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GROS ISLET, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan coach Waqar Younis says he is pleased with the strides his side has made and wants his young unit to continue the development against West Indies.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary all-rounder Sir Garry Sobers has hailed the late Gerry Alexander as a “wonderful man”, while recalling his role in the famous Tied Test in Brisbane 51 years ago.

Rudy Grant romped his way to victory in the final of the Men’s over 45 singles last Tuesday as the Macorp Open lawn tennis tournament continued at the Le Meridien Pegasus Tennis Courts.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Britain’s WBA heavyweight  champion David Haye and Ukraine’s WBO, IBO and IBF champion  Vladimir Klitschko have set their title fight for July 2 in  Hamburg’s football arena, Klitschko said yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) will host a mini athletics meet on Easter Sunday commencing from 09:00hrs at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

The Challenge Day to be hosted by the National Sports Commission (NSC) at the National Stadium will be on May 25 and not Easter Monday as was reported yesterday.

The local netball fraternity was yesterday plunged into shock with the news of the death of recently appointed secretary and former vice president of the Guyana Netball Association (GNA), Shondell Samaroo.

By Treiston Joseph The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will now field a seven-man squad to the 40th edition of the Carifta Games in Jamaica from April 23-25 as 100 and 200 metres junior champion, Chavez Ageday was withdrawn by his coach Raymond Daw yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Talismanic West Indies opener Chris Gayle is awaiting a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the West Indies Cricket Board before he can take up a last-minute offer to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League.

The Guyana Hockey Board 2011 season has been adversely affected due to the unavailability of grounds, an official of the board disclosed yesterday.

Play in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets fustal football tournament continues this evening in Linden even as four teams advance to the knockout stage of the competition sponsored by Banks DIH Ltd.

Coach of Running Brave Athletic Club, Julian Edmonds yesterday received sponsorship from his employer, Neal and Massy Limited Guyana, to attend the Carifta Games to be held in Jamaica from Saturday.

Experienced shooter Hemant Narine made a winning return to competition while female competitors made their presence felt at the Smallbore .22 Precision Pistol competition which took place at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) ranges at Eve Leary Saturday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Opener Sunny Sohal struck a  fluent half-century as Deccan Chargers beat hosts Delhi  Daredevils by 16 runs for their second victory in the Indian  Premier League yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga has downplayed any possible Test recall, stressing his focus was currently on leading his side at the cash-rich Champions League Twenty20 later this year.

Kingston, Jamaica: With just a couple of days to go to the first match in the much anticipated Digicel Series 2011,   www.digicelcricket.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies Under-19s produced a stifling bowling effort to thrash Australia Under-19s by 102 runs and level their three-match one-day series at 1-1 yesterday.

NAIROBI, Kenya,  CMC – Kenya coach Eldine Baptiste has become the latest post World Cup coaching casualty after parting ways with the national team this week.

Caribbean Under-13 champion Chelsea Edghill is the spearhead of a 15 member Guyana junior table tennis team which left yesterday morning for the sixth annual Caribbean Junior and Cadet championships in Puerto Rico.

Former national champion, Wendell Meusa, and current senior national champion Taffin Khan are joint leaders after three rounds of the Caribbean Container Inc.,