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NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Their bowling, spearheaded by birthday boy Gavin Tonge, set things up and their batting, led by Kieran Powell, helped Leeward Islands to a morale-boosting, eight-wicket victory over Canada in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament yesterday.

Giftland Officemax became the first corporate entity this year to throw its support behind the Guyana National football team after signing a $4.25 million-dollar contract with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) as the team prepares for the third round of the  CONCACAF 2014 World Cup Qualifiers against Mexico, Costa Rica and El Salvador from June 8 – October 16.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Ousted former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner said  yesterday he had documented evidence to back his claim that he was gifted World Cup television rights in return for FIFA votes and accused the organisation of being “disingenuous and dishonest”.

 (Reuters) – The Memphis Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing streak with a 94-83 mauling of the New York Knicks at the FedExForum on Thursday.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will host its annual awards ceremony tonight for the most outstanding athletes during 2011 at the Young Men’s Christian Association Building (YMCA) from 19:00hrs.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – David Warner surprised even himself with his scoring rate as he smashed the quickest ever century by a test opener in a match against India  yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – An unbroken, opening stand between Dwayne Smith and captain Kirk Edwards raced Barbados to an emphatic 10-wicket victory over the Netherlands in a low-scoring affair in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament on Thursday.

John Percival’s brilliant all-round performance spearheaded Courtland All Stars to a 74-run victory over Chesney in the continuation of the 2011 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over cricket competition in Berbice on Thursday at the Chesney ground.

The Normal Singh Memorial Turf Club in collaboration with the Winner’s Circle Pools Hall and Bar will run off a horse race meet on January 29 at No.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – An unbroken, opening stand between Dwayne Smith and captain Kirk Edwards raced Barbados to an emphatic 10-wicket victory over the Netherlands in a low-scoring affair in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament last night.

PERTH, (Reuters) – India were 73-4 at lunch today with its top four batsmen back in the pavilion.

The Guyana Government issued a statement yesterday refuting claims that it has reached any consensus with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) as it relates to the roles of the Interim Management Committee and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) as  reported by Stabroek Sport yesterday.

Clive Lloyd says that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is “messing with the wrong person” after that organisation, through its General Secretary Anand Sanasie, wrote Sport Minister Dr.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A computerised scoring  system designed for the boxing competition at the London 2012  Olympics will be scrapped after the Games as the sport’s  governing body seeks to encourage fighters to win with style.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Jamaica followed up a steady half-century from Nkrumah Bonner with purposeful bowling to sweep to a 50-run victory over Sussex in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament last evening.

The Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago cricket teams affectionately known by their respective supporters as the “Amazon Conquerors” and “Red Fury” in recent times, clash this evening at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, in a crucial Group A match of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 competition, in which the winner will almost certainly have one foot in the semi-finals.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – A High Court judge yesterday ordered the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation to have its former special advisor Austin “Jack” Warner present all “relevant documents” regarding all the finances of the country’s participation in the 2006 World Cup.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Chris Paul and the Los  Angeles Clippers survived their biggest test of the season with  a 95-89 overtime victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday,  proving the home team can stand toe-to-toe with the best of the  NBA.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Breath-taking batting, led by a brutal, unbeaten 56 from Kieron Pollard, restored the gloss on reigning champions Trinidad & Tobago, firing them to an emphatic, 167-run victory over Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament on Wednesday night.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hinted he  will quit test cricket if he decides to lead India in their  World Cup defence in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.