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Latchmansingh and Rosignol Primary Schools topped their respective zones in the latest action of the Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Festival.

Beepat’s Trading, sponsors of the second annual Milo U-20 school tournament boosted the preparation of the 24 competing schools yesterday when its representatives provided two footballs to each team.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) annual Sports Admin-istrators’ Course will get underway today at Olympic House, 76 High Street, Kingston, Georgetown.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-The Barbados Men’s Rugby Sevens team has qualified for the XX Common-wealth Games set for Glasgow Scotland in July, following the withdrawal of Nigeria.

Yuvraj Singh was the most expensive buy on the first day of the IPL 2014 auction, a relatively conservative exercise in which 70 players were bought for a total of Rs 212.35 crores (approx.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Late call-up Shaun Marsh scored an unbeaten century in his first test in two years to lead a middle-order recovery as Australia closed at 297 for four on the first day of the first test against South Africa yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former test players Angus Fraser and Paul Collingwood have been brought back into the England fold as a selector and coach respectively.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Hosts Trinidad and Tobago powered their way to the final of the NAGICO Super50 regional cricket competition when they demolished Jamaica by seven wickets in the first semi-final played at the Queen’s Park Oval here today.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Captain Christopher Barnwell says Guyana’s loss to Jamaica will help to boost team confidence as his players prepare to go into battle in the semi-finals of the NAGICO Super50 tournament.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago’s coach Kelvin Williams says his players are growing in confidence ahead of their semi-final showdown with Jamaica, who remain unbeaten in the NAGICO Super50 tournament.

From Clifton Ross in Trinidad   The first semi-final match today between the undefeated Jamaica and the hometown team Trinidad & Tobago is expected to be a mouth-watering clash as both teams will be aiming to advance to the final of the 2014 NAGICO Regional Super50 tournament.

Guyana’s Clive Hubert Lloyd, widely considered to be the most successful captain in the history of cricket, has been nominated to receive one of England’s top awards.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Cricketer of the Year is set to receive some half a million dollars in prizes including a cash prize of $200,000.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- A meeting to discuss a dispute between former Barbados Cricket captain Kirk Edwards and the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), did not come off as planned, media reports from Bridgetown have indicated.

Diallo Jamal Shabazz was last Friday elected unopposed as president of Road Runners Track and Field Club at its Annual General Meeting at the Thomas Lands, YMCA building.

(Reuters) – Australia have opted for experience over youth in an attempt to win a maiden World Twenty20 title by selecting veterans Brad Hogg, Brad Hodge and Brad Haddin in their 15-man squad for the tournament in Bangladesh next month.

Port of Spain, Trinidad – Fast bowler Jerome Taylor has drawn praise from coach Junior Bennett following two impressive performances at the on-going NAGICO Insurance Super50 tournament in Trinidad and Tobago.

(The Sports Xchange) – – – -Brandon Jennings led Detroit with 21 points and six assists, and interim Pistons coach John Loyer won his debut game over the short-handed San Antonio Spurs 109-100.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- A celebrity XI, led by former West Indies cricketer Junior Murray, defeated a Prime Minister’s XI by 58 runs in a friendly T20 fixture here over the weekend.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaican Norman Malcolm has announced his retirement as a senior umpire in regional cricket.