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Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officials yesterday remained tight-lipped about the allegations surrounding the bribery scandal at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) meeting held in May in Trinidad and Tobago, even as FIFA told members to “provide  all relevant information within 48 hours.

By Colin Benjamin The encounter was hyped as the “battle of spinners” by erudite cricket pundits.

The Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) yesterday received sponsorship from Digicel at the cell phone giant’s head office in Kingston.

Despite dropping captain of the Leeward Islands team Rakeem Cornwall before he reached his half century, the Windward Islands still made inroads to hold a slight advantage after the first day of their West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Under-19 Three-day match at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, yesterday.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Jamaica marched to their second win of the Caribbean Basketball Championships when they clobbered Guyana 75-43 on day three of competition here Monday night.

Reigning Guyana Open champion Avinash Persaud powered his way to victory in the Wartsila Golf Tournament on a day that saw some high scores at the Lusignan Golf Club thanks to very slick greens, tricky pin positions and strong winds.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter Unit Championships which was schedule to start today at the Camp Ayanganna ground has been postponed for the second time.

 By Treiston Joseph National 400 metres junior champion Stephan James has etched his name into Guyana’s history books by becoming the first junior sprinter to make it into a sprint final.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Jamaica captain Donovan Nelson gave his side early control of their top-of-the-table clash with Barbados in the WICB Regional Under-19 Championship yesterday.

Former national youth player Kellon Carmichael produced an all-round performance yesterday when he grabbed 2-38 and stroked an entertaining 48 as Christopher Barnwell’s XI beat Steven Jacobs’ XI by 32 runs at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

By Colin Benjamin The third round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under 19 three-day competition bowls off today with three-matches.

King Maker reigned supreme in the feature B Class event of the Digicel Classic Horse Race, running away with the $1.2M prize when the meet was held on Sunday at the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club in West Coast, Berbice.

Many might be of the view that FIFA’s justice is quick, but it leaves others to ponder whether FIFA’s justice is really fair?

The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) opened its 10th annual Cricket Academy yesterday with the participants being urged to be good ambassadors for the sport and country by Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana Tota Mangar.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England produced a disciplined  and determined bowling display at Lord’s yesterday to dismiss  the world’s most talented batting lineup for the second time and  win their 100th test against India by 196 runs.

The second annual senior elite training programme organized by the special events committee of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) will bowl off tomorrow at the Albion Community Centre ground.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Diego Forlan scored twice  after Luis Suarez’s opening goal as Uruguay beat Paraguay 3-0 to  win the Copa America on Sunday and be crowned South American  champions for a record 15th time.

Georgetown, Guyana – After two rounds of matches in the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-19 three-day tournament, left-arm spinner Derone Davis has emerged as one of the leading bowlers.

Seventeen-year-old Carlos Petterson won the Banks Malta one-day Rapid Chess Tournament Sunday at the West Demerara Secondary School, Pouderoyen.

CARIFTA Games Swimming Championships gold medalist Jessica Stephenson yesterday opened Guyana’s performance in the swimming segment of the 14th annual FINA (International Swimming Federation) World Championships, being held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre in Shanghai, China.