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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 25th Test century underpinned a gallant batting effort as West Indies battled their way into a strong position on the second day of the first Test against Australia here yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell Jude Bentley’s last name is synonymous with a luxurious automobile so it was only fitting for the 2006 Commonwealth Games cyclist to ride in vintage style.

Idi Lewis has been a successful player for Guyana winning the Caribbean Junior boys singles title and  gaining a bronze medal as a senior player.

After a full day of rest the six member Guyanese contingent at the 41st Carifta Games will look to make good their efforts when they compete on the final day of the games today at the National Sports Centre in Bermuda.

Even as Guyana’s best bodybuilders are hard at work sculpting their physiques ahead of what is anticipated to be the biggest Hugh Ross Classic Body Building and Fitness show, corporate support is also flexing its muscle.

Group stage action in the Linden leg of the 2012, Guinness Greatest of the Street Futsal competition continued on Saturday evening at the New Silver City Hard Court with four of the eight fixtures producing results Eight (8) pulsating matches warmed the hearts of the fans who braved the persistent showers earlier in the day, to throng the venue and witness the night’s action, which also saw defending champions Eagles being held to a two all draw by Trainline Warriors.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Experienced West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has praised the maturity of the side’s younger players and said yesterday’s performance was testimony of their improvement.

West Indies coach Ottis Gibson is at it again. Hardly had the dust settled on his long standing confrontation with former West Indies opener Chris Gayle over ironically, Gayle’s criticism of him before the West Indies Coach found himself embroiled in another controversy with another West Indies player.

The Guyana and Jamaica national football teams known as the Golden Jaguars and Reggae Boyz respectively will lock horns in a major international friendly on May 18 at the Catherine Hall Stadium in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Vice-captain Kirk Edwards and teenaged opener Kraigg Brathwaite stroked contrasting half-centuries to give West Indies a strong start but rain forced an anti-climatic end to the opening day of the first Test against Australia here yesterday.

Guyana scored its first medal at the Carifta Games on the first day of the 41st edition of the event when Andrea Foster claimed bronze for the Golden Arrowhead at the National Sports Centre in Bermuda yesterday.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday last launched a massive countywide coaching programme that would be sponsored by the Guyana Oil Company and Castrol.

(Cricinfo) Narsingh Deonarine’s recall to the West Indies Test team to face Australia is a temporary solution to the absence of Marlon Samuels and has arrived despite continued reservations about his fitness, the coach Ottis Gibson has candidly admitted.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore welcomed a triumphant start to their 2012 Indian Premier League campaign thanks to a comfortable 20-run victory over the Delhi Daredevils at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell In a sense Winston Stoby can be considered as having the Midas touch.

(Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs blew past the New Orleans Hornets 128-103 to claim the Western Conference lead with their 10th consecutive victory on Friday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – England won the second test against Sri Lanka in some style when man of the match Kevin Pietersen smashed Tillakaratne Dilshan for six over mid wicket to complete an eight-wicket victory on the fifth and final day yesterday.

AUGUSTA, Georgia,  (Reuters) – Phil Mickelson stormed up the Masters leaderboard yesterday to restore a sense of normality on an extraordinary day at Augusta National as Rory McIlroy relived his worst nightmare and Tiger Woods faded out of contention.

LONDON, England,  CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies left-hander Brendan Nash opened his English County Championship campaign in style with a stylish half-century for Kent on Thursday.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  CMC – Regional powerhouses Jamaica wasted precious little time in stamping their mark on the 41st CARIFTA Games, winning four of the five finals in the morning session on the opening day here yesterday.