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Anil Beharry produced a fine all-round effort to spur New Amsterdam/ Canje to  a 28-run victory  over Lower Corentyne in the final of the inaugural Lennox Allicock T20 tournament played on Sunday at the Port Mourant Cricket Club ground.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh has been included in a 13-man Jamaica squad announced for their opening game against Barbados next month in the Regional Super50 tournament.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-About 200 legitimate ticket holders were denied entry into the Queen’s Park Oval last Saturday for the climax of the Trinidad and Tobago leg of the Caribbean T 20 tournament, officials have reported.

DERBYSHIRE, United Kingdom, CMC-Head coach, Karl Krikken, has described West Indies cricketer Shivnarine Chanderpaul as a batting legend whose experience can help transform Derbyshire into one of the top four Clubs in English County Cricket.

Cecil Kennard was on Sunday elected president of the Guyana Horse racing Authority when that body held its annual general meeting at the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club pavilion.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies selectors have recalled experienced batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan for next month’s limited overs tour of Australia, ending the stylish right-hander’s protracted exile from the regional squad.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC- Coach Alan Butcher says he is anticipating a tough series when Zimbabwe cricketers arrive in the Caribbean for their four- week tour next month.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova scorched into the third round of the Australian Open with displays of ruthless dominance  yesterday to bring some much-needed pizzazz to the main showcourts.

(BBC) Shane Warne faces a ban for not naming himself captain for Melbourne Stars’ Big Bash League defeat in Perth.

(BBC) American legend Roy Jones Jr says he is in talks to fight the Republic of Ireland’s former world champion Steve Collins, 48, in England in April.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies pacer Kemar Roach went wicketless but his Brisbane Heat still stormed into the final of the Australian Big Bash with a convincing 15-run win over Melbourne Renegades on Tuesday night.

(WICB) Castries, St Lucia – Ramnaresh Sarwan is eagerly looking forward to his return to the West Indies for the upcoming limited-overs tour of Australia.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Organised criminal gangs are targeting around 50 national soccer leagues for possible match-fixing and any country is vulnerable regardless of its record on corruption, according to FIFA head of security Ralf Mutschke.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Jamaica further strengthened their playoff chances when they easily brushed aside a struggling Guyana in the opening game of the St Lucia leg of the Caribbean Twenty20 here last evening.

(Reuters) – Lance Armstrong could be jailed and cycling could be dropped from the Olympics as a result of the disgraced American athlete’s reported admission that he had used performance-enhancing drugs during his racing career.

President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Godfrey Munroe says he believes that the GTTA had a solid year in 2012 pointing to the performances of the senior teams at last year’s Caribbean championships.

Rain yesterday severely affected the second round of matches of the Guyana Cricket Board four day Inter County tournament resulting in a total of 44 overs being played in the two scheduled matches.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – West Indies Women beat South Africa Women by 22 runs in the fifth and final One-Day International here  yesterday, to complete a remarkable comeback and ensure a 2-2 tie in the series.

Suspended President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass will be eligible to run for office at the end of his 26-month suspension says Jeffrey Webb, president of the Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

Co director of the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament and Organising Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major sees the recent agreement to end the GFF/Guyana Football Association (GFA) saga as a plus for football and anticipates a resurgence of the Kashif and Shanghai tournament.