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The Berbice Volleyball association will stage the second annual Trophy Stall competition for teams in Berbice on Sunday from 10am at the GTM hard-court in New Amsterdam .  

GDANSK, Poland,  (Reuters) – Players, officials and fans took a breather on the first blank day of the European soccer Championship  yesterday but the rumblings of discontent surrounding co-hosts Ukraine continued.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Newly installed CONCACAF president Jeff Webb says bringing international stars to the Caribbean is high on his list of priorities over the next few months.

LONDON, England,  CMC – England’s selectors have rested the bowling trio of Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann for the third and final One-Day International against West Indies tomorrow at Headingley.

Puerto Rico Islanders will face W Connection (Trinidad & Tobago), while Antigua Barracuda FC takes-on Caledonia AIA (Trinidad & Tobago) in the semifinals of the Caribbean Club Champions Cup on Tuesday, in Marabella, Trinidad.

GALLE,  (Reuters) – Victory in the one-day series and the enforced absence of the Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq have boosted Sri Lanka’s confidence that they can end a poor run in the first test starting tomorrow.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has raised the possibility of a return to international cricket at September’s Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka after undergoing cancer treatment.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls squandered a potential match-winning lead at the end of the third quarter to go down to South Africa in an international Test for the first time in nearly three decades here Tuesday night.

(Reuters) – Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has declared himself available for the Black Caps’ World Twenty20 campaign a year after bowing out of cricket’s shorter formats to prolong his test career.

LEEDS, England,  CMC – As West Indies geared up for the final One-Day International of the three-match series here today, head coach Ottis Gibson admitted that he was at a loss to explain why his side had not lived up to expectations.

LONDON, England,  CMC – Dwayne Bravo and Chris Gayle lashed half-centuries but captain Alistair Cook’s fifth One-Day International century condemned West Indies to a demoralizing eight-wicket defeat and another series loss at the Oval here yesterday.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Test opener Kieran Powell hammered an attacking, unbeaten half-century to complete an outstanding match as West Indies A crushed India by 10 wickets on the final day of the third and decisive unofficial “Test” here  yesterday.

The National Community Basketball League (NCBL) which is a revamped version of the Inter Ward Basketball Tournament is not receiving enough corporate assistance which is not only stifling the league but basketball as a sport according to the organizers of the league.

Three new black belts were awarded when the Black Hawks Martial Arts Management Network Association held its annual martial arts grading at the National Gymnasium last Saturday.

By Emmerson Campbell The lucrative three-night inaugural Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge which kicks off at the National Park tarmac tomorrow night involving Back Circle (Team Guyana), Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia, St Vincent and Antigua is the brainchild of proud Guyanese.

By Emmerson Campbell After mauling Trinidad and Tobago 20-nil two weeks ago, the Guyana Jaguars are ready to roar to victory and avenge last year’s Caribbean Championship loss when they tackle Bermuda in the final NACRA 2015 RWC 15s regional qualifier match on Saturday in Bermuda.

By Iva Wharton Linden Foundation Secondary School advanced to the second round of the Digicel Schools football tournament after securing a walk over from  Mackenzie High School.

Muscle cramps caused overseas based distance runner Lionel D’Andrade to finish third at the Butler Classic 20K run in Trinidad which started at 06:00hrs yesterday morning.

DONETSK,  (Reuters) – A Wayne Rooney header and a slice of luck when Ukraine were controversially denied an equaliser gave England a 1-0 win over the co-hosts and a place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 yesterday.

(Reuters) – Injury-prone paceman Mark Gillespie has missed out on a central contract with New Zealand despite tearing through South Africa’s batsmen in the home series in March.