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(Reuters) – England called up the uncapped Moeen Ali, Stephen Parry and Harry Gurney for this month’s one-day tour of West Indies in the first squad to be named in the post-Kevin Pietersen era.

(Reuters) – Maiden centuries by Shamsur Rahman and Imrul Kayes took Bangladesh past the follow-on mark but late strikes from the spinners put Sri Lanka in the driving seat in the second and final test in Chittagong yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- Former West Indies Vice captain Kirk Edwards says he was shocked at the decision to expel him from the Barbados team for refusing to sign for match kits leading into the NAGICO Super50 tournament underway in Trinidad and Tobago.

SOCHI, Russia,  (Reuters) – Pressure on the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics continued to mount when the International Olympic Committee said yesterday the city had no more time to waste and needed to win over the hearts of the Brazilian people.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Wednesday’s National Basketball Association games.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- Jamaica’s captain Dave Bernard said he was pleased with the performance of his players during their six-wicket victory over Ireland in the NAGICO Super50 tournament on Monday.

(Reuters) – England wicketkeeper Matt Prior has defended himself against allegations that he undermined former coach Andy Flower during the disastrous recent Ashes tour of Australia before turning his back on Kevin Pietersen.

(Reuters) – Michael Laudrup is seeking legal advice after being sacked by Premier League club Swansea City, the Dane said yesterday.

(Reuters) – England called up the uncapped Moeen Ali, Stephen Parry and Harry Gurney for this month’s one-day tour of West Indies in the first squad to be named in the post-Kevin Pietersen era.

SHAWPARK, Tobago, CMC– Captain Dwayne Bravo and former captain Denish Ramdeen choreographed a middle innings revival to complement destructive bowling from Ravi Rampaul and Sunil Narine as Trinidad and Tobago rebounded with a vengeance to crush Leeward Islands by five wickets in the NAGICO Super50 match at Shaw Park here yesterday.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) vice president Ivan Persaud is calling for the resignation of GFF president Christopher Matthias.

(Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara struck his maiden triple hundred and became the ninth batsman to score 11,000 test runs as a dominant Sri Lanka seized full control of the second and final test against Bangladesh yesterday.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Christopher Matthias said yesterday that the senior Technical Director vacancy that currently exists within the Golden Jaguars setup will be filled today.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)’s camp for cricketers vying for places in the regional four-day squad commenced yesterday at the GCB’s La Bonne Intention facility.

(Cricinfo) N. Srinivasan, the BCCI president, has strongly defended India’s claim for a higher percentage of the ICC’s global revenues and has asserted that India would have never signed the Members Participating Agreement (MPA) in its existing form.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Former West Indies captain Floyd Reifer will retire from regional cricket at the end of the season, Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) management has announced.

Andre Stoll, the tall, left-arm, medium-fast bowler from the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), who represented Guyana at the U15, U17 and U19 levels, is seeking to make the final squad for the upcoming regional four-day cricket competition.

(Reuters) – South African police are ready to present their case when Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius goes on trial on March 3 for the murder of his girlfriend, domestic news agency SAPA reported yesterday.

(Reuters) – Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been given a three-match ban and fined after his red card in Sunday’s 1-1 La Liga draw at Athletic Bilbao, the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) said  yesterday.

Teams aiming to compete in the 10th  Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) Busta Champion-of-Champions Cricket tournament are being asked to get ready for the competition which bowls off on February 16 weather permitting.