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Attorney General (AG) and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall has slammed the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for intransigence and  turning a blind eye to the serious issues facing Guyana’s cricket administration.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Windward Islands will be without West Indies captain Darren Sammy for their opening round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship against Jamaica starting Friday but coach Ian Allen says his absence will be a chance for other players in the unit to shine.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Off-spinner Ryan Austin is hoping that another successful season in the Regional Four-Day Championship earns him a West Indies call up.

A Court Order granted by Justice William Ramlall on Tuesday which stated that the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Alfred King, had 24 hours to remove the locks placed on the office of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) was yesterday served on King and Interim Management Committee Chairman, Clive Lloyd.

By Emmerson Campbell Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) bantamweight champion, Guyanese Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred’s bout with Mexican Yazmin Rivas for her International Boxing Federation (IBF) female bantamweight title has been called off.

Twelve coaches successfully completed the three-day Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Coaches course conducted by United States-based Instructor Stanley Harmon.

Amidst a gloomy cricketing climate in Guyana, Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) continues to be a shining example, securing sponsorship from Ansa Mc Al for a new 20/20 tournament and renewing their relationship with Scotia Bank for the fourth year.

Retrieve Raiders and Victory Valley Royals basketball clubs defeated Block 22 Flames and Half Mile Bulls when the  2012 Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) basketball season commenced Monday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club hardcourt.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – An extraordinary switch-hit six from David Warner and a Matt Wade half century fired Australia to a 31-run victory over India in the first of two Twenty20 matches  yesterday.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Teenaged Australian pace sensation Pat Cummins has targeted the tour of West Indies starting in March as his comeback from injury.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Future International Cricket Council (ICC) presidents are likely to have reduced powers after the governing body’s board recommended turning the job into an ambassadorial role and creating a new position of chairman.

Three organizations, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will be going all out to ensure that Guyana is well represented at track and field at this year’s London Olympic Games.

The Golden Jaguars completed a successful 2011 by qualifying for the third round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers for the first time in the nation’s history, since Guyana commenced participation in World Cup qualifiers for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.

By Iva Wharton President of the Guyana Chess Federation Shiv Nandalall says he is heartened by the progress shown by young chess players.

Youngsters Leon Seaton and Jonathan van Lange stole the limelight on Saturday last when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) held its first event of the year, the January Splash, at the Colgrain Swimming Pool, Camp Street.

National Chess champion Taffin Khan is among the leaders after the first round of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Trophy Stall sponsored eight round tournament.

The Parliamentary Opposition, yesterday accused the Government of Guyana of setting a dangerous precedent by its involvement in the affairs of the local cricket board and urged the government to end the lockout of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) from its Regent Street office and also to withdraw the Interim Management Committee (IMC).

The favoured pair of Sudesh Fitzgerald and Lallchand Rambahrose was beaten in the final of the Malteenoes Sports Club sponsored Draw Doubles darts tournament by Anil Latchman and Bryan James held on Friday at the Malteenoes Sports Club Thomas Lands.

(Reuters) – Blake Griffin delivered the dunk of the season on a rim-rattling slam over Kendrick Perkins to highlight the Los Angeles Clippers’ 112-100 home victory over the NBA-leading Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, – Prime Minister Denzil Douglas has hailed the exploits of the country’s veteran sprinter Kim Collins who rolled back the years again last weekend to shine in the Aviva International Match in Scotland.