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St John’s, Antigua – Cricket fans in the Caribbean and across the world can now make online purchase of tickets for the Digicel Series – West Indies v Australia.

By Emmerson Campbell After retaining his World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) bantamweight title with a first round demolition of Barbadian Selwyn Lett last Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), US-based Guyanese Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry is now focused on the WBC Cup.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Jamaica continued their dominant march towards an unprecedented fifth straight Regional 4Day title when they trounced Guyana by eight wickets late on the final day of their fourth round day/night contest on Monday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British heavyweight Dereck Chisora was banned indefinitely by the World Boxing Council (WBC) yesterday for what the organisation called “one of the worst behaviours ever by a professional”.

(Reuters) – Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten 133 as India chased down a mammoth 321-run target in under 37 overs against Sri Lanka in Hobart yesterday to stay alive in the one-day international Tri-series.

(Reuters) – Middle order batsman Eoin Morgan paid the price for a string of low scores as he was dropped from England’s squad named yesterday for the two-test series against Sri Lanka starting next month.

By Emmerson Campbell In the aftermath  of  Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite’s devastating and humiliating defeat Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall at the hands of newly- crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) heavyweight

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Beacons Football Club will contest the NAMILCO Football final this Sunday following the semi-finals matches at the Tucville ground two days ago.

younger players who were part of the recent four-game development tour to the Caribbean have earned call-ups to the Guyana national team for the international friendly against Guatemala tomorrow evening.

A two-month wait for the first horse race meet of the year resulted in a large and appreciative crowd turning out Sunday  for the season opening meet at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club, Alness, Corentyne Berbice.

The Thomas United 52nd Anniversary/Winners Connection Mashramani Challenge Cup Knock-out Competition resumes this evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground with an intriguing doubleheader.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago beat Windward Islands by four wickets in their fourth round Regional Four-Day match here yesterday but not before suffering a massive scare, after their batting collapsed spectacularly.

(Reuters) – Captain Stuart Broad and Jade Dernbach held their nerve in the closing overs to bowl England to a five-run victory and a 2-1 series win over Pakistan in the final Twenty20 international in Abu Dhabi  yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In a reported bid to diffuse tensions between the Jamaican Government and the West Indies Cricket Board, (WICB) board president Julian Hunte is to pay a visit to Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to ‘make amends’ following heated exchanges between the board and the prime minister over the last week, sources tell The Gleaner The verbal confrontation surrounds the continued exclusion of opening batsman Chris Gayle from the West Indies team and the fact that Jamaica was not considered as a venue for any of the matches for the upcoming tour by Australia.

(Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant paid a price for becoming the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game’s leading scorer, breaking his nose in the Sunday contest, the Lakers said yesterday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Hard-hitting batsman Dwayne Smith smashed his maiden Twenty20 century to fire Khulna Royal Bengals to a comfortable 69-run win over Sylhet Royals in their final preliminary round game of the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.

Former West Indies and Guyana leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo is still creating problems for batsmen  grabbing a five wicket haul on the weekend for Central Sports in their clash against W Connection Wanderers in Tribidad and Tobago.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) will be sending two teams to the annual Florida Cup Softball tournament to be held this week-end next weekend.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, -CMC – West Indies Women went down by six wickets in the final Twenty20 International of their five-match series against India at Warner Park here yesterday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Guyana, trailing by 160 runs on first innings, reached 156 for six in their second innings at tea on the final day of their day/night fourth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground yesterday.