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National junior table tennis champion Nigel Bryan will seek to ensure that The Business School retains its Schools Nationals Table Tennis Championships when the Guyana Table Tennis Association Schools championships bounce off today at Queen’s College Auditorium from 16:00hrs.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Teenaged utility player Shemaine Campbelle has backed her West Indies Women’s side to perform at the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers in Bangladesh next week.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Australia narrowly avoided  scoring the lowest ever test total as they capitulated to 47 all  out but the tourists could still win the first test against  South Africa following an extraordinary second day yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Lawyers representing former West Indies batting stylist Lawrence Rowe have initiated legal action against the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) for withdrawing the naming of the Players’ Pavilion at Sabina Park in his honour.

The national women’s rugby team will wing out today for Barbados on their quest to secure their fourth consecutive North America Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Sevens title.

People marvel at the performance and  the drivers get the glory, but very few spare a thought for the mechanic, or wrench as they are referred to in the sport of motor racing, who get the vehicles ready for race day.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India selectors have retained  their 15-man squad for the second test against West Indies in  Kolkata, meaning there is no place for off-spinner Harbhajan  Singh.

The GuySuCo Training Centre-Port Mourant (GTC-PM) volleyball team seemed unstoppable as action resumed in the Berbice Volleyball Association’s Reggie Goberdhan Memorial League Competition in the Lower Corentyne Zone.

Anton Cornelius, Assistant Coach of Trinidad and Tobago’s football team affectionately known as the “Soca Warriors” worldwide says his team is going all out for a victory over the home side in the crucial World Cup qualifying match at the Providence Stadium tomorrow.

With only one day to go before the biggest game in Guyana’s football history commences, charismatic Golden Jaguars coach Jamaal Shabbaz is urging  Guyanese, including the politicians, to put a temporary halt to election campaign rhetoric and unite as a country for one night in support of the national team.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Smith has been named to lead an experienced West Indies A squad in two Twenty20s against the touring Bangladesh A side later this month.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Smith has been named to lead an experienced West Indies A squad in two Twenty20s against the touring Bangladesh A side later this month.

Day two of the Guinness-in-the-Streets football competition continued on Tuesday evening  at the East Ruimveldt Basketball Court with Eagles Linden’s 5-1 victory over Buxton being the

Day two of the Guinness-in-the-Streets football competition continued on Tuesday evening  at the East Ruimveldt Basketball Court with Eagles Linden’s 5-1 victory over Buxton being the most emphatic of the night.

The rain interrupted Inter-County Under-17 competition resumed yesterday with Cellink Berbice and Demerara defeating President’s XI and Essequibo respectively.

The rain interrupted Inter-County Under-17 competition resumed yesterday with Cellink Berbice and Demerara defeating President’s XI and Essequibo respectively.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC – Sachin Tendulkar missed out on his 100th international century but India still strolled to a relatively easy five-wicket win over West Indies with a day and a half to spare in the opening Test yesterday.

NEW DELHI, India, IANS/CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy yesterday said he was happy with the performance of his young team despite losing the first Test against India.

Taffin Khan and Suhai Feng are representing Guyana at the second annual Umada Cup Chess Tournament which started last Tuesday and concludes this Sunday in Bridgetown, Barbados.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., (Reuters) – Penn State University  football coach Joe Paterno said yesterday he will retire at  the end of the 2011 season amid a scandal over allegations a  former assistant coach sexually abused boys and school  officials covered it up.