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West Indies’ spring tour of England could be severely undermined after it emerged five senior players are threatening to withdraw from the series to play in the IPL.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chris Gayle believes it is important for West Indies to win the third One-day International against England today at Kensington Oval.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Languishing bottom of the seven-team standings, Guyana will be going all out for maximum points in order to stall Trinidad & Tobago’s progress in their 12th round WICB four-day championship today at the Queen’s Park Oval.

Massiah hits century as TSC snatch first innings points Georgetown led by an attractive 106 from Shaun Massiah, Transport Sports Club (TSC) were able to snatch first innings points from Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) when the two met in the first round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Cummings Electrical/Raymond Panday Memorial Second Division competition.

Berbice wicketkeeper/batsman Delbert Hicks was selected the 2008 Cricketer-of-the-Year for his club Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and will be honoured  when the 18th annual awards ceremony is held at  J.C.

West Watooka and Sunrise Sports Clubs demolished Genesis XI and Nottinghamsire SC respectively last Saturday in the Berbice and Linden zones of the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Trophy Stall 15-Over Countrywide Softball Competition.

ORLANDO, Florida, (Reuters) – The Orlando Magic  took a big step toward claiming the No.

DENVER, (Reuters) – High-ranking Olympic officials  have blasted the U.S. Olympic Committee for dragging their feet  on negotiating a new revenue-sharing agreement.

HARROGATE, England, CMC – Guyana’s world squash star Nicolette Fernandes is encouraged by her solid return to the sport but is a trifle disappointed she fell short of title success.

NAPIER, New Zealand, (Reuters) – Ross Taylor and  Jesse Ryder combined for a record 271-run partnership to help  New Zealand recover from a disastrous start and reach 351 for  four at the end of the first day of the second test against  India yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Hugh Gore believes that the disparity between the fees being paid to West Indies players for international appearances, and the fees given to players in first-class cricket in the Caribbean is disgraceful.

Former Guyana and West Indies fast bowler Colin Stuart resigned as the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Technical Development Officer (TDO) with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) last month but was asked to rescind his decision by GCB’s vice-president Bissoondial Singh.

Former national basketball player turned coach Lugard Mohan is downplaying talks about moving on to being Guyana’s next national coach  after leading his club Dyna’s Ravens to the Next Level Entertainment (NLE) basketball title last weekend.

Resurgent former national darts champion Norman Madhoo will wing out today for the United States where he will be taking part in the 23rd Annual Virginia Beach Darts Classics.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has saluted West Indies batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul for his latest accolades, including being given Guyana’s third highest national honour.

Under the guidance of national female coach Phillip Fernandes the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) will begin their preparation today for the 2009 Caribbean Hockey Cup which will be held in Kingston, Jamaica from June 22-29.

Vice-president and president of the Guyana and Demerara Cricket Boards respectively Bissoondial Singh was re-elected to the stewardship of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) late last month.

The 2009 Victory Valley Royals Inter-School Basketball Champion-ship which is scheduled to start tomorrow in Linden has received a significant boost to its growing list of individual awards with the donation of two pairs of Nike sneakers that will go to the two most valuable players of the finals.

The Guyana Karate Federation (GKF) last Sunday held its 2008 senior karate championship at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

According to race organizer Colin Elcock, all systems are in place for Sunday’s Banks DIH Limited sponsored race meet at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club where over $2M in prizes will be up for grabs.