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(Reuters) – South African batsman AB de Villiers defended team mate Faf du Plessis today after the fielder was caught ball tampering during the second test against Pakistan in Dubai and his side handed a five-run penalty.

“T20 cricket is an exhibition, while Test cricket is more of an examination,” were the terms used to compare the two diverse forms of cricket by former West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd, who along with former England skipper Michael Atherton and local historian Dr Winston McGowan engaged in a discourse last evening about the history of the game and the way forward.

Guyana, the six-time NACRA men’s Sevens champions were booted out of this year’s championships slated for the Cayman Islands next month without playing a game following late registration by five hours.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) in collaboration with sponsors Carib Beer (ANSA McAL) and Noble House Seafoods, yesterday launched their first division T20 and second division two-day cricket tournaments respectively, at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands.

GCC veterans crushed Hikers veterans 5-1 when the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB)/Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) National Indoor Hockey Championships continued at the National Gymnasium on Wednesday.

Guyana’s four wheelsmen who competed in this year’s Caribbean Cycling Championships in Curacao last weekend failed to crack the top 30 but despite their misfortune, manager of the team, Brian Allen was satisfied with their performances.

(Reuters) – The Miami Heat enter the 2013-14 NBA season as favorites to win a third consecutive title but with several teams sporting beefed up rosters the reigning champions face their biggest challenge to the crown yet.

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) will be holding its 3rd Annual Dilip Budhram Memorial Volleyball Competition on Sunday October 27 at the Port Mourant Training Centre (PMTC) Court, Corentyne, Berbice.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Richie Benaud, the voice of cricket for millions of television viewers, has been injured in a car accident and will remain in hospital for the next few days, Channel Nine said yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- West Indies defeated England in a super over after scores were tied in the final preliminary match of the Women’s Twenty20 International Tri-nations series at Kensington Oval, here last night.

LONDON,  CMC-The president of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA), John Fahey, has accused Jamaica of attempting to dodge an audit of its anti-doping programme this year.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC- Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, has challenged CONCACAF to do everything in its power to lift football’s greatest prize, the FIFA World Cup.

Football fans are in for a treat today when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) hosts the grand finale of its Players Cup at the Georgetown Football club ground in Bourda.

(Reuters) – Captain Graeme Smith hit an unbeaten double century as South Africa went on a merciless scoring spree to establish a 361-run lead over Pakistan on the second day of the second test in Dubai yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been fined 8,000 pounds ($12,900) after admitting an improper conduct charge for his behaviour in Saturday’s Premier League game against Cardiff City, the FA said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC- Trinidad and Tobago defeated Cuba 3-1 to finish as group winners in a top-of-the-table clash of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Under-20 tournament here Tuesday night.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Ricky Ponting knew his time was up when he bowed out of international cricket a year ago, but the competitive fires still rage for the former Australia captain when he imagines facing England one more time on home soil.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-Jamaica came from behind to beat Dominican Republic 2-1 in a top-of-the-table clash of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Under-20 finals here on Tuesday.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago lost to South Africa SPAR Proteas 47-30 in a rough opening match of the tri-nation series at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Indoor Sport Centre in South Africa.

The second staging of Mr. and Miss Flex Night Berbice will be held on Saturday at the Corentyne Comprehensive High School in Ankerville, Port Mourant.