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Chris Gayle ... back in West Indies team.
Chris Gayle … back in West Indies team.

Gayle recalled after high-level meeting

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Beleaguered opener Chris Gayle has been recalled to the West Indies squad for the one-day tour of England, ending a protracted stand-off with the West Indies Cricket Board that has lasted for over a year.

Fast bowler Jason Holder (left) celebrates with teammates after dismissing Abhinav Mukund. (Photo by Windiescricket.com)
Fast bowler Jason Holder (left) celebrates with teammates after dismissing Abhinav Mukund. (Photo by Windiescricket.com)

Tense day ahead… after Holder gives Windies A edge

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies A came alive in a spectacular last hour to gain the upper hand over India A at the close of the third day of the first four-day ‘Test’ match yesterday.

President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Steve Ninvalle (centre) makes a point at the launching of the Pepsi/GABA Under-16 Development Programme yesterday while from left GABA’s Vice-President Eustace Cuffy, Sales Manager of DDL, Alexis Langhorne, former world champion Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis and GABA’s Technical Director Terrence Poole look on. (Orlando Charles photo)
President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Steve Ninvalle (centre) makes a point at the launching of the Pepsi/GABA Under-16 Development Programme yesterday while from left GABA’s Vice-President Eustace Cuffy, Sales Manager of DDL, Alexis Langhorne, former world champion Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis and GABA’s Technical Director Terrence Poole look on. (Orlando Charles photo)

Over 60 amateur boxers in U-16 tournament

By Emmerson Campbell Over 60 amateur pugilists from nine gyms across the country will vie for trophies and medals when the two-day Pepsi/Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Under-16 Development Programme boxes off on Saturday on the tarmac adjacent to the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis gym.

Hugh Ross

Hugh Ross aims to conquer at World C/ships in Ireland

The atmosphere in the gyms is charged with excitement as local bodybuilders pump up their training in preparation for the Hugh Ross Classic Body Building & Fitness Show, slated for July 28 at the National Cultural Centre, while Chairman of the Committee, Hugh Ross is himself blazing the competitive trail.

Ball play during Saturday night’s Guinness Greatest of the Streets Exhibition Competition.  (Orlando Charles photo)

Street football at knockout stage tonight

After three nights of fierce rivalry in the round-robin segment of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Exhibition Competition, the business end of the tournament kicks off tonight at the National Cultural Centre tarmac.

Andres Iniesta

Variety is the spice of life for unbeaten Spain

MADRID, (Reuters) – With a limitless supply of attacking players, Spain head to Euro 2012 with all the attributes required to break down the tightest of defences, according to former national team coach and current China boss Jose Antonio Camacho.

Thor Hushovd

Unfit Hushovd to skip Tour de France

PARIS, (Reuters) – Former world champion Thor Hushovd of Norway will skip next month’s Tour de France because he is not fit enough for a three-week race, his BMC team said yesterday.

Patrick Husbands

Husbands lands Alywow but misses out on Oaks

TORONTO, Canada,  CMC – Barbadian jockey Patrick Husbands captured the CAN$116 000 Alywow Stakes for the third straight year but missed out in the prestigious half-million dollar Woodbine Oaks where he was astride the favourite Dixie Strike, in a day of mixed fortunes at Woodbine racetrack on Sunday.

Holder Li falls, Sharapova survives, Nadal romps

PARIS,  (Reuters) – A new name will be engraved on the Suzanne Lenglen trophy after the last remaining champion, China’s Li Na, was felled in the fourth round of the French Open by a bespectacled 142nd ranked qualifier better known for her doubles skills.

Chris Humphrey

Jamaica punishes footballers for breaking Panama curfew

(Jamaica Gleaner) Marlon King and fellow Britain-based striker, Chris Humphrey, have been axed from Jamaica’s senior men’s football squad for its first two matches in the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Semi-Final Round competition for breaking curfew rules on their recent tour of Panama.

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