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The finals of the 2012 Mayor’s Cup tournament should be well supported despite the low turnout at preliminary games, according to organizer Lennox Arthur.

Guyana’s senior 20/20 selectee Rajiv Ivan is to receive the prestigious Cricketer-of-the-Year Award for 2011 when the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports club (RHTYSC) hosts its 22nd Annual Awards Ceremony on Sunday,  April 22 at the Annexe Restaurant in Rose Hall Town.

(WICB) KINGSTON, Jamaica – For Jamaica and Barbados, the two most successful sides in the modern West Indies first-class championship (from 1966), the Final of this year’s Regional 4 Day Tournament, starting on Friday at Sabina Park, will have extra-special meaning.

DUBAI/SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Formula One organisers are to make a final decision within days on whether to go ahead with the Bahrain Grand Prix as they consider whether anti-government protests, which prevented last year’s running of the premier motor race, will flare up again.

(Reuters) – Big Buck’s, ridden by Ruby Walsh for trainer Paul Nicholls, notched a record 17th consecutive victory over hurdles when winning the first race on day one of the Aintree Grand National meeting yesterday.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Vladimir Klitschko will have a rematch with American challenger Tony Thompson in the Swiss city of Berne on July 7, the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight champion said yesterday.

By Neil Barry A solid all round performance from the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) team propelled them to a seven-wicket victory over Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) ladies.

(Reuters) – Chris Paul scored 24 of his game-high 31 points in a dominant second half display to carry the Los Angeles Clippers to a last-ditch 100-98 road victory over the West-leading Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday.

The Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) Inter-Jamaat Softball Competition sponsored by Bakewell bowled off with exciting games at the MYO ground on Sunday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – A gritty West Indies again fought valiantly but paid the price for one wretched session in the entire opening Test and plunged to a three-wicket defeat to Australia late on the fifth and final day at Kensington Oval here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy says  yesterday’s three-wicket loss to Australia in the opening Test here will not damage his side’s growing self confidence and has urged his troops not to despair, despite the hugely disappointing result.

Running Brave Athletic Club athlete Andrea Foster returned to home soil in the wee hours of yesterday morning as the only athlete on Guyana’s six member CARIFTA Games team with a medal to show for her hard work despite enduring an unfriendly climate in Bermuda.

Action in the third Guyana Telelgraph & Telecommunications (GT&T) 10/10 nationwide softball cricket tournament continued last weekend, with a plethora of exciting matches played around the country.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr.

The scoreboard might not tell you that but Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals gave IPL 2012 its first close high-scoring game as Wankhede Stadium cheered.

(Reuters) – Yuvraj Singh, the outstanding player in India’s World Cup triumph at home last year, is certain he will return to the international side after battling cancer but will wait until he has fully recovered both physically and mentally.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Teenaged all-rounder Amanda Samaroo has been recalled after a near three-year break while another teenager, Natasha McLean, has named for the first time in a West Indies 14-member squad to face Sri Lanka in a limited overs series here starting later this month.

(Cricinfo) Chennai Super Kings were disappointing with the bat for the second time in three games and their confused running allowed Delhi Daredevils to restrict them to their second-lowest total in the IPL for a comprehensive win.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League continued with three games on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground.

(Reuters) – The Boston Celtics stepped up their run to the playoffs on Tuesday by upsetting Miami 115-107 for their second victory over the Heat in 10 days.