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Opener Assad Fudadin top scored with a patient 41 for the Guyana team on day-one of their four-day warm-up match against the Rest XI played at the National Stadium, Providence, as the players prepare for the four-day leg of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional 2014 tournaments.

A special panel selected by the National Sports Commission (NSC) will meet tomorrow at 10:00hrs at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to select the outstanding sports personalities and organisations for the year 2013.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Holders Bayern Munich survived an early battering to beat 10-man Arsenal 2-0 on a night of high drama in the Champions League yesterday as both teams missed penalties and home goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was sent off.

CUIABA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Prosecutors yesterday began their evaluation of whether a World Cup stadium in Cuiab?,

Lennox Braithwaite warmed up for the upcoming West Indies full-bore championships by winning the X Class Record Shoot over the weekend as the Guyana NRA National Rifle Team continued its preparation for the upcoming championships.

St. Gabriel’s Primary will battle F.E Pollard today for the East Georgetown Zone (EGZ) title after winning their semifinals matches yesterday at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground in the latest action of the Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Festival.

(The Sports Xchange) – – – -LeBron James received very little down time during a busy All-Star weekend but had plenty of energy in his return as he posted 42 points, nine rebounds and six assists while carrying the Miami Heat past the Dallas Mavericks 117-106.

Leading female pistol shooter Vidushi Persaud won the small-bore competition when the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) staged its first competition for the year last weekend at Eve Leary.

Hassan Mohamed, will resume his cycling calendar on Saturday at the National Park with the staging of the 23rd annual R and R International 11-race programme.

The nation’s best golfers will transform the Lusignan Golf Course into their battleground when the 2014 Heineken Cup tees off on Saturday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s India left New Zealand still seeking an overseas test victory after more than two and a half years’ frustration on tour.

PORT ELIZABETH, (Reuters) – Captain Michael Clarke has indicated that Shane Watson will not return to the Australia side as a specialist batsman for the second test against South Africa at St George’s Park yesterday.

PORT ELIZABETH, (Reuters) – South Africa have not put too much emphasis on the ferocious performance of Mitchell Johnson as they head into the second test against Australia at St George’s Park today, Graeme Smith said.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa have called up wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock as cover for unwell opener Alviro Petersen on the eve of today’s second test against Australia at St George’s Park.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-World T20 champions West Indies plummeted to a painful six wicket defeat against Ireland in their first T20 international at Sabina Park here today.

(WICB) KINGSTON, Jamaica – West Indies will start the road towards retaining the ICC World T20 Championship when they face off against Ireland today.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- Tagenarine Chanderpaul missed his century by seven runs in another thrilling batting display, as West Indies romped to a comfortable 63-run win over Canada in their group c match of the ICC Under 19 World Cup here at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Big hitting allrounder Kieron Pollard has been ruled out of a West Indies squad announced yesterday to defend their World Twenty20 title starting next month.

Former West Indies U19 captain Leon Johnson was yesterday named Captain of the Guyana 13-man squad to participate in the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-Day Tournament which bowls off on February 28 in Jamaica.

(Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) moved quickly yesterday to distance itself from a “sons of pigs” reference to India, England and Australia made by former chairman Ijaz Butt.