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SAVAR, Bangladesh, CMC- Cold weather, missing players and the failure of new players to raise their game are the main reasons West Indies Women suffered a whitewash against New Zealand in the recent three-match one-day series and five-match T20 series, head coach Sherwin Campbell has said.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago are expecting tougher competition as they prepare to take on defending champions Barbados in round four of the Regional Four-Day Tournament this weekend.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad , CMC- Skipper Kieran Powell has blamed the Leeward Islands innings and 107 run loss to Trinidad and Tobago on a poor first innings batting effort.

(Reuters) – Ireland beat United Arab Emirates by 21 runs via Duckworth-Lewis method in a World Twenty20 Group B match that twice plunged into darkness following power failure at the Sylhet Stadium yesterday.

(BBC) England’s stuttering form continued yesterday as they lost to India by 20 runs in their final warm-up match before they start their World Twenty20 bid in Bangladesh.

(BBC) British number one Andy Murray and coach Ivan Lendl have agreed to end their two-year partnership.

FATULLAH, Bangladesh, CMC – Chris Gayle smashed a typically stroke-filled half-century as West Indies crushed England in their first official warm-up match of the Twenty20 World Cup here yesterday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC-Jamaica are leading the field by a slender margin after the third round of matches in the Regional four-day West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) tournament.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – With Chris Gayle in the house, there is always entertainment.

(Reuters) – Hosts Bangladesh thrashed Nepal by eight wickets yesterday to climb to the top of qualifying Group A and boost their prospects of advancing to the super 10 stage of the World Twenty20.

(Barbados Nation) Desmond Haynes’ cries for justice have been answered with an apology and promise of a full investigation.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York Knicks basketball chief Phil Jackson said yesterday he wants to reshape the club into a more fluid, ball-sharing team and that Carmelo Anthony is part of the future plans.

Manager of the Guyana team Alvin Johnson said that his side was not in any way worried about facing the Steven Jacobs led Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) in round four of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional four-day tournament, despite the all-rounder’s knowledge of his birth country’s  strength and weaknesses.

Dynas Ravens and Retrieve Raiders will contest the final of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Road to Mecca national inter-club championships following semi-final wins on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Injury has forced Trinidad and Tobago all-rounder Akeal Hosein out of the side ahead of their third encounter in the Regional four day tournament this weekend.

President of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Alfred Mentor yesterday said that he had formally disqualified himself from being an executive member of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) after failing to attend three consecutive executive meetings.

BK Western Tigers overcame Buxton United 3-1 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Premier League continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda on Sunday.

Chase Academy’s Sunil Logan was crowned the U18 singles champion, after he defeated St.

LONDON, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn will turn out for the Lashings All-stars World XI in the upcoming season, the club has confirmed.

Qualfon Guyana defeated the Upper Level Barbers in the final of the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Noble House Seafoods Corporate 15-15 cricket fundraiser on Monday at the MSC ground, Thomas Lands.