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Jesse Ryder
Jesse Ryder

New Zealand cricketer Ryder banned for doping

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has been suspended for six months for failing a doping test for banned stimulants he claimed he took in a supplement to help him lose weight, the country’s sports tribunal said yesterday.

NEW CHAMPIONS! Running Brave Athletics Club celebrates after winning the Boyce/Jefford Classic IV last Sunday evening in Linden. (Photo by Orlando Charles)

PPYC dethroned!

Running Brave Athletics Club dethroned Police Progressive Youth Club in the IV annual Boyce/Jefford Classic championships, winning half a million dollars at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden, Sunday.

Members of the head table at yesterday’s opening ceremony, from left, Davteerth Anandjit, Judister Rampersaud, Shane Kumar Singh, Bissoondyal Singh and Tota Mangar.

Tota Mangar lauds ECCB at launch of annual academy

President of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Bissoondyal Singh yesterday said that the club’s 13th annual cricket academy will aid in the improvement of each participant and also the general standards of Guyana’s cricket from the youth level to the senior cricketers.

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Azarenka beats Williams for Cincinnati title

CINCINNATI, (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka won a showdown between the world’s two top players by beating number one Serena Williams in a three set 2-6 6-2 7-6 thriller in the final of the Western and Southern Open Sunday.

B/dos, Guyana still unbeaten

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC-Barbados and Guyana have maintained their unblemished record in round three of the West Indies Women T20 tournament in Grenada yesterday Barbados thrashed St.Vincent

Jamaica on course to title honours

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC- Jamaica have moved closer towards capturing the Regional under 19 50 overs title after dismissing the leeward Islands by four wickets in Round six here on Sunday.

Easy Does It! National rider, Orville Hinds crossing the line without a rival in sight in yesterday’s feature 30-lap event of the Bryden and Fernandes 11-race Classic at the Sea Wall Bandstand.

Hinds returns to triumphant ways

On a windy Sunday afternoon at the Seawall Bandstand, last year’s senior road race champion, Orville Hinds returned to his triumphant ways by blowing away a star studded field to emphatically win the feature 30-lap event of the inaugural Bryden and Fernandes Classic yesterday.

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