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A Dwayne Lawrence double assisted Fruta Conquerors FC in crushing Police FC 5-0 in the latest action of the Namilco One Love Football Classic Friday night at the Tucville Playfield.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) John Tracey was remarkable on the golf course Saturday, winning the Stag Beer Mashramani tournament.

Fifteen-year-old Chelsea Edghill utilized her superior talent to impose her will during the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), National Sports Commission (NSC) Mashramani Table Tennis Tournament yesterday at the National Gymnasium.

Queen’s College student Shemar Britton successfully defended his boys’15 and Under title before stepping up to capture his first 18 years and under title yesterday as the Guyana Table Tennis Association/National Sport Commission (GTTA/NSC) annual Mashramani tournament continued at the National Gymnasium.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – Crippled by their chronic weak batting, West Indies failed in their bid to win the ICC Women’s World Cup for the first time when they went down to five-time champions Australia by 114 runs in  yesterday’s final at Brabourne Stadium.

The third annual Scotia Bank/Pepsi schools football academy will attract more participants this year as Berbice and Linden have been added to the programme which kicks off today with an opening ceremony at the Ministry of Education pavilion on Carifesta Avenue at 12:30 hours Colin Baker, Chairman of the Organising Committee and President of the Guyana Sports Development Foundation

Gordon Richards and Philip Zaman were on target in the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) handgun section first precision pistol shooting competition for 2013 last Saturday at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) range at Eve Leary.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa showed why they are the number one test team in the world with a clinical performance on day four of the second test against Pakistan to clinch the series with a four-wicket victory yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies selectors have rested captain Darren Sammy for the upcoming One-Day International series against Zimbabwe, which bowls off in Grenada on Friday.

St. John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Selection Panel today announced the West Indies squad for the first two of three One Day Internationals against Zimbabwe in Grenada.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa showed why they are the number one test team in the world with a clinical performance on day four of the second test against Pakistan to clinch the series with a four-wicket victory today.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – West Indies failed in their bid to win the ICC Women’s World Cup for the first time when they went down to five-time champions Australia by 114 runs in today’s final at Brabourne Stadium.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – An upbeat West Indies Women will attempt defy the odds again when they face five-time champions Australia in the day/night final of the ICC Women’s World Cup here today.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Rookie pacer Miguel Cummins and off-spinner Ashley Nurse shared eight wickets, spurring Barbados to first innings points over Guyana in the Regional Four-Day Championship here  yesterday.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies opener Chris Gayle returned to form with a spectacular hundred for Dhaka Gladiators  yesterday, to fire them into the final of the Bangladesh Premier League here.

The newly appointed executive of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) has rescheduled its first event, the season opener between Georgetown and Linden, to March 2 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall GABA’s new president Michael Singh told Stabroek Sports that the postponement of the event was due to the unavailability of sponsors during this festive season of Mashramani.

The shambolic state of West Indies cricket administration, long established, has been further substantiated by the jostling for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) presidency, the vote for which is scheduled for its annual meeting in St.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Usain Bolt, do not quit your day job.

Head coach of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Track and Field Club Robert Chisholm is confident ahead of the imminent competition season inspite of the tumultuous situation that currently faces athletics in Guyana.

Two goals in the space of 10 minutes from Dorwin Filter and Kevin Andrews in the fifth and 14th minutes respectively yesterday enabled Tucville Secondary to post a 2-0 victory over a gritty St.