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Albion Community Centre and Port Mourant Karibee Rice will clash today at the Port Mourant ground in the semi-final of the 2011 Ramcharitar Construction Services First Division 50-over cricket competition in Berbice.

The 2011 Tenelec Inc First Division 50-over cricket competition organized by the Berbice Cricket Board for teams in the Ancient County continues this weekend with three fifth round matches  today and five sixth round matches  tomorrow.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Kevin McClean cruelly exposed the batting limitations of the current West Indies team, jolting them with an inspiring spell of fast-medium bowling to lead the West Indies High Performance Centre to a six-wicket victory in a One-day practice match yesterday.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – A half-century from their captain Kraigg Brathwaite was insufficient to take West Indies Under-19s to victory yesterday, when Australia Under-19s slammed them by 137 runs in the quadrangular Youth One-day International series.

Inter-House school sports around Georgetown continued yesterday with Bishops’ High School and Tutorial High School

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-IANS – International matches are set to witness a slew of changes in all three formats with amendments to rules coming into effect from tomorrow.

Trenace Lowe captured first place in the under-21 and women’s singles at the Tobago Open last weekend.

They were rival players in the just-concluded traditional Berbice versus Demerara showdown in the El Dorado Senior Inter-County 50-overs competition.

Roti Hut, a part of the Bakewell group of companies, yesterday handed over a $500,000 cheque to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) at the company’s main branch on Albert Street.

By Iva Wharton Coaches and heads of associations have agreed that the survival of many sporting disciplines in Guyana depends on an organisation’s ability to attract young people from the school system and at Marian Academy it is also seen as enhancing academic performance.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Australian Geoff Marsh said he  was keen to extend his two-year contract as Sri Lanka coach  after taking over the job yesterday.

DUNEDIN, (Reuters) – The rugby World Cup paused for  breath yesterday with a rare rest day as attention turned to  the preparations of the 13 teams hoping this weekend’s final  round of pool games will send them into the quarter-finals.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India axed spinner Harbhajan  Singh yesterday and drafted in the uncapped Sreenath Aravind  and Rahul Sharma for the first two one-day internationals  against England next month.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Manchester United footballer Rio  Ferdinand yesterday lost a High Court privacy action over a  “kiss and tell” newspaper story.

After a day in which the 29-man provisional squad was put through a round of rigorous fitness tests, the National Senior Selectors met at the GCB Boardroom at the end of those sessions and selected a final 14-member squad along with six  back-up players yesterday.

The Bakewell Male Open 15/15, Female Open 10/10 and Male over 40 yrs 25/25 countrywide Softball tournament continued last Sunday at various venues.

By Iva Wharton When it comes to the development of sports in Guyana it would seem that the private sector is doing much more than it should or too much is expected of them.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have dumped Mitchell Johnson from their Twenty20 side for their upcoming South Africa tour after the paceman endured a poor tour in Sri Lanka.

CHENNAI, India, CMC-IANS – Trinidad & Tobago once again sacrificed victory on the altar of defeat in another heart-breaking finish, after thoughtless bowling from Ravi Rampaul and questionable tactics from Daren Ganga condemned them to lose in a one-over eliminator following a tie against New South Wales of Australia in the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday.

CHENNAI, India, CMC-IANS – A timely cameo from all-rounder Dwayne Bravo powered the Chennai Super Kings to a four-wicket win, their first in the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday, as Jean-Paul Duminy’s spell of four for 20 went waste for the Cape Cobras.