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A Herculean effort by experienced, Barbados left-handed batsman, Floyd Reifer, almost took the Combined Campuses and Colleges [CCC] to a major upset victory over defending champions, Trinidad & Tobago, as the 2007 KFC Cup 50-over tournament bowled off yesterday at the Providence Stadium.

Alika Morgan did not spare a soul as she dominated all of her events to once again qualify for the national secondary schools athletic championships.

Being back on top of the mountain is sweet again for Sylvon Gardener.

Guyana, a country which has won the regional limited overs competition on nine occasions faces the Windward Islands, finalists of the 2006 competition today at the Blairmont Community Development Centre ground in the opening round of the KFC Cup limited overs cricket competition.

England has done it but Clive Lloyd does not feel a managing director for West Indies teams would be feasible presently.

Seventeen-year old Joaan Deo started playing golf just over eight months ago and already she has been on the podium twice and a lot is expected from this young Lusignan resident.

Manager of the Trinidad & Tobago KFC Cup cricket team, Omar Khan, said that as defending champions, the team have everything to play for.

Pint-sized, eight-year-old Sheriffa Ali played unbeaten to come out on top in the Oasis Caf

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago, with eight titles at this level, start their KFC Cup title defence with a first round game against the Combined Colleges and Campuses at the Guyana National Stadium today.

Sixteen year-old Guyanese golfer Avinash Persaud won the Flow Millennium Lakers Club championship at Trincity Course recently in Trinidad, according to reports from the twin island republic.

Today Stabroek Sport takes a look at the batsmen who will by their exploits bring the crowds, schoolchildren and all, back to the cricket grounds in Guyana including the National Stadium at Providence when the KFC Cup bowls off tomorrow with the opening game between the hosts and dark horses, the Windward Islands.

Marion Jones did it, now it is time for the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF).

Ansa McAl and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) through their PEPSI brand have joined forces with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to sponsor the GCB’s Inter-County and Club Twenty20 cricket competitions.

An impressive spell of spin bowling from 13-year-old Darell Fredericks led Ascension Community High School to a 57-run victory over Tucville Secondary School in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Republic Bank Right Start Under-15 Inter Secondary School cricket competition over the week-end.

Cleveland Mentore playing with a 16 handicap recorded 40 points to win last Saturday’s Neal and Massy Guyana Group sponsored Golf tournament at the Lusignan Course on a day that saw the youth golfers prevailing over their much senior counterparts.

Wins by Uprising and Santos in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Chubby U-13 league competition has set up the possibility of an exciting showdown between the two teams to decide the winners of the inaugural competition.

Well the plot surrounding this year’s Kashif and Shanghai football tournament is thickening.

Guyana’s weightlifters are cutting it tight for their participation in the Criollo Cup Weightlifting championships this week in Puerto Rico.

Rugby lovers can follow the progress of their teams throughout the semi-finals and finals of the Rugby World Cup via DirecTV which is broadcasting the games live.

A last ditch effort by Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) president Chris Bowman to save himself and his executive from a no-confidence resolution might be too little too late.