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(BBC) India beat Australia by six wickets in the third Test in Mohali to complete a series victory over the tourists.

Tevin Garraway returned to the track after a three month hiatus with an awesome sprint of 10.6 seconds to win the 100 metres boys under 20 Guyana Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) third development meet at the Guyana Defence Force ground (GDF), Camp Ayanganna.

After 23 years, Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major has resigned from the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation which was built by himself and business partner, Kashif Muhammad.

Jamaican native Shaun Dietz will be spearheading Guyana’s overseas contingent of athletes who will be competing at the XLII CARIFTA Games which will be held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas March 28- April 1.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – A record-breaking batting display from centurions Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers took South Africa to a 34-run win over Pakistan in the third one-day international today.

Mark Lashley won his first major title for 2013 when he secured victory in the Annual  Torginol Paints Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan golf Club (LGC) Saturday.

Trinity Grid Holding (TGH) Pacesetters escaped the proverbial ‘jaws of death’ to defeat  Bounty Colts 75-61 in the first division category match up on Saturday night during the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Super League at the Burnham Basketball Court.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – A record-breaking batting display from centurions Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers took South Africa to a 34-run win over Pakistan in the third one-day international yesterday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara continued his purple patch against Bangladesh and hit an unbeaten 127 to guide Sri Lanka to 294 for six at close on the second day of the second and final test yesterday.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and persistent light rain yesterday ensured that New Zealand’s second test against England at the Basin Reserve is most likely to end in a damp draw today.

(BBC) Australia trail by 16 runs after they dismissed India for 499 on the fourth day of the third Test in Mohali.

(BBC) Australia trail by 16 runs after they dismissed India for 499 on the fourth day of the third Test in Mohali today.

Phillip Carrington, President of Cougars Football Club has signalled his intention to challenge the result of yesterday’s Berbice Football Association (BFA) elections which saw Keith O’Jeer returning as president.

St. George’s Secondary School yesterday reached the semi-finals of the Milo U20 Schools football tournament when they defeated Charlestown Secondary 3-2 on penalty kicks.

Everest Hikers were crowned the Farfan and Mendes first division champions yesterday after they defeated Georgetown Cricket Club at the latter’s home ground 2-1.

Den Amstel and Uitvlugt on Friday evening recorded wins as the 18th annual Mayor’s Cup football tournament got underway at the Den Amstel ground.

The country’s top junior and senior athletes will battle for supremacy today at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground, Camp Ayanganna when the GDF athletics club in conjunction with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) stages a Developmental Meet from 10am.

Enoch Matthews produced an emphatic scoring performance to help Plaisance Guardians overcome Melanie Patriots 74-71 in their first division encounter during the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Super League on the Burnham Court on Friday night.

Senior lecturer at the University of Guyana, Dr. Michael Scott has said that for the Olympic Ideal to be accomplished there must be engagements of a diversity of stakeholders to repair the fractures in sport.

HAD it not involved the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), it could be simply dismissed as far-fetched fiction.