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Despite the fact that a number of the country’s top limited overs cricketers are on duty with the national T20 side which will participate in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional T20 competition starting tomorrow in Trinidad and Tobago, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is going ahead with its staging of the annual Inter-County limited overs competition.

Most if not all sporting bodies locally did not accomplish all of their goals in 2012 but in a perfect world if their presidents could have their wishes come to past in 2013, what would these wishes be?

National Junior Chess Champion Anthony Drayton won the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Topco Juices blitz tournament o held at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club last Sunday.

A wide cross-section of the Guyanese society paid glowing tribute to popular Pharmacist and ardent sports personality Sydney “Syd” Cummings who was cremated yesterday at Good Hope Crematorium following a church service at Bedford Methodist Church on North Road.

Mark “Jumbie” Wiltshire will from tomorrow stage a grand one week dominoes competition in honour of his 58th birth anniversary at the Transport Sports Club.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa completed an innings victory over New Zealand within three days yesterday in a result which was never in doubt after the visitors collapsed to 45 all out before lunch on the opening day of the first test.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- Lion hearted pacer, Tino Best, is backing new captain Dwayne Smith to lead Barbados to title honours in the Caribbean T20 tournament which gets underway here tomorrow.

PORT- OF- SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies batsman Darren Bravo hit an enterprising half century as Trinidad and Tobago defeated the Windward Islands by five wickets in their practice Caribbean T20 Tournament game at the University of Trinidad and Tobago grounds here on Thursday night.

(Reuters) – Bench player Steve Novak led a sizzling three-point shooting display as the New York Knicks mixed spectacular offense with a much improved defense to stun the red-hot San Antonio Spurs with a 100-83 win at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago manager, Omar Khan, has conceded that the unavailability of ace strike bowler Ravi Rampaul will be a ‘major blow’ to the defending champions as they begin their campaign in the Caribbean T/20 tournament here on Sunday.

PERTH, Australia, CMC- Chris Gayle’s horror tournament continues as his Sydney Thunders labored through another dismal performance, crashing to a 9 wicket defeat to the Perth Scorchers in the Australian Big bash League yesterday.

PERTH, Australia,  CMC-Chris Gayle’s horror tournament continues as his Sydney Thunders laboured through another dismal performance, crashing to a 9 wicket defeat to the Perth Scorchers in the Australian Big bash League today.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda known for hosting many historic test matches with spectators witnessing great performances by cricket’s elite saw what would have been a record-breaking crowd on January 1, when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) hosted the final of the Banks Beer/GFA Cup.

ESPN Caribbean will air the annual Caribbean Twenty20 cricket tournament throughout the West Indies beginning this Sunday January 6 with Trinidad & Tobago, who won 2012’s tournament, coming up against Jamaica at the Queen’s Park Oval, in Port-of-Spain, a release from the network said yesterday.

After leading Buxton United to victory and the $4M prize in the Annual Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament, national forward Dwain Jacobs hopes to ink a contract with an overseas club.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-A match winning performance from Barbados captain Dwayne Smith led them to a commanding 77 run win over Trinidad and Tobago’s ‘B’ team in a practice match here yesterday.

The carnivalesque GFA/Banks Beer Tournament reflected both highs and lows which will enthuse the organizers and also send them back to the drawing board.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- Trinidad and Tobago fast bowler, Ravi Rampaul, will miss this year’s Caribbean T20 tournament due to injury, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-Trinidad and Tobago all-rounder, Dwayne Bravo, says his new year’s resolution is to regain his place on the West Indies test team.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – An unbeaten 69 from Dean Brownlie helped New Zealand reach 169 for four in their second innings on the second day of the first test against South Africa yesterday.