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MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an investigation into match-fixing allegations made by an Indian television channel against international umpires.

BELGRADE,  (Reuters) – More games and bigger arenas will enable Europe’s premier basketball competition to aim for NBA standards, Euroleague chief Jordi Bertomeu has vowed ahead of the new season starting  tomorrow.

BURTON UPON TRENT, England, (Reuters) – English soccer’s 105 million-pound ($168 million) plan to win the World Cup was granted royal approval  yesterday as the Football Association’s St George’s Park National Football Centre was officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

CENTURION, South Africa,  CMC-Trinidad and Tobago management has dismissed the team’s eight wicket loss to Auckland Aces in a warm-up match on Sunday as a learning curve.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC-Two West Indies cricketers, Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels, have been named in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) team of the World Twenty20 tournament which ended in Sri Lanka on Sunday.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC-Prime Minister Tillman Thomas says the world has been put on notice of a resurgence in West Indies cricket following their 36 run win over Sri Lanka to secure the ICC Twenty/20 trophy.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa test captain Graeme Smith has strongly denied recent suggestions that he or his team deliberately provoked England batsman Kevin Pietersen into sending “provocative” text messages to the Proteas players during the recent test series between the sides.

… Guyanese shooters in high spirits After two important team practice sessions over the weekend, Guyana’s rifle shooters are in high spirits ahead of the West Indies full bore championships which open today with the individual competition at the Timehri Rifle Ranges.

An organised team effort from the students of the country’s number one secondary school, Queen’s College (QC) propelled them to the pole position at Zone One’s Inter School Track and Field Championships for North Georgetown District Number 11 yesterday.

-Hassan Mohamed By Emmerson Campbell This year’s sixth annual ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage road race which will pedal off this Thursday has already attracted more competitors than last year’s event and it promises to be the best one yet.

By Emmerson Campbell When this year’s sixth annual ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage road race pedals off this Thursday, absent will be national cyclist and inaugural winner of the event Alonzo Greaves as well as his Roraima Bikers Club mates.

WITH one notable, and understandable, exception, the cricket world’s press yesterday welcomed West Indies’ victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC World T20 final in Colombo on Sunday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC-West Indian cricketers Marlon Samuels and spinner Sunil Narine have both recorded rises of 20 places in the latest Reliance ICC T20 player rankings released yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – West Indies Women’s captain Merissa Aguilleira and coach Sherwin Campbell were both thrilled to hear that the men’s team had won the ICC World Twenty20 Tournament in Sri Lanka on Sunday.

– Chris Bowman Four sessions of try-outs for the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) male Under 20 basketball team took place over the weekend at the National Gymnasium as Guyana prepares for the tournament which is scheduled to take place early next month.

By Neil Barry Jnr. Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Sunday won the 2012 New Building Society limited overs, second division competition in a controversial finish to their game against arch rivals Demerara Cricket Club at Bourda.

-says coach The national junior girls volleyball team will be looking to avenge their two loses at the Inter Guiana Games 2011, and according to the coach Randy Adams, they are primed and ready to do exactly that next month.

Watched by capacity crowd that included West Indies legend Clive Lloyd, Enterprise Busta pulled off a stunning five-wicket win against tournament favourites Lusignan in a thrilling final of the 2011 East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Carib Beer T20 tournament Saturday night.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC- President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Dr Julian Hunte, says West Indies sensational performance to win the ICC World twenty/20 title was a great gift to supporters all over the world.

Uitvlugt Football Club and BV/Triumph secured victories when the preliminary rounds of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League competition was  played on Sunday.