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By Iva Wharton Newly crowned 2011 Junior Chess Champion Hifeng–Su (Suhai Feng) said he feels on top of his game after winning the championship.

St John’s Antigua – The West Indies A Team will kick into action once again as the ‘next-in-line’ players will contest two Digicel ‘Test’ matches against Bangladesh A as part of a seven match tour of the Caribbean by the Asian side.

(Reuters) – The decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was called into question by new FIFA executive committee member Theo Zwanziger on Sunday, with the German saying some of his fellow members had been pressurised by their governments to vote for the bid.

Despite being at odds with the Guyana Football Federation, the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) is kicking off its super league tournament on Sunday.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) is all set to host its first international softball tournament this weekend.

The Holy Family Schools Bible Club  along with HJ TV, Colours Boutique, and the Trophy Stall will team up to host an Inter-Schools athletic sports meet tomorrow at St Stanislaus Ground, Carifesta Avenue.

From Marlon Munroe at Blairmont Guyana topped Group A and booked a semi-final place in the Regional Super50 tournament after defeating Barbados by 48 runs at the Blairmont Estate Community Development ground yesterday.

From Treiston Joseph in Suriname Guyana finished on top of the points table when the final day of the 2011 Track and Field Championships of the Inter Guiana Games concluded yesterday at the Andre Kampervene Stadium in Suriname.

Savvy death overs bowling from Jason Holder, inspired the Sagicor High Performance Center (HPC) to a tense seven-run victory over the Windward Islands in the final round Group A match of the 2011 Regional Super50 tournament, at the Everest Cricket Club, yesterday.

By Iva Wharton Caribbean Netball associations will soon be petitioning the Caribbean Netball Association (CBA) and the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) to stage an alternative tournament to the world championships.

By Emmerson Campbell The Oxford dictionary defines the word explosion as a violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Varun Aaron picked up three wickets on his debut as India stayed on course to whitewash England in the one-day international series by cruising to a six-wicket victory in the fourth match yesterday.

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – Hosts New Zealand just about held their collective nerve to edge France 8-7 and win the World Cup for the second time after a gap of 24 years at Eden Park yesterday.

 From Treiston Joseph  in Suriname Guyana fell to Suriname Saturday evening when the male basketball competition of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) continued at the Anthony Nesty Hall in Suriname.

Guyana’s male volleyball team rallied to win a tough encounter at the Inter Guiana Games Saturday evening at the Anthony Nesty Hall in Suriname.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa produced a dominant performance yesterday to beat Australia by 80 runs in the second one-day international to level the three-match series 1-1.

Day three (Saturday) seemed to be the best day for Guyana since the start of the Inter Guiana Games last Thursday as Guyana did well in the cycling aspect of the 2011 edition of the games currently underway in Suriname.

Chris Gayle sent another strong message to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), except this time it was not verbally transmitted; it was with his bat at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday in the Regional Super50 tournament.

Mesmerizing spells of slow bowling from talented young off-spinner Sunil Narine and veteran leg-spinner Samuel Badree, spun 10 times regional limited overs champions  Trinidad and Tobago to a five-wicket victory over co-defending champions Leeward Islands, of the second Group B encounter, in the 2011 Regional Super 50 tournament yesterday, at Providence Stadium.

They are three young tyros, all from Trinidad and Tobago but all with contrasting physiques, styles and places in the order, who immediately excited optimism that they would be the future of West Indies batting.