting bodies called for a thorough probe of the latest allegations to plunge international sport into crisis.

The dynasty continued as Christianburg/Wismar sealed their fourth consecutive championship, squeaking past Georgetown unit Chase Academy 2-1 when the 5th Annual Digicel Secondary School Championships concluded yesterday at the National Stadium in Providence.

MANDEVILLE, Jamaica, CMC – Led by a half century opening partnership Guyana defeated Jamaica to retain the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under-19 50-over tournament here yesterday.

After placing second last week in Berbice, Michael Anthony took his talents to the roadways of West Demerara yesterday and sprinted off with the spoils of the 11th Reagan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile event.

Former Caribbean junior girls champion and three times Junior Sports woman-of-the-year winner Chelsea Edghill has been granted a partial scholarship to Lindenwood University Missouri, United States of America.