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A protest has been lodged by Park Rangers following their match against Savage Masters in the lasted round of the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association’s Hadi’s sponsored competition.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – The Miami Heat defeated the Chicago Bulls 83-72 in an ill-tempered and physical encounter between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference on Thursday.

MANAMA,  (Reuters) – Bahrain was under tight security  yesterday after violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters overshadowed this weekend’s Formula One Grand Prix race meeting in the Gulf state.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England soccer star Wayne Rooney and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s wife Cherie are among a new group of 46 people suing over alleged phone-hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World newspaper, court documents showed  yesterday.

The Guyana Football Federation-sponsored Under-16 Inter Association competition will continue today with four matches while the U-19 competition gets cracking tomorrow, a release from the GFF stated.

Intense competition is expected today among both senior and junior athletes in track and field when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) hosts their 2012 National Junior and Senior Championships at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary from 11:00hrs.

By Neil Barry An old rivalry is set to continue this weekend in the Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup this weekend as the Demerara Cricket Club takes on Malteenoes Sports Club at the DCCC ground, Queenstown.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Australia captain Michael Clarke admitted Thursday he was slightly worried about losing the second Test against West Indies, especially after the way his opposite number Darren Sammy set about the run chase.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson this week criticised the use of the controversial Decision Review System (DRS) but his comments have now seen him fined by the International Cricket Council.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has jumped to a career-best 18th spot in the International Cricket Council rankings, following his 10-wicket match haul in the just concluded second Test against Australia in Trinidad.

LONDON, England,  CMC –  West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan scored an attractive century as Leicestershire flourished on the second day of their Division Two County game against Derbyshire here yesterday.

MOHALI, India, CMC – Big-hitting Chris Gayle unveiled another high-powered innings yesterday to haul his Royal Challengers Bangalore out of trouble and propel them to a convincing five-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League.

CHENNAI, India, CNC – Marlon Samuels outshone fellow West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo but his Pune Warriors still went down to Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.

By Colin Benjamin in Trinidad and Tobago Guyanese left-hander Assad Fudadin, 26,  has expressed surprise at being called up to the West Indies squad for the third test of the Digicel test series against Australia that commences on April 23.

By Emmerson Campbell Milerock suffered a 7-1 drubbing from Inter Moengotapoe, while Alpha United secured a 3-1 victory over Hubentut Fortuna as the local football clubs suffered mixed fortunes on the second day of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships yesterday at the Providence National Stadium.

MONTE CARLO,  (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic raised his eyes and arms to the sky after beating Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov to reach the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals on Thursday just hours after learning of the death of his grandfather.

By Colin Benjamin in Trinidad and Tobago Despite positive intent from both West Indies and Australia to force a win, persistent rain dented these ambitions on the final day of the second Digicel Test at the Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, yesterday.

YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – Former Cameroon striker Roger Milla has set up a committee to press for the axing of the country’s football federation and the return of captain Samuel Eto’o to the national squad.

By Iva Wharton President of the Rupununi Athletics and Sports Association (RASA) Brian Rodrigues says the Amerindian Affairs Ministry is failing the athletes in the hinterland region.

Recalling the ancient proverb, ‘Like father, like son’, Guyana sprint queen Alisha Fortune and her daughter Andrea Foster have changed the gender to ‘like mother, like daughter’.