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Leaders Alpha United should face a stern test from Rosignol United this evening at the Georgetown Football Club ground in one of five matches of the Guyana Football Federation Super League tournament.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Naringh Deonarine missed out on a century but veteran West Indies left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul had one in his sights, as Guyana dominated the opening day of their sixth round, Regional Four-Day match against Trinidad and Tobago here yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell Dexter ‘Bushman’ Garnett, whose  brainchild is Guyana’s most popular bodybuilding event, the Hugh Ross Classic (HRC), is proud of the way the contest  has grown.

Another exciting round of matches is anticipated this weekend as teams continue to vie for spots in the semi-finals of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) first and second division competitions.

After a pulsating opening match last weekend the Scotia Bank-Pepsi Schools football tournament will continue today with two matches at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Spineless batting sent West Indies crashing to yet another defeat here  yesterday, as they lost the opening One-day International of the five-match series against Australia by 64 runs at the Arnos Vale Stadium.

All Greys, a team of former national players will do battle with exuberant debutants Saints as play in the John Fernandes Insurance Second division hockey league continues this afternoon at St.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar ended a year-long wait to score a record 100th international century but it did not stop India stumbling to a shock five-wicket defeat by Bangladesh which threw the Asia Cup wide open  yesterday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Lindon James stroked a half-century but Windward Island suffered another batting collapse on the opening day of their sixth round Regional Four-Day match against Combined Campuses and Colleges here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Seasoned all-rounder Dwayne Smith completed a fine day with ball and bat to help put Barbados well within sight of first innings points over the Leeward Islands on the opening day of the sixth round regional first-class match at Kensington Oval here yesterday.

(Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks survived a late claw-back by the league-worst Charlotte Bobcats to give the NBA champions a 101-96 victory on Thursday.

Guyana will be looking to build on the momentum gained from their crushing fourth round victory over Barbados when they face off with Trinidad and Tobago today  in their final match of the 2011/12 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four-day competition at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – West Indies open their five-match One-Day International series against Australia here today, hoping to break a worrying trend of losses against the powerful tourists.

By Iva Wharton With five title belts to her name, former world champion Gwendolyn O’Neil is going for her sixth title against Carlette Ewell.

By Emmerson Campbell “I am predicting a victory, that is what we are going in there for, we are not going in there to lose, we’re going in there to win. 

Kurt English scored 31 points to lead the Patriots Basketball Club past the Knights Basketball Club when the two teams met in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association League last weekend at the Burnham Hard Courts.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Half-centuries by captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal and a lively spell of bowling from paceman Aizaz Cheema helped Pakistan to a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup yesterday.

INDIAN WELLS, California, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer each needed three sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Wednesday while Rafa Nadal advanced with a comfortable victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov.

(Reuters) – Dwight Howard, the face of the Orlando Magic franchise, will stay with the team for at least another season rather than test the free agent market later this year, the six-time National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star said yesterday.

(Reuters) – AB de Villiers guided his side to a 68-run first innings lead after Mark Gillespie had ripped the heart out of South Africa’s batting line-up with a five-wicket haul on the second day of the second test at Seddon Park in Hamilton last night.