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At least four cricket knights will join Sir Vivian Richards in Antigua to celebrate his 60th birthday and to participate in fund-raising drives to realise money to combat cancer.

The spectacular return to competitive squash by former three time Southern Caribbean men’s singles champion Garfield Wiltshire was ended by Ryan Rahaman yesterday at the Georgetown Club.

Alpha “the Hammer” United will begin the defence of their National Super League title when they take on Amelia’s Ward United as the League kick off today with five matches at three venues.

Football fans can expect a scorcher when Guyana Defence Force (GDF) battle Beacons Football Club in the 5th Annual NAMILCO final this evening at the Tucville ground.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – West Indies speedster Fidel Edwards made a losing start to life with the Dolphins in the MiWay Twenty20 Challenge as they went down by 10 wickets to Warriors at Kingsmead here Friday night.

TEXAS, United States, CMC – Jurors in the criminal trial of disgraced cricket financier Allen Stanford are yet to reach a verdict after deliberating for two days.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka beat Australia by nine runs despite Dan Christian’s hat-trick in a dramatic one-day international  yesterday to book their place in the final of the Tri-series against the hosts and send India home.

The assets of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) both movable and unmovable and including bank accounts have been transferred to a private limited liability company, a press release from attorney general Anil Nandlall stated yesterday.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday said the decision to form a private company was based on the ruling by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang and also in compliance with the directive of its parent company the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

BAGSHOT, England, (Reuters) – FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke made a scathing attack on Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup on yesterday, saying “not a lot is moving” and organisers needed “a kick up the backside”.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – A measured half-century from Stafanie Taylor helped West Indies Women to level their three-match One-Day International series against India, with an easy 42-run win here yesterday.

Former national player Godfrey Norville is inviting  all over-50 players, including past national players, to attend a meeting and practice session tomorrow from 10:00hrs at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former director of the High Performance Centre, Toby Radford will serve as assistant coach of the West Indies team, starting from Australia’s tour of the Caribbean later this month.

The national men’s Sevens rugby will  hold a trial game today at 10:00 am at the Providence National Stadium prior to announcing the team for the prestigious HSBC Sevens World Series in Hong Kong that will kick off on March 23 to 25 The team is expected to hold its final trial game

Differently-abled athletes will have an opportunity to showcase their skills when the Rotary Club of Georgetown stages its annual Day of Sports at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue tomorrow from 8am.

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed, MS, will have  the 15th Annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial 55–mile cycle road race pedaling off  tomorrow in Berbice.

By Emmerson Campbell After winning World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) titles last Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, middleweight Edmond ‘Wonder Boy’ DeClou and flyweight Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques under the management of Dog Pound Inc.,

The much-anticipated junior Carifta trials which had been set for tomorrow at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary has been rescheduled to March 8th (Phagwah Day)by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) due to the inclement weather.

Guyanese under-19 all rounder Riad Ali turned in a fine all round performance against Fatima to land the North Zone 40-over title.

The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) will continue to carry significant power in terms of negotiating for the regional players, as yesterday they won another round in the battle to keep their bargaining power with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).