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The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) sanctioned Karibee Rice tournament sponsored by Karibee Rice Company got off to a lukewarm start over the weekend with only one of the four games scheduled for the weekend being played.

AUCKLAND , New Zealand,  CMC- Olympic one and two hundred metres champion Usain Bolt says his goal of lowering the 100 metre mark below 9.4 seconds still stands and hints of a possibility of it happening next season.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Inspired by a swashbuckling knock of 78 from Marlon Samuels at a crucial stage, West Indies rolled over Sri Lanka by 36 runs to lift the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 title here yesterday.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Marlon Samuels turned up with more than just his best form in  yesterday’s World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Mahela Jayawardene stepped down as Sri Lanka’s 20-over captain after failing to lead his team to their maiden World Twenty20 title  yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy revealed Saturday that legendary former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd had written to the team pledging his support for yesterday’s World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Leading West Indies to their first World Cup title since 1979 gave Darren Sammy a chance to hit back at his critics but the all-rounder preferred to forgive them and talk about a possible resurgence of cricket’s former superpower instead.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Jess Cameron’s show with the bat and Lisa Sthalekar’s all-round skills helped Australia retain the Women’s World Twenty20 title with a close four-run victory over England in the final  yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A turbo-charged start yielding two goals in the opening 15 minutes and a spectacular effort by Tom Cleverley led Manchester United to a 3-0 victory at Newcastle United in the Premier League  yesterday.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Real Madrid came away with a point but failed to secure the victory they needed to trim the gap on leaders Barcelona when the outstanding Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo each struck twice in an attritional 2-2 draw in La Liga yesterday.

The Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) Inter-Jamaat tape ball competition is set to bowl off on October 21.

Colin Ming staved off a strong challenge from Kassim Khan to win the second annual United Insurance Golf tournament Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course.

By Iva Wharton The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) is moving to include other associations in its Banks DIH end of year knock out tournament says Kwabina Griffith, Vice President with responsibility for Technical and Tactical Development.

Kishun Bacchus is a man of many firsts. Following his victory in the inaugural President’s Cup golf tournament last month, he accomplished another major feat when he shot a hole-in-one at the Lusignan Golf Course recently.

-urges team to lift game for final COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy says despite the convincing nature of his side’s semi-final victory, they will have to improve even further if they are to beat Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20 final here today.

The West Indies’ thumping victory over Australia in Friday’s World T20 semi-final was as near to flawless as it gets in Twenty20 cricket.

By Emmerson Campbell Michael Anthony, gold medalist at this year’s Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships proved yesterday at the National Park that he can also win against the local seniors.

Guyana has named a strong 13-man squad for this week’s West Indies Fullbore shooting championships which open Tuesday at the Timehri rifle ranges.

—ahead of Saturday’s Foreign Invasion card By Emmerson Campbell Former world-rated super bantamweight boxer, Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore and national featherweight champion, Clive ‘Wonder Kid’ Atwell staged a public workout yesterday at the Kitty bus park to promote next Saturday’s six-fight boxing card dubbed ‘Foreign Invasion’.

The first of three trial matches to name the squad to contest the 2012 Inter Guiana Games took place yesterday morning at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue.