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David Harry secured victory in the Esau Shamshudin Farewell Golf Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club over the weekend.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) are still working on finding a solution to the current impasse outside of the courts, General Secretary of the GFF Noel Adonis said yesterday.

The three-man boxing team of Stefan Gouveia, Imran ‘Magic’ Khan and Bert Braithwaite currently in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil taking part in the Olympic qualifier box off suffered mixed fortunes in their respective bouts.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Blake Griffin scored a game-high 30 points to help the Los Angeles Clippers push the Memphis Grizzlies to the brink of elimination with a 101-97 overtime victory in their Western Conference quarter-final on Monday.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies batsmen Narsingh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin are scheduled to arrive here early today, after managing to finally secure their United Kingdom travel visas in Jamaica.

(Cricinfo) The clash between the two most impressive teams in the tournament proved to be a one-sided affair as Kolkata Knight Riders cruised to a six-wicket victory at a packed Feroz Shah Kotla, displacing Delhi Daredevils from the top spot they had held virtually from the start of the tournament.

HOVE, England,  CMC – West Indies’ preparation for their three-Test series against England continued to take a battering when rain wrecked the final day of their three-day match against Sussex here yesterday.

Hikers continued their march to take championship honours with just a few more matches remaining in  the John Fernandes Insurance Service second division hockey tournament.

HOVE, England,  CMC – Batsman Marlon Samuels is expected to finally link up with the West Indies touring party today.

By Iva Wharton Twenty-nine karatekas have been shortlisted prepare for the upcoming International Karate Daigaku 2012 Shoto Camp and World Cup, scheduled for July 3-8 at the Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.

A steal was a the decisive manoeuvre when Charlestown Secondary defeated Queen’s College 42-41 last Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) School’s tournament.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – A valiant, unbroken 24-run, eighth wicket partnership between Shemaine Campbelle and Tremayne Smartt fired West Indies Women to a series-winning three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the third Twenty20 International here Sunday.

(Reuters) – Ramon Sessions and Steve Blake landed clutch three-pointers in the final minute to give the Los Angeles Lakers a nail-biting 92-88 road victory over the Denver Nuggets and a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Stranded West Indies batsmen Narsingh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin kept themselves in shape ahead of their trip to England, with half-centuries for the Kingston Cricket Club in the domestic competition here Sunday.

HORSENS, Denmark, (Reuters) – World champion Mark Cavendish and Giro d’Italia race leader Taylor Phinney were involved in a mass pileup near the end of the third stage  yesterday won by Australian Matt Goss.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Serena Williams marked her first European appearance of the season with victory on the Madrid Open’s striking blue clay courts yesterday, but her sister Venus crashed out in the second round.

By Emmerson Campbell One day after Alonzo Greaves won the first of two warm up races in the National Park ahead of the 30th annual three-stage road race, his Roraima Bikers club-mate Warren ‘40’ McKay yesterday felt the urge to taste his own success.

Wolf Warriors and Mike’s Wellwoman were crowned male and female champions of the 2012 Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association, Hadi’s Word/City Mall, nationwide softball tournament which ended Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground Carifesta Avenue.

Guyana’s local track and field big three athletes in Winston George, Rupert Perry and Quinse Clarke have been hit by injury which has robbed Perry and Clarke of the opportunity of qualifying for the upcoming London Olympic Games.

Amelia’s Ward Russians held their nerves to pull off a cliff-hanger win over Hardnocks in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets five-aside football finals in Linden Saturday evening at the Mackenzie Municipal Market tarmac.