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The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) threatened to take the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to court over Guyana’s exclusion from the upcoming Caribbean T20.

By Emmerson Campbell If the saying that opportunity comes at least once in everyone’s lifetime is true, the opportunity of boxer Mark Austin’s life has now presented itself.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Skipper Kirk Edwards managed his best knock of 42 not out following a telling three-wicket haul by fast bowler Tino Best as Barbados lifted the four-team UWI Cave Hill Campus Twenty20 Festival by five wickets with seven balls to spare over reigning Caribbean T20 champions Trinidad & Tobago at the 3Ws Oval on Friday night.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – VVS Laxman should be the first veteran head to roll in a batting revamp if India are to secure their future in test cricket, several former players have said in the wake of a second crushing defeat in Australia.

Hadi’s World Incorported of Regent & Camp Streets, formerly the City Mall, will sponsor the next nationwide softball cricket competition organized and managed by the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA).

Acting President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Franklin Wilson has expressed shock at the passing of former Golden Jaguars and Alpha United footballer Shawn `Fatso’ Bishop who passed away after a period of brief illness Friday.

To use a popular oxymoron Guyana’s cricket is in a fine mess.

Two days after being told that they would no longer participate in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Twenty20 tournament and one day after learning that they would be replaced by a WICB `B’ team, the Amazon Conquerors as the national T20 team is known found themselves back in the competition.

By Emmerson Campbell Having straddled the best that Britain and Antigua has to offer in the way of facilities for amateur and professional boxers it is no wonder that former World Boxing Council’s (WBC) Junior middleweight champion, Maurice Hope wants better facilities for the regions boxers.

By Emmerson Campbell National cyclists Alonzo Greaves and Geron Williams each had a successful 2011 season barring the injuries they each sustained.

Guyana’s Under-20 Lady Jags will begin their quest for victory over challengers Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) and Puerto Rico when they compete this weekend in the second round of the Caribbean qualifying matches for the 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championships.

By Iva Wharton Coming off a sub par year in 2011 by her usual lofty standards, top female long distance athlete Alika Morgan is contemplating participating in more international competitions this year.

The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport will launch an Under-16 football academy today at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue from 08:00hrs.

The Guyana Softball League (GSL) and its affiliates namely the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL); Linden Softball Cricket League (LSCL);  Lower East Coast Softball Cricket League (LECSCL); Upper East Coast Softball Cricket League (UECSCL); Berbice Cricket League(BSCL) and the Essequibo Softball Cricket League (ESCL) will stage a preparatory T10 softball tournament for male and female softball teams around the country shortly.

Coach of the Bounty Colts basketball team, Philip Rockcliffe ‘One Foot’ George was laid to rest yesterday after a ceremony at the Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral on North Road which was attended by a large number of former players.

A one week long dominoes competition in honour of Mark `Jumbie’ Wiltshire’s 57th birth anniversary is set to commence tomorrow at three venues namely Dynasty,  Frankie’s Shop at Wales and Meckles at Leonora.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia, inspired by captain Michael Clarke, crushed India by an innings and 68 runs in the second test at the Sydney Cricket Ground  yesterday to take a dominant 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – A superb all-round performance by Jacques Kallis carried South Africa to a series-clinching 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the third and final test at Newlands yesterday.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A judge granted a request from boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr to postpone until June his three-month jail sentence for domestic battery so the welterweight champion can compete in an upcoming bout, prosecutors said.

ZURICH, Switzerland,  CMC – FIFA have debunked claims that the award of lucrative World Cup TV rights to former vice president Austin “Jack” Warner for as low as US $1 had nothing to do with his support for current president Sepp Blatter.