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COLOMBO, (Reuters) – West Indies’ opening batsman Chris Gayle rates the bowling of fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt and reckons the six-times Olympic gold medallist has what it takes to excel at the game.

Secretary of the Guyana Amateur Power-lifting Federation (GAPF) Gordon Spencer was one of two lucky fans attending the Guyana/El Salvador World Cup Qualifying game who won Caribbean Airlines (CAL) return tickets to New York.

(Reuters) – Argentina’s Sergio Martinez is set to fight WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

By Emmerson Campbell It was surely not what the thousands of the yellow clad supporters of the Golden Jaguars went to see at the Providence National Stadium.

In his second track event in a 10-day span, national 5000m record holder Cleveland Forde once again dominated the field, lapping every competitor to make a commanding statement on day one of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter Unit Athletic Championship at the GDF ground Camp Ayanganna.

Former Inter-Services Athletics Championships (ISAC) 400 metres champion Patrick King is poised to earn a sprint triple crown today after blazing his way to top qualifying times in two 100 metres heats and the 400 metres tack event yesterday.

Top Berbice cyclist Neil Reece Sunday edged the in-form Dwight Holder in a thrilling finish to win the Furniture World 50-mile cycle road race last Sunday winning the Flying Ace Cycle Club event in one hour and 55 minutes.

Former Guyana and England cricketer, Monty Lynch, is now the head coach of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC).

Unable to convince the International Cricket Council (ICC) to provide an exclusive window for the Indian Premier League (IPL), the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have decided to do it on their own.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has expressed confidence in his side’s chances in the World Twenty20 Tournament taking place in Sri Lanka this month.

Former national junior sprint champion Letitia Myles began her track and field career at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter Unit with two impressive performances on the track and in the field on day one of the GDF Inter Unit Championships yesterday.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), in conjunction with the National Sports Commission (NSC) will this evening host a vigil for the late president of the GTTA, Henry Greene at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue from 7pm.

Former National champion Lennox Braithwaite shot three possibles in a fine display of precision shooting at last Sunday?s

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) is accusing outgoing WICB CEO Ernest Hilaire of making misleading statements concerning a recent ruling in favour of West Indies cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday announced that Admiral Sportswear will be the official kit supplier of West Indies cricket until August 2013.

Abigail McDonald is the winner of the just concluded Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) open tournament played on Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – West Indies are banking on off-spinner Sunil Narine playing an important role in the World Twenty20 on the dusty pitches of Sri Lanka this month.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – Yuvraj Singh was denied a fairytale comeback from serious illness as New Zealand beat India by one run in a see-saw Twenty20 International to win the two-match series yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Britain’s long wait is over. The nation that invented modern tennis finally has a champion for the new age after Andy Murray won the U.S.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis has promised to deliver all five of his bowling variations in the Twenty20 World Cup tournament which begins next Tuesday.