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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC– World sprint sensation Usain Bolt is to run in the Cayman Islands for the first time, officials announced  yesterday Bolt, the six-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder, will compete in the second annual Cayman Invitational athletic meet in May.

As the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) elections draw closer, many sub association are in a hurry to have their own elections, so as to be able to vote at the upcoming congress on April 15.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – West Indies opener Chris Gayle failed on his return to action as Jamaica struggled on the opening day of their fourth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship against Windward Islands here yesterday.

The injunction filed against the newly constituted executive body of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) by former president Colin Boyce has been withdrawn from the High Court earlier this week according to the applicant’s attorney Euclin Gomes.

Helena one and two combined on Sunday defeated Strathavon by two wickets to win the East Coast Cricket Board’s President’s Cup second division limited overs competition at the Fairfield Community Centre ground.

The round of 16 matches of the Milo U20 schools football tournament will commence today at the Ministry of Education Ground Carifesta Avenue with two fixtures commencing at 14:00 hours.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association’s (GTTA) League Teams Table Tennis tournament will get into full swing next week and includes the participation of several teams top in Georgetown as well as from out-of-town areas.

Another intriguing battle looms as golfers compete in Saturday’s Carib Foods sponsored Stableford tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, (Reuters) – Bruce Martin had been waiting 13 years to be presented with his first test cap, which finally came  yesterday when he was named in the New Zealand side to face England in the opener of their three-match series.

(The Sports  Xchange) The Los Angeles Lakers were looking to make a statement.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-Jamaica’s Yohan Blake, the World 100 metres champion, will open his 2013 Samsung Diamond League campaign at the Doha 2013 meeting on Friday 10 May.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo dealt his former club Manchester United a cruel blow yesterday by scoring the goal that put Real Madrid into the Champions League quarter-finals after the hosts were left distraught by Nani’s harsh dismissal.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC-The leading West Indies cricketers will be on show today when the regional four-day Championship enters the fourth round with matches in Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.

World renowned professional squash star Nicolette Fernandes was humbled and elated about being named senior sportswoman of the year by the National Sports commissions for an unprecedented seventh time this year.

By Juanita Hooper Following last weekend’s CARIFTA Games Trials staged at the Guyana Defence Force ground Camp Ayanganna, five of the country’s junior track and field stars have been able to make the qualifying standards set out by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG).

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has released a list of players that have been shortlisted to represent Guyana at the Caribbean Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships which will be held in Trinidad and Tobago from April 2-8.

Coming off an impressive tournament win at the Bounty Farm Mash Handicap squash tournament last weekend, reigning national Under 19 champion Jason Ray Khalil is determined to work even harder for his next big test at the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) National Senior Championships in July.

Taffin Khan won the senior category and Anthony Drayton the junior category of the Diamond Mineral Water-sponsored Mashramani Blitz chess tournament held Sunday at the West Demerara Secondary School.

Garfield Niles and Calvin Roberts will put their titles on the line tomorrow when the Guyana National Newspapers Sports Committee, Hadi’s City Mall and the Trophy Stall stage the post Mashramani table tennis tournament.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC– West Indies middle order batsman, Marlon Samuels, may be on the verge of a return to international cricket after sustaining an eye injury during the Big Bash League in Australia last December.