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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.

By Emmerson Campbell After holding El Salvador to a draw on Friday, the Golden Jaguars will look to take full advantage of their home turf and roar to victory against their Group B foes in an all important match tonight at the Providence National Stadium.

Fired up from a commanding victory at the Ainlim 10km Guyana’s long distance maestro Cleveland Forde will be gunning for another dominant win in the 5000m at the Guyana Defence Force Inter Unit Championships which will be held at the GDF ground Camp Ayanagana this morning.

By Yonalla Dalrymple Golden Jaguars football team is fully prepared and ready to take on El Salvador in the return leg of their World Cup qualifying match tonight at the Providence National Stadium coach Jamaal Shabazz said yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell Following Guyana’s performances at this year’s London Olympic Games, former deadlift World record holder in the 74kgs Master’s Two category, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby sees the need to make the nation proud again on the world stage.

By Neil Barry A century from national Under-15 batsman Sherfane Rutherford was the highlight of the latest round of the New Building Society (NBS) limited overs second division competition last weekend.

Reigning national sprint champion Rupert Perry is looking to shake off his injury woes of earlier this season and return to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter Unit Track and Field Championships at the GDF ground Camp Ayangana which begin today.

By Neil Barry Once again both games in the Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup first division two-day competition were completed before 3pm on Sunday’s second day as the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) and Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) completed convincing victories over the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Everest Cricket Club respectively.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will run off its long-awaited annual athletics championship today at the Camp Ayanganna sports ground from 10.30am.

The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Inter Unit Championship will take place all this week at the GDF ground Camp Ayanganna with many titles up from grabs and opportunities for newcomers to make their name and claim a spot on the team for the Inter Services Athletic Championships (ISAC).

OLD TRAFFORD, England, CMC- West Indies women lost to England by 28 runs in their second of a five match series as part of their preparations for the world Twenty20 in Sri Lanka later this month.

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.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Three months ago, Serena Williams was at her lowest after going out in the first round of the French Open, her earliest exit at a grand slam.