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President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF), Lennox Shuffler was re-elected to the post of GVF president following the body’s Annual General Meeting last Sunday at Berbice High School.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Amare Stoudemire scored 30  points and the New York Knicks pulled away in the closing stages  to end a six-game losing steak with a 115-106 victory over the  Washington Wizards on Monday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Mahela Jayawardene believes Sri Lanka’s three-match One-day International series against West Indies will be critical to the home team’s chances in the subsequent World Cup, which his homeland co-hosts with India and Bangladesh.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer made a quick  dash into an eighth straight Australian Open semi-final yesterday but Novak Djokovic’s resounding win over Thomas Berdych  was a warning the Swiss cannot yet count on a sixth final.

The organizers of the Namilco Football Festival, the Fruta Conquerors football club has finally gotten favourable weather and will be wrapping up the competition with the final on Friday

The first week of the ongoing Schools ‘Super Sixes’ softball cricket action has concluded with more teams recording wins in the competition.

Bridgetown, Barbados – Trinidad and Tobago players Darren Bravo and Lendl Simmons are basking in the glory of their team’s success in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament.

Bridgetown, Barbados – President of the West Indies Cricket Board, Dr Julian Hunte has congratulated the Trinidad and Tobago team for its superb performance in winning the Caribbean Twenty20 2011.

Allrounder Dwayne Bravo says he never abandoned the Trinidad & Tobago  team which won the Caribbean T20 series on Sunday night, and he will be making himself available for the Airtel Champions League in September.

Chairman of Ceramic Merryboys Cricket Club, Patrick Rampersad says Lendl Simmons’ availability for selection gives the West Indies another good player to choose from.

Twenty five cricketers will benefit from the government’s Elite Athlete programme.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Chris Gayle signed out of this year’s Twenty20 Big Bash with an incredible pyrotechnic display that galloped Western Australia to a 32-run victory, and eliminated Queensland from the competition yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Resurfacing of the athletics track at the National Stadium was set to commence yesterday.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Regional officials are contemplating staging a severely scaled down version of the CARIFTA Games this year.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Patrick John believes that Sports Minister Justina Charles’ planned talks with the Dominica Employees Federation and the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce is destined to fail.

The Street Solutions organisation will be launching its Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) initiative and website on Saturday

DENVER, (Reuters) – Carmelo Anthony got off to a  sluggish start but caught fire in the third quarter as the  Denver Nuggets crushed the Indiana Pacers 121-107 on Sunday.

The national cricketers of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) were told to put a hold on celebrations until they finished the job of winning the Caribbean T20 tournament.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal shook off the  sweats to savage Croatian Marin Cilic and reach the  quarter-finals of the Australian Open on a Melbourne yesterday  evening as cool as the top seed was hot.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq  says Pakistan’s World Cup chances have been hampered by the board’s delay in naming a skipper for the tournament.