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KARACHI,  (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board has postponed a tour to Zimbabwe in December in anticipation of a bilateral one-day series against India.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Sunil Narine’s Kolkata Knight Riders emerged from their slumber  yesterday beating the Titans by 99 runs at Newlands to claim their first win of the Champions League Twenty20.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies will play three Day/Night matches among the five One-Day Internationals against Bangladesh during their tour here which starts next month.

The evergreen Robin Persaud on Saturday won the feature event of the inaugural Payless Variety Store sponsored 11-race meet around the inner circuit of the National Park.

-Ramdeen slams ton for Everest By Neil Barry Jr., Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) on Saturday grabbed first innings points against the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) in a low-scoring encounter of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition at the MYO ground.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Trinidad & Tobago and West Indies ‘A’ opening batsman Justin Guillen  hit a brisk half-century for his adopted Barbados club CounterPoint Wanderers, who brought off a thrilling one-run win off the very last ball against LIME in the opening round of the Barbados Cricket Association Sagicor General Twenty20 tournament on Saturday.

looking to take positives from World Cup Qualifiers into CFU competition – Skipper Chris Nurse From Emmerson Campbell in St Lucia The Golden Jaguars have brushed off their disappointing third round 2014 Football World Cup Qualifiers exit and will look to roar to victory when they tackle Group Two foe St.

By Iva Wharton Sophia Special School, North Georgetown, Marian Academy, St.

By Tony cozier Ramnaresh Sarwan would do well to follow the example of Marlon Samuels.

– Golden Jaguars begin quest for Caribbean Football Cup glory today   From Emmerson Campbell in St Lucia The national football team the Golden Jaguars will begin their quest for redemption today when they tackle St Vincent and the Grenadines in their first Group Two game for this year’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Championships here at the Beausejour Stadium in St.

Director of Sport Neil Kumar yesterday declared that the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport was working in partnership with the Guyana Table Tennis Association GTTA to ensure that facilities are in place for the further development of the sport.

Ravendra Persaud hit a century while Zulfikar Ali hit an unbeaten 94 as Young Guns defeated East Bankers by 134 runs when the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Associa-tion competition continued last Sunday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies captain and outstanding batsman Brian Lara says he turned down an offer to play for the International XI in two unofficial Twenty20 matches in Pakistan because he was concerned about the message it would send out in light of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) disassociating itself from the matches.

Former England captain Tony Greig has been diagnosed with a form of lung cancer.

By Neil Barry The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) raced to victory at their home ground in Queenstown yesterday in their quarter-final of the Queensway Cup competition over the Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) at the DCC ground in Queenstown.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Test players Kirk Edwards and Kemar Roach have been left out of a Barbados 23-man provisional squad for the 2013 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament in Trinidad & Tobago and St.

By Iva Wharton Golfers from Canada and the United States have confirmed their participation for this year’s staging of the Digicel Golf Classic said Secretary of the Lusignan Golf Course, David Mohamed.

By Neil Barry Jr., The third edition of the Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Seafoods second division two day competition gets underway today with two games in Zone A and two in Zone B.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Ronaldinho’s chances of winning the Brazilian soccer championship for the first time realistically depend on Atletico Mineiro beating leaders Fluminense tomorrow.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Dutch lender Rabobank has ended its 17-year sponsorship of professional cycling, saying it had lost faith in the sport’s leaders to clean up following the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.