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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Stafanie Taylor continued to grab the headlines, scoring the first hundred ever in the Regional Women’s Twenty20 Tournament, as Jamaica inflicted a crushing, 172-run defeat on Dominica yesterday here.

The organizers of this weekend’s scheduled second annual Jamzone T20 masters Cup four-team tournament was yesterday forced to pull the plug on its staging following a release from the West Indies Cricket (WICB)  Board that it had not sanctioned the tournament.

Chairman of the Interim Management Committee on cricket Clive Lloyd yesterday told Stabroek Sport that elections to name a new executive to manage the business of the Guyana Cricket Board could be held very shortly.

Legendary cricketer and former West Indian captain Clive Lloyd yesterday stressed the importance of education and discipline while delivering the feature address at this year’s 11th annual East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Cricket Academy which was launched yesterday at the Lusignan Community Centre compound.

Nick Millington, a former United States of America Under-17 footballer and Jamal Smith who plays in Sweden are likely to make their debuts for the Golden Jaguars when the play the Bolivia national side in a friendly international today in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

The 2012 London Olympics is over and the Guyana team is back home following a sub-par showing at the 30th edition of the prestigious games.

BLACK ROCK, Barbados,  CMC – Guyana struggled against Barbados’ fast bowlers to fall for a paltry total, on a rain-hit opening day of the fifth round of matches in the Regional Under-19 Championship here yesterday.

Defending champions Young Achievers are through to the semi-finals of the Trade Wind Tankers True Champions volleyball tournament following play in the second leg of the tournament last Saturday at the National Gymnasium.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – World Player-of-the-Year nominee Stafanie Taylor continued her voracious appetite for runs and completed another fine all-round performance to upstage out-of-favour West Indies Women’s teammate Cordel Jack, spurring Jamaica to a 25-run victory over St.

MASON, Ohio,  (Reuters) – Venus Williams showed almost a year after her health scare that she has the stamina needed as she battled for two hours 23 minutes to beat Russia’s Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-7 6-2 at the Cincinnati Open yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis believes England will miss Kevin Pietersen who was dropped for the third and final test after sending Proteas players text messages criticising England team mates and staff.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCo) has strongly dismissed a claim by International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound who stated that it is difficult to test Jamaican athletes because they are hard find.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Off-spinner Kenneth Dember’s six-wicket haul undermined defending champions Jamaica and put Windward Islands in control of their final round encounter of the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship here  yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Leeward Islands batsmen turned in a solid performance that helped to vindicate a decision to bat first against title-challengers Trinidad and Tobago at Kensington Oval here yesterday.

By Iva Wharton Fresh from the London Olympics, Britany van Lange is one of 27 swimmers who will represent Guyana at the 2012 Goodwill Swimming Championship being held locally at the National Aquatic Centre from Friday, August 17 to 19.

LONDON, (Reuters) – London looked back on the Olympics yesterday with satisfaction and sorrow, confident it had hosted a successful Games yet aware that the 17-day party was over and it was back to the reality of economic recession and painful spending cuts.

By Iva Wharton Despite their last minute notification Western Tigers Football Club is ready to participate in the fourth annual Inter-Guiana Cup which starts today in Suriname.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –Trinidad and Tobago, basking in the glory of its first Olympic gold medal for 36 years, has showered teenaged javelin champion Keshorn Walcott with a number of gifts including a million dollars in cash and TT$2.5 million (US$390 000) home in a high end residential area.

The successful Pre-cadet and Cadet table tennis team which took top honours at the recent championships in Jamaica has come in for praise from none other than former Caribbean men’s singles champion George `The Chief’ Braithwaite himself.

Former Caribbean men’s singles champion and International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) certified Course Conductor Sydney Christophe is conducting an ITTF Level One Coaching Course at the Westchester Table Tennis Center in New York State.