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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.

Guyana women’s hockey players will go into action on Sunday against Paraguay in the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) five-nation Challenge tournament in Brazil as they seek a place in the PAHF 2013 World Cup qualifiers.

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA)P&P Brokers Limited annual tennis camp concluded Friday at the Pegasus Hotel courts with the presentation of certificates to 76 children aged 6 to 18 years who participated in the two-week programme at the Pegasus Hotel tennis courts.

There finally was play on the third and final day of the West Indies Cricket Board, Under-19 top-of-the-table clash between Guyana and Jamaica at the Georgetown Cricket Club’s Bourda ground yesterday.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Britain’s Amir Khan knocked  out Zab Judah in the fifth round to add the IBF junior  welterweight title to his WBA super lightweight crown in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

NUERBURGRING, Germany, (Reuters) – McLaren’s Lewis  Hamilton produced a monumental drive to take his second win of  the season in the German Formula One Grand Prix after an  enthralling battle with Ferrari’s second-placed Fernando Alonso  and Mark Webber yesterday.

Guyana’s Rolyce Boston jumped his way to a bronze medal last Friday evening at the Junior Pan American Championships in Miami, Florida.

Distance queen, Alika Morgan comfortably won the first of three marathon events when she defeated all and sundry in the Westshore sponsored 5K event last Saturday in Trinidad.

The Demerara Cricket Club clinched the Brainstreet- sponsored Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Under-15 Cup final, with a convincing six-wicket victory over Malteenoes sports Club at the Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO), yesterday.