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President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Keith Foster was on Monday re-elected for a second term at the BCB’s annual general meeting.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams says the Caribbean side will struggle to make an impact on next year’s Cricket World Cup but has acknowledged they could spring a few surprises.

Several clubs in Berbice have benefitted from a donation of a quantity of cricket equipment distributed by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and Cellink recently at the BCB office, New Amsterdam, Berbice.

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – India staged a  great comeback from their innings defeat at Centurion to beat  South Africa by 87 runs on the fourth day of the second test at  Kingsmead yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mike Gatting urged England to be  merciless in their pursuit of long-term success after he passed  on a 24-year-old honour to Andrew Strauss yesterday.

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – The International  Cricket Council should take responsibility for implementing the  umpire review system itself and remove the right of test teams  to opt out, South Africa captain Graeme Smith said yesterday.

Regional T20 champions Guyana were brought down to earth last night as a group of determined cricketers who had a point to prove defeated them by eight wickets in the Trinidad and Tobago  Cricket Board (TTCB) T20 Cricket Festival at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre.

An undefeated 75 from Man-of-the-Match Darren Bravo helped Trinidad and Tobago to an emphatic 78-run win over the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) Academy Under-23 XI in the first match of the TTCB Twenty20 Festival at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre yesterday.

Sabrina Princess won the feature event while Super Cat got the better of Wicked Intentions as the Kennard Memorial Turf Club staged its Boxing Day horse race meet on Sunday.

The Guyana Volleyball Federation’s (GVF) first Volleyball tournament for 2011 will serve off on January 9 in Berbice, according to President of the GVF Lennox Shuffler.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England retained the Ashes   in Australia for the first time in 24 years when they won the  fourth test by an innings and 157 runs.

Pele and Sunburst Camptown Football Clubs filled the last two semifinal spots of the 21st Kashif and Shanghai tournament Monday night when they defeated their opponents in the quarterfinals at the Guyana National Stadium.

It’s down to the final four teams in the 2010/2011 Kashif and Shanghai football tournament and, with the defending champions out of the race; a new champion will be crowned.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United extended their  unbeaten Premier League run to 18 games and regained top spot yesterday but there were no celebrations after they gave away  another late goal in a 1-1 draw at Birmingham City.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England’s bowling attack   continued to maintain a stranglehold on Australia’s batsmen in the fourth test yesterday, putting the visitors on the brink of a first successful Ashes tour triumph in 24 years.

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa, chasing 303 to win the second test and the series against India, slipped to 111 for three when bad light ended play an hour after tea on day three at Kingsmead yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says his decision not to play for Trinidad and Tobago in next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 Championship had been difficult one.

OKLAHOMA CITY, (Reuters) – The streaking Dallas  Mavericks overcame an injury to nine-time All-Star Dirk  Nowitzki to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-93 on Monday and  maintain their impressive record on the road.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) wants government here to examine the possibility of creating a lottery to fund sporting entities.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago are eyeing a live-in camp in Venezuela as they beef up their preparations for the final round CONCACAF qualifiers for next year’s FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Mexico.