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Everest Cricket Club’s Ryan Ramdass and Tagenarine Chanderpaul batted almost the entire day against the Gandhi Youth Organisation as the pair combined for a massive 241 opening stand at Everest as action abounded on the first day’s play of the Georgetown Cricket association (GCA) Hadi’s World Incorporated first division two-day competition.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – Finger surgery has ruled all-rounder Moises Henriques out of the opening One-Day International against West Indies which starts next Friday.

KHULNA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards proved very expensive as his Rangpur Riders went down by nine runs to Khulna Royal Bengals in the Bangladesh Premier League here Friday.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Barbadian teenager Shaquana Quintyne says she is unfazed by the hype surrounding the ICC Women’s World Cup which bowls off here next week.

(Reuters) – David Warner’s unbeaten 90 went in vain as Sri Lanka beat Australia by five wickets in the first Twenty20 International yesterday to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.

Mix Up returned to its winning ways when it won the just concluded Mark `Jumbie” Wiltshire birth anniversary dominoes competition in the finals contested at the Transport Sports Club Building.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic will bid to extend his Australian Open reign to a third straight year tomorrow in the final against Andy Murray, who will aim to end Britain’s 79-year wait for a men’s champion at Melbourne Park.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – Exciting West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell is champing at the bit to face Australia, and says he is backing himself to execute against the former World champions.

National men’s singles champion Sudesh Fitzgerald and former national ladies singles champion Jaswantie Hiralall won the male and female singles title when the Trophy Stall sponsored competition was contested last Friday at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Memphis Grizzlies handed Brooklyn one of their heaviest defeats of the season on Friday, romping to a 101-77 victory over the Nets.

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC – Exciting West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell is champing at the bit to face Australia, and says he is backing himself to execute against the former World champions.

(Reuters) – David Warner’s unbeaten 90 went in vain as Sri Lanka beat Australia by five wickets in the first Twenty20 International today to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka retained her Australian Open title today with a tense 4-6 6-4 6-3 victory over China’s Li Na, who suffered a sickening ankle injury in the second set and hit her head in the third when she twisted the joint for a second time.

Cricket in Guyana continued its tumultuous existence when the scheduled Annual General Meeting and election of officer bearers for the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) was halted yesterday by a Court injunction.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Dayron Robles, the 2008 Olympic Games 110 metres hurdles champion and former world record holder, will retire from athletics owing to a lack of attention from Cuban sports officials, his coach said on Thursday.

After staging the fifth successful NAMILCO Football Classic tournament last year, local milling giant, NAMILCO and Fruta Conquerors Football Club have once again collaborated to stage this year’s sixth edition dubbed the NAMILCO One Love Football Classic Tournament.

NELSPRUIT, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Burkina Faso scored the biggest win of the competition to date but it was three goalkeepers who took centre stage on a night of high drama in the African Nations Cup yesterday.

National T20 all rounder Steven Jacobs will be in action today and tomorrow for Malteenoes in the key clash against the Guyana Defence Force as the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Hadi’s first division competition continues.

Three matches have been scheduled for this weekend when the Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition continues in Georgetown.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC– Australian selectors have recalled middle order batsman Aaron Finch for the first two games of the five match One Day International series against West Indies.