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In an effort to reignite the basketball flame, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) on Friday launched what is billed to be the nation’s biggest basketball tournament.

The Athletic Association of Guyana’s (AAG) National Senior Championships, which was expected to be staged yesterday will now be held on February 24 at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

The cream of the nation’s wheelsmen will once again turn the roadways of West Demerara into their battleground today when Hassan Mohamed continues his cycling calendar.

The final of the 2013 New Building Society (NBS) second division 40-overs-a-side competition between Young Warriors and No.

After an absence of three years, French Guiana will renew its rivalry with Guyana and Suriname for top honours in the Inter-Guiana Games this year.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Former West Indies cricket captain Courtney Walsh said he is happy to support the initiative of former wicketkeeper Junior Murray to start a cricket academy.

(Trinidad Express) Last year’s inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) was a success with the public.

(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) board passed key structural and financial reforms today, effectively placing India, England and Australia in charge of the game.

SOCHI, Russia, (Reuters) – Russia’s Winter Olympics got underway yesterday with a grandiose opening ceremony watched by President Vladimir Putin, who will be keen to calm fears of militant attacks and move on from a row over gay rights that has marred the buildup to the Games.

Scholarships to the University of Guyana will be on offer for five exceptional players in the second staging of the Milo U-20 school football competition which kicks off next Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground.

The eight premier football clubs of West Demerara will battle for $500,000 and a trophy when Slingerz FC teams up with Ansa McAl to stage the second annual West Side Stag/ Mashramani Champion’s Cup.

National opener Trevon “Bugsy” Griffith said that scoring his first regional ODI half-century along with sharing a century opening partnership with the legendary Shivnarine Chanderpaul was a dream come true for him as a young cricketer.

Second-division teams from the East Canje/East Coast Berbice area will have a chance to prove their worth when they collide with each other in the Young Warriors Cricket Club organised second edition Mashramani Cup competition.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) in collaboration with the United States of America-based Elizabeth Styles cosmetics company, yesterday launched the annual Junior and Senior Elite cricket academy training programmes for zones in Berbice.

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – New Zealand lost four early second innings wickets but still extended their lead to 316 runs at lunch on the third day of the first test against a resurgent India at Eden Park yesterday.

(Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara became only the second cricketer to hit a triple century and a hundred in the same test as Sri Lanka set Bangladesh a huge target of 467 to win the second and final match in Chittagong yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) –  – -Reserve forward Alan Anderson scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half and the Brooklyn Nets ended a six-game losing streak against the San Antonio Spurs with a 103-89 victory on Thursday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani says it would be “sheer madness” for the governing body to effectively hand over control of the sport to India, Australia and England.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – International cricketers Jesse Ryder and Doug Bracewell are in trouble again for what New Zealand Cricket has described as “totally unacceptable” behaviour the night before the first test against India in Auckland.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani says it would be “sheer madness” for the governing body to effectively hand over control of the sport to India, Australia and England.