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By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In Delhi West Indies cricket has endured several horrendous periods over the past decade but none more horrendous than in the last week of their 2011 World Cup campaign.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition continued into its fifth week last weekend at various venues around Guyana with teams booking their places in the super 16 stage, which was pushed back to April 2 owing to the weather.

The Rigby/Nedd Games which were to be held at the Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Berbice by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) on Sunday will not be held owing to the unfit condition of the ground.

Berbice ‘A’ player Jason Sinclair has been named 2010 Cricketer of the Year for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC).

LONDON (Reuters) – British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan and chief executive Andy Hunt have been suspended from London 2012 organising committee board meetings because of a row over funding.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Interpol said today it had foiled a militant plot to carry out an attack during the cricket World Cup now being played across South Asia.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies exited the World Cup without so much as a whimper, suffering an appalling batting collapse as they plunged to an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat to Pakistan in a lopsided quarter-final contest here yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s top order batsmen  will need to find an effective counter to Australia’s fast  bowlers in today’s World Cup quarter-final if they are to  sustain a billion dreams.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says much of the blame for his side’s failed World Cup campaign must rest on the shoulders of the senior players.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Darren Sammy is expected to hold onto his job as West Indies captain despite a wretched World Cup where he failed to impress with either bat or ball.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Recent heavy rain have forced a change of venue for the final preliminary round match between Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago in the WICB Regional first-class championship, starting today.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s plans to overcome the England Lions in the final round of the WICB Regional first-class championship, starting  today at Sabina Park, have hit a snag.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant delivered a  sensational performance to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a  roller-coaster 139-137 triple-overtime victory over the Phoenix  Suns on Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Baseball’s home run  king admitted to using steroids and even complained about the  pain from receiving injections, an old friend of Barry Bonds  testified in the tarnished star’s perjury trial yesterday.Steve

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has postponed indefinitely the Banks DIH Sevens tournament, which traditionally marks the official opening of the rugby season, due to the flooding of the National Park Rugby Ground.

In an effort to attract new membership the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) will run off a three-day referee beginners course this weekend.

ROME, Italy,  CMC – Asafa Powell has signed to face his compatriot Usain Bolt over 100 metres in the third leg of the Diamond League at the Olympic Stadium here.

The crème de crème of handgun shooting in Guyana will square off on Sunday when the GuyanaNRA stages its first practical pistol match for 2011 at the Timehri rifle ranges.

Fairy Landing of the Sheriff Racing Stable won the feature B class event before the curtains came down on the Kennard Memorial Turf Club Phagwah horse race meet on Sunday.

The Kevin Lawrence Memorial Basketball Extravaganza, set for Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, was officially launched yesterday at the Windjammer International Hotel, Kitty.