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By Iva Wharton Tomorrow marks the start of three exciting days for six young footballers.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) yesterday issued a press release denying that they had expelled committee member of the GCF Suhai Feng from the body for failing to attend three consecutive meetings.

2-0,2-0,2-0 Though it resembles some sort of mathematical equation, these numbers actually represent the final scores of the Barbados senior men’s football team during their ongoing but now-collapsing 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign in CONCACAF’s Group B.

BANGALORE, India,  CMC – Snubbed by West Indies selectors in recent months, talismanic opener Chris Gayle once again reiterated his immense value, unleashing a scintillating 92 to propel Royal Challengers Bangalore into the Champions League Twenty20 final here  yesterday.

By Iva Wharton Playing for Guyana is an honour but knowing that you are wanted is the greatest feeling, said 26- year-old Ricky Shakes.

CHENNAI, India, IANS-CMC – The best news emanating from Mumbai Indians on the eve of their Champions League Twenty20 semi-final clash against Somerset here today was that West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard would be fit to play.

FATULLAH, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies opened their tour of Bangladesh with a convincing 81-run defeat of a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI here yesterday as they warmed up for the limited overs series starting next week.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – Young West Indies lost again yesterday, soundly whipped by powerhouses India in their final preliminary match of the Under-19 Quadrangular Series here.

FATULLAH, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies pacer Ravi Rampaul says the Bangladesh series will be an important one for him as he seeks to excel on an away tour, following his success in the Caribbean earlier this year.

The first phase of the synthetic track and field facility at Leonora, West Coast Demerara has been completed and the second part is expected to commence shortly, according to Sport Minister, Dr.

By Emmerson Campbell Guyanese Mark Lewis led four of his countrymen into the top six at the end of the third stage of the ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage cycle race yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell American Jonathan Teeter starts today’s third leg of the Ride For Life five-stage cycle race in the lead position after two stages and 106 miles were covered yesterday.

Berbice wicketkeeper/batsman Anthony Bramble became the first centurion of this year’s Tenelec First Division 50-over competition, slamming 114 for Skeldon Community Centre against Blairmont Community Centre.

President of the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC), Alfred King, believes that many football administrators have not accepted that football in Guyana needs urgent remedying.

Half-centuries from former West Indies middle-order batsman Narsingh Deonarine and Steven Jacobs aided the Sewnarine Chattergoon-led XI to victory over the Assad Fudadin-led XI by eight wickets in the second scheduled national practice match at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda, yesterday.

Fast food entity Big Daddy’s Burgers became the latest corporate business to support the Guyana cricket team ahead of the Regional Super-50 tournament when it presented team skipper Assad Fudadin with a cash donation at a simple handing over ceremony at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) yesterday.

The week-long 2011 Joint Services Championships will hit its pinnacle when the final day of competition begins today at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Ground, Camp Ayanganna from 10:30 hrs.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport  (CAS) cleared the way yesterday for dozens of past doping  offenders to compete at next year’s Olympics after rejecting an  International Olympic Committee (IOC) eligibility rule as  invalid.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan cricket captain  Salman Butt agreed to score no runs in an over during a crucial  game against England as part of a betting scam, a court heard yesterday.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – South African batsman Vaughn  van Jaarsveld has been banned from cricket for three months  following an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA),  the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) said yesterday.