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By Treiston Joseph Guyana will field five sporting disciplines at the fourth Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) Games scheduled to take place in Venezuela from July 17-30.

A three-man team from the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) left for the mining town of Bartica yesterday to conduct a players’ assessment exercise with the aim of selecting players for a national under-17 camp to be held in Georgetown from July 17-25. 

The nation’s top domino clubs will all converge in Georgetown from today for the Blue Bird two day tournament which will be played at the Guyana Girls’ Guides Headquarters.

Anthony Downes defeated defending champion Jeremy Miller in stunning fashion to provide a fitting finale in hoisting the Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (GBTI) tennis open Men’s Single title on Thursday evening at the company’s Recreational Centre.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic is enjoying such a  magical year that even patchy form and the acrobatic brilliance  of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga could not stop him reaching his first  Wimbledon final and becoming world number one yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal delivered another  display of remarkable mental fortitude and brilliant shot-making  to withstand an early assault from Andy Murray and beat the home favourite 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-4 to reach the Wimbledon final yesterday.

The Guyana national U-15 team departed the country Thursday for Trinidad and Tobago where they will compete in the regional U-15 tournament organized by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

Defending champion Mike Gayadin is set to defend his title when the Annual Muneshwar Limited Medal play  Golf tournament tees  off today at the Lusignan  Golf Club on the East Coast  of Demerara.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mahela Jayawardene stroked an elegant 144 to propel Sri Lanka to a 69-run win over England as the tourists levelled the one-day series 1-1 at Headingley yesterday.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s sports minister has  appointed a new interim committee to run cricket in the island  nation after dissolving the previous board following corruption  allegations.“I

Enterprise Stars followed by Rising Stars XI of West Coast Demerara were the top teams in the Guyana Softball League (GSL) one-day tournament last Sunday at Helena, Mahaica.

Delroy Sookram struck gold for Guyana at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece, which was held  from June 25 to July 4.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Rain has forced a change in venue for title-holders Trinidad and Tobago’s opening clash with Guyana in the West Indies Under-15 Championship which starts today.

The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) along with the National Sports Commission (NSC) had a successful opening for the 6th edition of the National Schools’ Basketball Festival yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies failed to make a breakthrough in India’s second innings before seasonal wet weather put the brakes on the second Test yesterday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Hard-hitting West Indies batsman  Chris Gayle will play for Sydney Thunder in Australia’s revamped  domestic Twenty20 tournament.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC – Asafa Powell ran the fastest 100 metres in the World this year yesterday at the IAAF Diamond League Athletissima meet, as Jermaine Gonzales continued his good form.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Every time he goes to out to  bat for West Indies, Marlon Samuels faces an awkward dilemma.  

BRIDGETOWN,  (Reuters) – Coming from a country where  high-scoring batsmen are worshipped and spin bowlers adored,  Ishant Sharma has learnt the hard way that patience was the key  to success for an Indian fast bowler.

(IAAF) Lausanne, Switzerland – Reigning World 400 metres champion Sanya Richards-Ross, who lines up tonight for Athletissima 2011, the seventh leg of this season’s Samsung Diamond League, makes no secret that playing second fiddle to her more race fit   rivals is something she doesn’t like.