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Stag Beer football Sunburst Camptown swamped Flamingo by a 4-1 margin when the Stag Beer sponsored Georgetown Football Association (GFA) first division league continued on Wednesday at the Tucville Community ground.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Veteran Guyanese boxer Howard Eastman has emerged as the favourite to win the 2014 Wray & Nephew Contender series.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) arrested the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) by a 3-1 score line when the Stag Beer-sponsored Georgetown Football Association (GFA) first division league continued at the Tucville Community Ground on Wednesday.

U-19 Inter County Competition -after President’s XI collapses Berbice ended the opening day of the Guyana Cricket Board’s three-day Under-19 Inter County Competition in a commanding position against the President’s XI yesterday, at the Enmore Community Development Centre Ground, East Coast Demerara.

Guinness Greatest of the StreetsDefending champions Silver Bullets got their campaign off to the perfect start, dismantling High Stars by a 7-0 margin when the Linden edition of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets continued at the Mackenzie Bus Park on Wednesday.

In volleyball… The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) last Saturday successfully hosted their third division volleyball competition at the National Gymnasium which saw Achievers B emerging victorious.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – When Michael Clarke took over as Australia captain from Ricky Ponting in the wake of a 3-1 Ashes humbling in March 2011, his stated goal of taking his country back to the top of the test rankings looked optimistic to say the least.

LONDON, England, CMC – Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul failed for the first time this season as his Derbyshire crashed to an innings and 64-run defeat to Worcestershire in the County Championship on Wednesday.

(ICC) India has swapped places with ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 champion Sri Lanka.

(Reuters) – All the signs indicate that five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.

LONDON, CMC – Jamaican sprint star Yohan Blake will headline the Glasgow Grand Prix, the ninth meet of the prestigious IAAF Diamond League at Hampden Park, organisers confirmed yesterday.

IMOLA, Italy, (Reuters) – Thousands of fans joined Formula One drivers past and present yesterday in marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna at the Italian circuit where the triple champion crashed 20 years ago.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The National Basketball Association yesterday launched its bid to oust Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers for racist comments as a panel of 10 fellow team owners or their proxies unanimously agreed to proceed “as expeditiously as possible,” the NBA said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Graham Gooch has been sacked as England’s batting coach with immediate effect, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday, as the fallout from the Ashes drubbing continued.

LONDON. (Reuters) – New England director of cricket Peter Moores named uncapped fast bowler Harry Gurney yesterday in the squad for this month’s one-day international against Scotland.

(Reuters) – Hoppertunity, one of the favourites to win tomorrow’s 140th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, has been scratched from the race because of a minor injury.

(Reuters) – The 140th Kentucky Derby takes place at Churchill Downs tomorrow and the early favourite has American race fans giddy with excitement.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Wednesday’s NBA playoffs games.   – – –   Spurs 109, Mavericks 103   San Antonio center Tiago Splitter produced nine of his 17 points in the fourth quarter to help the Spurs defeat the Dallas Mavericks and regain control of their Western Conference first-round playoff series.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia returned to the top of the test rankings for the first time since August 2009 on Thursday after sweeping an Ashes series and beating previous incumbents South Africa in their own backyard over the last six months.

National rifle shooting Captain Mahendra Persaud has expressed confidence that the Guyana’s shooters will deliver top class performance ahead of the team’s departure for the West Indies Fullbore shooting championships billed to fire off on Monday in Jamaica.