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Guyana and West Indies all-rounder Christopher Barnwell was yesterday named Captain of the Demerara 14-man team while West Indies ‘A’ batsman Leon Johnson was appointed his deputy ahead of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter-county four-day tournament which bowls off on November 28.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel wrapped up the Formula One season yesterday by winning the Brazilian Grand Prix and becoming the first driver to take nine successive victories in a single year.

TACLOBAN, Philippines, (Reuters) – Filipinos at temporary shelters in typhoon-ravaged central Philippines erupted in jubilation after boxing hero Manny Pacquiao thumped American Brandon Rios to clinch the WBO welterweight crown in Macau on Sunday.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Newcomers Anwar Ali and Bilawal Bhatti put together a match-winning partnership and shared in five wickets as Pakistan beat South Africa by 23 runs in the first one-day international at Newlands yesterday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia’s Jason Day rode an emotional wave of crowd support to win the World Cup of Golf by two strokes at Royal Melbourne yesterday after an enthralling duel with Danish runnerup Thomas Bjorn.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Former West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts, has accused some umpires and the world governing body for cricket, International Cricket Council (ICC), of targetting West Indies bowlers Shane Shillingford and Marlon Samuels.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – Discarded West Indies One-Day International captain Darren Sammy led a West Indies fightback to beat India by two wickets in the second ODI here yesterday.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo said yesterday’s victory against India in the second One-Day International was as a result of team effort and their hunger to win.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Rejuvenated Australia paceman Mitchell Johnson blitzed England with a haul of five for 42 to lead his country to an emphatic 381-run victory in the first Ashes test yesterday.

BRISBANE,  (Reuters) – England captain Alastair Cook branded Australian batsman David Warner “disrespectful” yesterday after a tempestuous final couple of days in the first Ashes test at the Gabba.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India,  CMC- West Indies beat India by two wickets to win the second One- Day International at the VDCA Stadium today.

Daredevils from Guyana, Jamaica and Barbados will push their start buttons today as their high velocity machines line up for the final leg of the 2013 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) at the South Dakota Circuit.

Out-of-sorts West Indies and Guyana middle-order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan yesterday top scored for the Leon Johnson led XI on the third and final day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) three-day trial match played at the Everest Cricket ground.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson said his side needed to execute better if they are to turnaround their recent form in One-day Internationals.

(The Sports Xchange) –  – -The powerful Indiana Pacers toyed with the Boston Celtics, then exploded after halftime en route to a 97-82 victory.

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo fired Real Madrid ahead before going off injured as they cruised to a 5-0 win at Almeria to remain six points adrift of leaders Barcelona who defeated Granada 4-0 earlier yesterday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Red Bull’s quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel stormed to pole position for the season-ending Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix after a rain-hit qualifying session at Interlagos  yesterday.

The quarter-final matches of the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association Trophy Stall competition will continue today at several venues.

Did those couple of specially arranged Tendulkar Tests in India really happen?

VISAKHAPATNAM, India,  CMC – Opener Chris Gayle has been ruled out of the remainder of the West Indies’ tour of India and the subsequent three Tests against New Zealand due to a hamstring injury, according to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).