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

GENEVA — Caribbean official Colin Klass has been summoned by FIFA to answer charges Friday relating to $40,000 bribes allegedly offered by former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam.

Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies Head Coach Ottis Gibson believes his team can match England when the two sides meet in the upcoming two-match T20 Series.

Seven top chess players in the TOPCO Juices junior championship 2011 qualifiers have emerged for the 2011 National Junior Championship, following the end of the qualifier tournament last weekend at the West Demerara Secondary School.

Fruta Conquerors and Santos have advanced to the semi-final stage of the Milo Under-23 tournament after comfortably disposing of their opponents Sunday evening at  Tucville Playfield.

The final round of the 2011 Senior El Dorado Inter-County tournament commences today with two matches to decide which teams will contest the September 25 final at the Albion Community Center Ground.

Guyana’s participation in the Commonwealth Youth Games that concluded on September 14 in the Isle of Man was a learning opportunity for this country’s athletes as well as their coach, says Lyndon Wilson.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The world’s leading players are “not afraid” of going on strike unless officials heed their calls to improve the crammed tennis calendar as soon as possible, Andy Murray warned yesterday.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  CMC – Two Barbados-born umpires abandoned a match amid a row over a boundary as fresh controversy hit the game on the island.

Former national champion Alfred Mentore warmed up for the Guyana Open golf championships billed for mid next month with a scintillating victory in the Seven Seas/Nature Valley Medal Play golf tournament Saturday at the Lusignan Golf course.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Auckland Aces by two runs in their qualifying match of Pool-B in the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday.

KOLKATA, India,  CMC-IANS – Eden Gardens is set to lose all three Champions League Twenty20 matches with the Cricket Association of Bengal favouring the shift of the matches due to monsoon rains lashing the city almost daily.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has terminated the contract of the Indian Premier League’s Kochi franchise for a breach of terms, newly elected board president N.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – The prospect of a long awaited mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Filipino Manny Pacquiao seemed as distant as ever after the flamboyant American’s fourth-round knockout of Victor Ortiz.

HYDERABAD, India,  CMC-IANS – Trinidad & Tobago captain Daren Ganga yesterday praised his spinners for the victory against Ruhuna in the opening game of the qualifying round of Champions League T20, and said the win will improve confidence of the team in the games ahead.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – The new Indian cricket board (BCCI) president N.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC – Sherwin Ganga blasted 39 not out from 15 balls,           firing Caribbean champions Trinidad & Tobago to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka’s Ruhuna in the Champions League Twenty20 qualifying competition yesterday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Australia opener Phil Hughes scored his first test hundred in 2-1/2 years  yesterday as Sri Lanka pressed for a series levelling victory in the third and final test.

Demerara and the President’s XI hardly broke a sweat, as they both recorded clinical victories over opponents Berbice and Essequibo, in the latest round of the 2011 El Dorado Senior Inter-County limited overs competition, at the Everest Cricket Club and Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) grounds respectively, yesterday.

PHOENIX, Arizona, CMC – Caribbean champion Nicolette Fernandes failed in her bid for a second WISPA Tour title on Saturday, when top-seed Latasha Khan of the United States beat 3-1 in the Final of the Southwest Open.