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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Barbados stumbled and stuttered before eventually marching to their second victory of the Caribbean Twenty20, with a five-wicket defeat of embattled Jamaica here Tuesday.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC- Chris Gayle emerged from a run drought to hit a record half century but the Sydney Thunder squandered his heroics and succumbed to a 13 run loss against the Melbourne Stars in the Australian Big Bash League Tuesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan 8, CMC – A sloppy final over from beanpole seamer Jason Holder gifted Guyana a dramatic last-ball win over Combined Campuses and Colleges in the Caribbean Twenty20 here last night.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Barbados made light work of Leeward Islands, romping to an emphatic nine-wicket win to send an early warning in the 2013 edition of the Caribbean Twenty20 here yesterday.

Arch-rivals Berbice and Demerara are both within reach of winning the Guyana Cricket Board’s senior Inter County limited overs competition which will climax today with the final two matches.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Lionel Messi, still only 25, was named the world’s best player for the fourth time in a row  yesterday after a year in which he finally produced his best form for Argentina as well as Barcelona.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – A fighting knock of 40 from skipper Merissa Aguilleira was the only sparkle as West Indies suffered a batting collapse and lost to South Africa by 80 runs in the first of their five match one-day International series at Warner Park here yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Coaches of the two teams involved in Sunday night’s opening clash of the Caribbean T20 tournament both claim they had a chance of pulling of victory barring the inclement weather which forced the match to be abandoned.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The Denver Nuggets dropped the stumbling Los Angeles Lakers further into the doldrums on Sunday with a 112-105 win despite some fourth-quarter fireworks from Kobe Bryant.

LONDON, England, CMC- Former England captain, Andrew Strauss, says he is excited about the role he is playing in helping to develop cricket in St.

Fruta Conquerors Football Club’s administration and management on Friday held an appreciation dinner for members of their senior team at the Salt and Pepper Restaurant on Robb Street, Lacytown to honour their commitment to the continued success of the club.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC-West Indies pacer Kemar Roach failed with both ball and bat as his Brisbane Heat’s bid to qualify for the semi-final round of the Australian Big Bash League suffered a blow yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – There was no fairytale start to Trinidad and Tobago’s quest for a third Caribbean Twenty20 title as their curtain-raiser against archrivals Jamaica ended disappointingly in a no-result, after rain washed out the contest on Sunday night.

Former national junior player Chris Williams scored a game-high 26 points to lead Victory Valley Royals to a 66-57 points win over the Amelia’s Ward Jets in the final of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Magnificent Seven championships at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard-court Saturday night.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC- West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has been charged with two offences following his ugly clash with Shane Warne during a match between Melbourne Renegades and Melbourne Stars in therememebr u h Australian Big Bash league on Sunday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Cricket officials here have defended their decision to omit Chris Gayle from the Jamaica squad for the Caribbean T20 tournament currently underway in Trinidad and Tobago.

Bauxite Flyers Cycle Club’s Orville Hinds on Sunday outsprinted veteran rider Raymond `Steely” Newton to win the Wilbert Benjamin-sponsored Flying Ace Cycle Club Open 30-mile event in Berbice.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Barbados made light work of Leeward Islands, romping to an emphatic nine-wicket win to send an early warning in the 2013 edition of the Caribbean Twenty20 here today.

MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC) — West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has been charged with two offences following his ugly clash with Shane Warne during a match between Melbourne Renegades and Melbourne Stars in the Australian Big Bash league on Sunday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica played to a no result in the opening match of the Caribbean Twenty20 at Queen’s Park Oval here yesterday.