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By Iva Wharton For former Group Three `Top Dog’ Ryan Rahaman the roles are reversed going in to today’s Race of Champions motor race meet at the South Dakota Circuit but he would not have it any other way.

They flocked to Kensington Oval in their thousands on Friday for the second of the West Indies’ Twenty20 Internationals against Australia, many with their red T-shirts proclaiming the Obama campaign slogan, “Yes We Can!”.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Barbados were grinding themselves into a strong position against Trinidad and Tobago as 17 wickets fell on the second day of the Regional Four-Day semi-final here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy has warned Australia to expect more of his side’s fighting spirit when the three-Test series bowls off here next weekend.

Enterprise Legends scored a crushing nine wicket win over East Bankers on Sunday last when the Guyana Floodlight softball Cricket association  Hadi’s sponsored competition continued.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Guyana conceded valuable first innings points despite a valiant effort from veteran batsman Shiv Chanderpaul as Jamaica emerged with the advantage after a keenly contested second day of the Regional Four-Day semi-final here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Dashing West Indies batsman Dwayne Smith has pointed to his six-year-old daughter Niyesha as one of the main reasons behind his recent resurgence.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – For the second time in as many weeks, West Indies walked away with a share of the spoils after they beat Australia by 14 runs to tie their two-match Twenty20 International series here yesterday.

The Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday pledged its support to the Interim Management Committee (IMC) to end the current crisis facing Guyana’s cricket, a decision that IMC chairman Clive Lloyd called a landmark move.

Cellphone Giants Digicel yesterday renewed its commitment to the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club by sponsoring the four-year horses race of tomorrow’s Jumbo Jet meeting at the club’s racetrack.

Guyana stands a good chance of moving up from its current number three ranking at the annual Caribbean junior table tennis championships which commences in Cuba next week.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Donovan Pagon and captain Tamar Lambert hit half-centuries but Jamaica suffered a batting collapse after Guyana’s spinners struck telling blows on the opening day of their Regional Four-Day semi-final here yesterday.

The Theatre Guild Playhouse, synonymous with theatre in Guyana for over four decades, will tonight be transformed into a serious battleground for chiseled physiques when the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding Fitness Federation (GABBFF) hosts their Muscle Madness 2012 Novice and Intermediate Bodybuilding Competition.

The Scotia Bank/Pepsi School Football Academy matches scheduled for today has been postponed, according to the organisers of the competition.

The seventh anniversary of the Universal DVD Club and Universal Solutions sponsored twenty/20 tournament is expected to bring some life to the Blairmont ground when the tournament bowls off next weekend.

Five athletes and two officials have so far been  confirmed  for the 41st Carifta Games which runs from April 7-9 in Bermuda.

Shomari Wiltshire secured his second upset victory of the Kool-Aid Junior Easter squash tournament on day three of the competition at the Georgetown Club Courts last Thursday.

A lucrative T20 cricket tournament with some six ounces of gold in prizes will get underway this weekend in Bartica.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Barbados squandered a great opportunity to make good progress on the opening day of their Regional Four-Day semi-final against Trinidad and Tobago here yesterday, when their batting faltered badly at Queen’s Park Oval.

By Neil Barry Three First Division encounters in the Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup two-day competition and the final round of preliminary matches in the Noble House Seafoods Second Division Competition are set to take place in the city from today.