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BK Western Tigers edged Northern Rangers 1-0 when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Players Cup continued at the Tucville Community Ground on Thursday.

National cyclist, Alanzo Greaves will look to repeat as champion when the Flying Stars Cycle Club organized Victor Macedo Memorial road race pedals off this morning.

Camptown Football Club edged the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) in a seven goal thriller 4-3 when action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Players Cup continued at the Tucville Community ground on Friday.

The F and H Printing Establishment in association with the Georgetown Dominoes Association million dollars dominoes team tournament will continue tomorrow at the Dynasty Sports Bar from 6.30pm.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United unearthed a sparkling gem to lighten the early-season gloom, Adnan Januzaj striking twice in a 2-1 win at Sunderland yesterday after resurgent Liverpool stormed to the top of the Premier League.

DELHI, India,  CMC – Barbadian Dwayne Smith shared an opening partnership of 90 runs with Sachin Tendulkar of India to lead the Mumbai Indians to a six-wicket victory over Trinidad and Tobago in the second semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20 here yesterday.

SHIMOGA, India, CMC – West Indies A and India A drew their second unofficial Test  yesterday, with the touring side holding a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, CMC – Off-spinner Sunil Narine is the latest to confirm participation in the 2013 Caribbean Single Wicket Tournament, scheduled for Trinidad on October 13.

LAHORE,  (Reuters) – All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has been dropped from Pakistan’s squad for the two-test series against South Africa that will begin in the United Arab Emirates later this month.

(The Sports Xchange) – Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard responded to Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s criticism that he does not have a high enough basketball IQ to be a great player.

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, CMC – The coach of Trinidad and Tobago’s 400 metres hurdles World Champion Jehue Gordon has been selected as the 2013 Coach of the Year by the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC).

DELHI, India, CMC – Barbadian Dwayne Smith shared an opening partnership of 90 runs with Sachin Tendulkar of India to lead the Mumbai Indians to a six-wicket victory over Trinidad and Tobago in the second semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20 here on Saturday.

Sixteen of the nation’s top football clubs will vie for supremacy and the $3M first prize starting tomorrow when the inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Banks Beer Premier League (BBPL) kicks off at the McKenzie Sports Club in Linden.

Coach of Guyana’s Under-19 team Adrian Amsterdam yesterday said that his players are upbeat about the challenge heading into today’s match against the touring Bangladesh U19 side.

JAIPUR, India, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago all-rounder Kevin Cooper played an exciting cameo role as Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 14 runs to storm into the finals of the Champions League T20 yesterday.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – The long and tortuous road to the 2022 soccer World Cup in Qatar took another twist yesterday when FIFA delayed making a decision on whether to play the tournament in the winter.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan will he heading to Australia and New Zealand in 2015 after qualifying for their maiden 50-over World Cup by finishing second in the World Cricket League Championship yesterday.

After two weekends of scintillating open air amateur boxing in Linden and Georgetown which delivered knockout punches to the hundreds of patrons, the ‘Mackeson Fight Night’ card is scheduled to ignite the appetite of boxing fans in the Ancient County tonight.

The Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB) Shameer Baksh Memorial Under-17 competition gets underway today at various venues in Berbice.

SHIMOGA, India, CMC-West Indies A have snatched a crucial 75 run lead against India A on the third and penultimate day of the second unofficial Test here yesterday.