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NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Nkrumah Bonner’s unbeaten half-century helped prop up West Indies A but Bangladesh A held the advantage on the penultimate day of their four-day Test here yesterday.

North Sound, Antigua – West Indies Selector Robert Haynes believes that batsmen in the Caribbean need to curb their obsession with boundaries and apply more thought to their approach to batting in order to achieve greater success.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., (Reuters) – Two former Penn State  officials were charged yesterday with covering up alleged  sexual assaults of young boys by a former coach, as authorities  widely criticized the university for allowing the abuse to  continue unchecked for more than a decade.

(Reuters) – Uncle Mo, the two-year-old champion in  2010 who finished 10th in this year’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup  Classic, has been retired from racing, the Daily Racing Form  (DRF) said yesterday.

The rugby union says the Guyana Men’s Sevens Team played below expectations at the Pan-American Games held in Guadalajara Mexico last month.

Anyone who knows Travis Blyden knows that cricket is one of his foremost loves.

The ninth annual Carlton Wheelers Cycle Club Track Meet which was scheduled to pedal off on Sunday at the  Everest Cricket Club Ground, was postponed due to the sodden state of the track caused by inclement weather.

Former national table tennis player Andrew Daly announced his return to competitive tennis by dominating the 2011 Inter Organisation singles competition to claim the top prize yesterday at the Queen’s College Auditorium.

The Message, ridden by Yap Drepaul of The Colin Elcock stable, returned to competition with a win on Sunday in the feature B class event when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports and Banks DIH the Champion of Champions horse race meet at Alness, Corentyne.

The 36th edition of the premier West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) limited overs tournament, now branded the Clive Lloyd/Regional Super 50 Cup, concluded last week here in Guyana, with Chris Gayle’s Jamaican side, winning their eighth regional title, while simultaneously securing the prestigious domestic double for 2011.

SHARJAH, (Reuters) – Pakistan highlighted their talent  on the pitch to draw the third and final test against Sri Lanka  and win the series 1-0 yesterday just days after three former  team mates were jailed for spot-fixing.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Shivnarine Chanderpaul enhanced  his reputation as a nemesis for India with an unbeaten century  to power West Indies to 256 for five on the opening day of the  first test yesterday.

An injury-time 92nd minute goal from Alisha Leila propelled the Guyana Under-20 Lady Jaguars to an exciting come-from-behind 2-1 victory, over the Dominican Republic, in the final Group D qualifying round match at the Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground yesterday.

The Digicel-sponsored netball tournament continues today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with the second two-best in three semifinals.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya led an  assault on the New York City Marathon record book by winning the  men’s race in course record time yesterday, while Firehiwot Dado  of Ethiopia produced an amazing comeback to claim the women’s  title.  

SHARJAH, (Reuters) –     Tharanga Paranavitana and  Kumar Sangakkara both hit half centuries yesterday as Sri Lanka  extended their lead over Pakistan to 237 runs at the close of  the fourth day and set up an intriguing finale in the third and  final test in Sharjah. 

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Kveta Peschke and Lucie Hradecka  beat Maria Kirilenko and Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-2 in the decisive  doubles to give the Czech Republic a 3-2 win over Russia in the  Fed Cup final yesterday, clinching the country’s first title as  an independent nation.

By Iva Wharton Days before the November 13th GT&T/Seaboard Marine Caribbean Race of Champions Meet, local champion Kevin Jeffrey says that he is confident that his Mitsubishi Evolution 8 nicknamed ‘Bush Cow’ would be ready.

LAUDERHILL, Florida, CMC – Former West Indies duo Lance Gibbs and Lawrence Rowe are part of a newly-formed committee to help promote and market the game in Broward county.

The Guyana Police Force ‘A’ arrested their fellow Police counterparts when the 2011 Inter-Organization team Table Tennis competition concluded yesterday at Queen’s College’s Auditorium.