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(Reuters) – The streaking Los Angeles Clippers knocked Oklahoma City out of first place in the West with a forceful 92-77 victory on Monday that earned the hosts a first playoff berth in six years.

As expected, with defending champions Georgetown missing from the field, Linden, with 292 points ran out winners of the 12th annual LinWest Games for schoolchildren held Sunday last at the Blaimond Community Centre ground, West  Coast Berbice.

Mackenzie High School (MHS) chalked up its second win of the Eighth annual Victory Valley Royals Schools’ basketball tournament by  whipping Wisburg Secondary 43 – 23 when the competition continued on Monday at the Mackenzie Sports Club hardcourt in Linden.

The unbeaten Hikers have taken an unassailable lead in the John Fernandes Insurance Services second division hockey league after All Greys slumped to their first defeat against Old Fort in a second round encounter.

From Colin Benjamin in Trinidad Another typically gritty innings from Michael Hussey along with disciplined late afternoon bowling were the cornerstones that led to Australia asserting an early advantage on a rain-affected second day of the penultimate Digicel 2012 test at the Queen’s Park Oval ground, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, yesterday.

Pele Football Club secured a 3-1 victory over Buxton United while Victoria Kings and Seawall played to a 1-1 draw in Sunday’s Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League matches played at the Beterverwagting Community Centre ground on the East Coast of Demerara.

By Emmerson Campbell Potential London Olympic Games pugilist Bert Braithwaite will have a chance to impress the selection committee of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) when he matches gloves with Kishon Simon on April 27 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Next month will mark the first anniversary of the founding of the ‘Community Football’ team in East Ruimveldt.

By Iva Wharton Repairs to community centre grounds across Guyana will commence after the passage of the budget Minister of Sports Dr.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – A ruthless Jamaica completed an unprecedented fifth straight Regional first class triumph when they crushed Barbados by 139 runs here yesterday.

East Coast Demerara used its home ground to great advantage in scoring an upset 1-0 over Berbice in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Under-16 match played Sunday at the Beterverwagting Community Centre ground.

The newly formed Saints Hockey Club scored an major upset when the clubbed Old Fort 6-0 while frontrunners Hikers and All Greys battled to a high-scoring 4-4 draw in matches of the John Fernandes Insurance Service second division hockey league played at St.

Coach of Alpha United Football Club Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover said yesterday that the team was fully prepared for participation in Group Two of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) tournament.

By Neil Barry The University of Guyana, led by skipper Damian Vantull, booked a place in the final of the Noble House Seafoods-sponsored second division two-day competition when they defeated Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) on first innings over the weekend.

By Neil Barry Demerara Cricket Club’s `A’ team beat tournament leaders Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) by four wickets last week-end as the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Brainstreet U-15 competition continued.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Written off as too old and accused of hastening the downfall of Andre Villas-Boas, Chelsea’s old guard have flourished under stand-in manager Roberto Di Matteo and will relish trying to halt Barcelona’s bandwagon tomorrow.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – There were no fireworks from West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard as his Mumbai Indians crashed to a disappointing seven-wicket lost to Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League here  yesterday.

Australia grinds on Oval turner From Colin Benjamin in Trinidad In what is easily the most competitive West Indies versus Australia test series duel since that famous 2-2 draw in 1998/99, both sides fought out a keen battle of attrition on the opening day of the second Digicel test at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, yesterday.

From Colin Benjamin in Trinidad One of the greatest off-spin bowlers in test history, if not the greatest – Lancelot Richard Gibbs has stated that Devendra Bishoo’s  being dropped for the on-going second test versus Australia is the best thing that could happen to 26-year old leg-spinner at this early stage of his career.

Last Saturday, local distance queen Alika Morgan received a pair of long distance running shoes from Colors Shoe store on Robb Street.