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Guyana yesterday avoided the indignity of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory to record a tense two-wicket victory over Jamaica at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground, in the third round of the limited overs version of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under 19 tournament.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Alastair Cook hit a career best 294 as England amassed their third-highest total of 710 for seven declared against a weary-looking India on day three of the third test yesterday.  

Gold medalist Delroy Sookram along with Coline Roberts were treated to an honorary lunch on Thursday by their main sponsor Digicel at the New Thriving Restaurant on  Main Street for their achievements at the 2011 Summer Special Olympics held in Athens, Greece.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Barbados roared to the top of the WICB Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship when they easily beat Leeward Islands by five wickets in the third round of the WICB Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship here yesterday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A superb innings of 98 by Sunil Ambris piloted Windward Islands to a shock 58-run victory over defending champs Trinidad and Tobago in the third round of the WICB Under-19 One-Day Tournament yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Reigning champions Trinidad & Tobago stayed on course for their third straight WICB Regional Women’s One-day title with a six-wicket victory over St.

The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) in partnership with the Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry Limited will stage a lawn tennis camp for all ages starting today at the bank’s new tennis courts on the premises of its Diamond Branch, East Bank Demerara. 

Controversial football head Colin Klass faced the greatest challenge yet to his career when FIFA suspended him yesterday as part of an ethics probe of a bribery scandal that has shaken regional associations.

Upbeat over their commendable performance at the recently concluded Pan American Challenge in Brazil, members of the Guyana’s female hockey believe that the availability of an artificial turf is key to their continued improvement.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Alastair Cook  stroked his 19th test century as England’s ruthless batsmen  amassed 456 for three on the second day of the third test  against a weary-looking India yesterday.

With a string of strong performances, including running the fastest 400 metres by a Guyanese in over a decade, national   sprinter Winston George can lay claim to being the country’s most dominant sprinter this season.

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia,  (Reuters) – Steve Stricker  equalled the lowest round in a major to take control of the PGA  Championship on Thursday while fellow American Tiger Woods  spectacularly self-destructed after making a red-hot start.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidadian bowlers Kevon Cooper and Sunil Narine have been sent to Australia to have their actions assessed, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s Champions League campaign in September.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies Under-19s will do battle alongside two-time champions India in Group C of next year’s ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Every time she leaps to shoot,  21-year-old basketball player Pratima Singh considers herself  lucky that all she has to defy is gravity.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A brutal 135 from Deandra Dottin powered hosts Barbados to a 267-run victory over St.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The London riots will not  undermine confidence in the city’s ability to stage a  trouble-free Olympics next year, organising committee chairman  Sebastian Coe said yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaican officials have remained tight-lipped, following revelations that sprinter Steve Mullings have tested positive for a banned substance, according to a report in the Jamaica Gleaner yesterday.

MONTREAL,  (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal fluffed his lines on  the return from five-week break when the Spanish world number  two was stunned 1-6 7-6 7-6 by unheralded Croatian Ivan Dodig in  his opening match of the Montreal Masters on Wednesday.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Every athlete competing in  this year’s World Athletics Championships will be blood-tested  in an unprecedented anti-doping programme, the sports governing  body said yesterday.