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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Donovan Pagon and Brenton Parchment hammered half-centuries but discarded West Indies left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn’s five-wicket haul kept Barbados in the contest, on the opening day of the Regional Four-Day final here yesterday.

(Cricinfo) Shakib Al Hasan had sat out Kolkata Knight Riders’ first two matches much to the disappointment of his fans in Bangladesh.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy is convinced West Indies will learn from Wednesday’s three-wicket loss to Australia in the opening Test and bounce back strongly in Trinidad.

The Hadi’s nationwide male and female softball tournament organised by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) has reached the quarter final stage in the male over-40 category.

It’s down to the final 16 teams of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited 10/10 nationwide softball cricket competition.

By Neil Barry The Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO)  secured victory over Queen’s College in a close low scoring encounter at the GYO ground yesterday in the latest round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)  Brainstreet-sponsored Under-15 competition.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Veteran West Indies left-hander is steadily continuing to make his way back to the top of world cricket.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will hold its first 15’s trial game at the National Park today at 16:00 hrs in preparation for the Rugby World Cup 2015 NACRA Caribbean Regional Qualifier.

The semi-final games of the Victoria Kings/Healthy Choice Easter Cup tournament involving BV United versus Buxton Starz and Victoria Kings versus Golden Grove failed to kick off last weekend due to inclement weather and will be played tonight at the Victoria ground from 19:00hrs.

The venue, Lorna Mayers’s residence, Graham Street, Plaisance. The discipline – dominoes.

East Ruimveldt Secondary mauled Central High 13-1 while Charlestown Secondary brushed aside St.

Grace Foundation a non – profit non-governmental organization with strong basketball linkages will stage a walk-a-thon tomorrow.

Coach of the six-member CARIFTA Games team Julian Edmonds assessed the team’s efforts at the 41st edition of the event in Bermuda as creditable, although he acknowledged some below par performances.

President of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) Sheik Ahmad has stated unequivocally that the Tony Elite Styles Floodlight two-day Twenty20 tournament scheduled to bowl off today will go ahead despite suggestions that the tournament has not been authorized.

By Emmerson Campbell CABOFE flyweight champion Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques is now scheduled to headline the 22nd edition of the Guyana Fight Night Pro Am card on April 27 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall following the postponement of the initial headliner.

Guyana’s top riders are expected to open fire on the peloton tomorrow when they turn the inner circuit of the National Park into a speedway as national cycling coach Hassan Mohamed and Universal Auto and General Supplies team up to host their eighth annual  11-race cycle programme.

(WICB) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — West Indies all-rounder Narsingh Deonarine made a successful return to international cricket with the ball, as he played a crucial role in his team’s fight-back against Australia on the final day of the first Digicel Test on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – His “Predator” style hair flowing, Aries Merritt skimmed the hurdles with new enthusiasm.

CHENNAI, India, CMC – Big-hitting Chris Gayle found his feet in the Indian Premier League yesterday, blasting a typically aggressive half-century in a losing cause for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Windward Islands off-spinner Shane Shillingford has been called up for the second Test against Australia starting here Sunday, on the heels of a disappointing performance by leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo in the Kensington Oval opener which West Indies lost by three wickets on Wednesday.