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(Reuters) – Eight-time world champion Floyd Mayweather has left HBO in favor of a 30-month, six-fight deal with Showtime and its parent company CBS in what is being called the richest pact in boxing history.

In a tense encounter highlighted by physical play first half strikes from  Manasseh Primo and Gregory “Jackie Chan” Richardson Sunday night powered Alpha United FC  to a 2-0 victory over Pele FC in the latest action of the Namilco One Love Football Classic at the Tucville Playfield.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies big hitter Kieron Pollard failed but his Dhaka Gladiators captured the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday when they beat Chittagong Kings by 43 runs in the grand final at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa have added uncapped swing bowler Kyle Abbott to their squad for the third and final test against Pakistan at Centurion starting on Friday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has been ruled out of next month’s two-test home series against Bangladesh after dislocating the middle finger of his left hand in a domestic match on Sunday.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius put on his artificial legs and walked across his bedroom before firing four shots through a locked toilet door, killing his cowering girlfriend in cold blood, prosecutors said yesterday.

Nineteen-year-old South American 100m bronze medallist Chavez Ageday is focussed on stepping up his game as he prepares to compete as a senior competitor for the first time this year while hoping to qualify for world class competitions.

The newly assembled University of Guyana (UG) senior basketball team is training assiduously to compete at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Invitational Basketball Tournament which will take place in Barbados from March 27-April 3.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Out-of-touch West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been included in the UWI Vice Chancellor’s XI for their one-day tour match against Zimbabwe which bowls off here today.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh,  CMC – West Indies big hitter Kieron Pollard failed but his Dhaka Gladiators captured the Bangladesh Premier League here Tuesday when they beat Chittagong Kings by 43 runs in the grand final at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius put on his artificial legs and walked across his bedroom before firing four handgun rounds into the locked bathroom door, killing his cowering girlfriend in cold blood, prosecutors said today.

On a night marred by dubious officiating, patrons on Saturday night, witnessed a Warren Gilkes master class as Plaisance became the inaugural Guinness Greatest of the Streets, East Coast champions when they defeated Church Yard United by two goals to one in a thrilling finale.

Vice president of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Lavern Fraser-Thomas says that the sub-association is financially stable and hoping to pursue several projects this year including developing the club structure and strengthening the women’s programme.

Yesterday afternoon was a significant one for the Scotia/Pepsi Schools Football Academy which is a programme of the Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF), following its successful launch at the Ministry of Education Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue.

Shamal Lewis’s first half penalty powered Bishops’ High School to a 1-0 victory over arch-rivals Queen’s College in a battle of the academics, as the Milo U20 football tournament continued at the Ministry of Education Ground Carifesta Avenue on Sunday.

James Krakowsky ended with six wins and a positive spread of 712 to win the Serious Off Roaders Open scrabble competition held Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Purposeful bowling trumped half-centuries from Zaheer Mohammed and Steven Jacobs, propelling Barbados to a 93-run victory over Guyana in the Regional 4-Day Tournament here yesterday.

Bounty Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and GCC Tigers won the men’s and women’s titles respectively at last Sunday’s Bounty Farm sponsored one-day hockey tournament organised by the Guyana Hockey Board at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-Jamaican Whycliffe Cameron has announced plans to challenge Dr.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is looking forward to working diligently with the sports and tourism authorities to bring international cricket back to Guyana according to a press released issued to this publication earlier this week.