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The Inverhaugh Cricket Club is on its first tour to Guyana and is set to play four matches against select teams in Demerara and Berbice starting tomorrow.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC-Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara is banking on home advantage to inspire his team to victory at the ICC World Twenty 20 in September.

LONDON, UK –  CMC– British Virgin Islands (BVI) top sprinter Tahesai Harrigan-Scott is seeking to rekindle her confidence as she prepares to run in the first round of the women’s 100m in the Olympics on August 3.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC -West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo sustained slight injuries following a vehicular accident on a major high way running through central Trinidad Wednesday, local media have reported.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Indian athletes who win Olympic gold in London will receive another gold medal weighing five kilogrammes, business conglomerate Sahara Group said yesterday.

BIRMINGHAM, UK,  CMC– Captain Michael Frater says he believes the world will be gunning for Jamaica at the summer Olympics in London as a result of his country’s exploits in Track and Field.

ST CROIX, US Virgin Islands, CMC-Defending champions Trinidad and Tobago breezed past Guadeloupe and Jamaica brushed aside The Bahamas in their opening matches Wednesday night at the 14th Senior Women’s Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association Championship.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Doctors are “”cautiously optimistic” that former South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher will regain sight in his left eye, they said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has been provisionally suspended by soccer’s governing body only a week after his life ban for bribery was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Top seeded Roger Federer could meet Britain’s Andy Murray in the Olympic tennis final in a repeat of Wimbledon earlier this month, after the pair were drawn on opposite sides of the competition yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will carry Jamaica’s flag at today’s opening ceremony of the London Olympics, the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) said yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Sunil Narine fought back for West Indies in the final hour with two late wickets – including Martin Guptill – in the first Test against New Zealand  here yesterday.

Hockey players will battle over the next four days in the Annual Noble House sponsored Goals Galore Indoor tournament at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

After taking down Trinidad and Tobago by a 3-2 margin yesterday, Guyana’s girls team is just one team victory away from winning Guyana’s seventh consecutive girls team title at the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Team Championships at the Liguanea Club Jamaica.

Bermuda’s boys’ team stopped Guyana on their way to back to the final of the boys’ team event on the penultimate night of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Team Championships at the Liguanea Club Jamaica.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was withdrawn from the London Olympics  yesterday after causing an uproar at home for a tweet slammed as racist, the Greek Olympics team said.

CARDIFF,  (Reuters) – A major diplomatic incident marred the first day of competition at the London Olympics  yesterday when the North Korea women’s soccer team walked off after the South Korea flag was mistakenly displayed before their match against Colombia.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Off-spinner Sunil Narine said  yesterday he was forced to make some quick adjustments which led to his three-wicket haul on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand.

A Kwakwani basketball team returned home last Sunday after a successful week-long development basketball tournament in Antigua.

Headquarters were seemingly on their way to yet another title after increasing their lead over their opponents at the annual Track and Field  Athletics Championships at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary yesterday.