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A youthful Golden Jaguars unit will come up against a Tobago All Star team at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Tobago from 6pm today.

By Emmerson Campbell Vijay Rahim, Anis Ade-Thomas and brothers Gumendra and Suraj Shewdas turned in impressive performances Sunday at the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF)  Juniors/Sub-Juniors and Novices Powerlifting Championships in preparation for the Caribbean Championships next month in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

The Guyana Football Federation failed to show up yesterday for a scheduled scheduled meeting with Minister of Sport, Dr.

Yesterday’s five wicket defeat  of the national side  by the Windward Islands in the second round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional 4-Day competition  is cause for concern.

The Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Super League got off to an enterprising start with three matches in Bartica and East Coast Demerara Sunday.

Sunburst Camptown and Beacons scored contrasting wins to advance to the quarter-finals on the opening night of the annual NAMILCO (National Milling Company) Football Festival at the Tucville ground.

Stefan Corlette, Xenophon Goliath and Joel Alleyne were the winners of the East Coast Demerara Table Tennis Tournament played on Sunday at the Plaisance Community Centre.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A shoulder injury has forced fast bowler Ravi Rampaul out of Trinidad and Tobago’s squad for their Regional Four-Day clash with Barbados starting Thursday in Bridgetown.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A Johnson Charles half-century and critical knocks by Devon Smith and Andre Fletcher guided Windward Islands to a strong five-wicket win over Guyana on the fourth and final day of the second round Regional Four-Day Championship match here yesterday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Following are the points standings after the second round of the Regional 4-Day Tournament ended yesterday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Exciting power-hitters Dwayne Smith and Kieron Pollard blasted unbeaten half-centuries in Man-of-the-Match performances to upstage Chris Gayle on the fourth day of the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.

The national rugby team at the recently-concluded Las Vegas Invitational Sevens tournament was declared joint champions of the Bowl round along with the Denver Barbarians.

(Reuters) – World Indoor Tournament men’s singles first round results from Rotterdam, Netherlands yesterday (prefix denotes seeding).

MANCHESTER,  (Reuters) – Manchester City’s rebel striker Carlos Tevez left Argentina for England yesterday taking manager Roberto Mancini’s olive branch with one hand and hurling an accusation he was treated “like a dog” with the other.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Half-centuries from Narsingh Deonarine, Christopher Barnwell and Assad Fudadin for Guyana in the Regional 4-Day Tournament yesterday left Windward Islands to chase 181 for victory on the final day.

Extremely open discussions were the order of the day when the Clive Lloyd headed Interim Management Committee (IMC) wrapped up its series of public consultation meetings over the weekend.

(Reuters) – An evenly balanced offense helped the Atlantic Division-leading Philadelphia 76ers easily defeat the under-manned Cleveland Cavaliers 99-84 on Saturday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Nikita Miller wrecked Barbados’ batting for the second time in as many days to lead four-time defending champions Jamaica to a 120-run victory inside three days in the Regional 4-Day Tournament yesterday.

(Reuters) – Gautam Gambhir’s 92 at the top and some smart batting by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the finish helped India chase down a 270-run target against Australia in Adelaide yesterday for their second win in the triangular series.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – A half-century from Shivnarine Chanderpaul was the most notable performance from a West Indian in the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 double-header yesterday.