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Flashback! Alesha Jackman made light work of her Trinidad opponent, Shawnelle Hamid, at the recent Patrick Ford Memorial tournament. In the fastest fight of the night, (53 seconds), Jackman cornered Hamid and unleashed a flurry of punches to end the proceedings. (Emmerson Campbell photo)
Flashback! Alesha Jackman made light work of her Trinidad opponent, Shawnelle Hamid, at the recent Patrick Ford Memorial tournament. In the fastest fight of the night, (53 seconds), Jackman cornered Hamid and unleashed a flurry of punches to end the proceedings. (Emmerson Campbell photo)

GBA raises the bar at Patrick Ford memorial c/ships

The meteoric rise of its fighters has seemingly inspired the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) to raise its bar as well.

Murray saves five match points to reach Doha final

(Reuters) – Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray said the ‘Law of Averages’ had finally swung in his favour after he saved five match points to defeat Jiri Lehecka at the Qatar Open yesterday and reach a first ATP Tour final since June last year.

Quetta Gladiators’ West Indies all-rounder Odean Smith

Smith sputters as Gladiators lose again

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Odean Smith grabbed two wickets but then perished for a two-ball ‘duck’ as Quetta Gladiators slumped to their fourth defeat in five games to remain rooted to the bottom of the Pakistan Super League.

West Indies batsman Joshua Da Silva recorded unbeaten 51 and 44 in the drawn encounter against the South Africa Invitational XI

Blackwood gets whiff of form in drawn tour game

(CMC) – Vice-captain Jermaine Blackwood capitalised on vital time in the middle following a first innings failure, as West Indies’ three-day tour match against a South Africa Invitational XI finished in a stalemate yesterday.

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