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The Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) continues to push for a club house and indoor rRange but plans to have the facility in the city have been met with stiff resistance from authorities.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England should not change their team despite being “embarrassed” by Pakistan in the first two tests, according to former captain Michael Vaughan.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic waged war against Rafa Nadal for almost six hours in the longest grand slam final ever played to claim a third Australian Open title and leave the tortured Spaniard empty-handed yet again.

The second Annual Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy will get cracking today with a three-day coaching course to be conducted by United States-based coach Stanley Harmon at the Ministry of Education Sports Club on Carifesta Avenue.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – The very thought of Sachin Tendulkar and his contemporaries being shown the exit door would have been dismissed a year ago, but the majority of the Indian cricket fans are now convinced that the ‘golden generation’ should make way for new blood.

Rain yesterday forced the postponement of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) first event of the year, its annual Cross Country race.

Head of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) set up by the Guyana Government Clive Lloyd last evening said that he was respectful of the West Indies Cricket Board’s latest decision with respect to Guyana’s participation in the annual Regional four-day tournament adding that the IMC   was not opposed to the team leaving under the umbrella of the GCB.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has attributed his team’s current success to his players’ determination to restore pride in their country after the 2010 corruption scandal.

NEW YORK CITY, CMC – Asafa Powell edged out fellow Jamaica Nesta Carter to win the 50 metres dash on a night when Veronica Campbell-Brown and Trinidadian Renny Quow also shone at the USA Track and Field US Open at Madison Square Garden here Saturday.

By Emmerson Campbell A thundering right hand by Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy brought the crowd at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to its feet on Friday last at the staging of the 20th edition of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Guyana Fight Night Pro Am card.

The fifth Fruta Conquerors Football Club’s NAMILCO Football Festival was officially launched on Thursday with Managing Director of the company Bert Sukhai heaping praise on the executive of the club for the continued growth and expansion of the tournament, while representing the good name of the company.

The opening day of the three-day practice game at the Guyana National Stadium Providence, scheduled by the Interim Management Com-mittee (IMC) ahead of the Regional four-day tournament which bowls off on Friday, was washed out without a ball being bowled, due to persistent rainfall throughout the day.

By Iva Wharton The Kashif and Shanghai organization and Ram’s Pharmacy yesterday threw their combined weight behind the Thomas United Mashramani football tournament.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka sankto her knees in disbelieving triumph after winning her first grand slam singles title with a one-sided victory over Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final yesterday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies were languishing at number seven in the latest International Cricket Council Test team rankings announced yesterday, as Australia continued their march back towards the top of the tables.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is set to run off their first event of the year, their national cross country race at the National Park from 16:00 hrs today.

By Emmerson Campbell Olympic hopeful Alonzo Greaves yesterday sped off with the feature 35-lap Invitational race when national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed and Ricks and Sari Agro Industries Limited staged an 11-race cycling meet at the National Park circuit, Thomas Lands.

In what can be described as an interesting game of “cricket musical chairs”, 24 hours after the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) named its Guyana squad for the opening regional four-day encounter against the Leeward Islands next Friday, the Interim Management Committee (IMC) named an identical squad – but with controversially discarded senior West Indies middle-order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan as its skipper.

By Emmerson Campbell Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) president, Kit Nascimento yesterday underscored the need for the full support of both government and the corporate sector  to get the national ruggers to the international level.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Australia took India’s last  four wickets yesterday morning to crush the tourists by 298 runs in the fourth test and record a 4-0 series sweep.