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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies One-Day International (ODI) captain Dwayne Bravo up for the five-match ODI away series against New Zealand starting later this month with a knock of 84 in a practice match at 3Ws Oval yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – Guard Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 21 points and handed out eight assists as the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a three-game losing streak with an 88-85 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson pulled no punches in the dressing room after his team capitulated to New Zealand inside three days in the second test at the Basin Reserve.

One of Guyana’s premier bodybuilding events, the Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) will return to the National Cultural Centre for its fourth staging on March 29, 2014.

BK Western Tigers led by a Hubert Pedro helmet trick mauled Kwakwani Strikers 6-1 when the Georgetown Football Association/Banks Beer Cup continued on Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden.

Akeila defeated Larissa in the battle of the Wiltshire siblings when the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Farfan and Mendes Junior tourney continued on Friday at the Georgetown Club squash courts.

Seven-year-old Sadelle Britton was among six students who were successful in their Shodan (First Degree Black Belt) examinations when the Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association (GWKA) held its final 2013 grading at the Mae’s Primary and Banks DIH Sports Club Dojo recently.

WHERE do the shocking three-day, innings defeats in India and New Zealand leave West Indies cricket?

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Iran’s world champion Amir Aziz Ali Akbari, who won the 120kg-weight class title in September in Hungary, has been banned for life after a second doping offence, the International Wrestling Federation said yesterday.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – New Zealand coach Mike Hesson conceded that at times in the past 12 months he had felt the cricketing gods were conspiring against his side winning a test match after putting themselves in a position to do so.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Captain Brendon McCullum is unlikely to pull on the wicketkeeping gloves again for New Zealand, coach Mike Hesson said yesterday.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – Australia wrested control of the third test back from England for the second day in a row yesterday, reducing the tourists to 180 for four at the close of play and taking another step towards reclaiming the Ashes.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – While England’s batsmen can fairly be accused of frittering away their wickets on this Ashes tour, the first innings of the third test in Perth has proved just how much credit needs to go Australia slipper Michael Clarke and his bowlers.

DUBAI, UAE, CMC – West Indies will play South Africa at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in one of four matches on the opening day of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 Cricket World Cup on February 14.

(Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has set up a $10 million anti-doping fund to boost detection methods and will hold an extraordinary session next year to push through changes for sports at the Olympic Games, its president said yesterday.

AGADIR, Morocco  (Reuters) – Jubilant Raja Casablanca fans shook the normally tranquil tourist resort of Agadir out of its slumber yesterday after their team reached the Club World Cup semi-finals with a shock win over Monterrey.

Pacers 99, Bobcats 94 Lance Stephenson scored 20 points to help the Indiana Pacers defeat the Charlotte Bobcats 99-94 on Friday.

PERTH, (Reuters) – While England’s batsmen can fairly be accused of frittering away their wickets on this Ashes tour, the first innings of the third test in Perth has proved just how much credit needs to go Australia slipper Michael Clarke and his bowlers.

MANAUS, BRAZIL,(Reuters) – A construction worker died after falling off the roof of the Arena Amazonia in Brazil on Saturday, FIFA and the World Cup organising committee confirmed today.

 (Reuters) – Michael Clarke was named ICC Cricketer of the Year yesterday with the Australia captain also bagging the Test Player of the Year award after a stellar season with the bat.