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– Says Mark Austin With the paperwork completed the boxers who will appear on the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) first promotional card dubbed Guyana Fight Night on January 27 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) are ready to swing into action.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Berbice cricket team were in a strong position to force an outright win against the President’s XI on the second day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior inter-county tournament at the Demerara Cricket Club ground yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A spectacular Derone Davis hat-trick triggered yet another humiliating Barbados batting meltdown as Combined Campuses and Colleges hauled themselves off the bottom of the Caribbean Twenty20 standings with a sensational win here Friday night.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – World class all-rounder Stafanie Taylor proved her worth in gold to fire West Indies Women to an all important eight-wicket win over South Africa Women and keep the hosts alive in the five-match one-day series here  yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Jamaica edged Leeward Islands in a nail-biter, pulling off an exciting win via the super-over to move into contention for a playoff spot in the Caribbean Twenty20 here Friday night.

One of the oldest football clubs in the country the Thomas United Football Club will hold a special general meeting this afternoon at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) pavilion.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Windward Islands eliminated Leeward Islands from the Caribbean Twenty20 when they dealt the struggling side their fourth straight defeat here today.

HOBART, Tasmania,  CMC – Kemar Roach’s Brisbane Heat booked their spot in the Australian Big Bash semi-finals on Saturday with a crushing eight-wicket win over Hobart Hurricanes.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – A spectacular Derone Davis hat-trick triggered yet another humiliating Barbados batting meltdown as Combined Campuses and Colleges hauled themselves off the bottom of the Caribbean Twenty20 standings with a sensational win here Friday night.

The annual Banks Beer Cup knockout football competition will continue this year, president of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Vernon Burnett said yesterday at the presentation ceremony to reward winners of the second annual tournament which concluded on New Year’s Day at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Bourda ground.

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – Guyana batting stalwart Shivnarine Chanderpaul says he’s excited and looking forward to today’s showdown against Trinidad and Tobago.

Former West Indies opener Sewnarine Chattergoon hit an impressive century as Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Berbice closed the second day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior four-day Inter-County match against the President’s XI at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground on 267-3.

Minister of Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday awarded two Phase Two Sub Lot contracts to Bholonauth Contracting and Engineering Services and Howard’s Construction for the completion of the boundary fence and the ticket booths at the Track and Field facility at Leonora.

(Reuters) – Guard Wesley Matthews buried successive three-pointers to cap a stunning late rally as the Portland Trail Blazers stunned the NBA champion Miami Heat with a tense 92-90 win on Thursday.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and his brothers Adnan and Umar have been axed from the Pakistan squad for the three-test tour of South Africa beginning next month.

Local golfers will tee off from noon today in the first tournament of 2013 a Memorial one in honour of the late former professional player and coach Basil Sukhram at the Lusignan Golf Club course.

The Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition resumes today with four matches to kick start the new year. 

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – Hashim Amla plundered yet another century to lead South Africa to a commanding 325 for four on the first day of the second and final test against New Zealand at St George’s Park yesterday.

LAUSANNE, (Reuters) – The director of Switzerland’s laboratory for doping analysis has denied allegations that he once told disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong how to avoid being detected for EPO.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Guyana overcame an indifferent batting display with a gutsy bowling performance to stun Barbados by 42 runs, and post their second win in the Caribbean Twenty20 at Queen’s Park Oval here Thursday night.