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HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Kolkata Knight Riders lost to Somerset by 11 runs in the last qualifying match of the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday, but both teams still qualified for the main draw.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad & Tobago’s strong start to qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has given them a boost in the latest FIFA World Rankings released  yesterday.

An innings of 80 by skipper Quacy Mc Pherson led West Berbice to a five-wicket victory over New Amsterdam/Canje at the Port Mourant Cricket Ground as the 2011 Berbice Cricket Board/Republic Bank Under-17 Inter-zone Cricket Competition commenced on Sunday.

The Guyana Softball League organized Regal Stationery and Computer Sales sponsored Over-35 T20 competition, takes place on Sunday with the finals in the male and female categories.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has ruled out changes to 50-over cricket despite a proposal put forward by Indian great Sachin Tendulkar.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – A outbreak of dengue fever in Pakistan’s Punjab capital Lahore has led the Pakistan cricket Board to shift its premier domestic tournament to the southern city of Karachi.

Judge James Bovell-Drakes yesterday granted an interim injunction restraining executives of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) from interfering in the management and administration of football in the Georgetown area.

Demerara will clash with defending Champions Berbice in the 2011 El Dorado Inter-County limited-overs final on Sunday at Albion, after both sides secured victory of contrasting difficulties in their respective third round clashes, at Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Ground, Bourda and Demerara Cricket Club (DCC.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Michael Clarke hit his 15th test century to lead Australia to a draw in the third and final test against Sri Lanka  yesterday and a 1-0 win in his first series as captain.

By Iva Wharton The national schools athletics, cycling and swimming championships, one of the biggest sporting events on the schools calendar, also highlight some of the shortcomings competitors face in some disciplines.

Managing Director of the Trophy Stall  Ramesh Sunich on Friday donated three trophies to the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club for a female tournament in Berbice.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Trinidad & Tobago captain Daren Ganga said he is confident of a good show in the remainder of the Champions League Twenty20.

One of Guyana’s leading departmental store, Gizmos and  Gadgets last Friday renewed its cricket sponsorship with the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC – Ravi Rampaul followed up half-centuries from Lendl Simmons and Adrian Barath with an impressive spell of four wickets for 14 runs from four overs to catapult Trinidad & Tobago into the main draw of the Champions League Twenty20 with a convincing, 51-run victory over Leicestershire yesterday.

Keiona Crawford defeated Kord Johnson in the final of the table tennis competition when the National Sports Commission (NSC) in partnership with the Region 10 administration kicked off its sixth Day of Interaction with a bang at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground on Sunday.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Auckland Aces were eliminated from the Champions League Twenty20, after they went down to Somerset by four wickets in a thrilling last-ball finish yesterday here.

Strikers Sports Club, Meadowbrook Drive, will be the venue for a 21-team dominoes competition this Saturday.

Waramadong Secondary and a pee wee group in Lethem will receive football uniforms, compliments of Arts Living Foundation.

By Emmerson Campbell The final bell chimed at this year’s Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) National Intermediate Championships on Sunday night at the National Gymnasium.

The nation’s law enforcement officers kicked off their 2011 Police Sports Inter-Division Twenty20 competition last Thursday.