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Former national junior player Conan Belle showed that he has lost none of his skill when he defeated Warren Hackshaw in the 21 years and under final recently at the Bartica Community Centre.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Ravi Rampaul said West Indies can avoid a One-day International series sweep against Pakistan in their current series.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Sepp Blatter said he was  fully confident of winning another four-year term as FIFA  president as he secured the backing of South America’s soccer  chiefs on the campaign trail yesterday.

(BBC) Floyd Mayweather’s hearing on domestic violence charges, for which he could be jailed for 34 years if found guilty, was postponed a third time on Thursday.

LISBON, (Reuters) – Former U.S. Open champion Juan  Martin del Potro staged a remarkable second-set comeback to beat  top-seeded Swede Robin Soderling 6-4 7-5 and reach the last four  of the Estoril Open yesterday.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas will host the men’s and women’s editions of the Caribbean Championships this year.

BELGRADE, (Reuters) – World number two Novak  Djokovic settled an old score with a childhood rival when he  beat Slovenian Blaz Kavcic 6-3 6-2 yesterday to reach the Serbia  Open semi-finals.

Colonel Bruce Lovell and Competitions Coordinator of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Lawrence Griffith have refuted reports that they are interested in contesting positions on behalf of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) at the upcoming elections on May 27.

The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Organization will be staging the YBG Girls Basketball Development Jamboree today and tomorrow from 12:30hrs at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Guyana Cricket Tapeball League (GCTL) will host a Tape- ball Knockout Cricket Tournament on May 7 and 8 at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia,  CMC – A St. Lucian contingent of six boxers and three officials left the island for Ecuador on Thursday.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) will host a ‘Road to London’ programme on May 2 at the National Park playfield to facilitate preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games to be held in London, England.

Linden will look to defend their championship title at the 11th edition of the LinWest Games to be staged on May 7 by the New Guyana Sports Association of New York Inc.

Arch rivals Yamaha Caribs and Hornets will clash today in a virtual final of the William Blackman 15-a-side rugby competition at the National Park playfield.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Embattled West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford has been named as Dominica’s Sports Personality-of-the-Year for a second straight year.

With just two days before the arrival of the Pakistanis for the Digicel home series with the West Indies, fresh turmoil among members of the GCB executive has surfaced,  prompting Registrar of the Friendly Societies Kareem Abdul-Jabar to convene a meeting “to clarify the allegations”.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Penetrative bowling from Ravi Rampaul and Devendra Bishoo was upstaged by a typically resolute, unbeaten 62 from Misbah-ul-Haq that guided Pakistan to a series-clinching, three-wicket victory over West Indies in the third One-day International yesterday.

West Indies and Guyana middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has taken umbrage at WICB CEO Ernest Hilaire’s comments about players lacking discipline and application, made during a Line and Length interview as a defence for the new-look Regional team.

Odinga Lumumba, president of Guyana’s number one team Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United, has gotten the nod from the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) constituents to challenge president of the GFF Colin Klass at the upcoming elections on May 27.

Keirre Henry was outstanding in the quarterfinal of the inaugural Ricks & Sari Agro Industries Under-13, Two Innings Cricket Competition organized by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) at the Blairmont Sports Ground, Berbice.