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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-Former president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Captain Peter Short, has passed away, according to media reports in Barbados.

The executives of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday lauded the efforts of the four Guyanese players who have been called up to the West Indies Under-19 team’s World Cup Camp which commenced yesterday at the West Indies Mona Campus in Barbados.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalization Committee Chairman Clinton Urling stated that unlike Golden Jaguars head-coach Jamaal Shabazz and assistant coach Wayne Dover, Lady Jaguar’s tactician Mark Rodrigues has not been signed to a two-year contract.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC– Trinidad and Tobago cricket all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has signed a music deal with Los Angles based entertainment company Venus Music Group.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica will host the next in a series of town-hall meetings around the Caribbean, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced yesterday.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago yesterday began their training in Sydney, Australia ahead of the start of the Netball World Cup 2015 Barbados and Jamaica are the other Caribbean nations participating in the tournament which opens on Friday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago sports Minister Brent Sancho has lashed out at the country’s football chief, Raymond Tim Kee, accusing him of playing politics with the national football team.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian Senate committee investigating corruption in soccer will send three of its members to Switzerland and Miami to interview key players charged in a massive bribery scandal.

Pepsi Sonics defeated arch-rivals Republic Bank Nets 51-45 in the Mandela Avenue derby Open Division matchup when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Qualifying Knockout Tourney continued on Sunday.

Metro Office Supplies dominoes team with 62 games ran out winners of the Trophy Stall-sponsored Ministries/Agencies Emancipation Day dominoes competition held last Friday on the lawns of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

(Reuters) – Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers have been recalled to South Africa’s one-day international side for the visit of New Zealand later this month, but young wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has been axed after a poor run of form in Bangladesh.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The world governing body for athletics (IAAF) fought back yesterday against media reports of suspected widespread doping in the sport, rejecting accusations it failed to investigate dubious drugs test results properly.

Guyana’s national u-21 unit defeated Trinidad and Tobago’s national u-21 outfit in an international friendly 2-1 via the penalty shoot-out route on Monday in the Twin Island Republic.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, (Reuters) – A sparkling unbeaten double-century opening stand from Martin Guptill and Tom Latham propelled New Zealand to an emphatic 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the second one-day international at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

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.