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DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said his side’s month-long tour will be quite challenging.

CHENNAI, India, CMC-IANS – Diminutive opener David Warner’s 69-ball 136 not out floored previous champions Chennai Super Kings while powering the New South Wales into the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday here.

The Plus One deal took another twist yesterday with the Kashif & Shanghai Organisation (K&SO) co-director Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major saying that all grievances between the organisation and the local clubs have been settled.

Chris Williams was phenomenal as he led Victory Valley Royals to the next round of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament last Sunday evening at the newly-refurbished Mackenzie Sports Club Basketball Court, Linden.

Guyana’s national football team the “Golden Jaguars” continued its preparation for the 2014 World-Cup qualifying away legs against Barbados and Bermuda on Friday and next Tuesday with an intense practice session at the Enmore Community Center Ground, yesterday.

BENGALURU, India,  CMC-IANS – Estranged West Indies opener Chris Gayle whipped up the tempest, blowing away English county Somerset with a hurricane innings, and leading Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 51-run victory in the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) met on Saturday and following that meeting a fresh team for this year’s Inter Guiana Games competition was named.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former champions Colin Jackson and Daley Thompson hit out at drug cheats yesterday, saying they had wrecked some sports and ruined the reputation of athletics.

The 2011 Tenelec Incorporated first division limited overs competition organized by the Berbice Cricket Board, continued last Saturday with only one of the scheduled fifth round matches taking place.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Devon Thomas and Danza Hyatt hit half-centuries, after Andre Russell warmed-up for higher-intensity battles in Bangladesh with a workmanlike spell to limp West Indies to a five-wicket victory over ICC Associate side Afghanistan in a One-day match yesterday.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India,  CMC – Justin Greaves top-scored with 90 and Kavem Hodge made 80 not out, but West Indies Under-19s again failed to ease concerns about their readiness for next year’s Youth World Cup, when Sri Lanka Under-19s prevailed over them by two wickets in the Quadrangular Youth One-day International Series yesterday.

Fairy Landing of the Mohammed Shariff Stable won the feature E and Lower horse race when Rising Sun Turf Club, in collaboration with the True Friendship Society, held its fundraising meet at the RSTC facility, West Coast Berbice, on Sunday.

Albion Community Centre had to fight hard to secure an eight-run victory over Port Mourant and earn  a place in the final of the 2011 Ramcharitar Construction Services first division limited overs cricket competition.

Assad Fudadin and Narsingh Deonarine will skipper teams which will be involved in a practice match tomorrow following a meeting of the senior national selectors, coach and captain of the national cricket team.

CHENNAI, India, CMC-IANS – A determined Trinidad & Tobago held their nerve this time, after Sunil Narine followed up a match-changing innings from Kevon Cooper with miserly off-spin bowling to snatch a dramatic, six-wicket victory over reigning champions Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said a rescue mission was needed to save the game in the Caribbean and expected Caribbean governments to play a leading role in moving the process forward.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Openers Omar Phillips and Rommel Currency slammed hundreds against Pickwick to fortify UWI’s bid for a third straight title in the Barbados Cricket Association’s Division 1 Championship on Saturday.

Registration for the ‘Ride For Life’ five-stage cycle road race which will to pedal off on October 6 closes today.

In fading light, led by a 167-run fifth wicket-partnership between West Indies Chief Selector Clyde Butts and Shawn De Souza, Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) secured a come from behind four-wicket victory over Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), on the final day of their Carib Beer first-division clash at DCC Ground, yesterday.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports softball cricket team defeated Floodlights in a thrilling encounter at the Carifesta Avenue Sports Ground  Friday evening.