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HOVE, England, CMC – West Indies Women’s miserable Twenty20 tour of England continued here  yesterday when they crashed to their fourth straight defeat at the hands of the hosts with an 84-run loss.

KHULNA, Bangladesh,  CMC – High Performance Centre head coach Graeme West is anxious to have a look at his side’s development in the two upcoming four-day matches.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago will seek to boost their preparation for the Champions League T20 when they face archrivals Barbados in a tripleheader in Bridgetown next week.

Inshan Khan slammed 13 sixes in a swashbuckling  century last Sunday to help Success Warriors defeat Super Streets by 135 runs as the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) competition continued at several venues throughout the country.

By Emmerson Campbell Local Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) champions flyweight Dexter ‘De Kid’ Marques, bantamweight Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry, welterweight Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy and middleweight Edmond ‘Wonder Boy’ DeClou

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) once again pulled out another victory at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) annual athletics championships yesterday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

The stage is set for the inaugural President’s Cup golf tournament billed for tomorrow at the Lusignan Golf Club with local and international players competing for the prestigious event organized to promote golf and sports tourism in Guyana.

By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Football Fed-eration (GFF) and the Guyana Football Association (GFA) have been locked in a bitter dispute for quite some time and according to National Coach of the Golden Jaguars, Jamaal Shabazz, this has led to the detriment of the local based players on the national team.

By Iva Wharton Riddim Squad Football Club (FC) will be donating its winnings from the Banks President Beer Tournament to the family of Shaquille Grant to assist with his burial.

The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will meet this evening at either the Linden Enterprise Network on Republic Avenue, Mackenzie or the Mackenzie Sports Club Lounge on Green Heart Street to finalise plans for the staging of the inaugural Bosai Open basketball championship,

The inner circuit of the National Park will be transformed into a speedway today when National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed and Desinco Trading, through its Degree line of deodorants, team up to host an 11-race programme.

PORT-OF-SPAIN-Trinidad, CMC- Former Trinidad and Tobago captain, Daren Ganga, has been omitted from the Red Force for the upcoming Champions League in South Africa.

By Neil Barry The Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) will start as favourites when they take on the Gandhi Youth Organisation in their Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) two-day first division Carib Beer Heroes Cup competition at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, Queenstown.

By Neil Barry Some seven second division matches will take place this weekend as the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) New Building Society (NBS) limited overs competition continues at various ground in the city.

By Iva Wharton A protest launched by Santos Football Club against Fruta Conquerors Football Club is holding back the start of the Banks DIH Super League tournament.

By Neil Barry jr Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored an unbeaten even hundred and his son Tagenarine scored 65 and took three wickets to inspire an East Coast XI to a 19-run victory over the over the touring Prasad Cricket Club of  Trinidad.

West Indies coach Ottis Gibson just does not get it. It will be very difficult for his side to win the upcoming International Cricket Council’s Twenty20 World Cup which commences next week.

The third round of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) U-19 limited overs cricket competition gets underway at 11am today with four matches.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC – West Indies batting great Brian Lara says it is a ‘humbling experience’ to be selected for induction into the cricket hall of fame alongside some of the world’s greatest cricketers.

Defending female champions of the Amerindian Heritage football tournament, Eagle United, was told to mix the composition of its team if it wanted to successfully defend its title this year.