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In front of a reasonable-sized crowd at Burnham Court on Saturday night, all teams made strong cases for the top prize in the Guinness Greatest of the Street football competition with eight exciting match-ups.

St. Roses High and Queen’s College ‘B’ will contest the final of Under-13 category in the Digicel Sponsored schools Table Tennis tournament.

Guyanese lightweight champion Patrick Forde passed away at 6.45 am yesterday in a New York hospital according to his brother Reginald.

KOLKATA, India, IANS/CMC – West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards says getting Indian openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag out early would be the key to taking control in the second Test against India at Eden Gardens, starting today.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Perennial Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga has quit the post, two weeks after his side’s failed campaign in the Super50 series in Guyana.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao was tested to  the full before retaining his WBO welterweight title with a  controversial majority decision over Juan Manuel Marquez at the  MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday.

ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton  won the floodlit Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday after Red Bull’s  double Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel suffered his first  race retirement in more than a year.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Just a week before the ATP  World Tour finals, Roger Federer signalled his return to the top  in timely fashion with a sensational run to the Paris Masters  title.

(Reuters) – David Warner will replace the  injured Shaun Marsh in the Australian squad for the second and  final test against South Africa, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell The government of Guyana will reward the history-making Golden Jaguars with $2 million after the team roared to a 2-1 victory over Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors in the penultimate Group B, 2014 World Cup Qualifier at the Providence Stadium on Friday night.

Cellink Berbice added another title to their growing collection when they hoisted the Under-17 Inter-County trophy yesterday; defeating Demerara by five wickets at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

Barbadian Roger Mayers heads into today’s final leg of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Race of Champions in the pole position, after powering 33.60s in his Ford Focus at the time trials at South Dakota yesterday afternoon.

Jeremy Singh and Khalil Ninvalle of Mae’s “A” team got the better of Nevaeh Clarkston and Tyriq Saunders of North Georgetown Primary on Friday as Mae’s “A” won the Under-10 category of the Digicel-sponsored school’s tournament at the Queen’s College Auditorium.

The Golden Jaguars’ performance on Friday night was inspirational and the never-say-die attitude of the players can be the fillip that transforms the current culture under which football exists in Guyana, according to head coach Jamaal Shabazz.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies batting legend Brian Lara has described the Caribbean cricket infrastructure as “terrible” and says it will take much more than just talent for the regional side to emerge from their slump.

The headline on the WICB website revealed one of the many problems impeding West Indies cricket at present.

KOLKATA, India, CMC – Adrian Barath says he is recovered from the hamstring injury that sidelined him for the two Tests against Bangladesh last month and is keen on resuming his place at the top of the order in the second Test against India at Eden Garden starting here tomorrow.

KARACHI (Reuters) – Wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should check the assets and bank accounts of all of its players every six months to ensure future generations do not fall prey to corruption scandals.

Robin Persaud sped off with the feature 30-lap Schoolboys and Novices race yesterday when national cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed and Banks DIH Limited staged an 11-race cycling meet at the National Park circuit, Thomas Lands.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Seventeen wickets fell as bowlers dominated the opening day of the second four-day “Test” between West Indies A and Bangladesh A here yesterday.