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KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan have recalled  wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal to their squad for the six-match  one-day series in New Zealand.

Coach of Guyana’s Amazon Conquerors Twenty20 cricket team Rabindranauth Seeram has blamed the failure of the team to stick to the game plan as the reason for the team’s opening round defeat to Jamaica Monday night.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) and the Trophy Stall yesterday joined forces to launch the ‘Trophy Stall Senior and Junior Chess Tournament.’

DOHA, (Reuters) – Iran showed the discipline and  organisation teams need to win major titles when they came from  behind to beat arch-rivals and reigning champions Iraq 2-1 in  their opening Asian Cup Group D match yesterday.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Derrick Rose hit a game-high  29 points as the Chicago Bulls continued their mastery over  the Detroit Pistons with a 95-82 victory on Monday, boosting  their home win streak to a season-best seven games.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas are eager to host the 2011 CARIFTA Games, but they are still awaiting response from sponsors before making a commitment.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Usain Bolt has announced that he will run at the Bislett Games in Oslo in June.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Former World Player of   the Year Ronaldinho has signed a four-year contract with   Flamengo in a bid to revive his flagging career and win a   place in Brazil’s 2014 World Cup squad.

The BK International Western Tigers Football Club’s inaugural Super Eight Tournament which was postponed last year due to the inclement weather, is rescheduled to kick off on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club Ground.

The capitulation Monday night in Antigua by the Amazon Conquerors in the first match of their title defence of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Twenty20 cricket series which is being televised by the ESPN network was

Young students from various schools across Georgetown got a first hand learning experience on the fundamentals of basketball during the first day of the Afterschool Basketball Programme, which jumped off at the

Three of the country’s top athletes in 2010 were rewarded by the West Indian Sports Complex for their performances at the entity’s location, Robb Street yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Steady bowling – led by Parth Desai – earned Canada a shock, 23-run victory over Hampshire in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship yesterday.

DOHA, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council  (ICC) tribunal will give its verdict on the three Pakistan  players accused of spot-fixing on Feb.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – South Africa and India lock horns  in a five-match one-day series starting today which  should help finalise their World Cup squads.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir  said he was hoping for good news and thanked his supporters for  their prayers after concluding his involvement in the six-day  hearing into corruption allegations yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Olympic champion Audley  Harrison will be paid for his dismal defeat against WBA world  champion David Haye in November after the British Boxing Board  of Control (BBBC) ruled out withholding his purse yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – A career-best spell from Andre Russell helped to undermine reigning champions Guyana, and inspired Jamaica to a sensational 50-run victory in a low-scoring match on the opening day of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship yesterday.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) kicked off the New Year on a positive note by sealing a four-year renewable sponsorship with the Plus One company and made it official with a signing of the contract at the GFF office yesterday.

Following deliberations among the executives of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) on Sunday, it has been determined that January 30 will be the date for the hosting of the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office bearers.