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By Iva Wharton Two of the four women who competed in this year’s Guyana Golf Open say though they played to win, they did not expect much of a challenge from the listing and are disappointed at the small number of women players.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Australia will approach the third and deciding one-day international against South Africa as a “grand final”, experienced batsman Mike Hussey said yesterday.

Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago captains Assad Fudadin and Darren Ganga yesterday exuded confidence ahead of today’s first day/night semi-final match of the Super50 tournament scheduled for the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Not renowned around the world for his diplomacy, Chris Gayle asked the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday why he should apologise, challenging the body to make its position clear on what they want from him.

Currently ignored senior West Indies fast-bowler Jerome Taylor, suggested he has an 80 % chance of appearing in Jamaica’s semi-final encounter versus Sagicor High Performance Center (HPC) tomorrow, at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence Taylor, as most cricket fans may be aware,  has not donned the West Indies colours since June 2010.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United beat League Two Aldershot Town 3-0 in the League Cup fourth round yesterday to begin the road to recovery after their humiliating 6-1 defeat by Manchester City on Sunday.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh,  CMC – A sporting declaration by Bangladesh was not enough to engineer a result in the opening Test here yesterday, and West Indies experienced little horrors in holding on for a predictable draw on the final day.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki gave another gritty demonstration of why she has enjoyed a virtual year-long stranglehold on the world number one ranking with a 5-7 6-2 6-4 defeat of Agnieszka Radwanska in her opening match at the WTA Championships yesterday.

Guyana’s senior national football team the “Golden Jaguars” yesterday received further support from the business community, ahead of the team’s two crucial home and away CONCACAF 2014 World Cup qualifiers, against Trinidad and Tobago on November 11 and 15

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Despite boasting two of the most sought after players in world Twenty20 cricket, there was not one West Indian in the top 10 of the inaugural ICC Twenty20 International rankings released on Monday.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – Ravindra Jadeja and his spin colleagues bowled India to a 95-run victory over England in the fifth and final one-day international to complete a series sweep  yesterday.

Guyana will be hosting Group D of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying competition kicking off on  November 2 at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Bourda.

By Iva Wharton Nine-time Guyana Golf Open champion Nazeem ‘Papo’ Haniff says though play has improved on the local golf scene there is need for a coach to hone the talent of budding players.

Sandeep Chand and Andre Lopes fought their way past Jeremy Miller and Jason Glasgow to deliver the match of the day when play in the annual Trophy Stall Doubles Tennis Tournament commenced Sunday with matches at the Non-Pareil and Pegasus courts.

There is expected to be a mixture of local and foreign players for the second Citizens Bank Players golf championship billed for today (Diwali) at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Another high-class spell of off-spin bowling from 23-year old mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine propelled ten-time Regional limited overs champions Trinidad and Tobago into the 2011 Regional Super50 semi-finals with a 37-run victory over Jamaica, under the Duckworth/Lewis method at Everest Cricket Club yesterday.

Trinidad-based Guyanese Papo Haniff ended Avinash Persaud’s two-year reign while Christine Sukhram continued her dominance at the R1 Vodka Guyana Open two-day golf championships which ended Sunday evening at the Lusignan Golf Club.

The Combined Campuses and Colleges team (CCC) was yesterday eliminated from the Regional Super50 tournament despite defeating the Leeward Islands via the Duckworth-Lewis route at the Guyana National Stadium.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Left-arm spinner Elias Sunny claimed four wickets on his debut but could not stop West Indies from moving towards safety in the rain-hit first test against Bangladesh yesterday.

The cream of the country’s cyclists will be in action tomorrow when the  Roraima Bikers Club and the Humphrey family stage the 14th Annual Troy Humphrey Memorial Cycle Race Meeting.