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A New Zealand Cricket XI yesterday reduced the touring Pakistan cricketers to  234-8 in a warm-up match in Whangarei before the first Test.

STOKE-ON-TRENT, England, CMC – Stoke City’s Trinidadian marksman Kenwyne Jones says he has put a difficult last few weeks behind him and is ready to press on with the job of scoring goals to ensure the club continues flourishing in the English Premiership.

Despite the controversy that surrounded the Alpha United squad’s participation in the 2010/2011 Kashif and Shanghai tournament, Alpha became the last team standing at the conclusion of the 21st annual tournament which ended on New Year’s Day at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

– LumumbaFollowing his team’s victory in the 2010/2011 Kashif and Shanghai football tournament Saturday night at the Guyana National Stadium , Providence, president of the Alpha United club, Odinga Lumumba, has raied the bar as it pertains

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – There was no starring role for West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo but Victoria still brushed aside Queensland by 33 runs to launch their Twenty20 Big Bash title defence in style yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Boston Celtics All-Star forward  Paul Pierce and Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy were fined by  the NBA for separate incidents that occurred earlier this week,  the league said on Saturday.

There is a certain, satisfying poetic justice in the fact that Ricky Ponting will not, after all, be able to play in the final Test of the Ashes series that started last night at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – An assured unbeaten 81 by  Jacques Kallis put South Africa in command on the first day of the deciding third test against India at Newlands yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The fate of the Ashes was   decided last week in Melbourne but with the series and a huge   amount of pride still on the line, neither Australia or  England are calling this week’s fifth test in Sydney a dead  rubber.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Inexperienced all-rounder Diana David has been named to captain an Indian Board President’s XI against the touring West Indies women later this month.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – An upbeat 14-member West Indies squad left here Saturday for a tough tour of India, where they will contest five One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals against the hosts.

– DoverAnd then there were two. Tonight the 21st edition of the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament  will wrap up with what is expected to be one of the most intriguing matches of the competition.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Two outstanding former West Indies players have given the thumbs down to retired batting star Brian Lara’s pending return to international competition.

The T&T Cricket Board has joined the rest of the national community in mourning the death of  the  first President of the Republic Sir Ellis Clarke who passed away on Thursday night at the age of 93.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony has described 2010 as “successful” while Director of Sport Neil Kumar has described it as “excellent.”

Athletics Despite a few glitches, 2010 was a noteworthy year for athletics and measures implemented under the new Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) president Colin Boyce will ensure that athletes are afforded better opportunities to develop their talents in 2011.

Guyana’s basketball year has been somewhat of a rollercoaster ride with some highpoints and a number of lows throughout 2010.

The T&T ‘A’ team walked away with the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) T20 Festival crown and $20,000, when rain washed out their game against the Academy XI at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre Thursday evening.

Pele trounced Sunburst Camptown in the second semifinal of the 21st Kashif and Shanghai football tournament Wednesday night to reach the final and battle Alpha United for the top prize.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana, Colin Boyce, yesterday confirmed that Singapore Youth Olympic Games Scholarship (SYOS) awardee Jevina Sampson will not be accepting the scholarship.