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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC – West Indies women clinched a tight seven run win over Sri Lanka women in the final T20 match to secure the series 4-1 at the R Premadasa Stadium here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Stroke-maker Marlon Samuels celebrated his return to full fitness with a typically elegant half-century on the second day of the three-day tour match against Zimbabwe here yesterday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies left-arm spinner Nikita Miller produced a magical spell to rout tournament leaders Windward Islands and hand five-time defending champions Jamaica a handsome 91-run victory in the Regional Four-Day Championship here  yesterday.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara struck his 31st test century to equal the Sri Lanka record held by Mahela Jayawardene as the hosts reached 361 for three on the first day of the first test against Bangladesh yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-West Indies cricket selectors have recalled offspiner Shane Shillingford and fast bowler Shannon Gabriel ahead of the two- match test series against Zimbabwe starting next week.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- FIFA, the World’s governing body for football, has ordered fresh elections to choose a new executive to serve the Antigua & Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) following last December’s controversial poll.

The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that the Guyana Cricket Board has written to advise of the GCB’s ability to host the First Test between West Indies and Pakistan in July, a WICB release said.

(WICB) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The West Indies Cricket Board’s Selection Panel today named the 13-man squad for the 1st Test match against Zimbabwe at Kensington Oval.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine wrecked Guyana to give Trinidad and Tobago the upper hand on the second day of their fourth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

North Georgetown Secondary School ‘A’ Team (boys) played unbeaten throughout yesterday’s Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU)/Hamson’s Mash-ramani Tournament en route to lifting the winner’s trophy of the one-day competition.

An ultimatum by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for Guyana to sign on for a Pakistan Test match later this year expired last night without final word from the government but the signs were positive that an agreement would be reached.

St. George’s Secondary compliments of a collective offensive output crushed Queen’s College 5-0 in the opening of the round of sixteen football fixtures which commenced at the Ministry of Education Ground, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Opener Chris Gayle’s drought continued here yesterday when he fell without scoring as Jamaica’s batting again wilted on the second day of their fourth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship against Windward Islands.

The Retrieve Unknowns were presented with the $250,000 first prize and winner’s trophy from the inaugural Mackeson Futsal Super-16 knock-out tournament, at a simple ceremony hosted at ANSA McAl’s

CAVE HILL, Barbados,  CMC – Leeward Islands met resistance from left-handers Anthony Alleyne and Raymond Reifer, after Steve Liburd gathered a resolute half-century to anchor them to a first innings lead over Combined Campuses and Colleges in the Regional Four-Day Championship yesterday. 

Cyclists are in for a hectic weekend as two cycling events are scheduled to pedal off tomorrow and Sunday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Top order batsman Hamilton Masakadza stroked an unbeaten century as Zimbabwe enjoyed a good outing ahead of next week’s first Test, against the WICB’s High Performance Centre here yesterday.

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, (Reuters) – Openers Hamish Rutherford and Peter Fulton capitalised on the cheap dismissal of England by guiding New Zealand to 131 without loss at close of play on the second day of the first test yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC – Sri Lanka pulled off a dramatic 4 wicket win over West Indies in the last over of their fourth T20 international at the R Premadasa Stadium here yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Tennis will introduce biological passports for players and increase the number of blood tests done each year, the sport’s anti-doping agency said yesterday.