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PORT OF SPAIN, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago’s midweek drubbing by the United States has prompted a crisis meeting of the local football federation, with head coach Francisco Maturana’s job expected to come under the microscope.

SEPANG, Malaysia, (Reuters) – Britain’s Jenson  Button splashed to victory in a chaotic, rain-shortened  Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday for his second triumph in two  races for the new Brawn GP team.

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa  crushed Australia by seven wickets to level the five-match  one-day international series at 1-1 yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Dwyane Wade scored 33  points and the Miami Heat rolled to a 118-104 victory over the  Washington Wizards on Saturday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Teenager Federico Macheda marked  his debut for Manchester United by scoring an astonishing  stoppage-time winner to give them a 3-2 win over Aston Villa yesterday and keep them on course for the Premier League title.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Gautam Gambhir virtually  ensured India would win their first test series in New Zealand  since 1968 when he guided his side to an imposing 531-run lead  at the close of play on the third day of the third test yesterday.

Local professional golf coach of the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) Basil Sukhram passed away yesterday at the age of 54.

– national male and female youth teams to play overseas President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh on Friday night told those gathered at the Waterchris Hotel and Bar for the farewell dinner held in honour of the national female under-19 and male under-15 teams that a unique achievement will be recorded on their departure.

THERE was one obvious reason for the disappointing climax to an otherwise heartening Digicel series for the West Indies at the Beausejours Stadium on Friday.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – India were closing in on their first test series victory in New Zealand since 1968 as they extended their lead to 233 runs at the close of play on the second day of the third and final test yesterday.

Basketball promoters have been complaining recently about the high rent which is being charged by the National Sports Commission (NSC) for the use of the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

Strengthened Alpha faces Tempete in return fixture today Thompson to step up as coach after a no show from Mervyn Wilson Guyana’s Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United will face Haiti’s Tempete Football Club in the return fixture of this year’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) club championship today in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

CMC – West Indies’ loss to England in their five-match One-Day International series on Friday did them no favours, as they remained stagnant in eighth spot in the ICC one-day rankings.

CMC – Injury from a vehicular accident has ruled Jerome Taylor out of the second season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which opens on Saturday, April 18.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,CMC – Narsingh Deonarine became the first batsman to crest 1 000 runs in regional first class cricket when he stroked an attractive half-century on yesterday, but Guyana still faced a difficult first innings battle against Jamaica in their 13th round WICB Regional four-day contest.

Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and the Linden Foundation Secondary School are the first two schools to record victories in this year’s Victory Valley Royals inter-school basketball tournament.

By Rawle Toney It’s been almost one month since Guyana’s ace striker Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson has been plying his trade in Major League Soccer (MLS) with the Colorado Rapids in the United States, and for the first time coach of the team Gary Smith spoke with Stabroek Sport exclusively about his new player.

‘Brown Sugar’ Roberts wants more locals included By Rawle Toney With the announcement that the prestigious Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Men’s Championships will be held in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) from June 28-July 4, national coach Bobby Codogan says that Guyana should definitely participate.

Persistent rain yesterday made the Tucville Playfield unfit for play and forced the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) to cancel the quarterfinal double header which was scheduled to be played there.

DirecTV is inviting its customers to get ringside seats to the World Championship Boxing (WBC) today especially to witness Edwin Valero’s return to the ring to vie for the Interim World Lightweight title.