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Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle

Gayle sweating on NOC before taking up IPL stint

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Talismanic West Indies opener Chris Gayle is awaiting a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the West Indies Cricket Board before he can take up a last-minute offer to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League.

Hemant Narine

Narine back with a bang; wins handgun competition

Experienced shooter Hemant Narine made a winning return to competition while female competitors made their presence felt at the Smallbore .22 Precision Pistol competition which took place at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) ranges at Eve Leary Saturday.

Rashad Hussain, left, in action against Anthony Drayton.

Khan, Meusa share lead

Former national champion, Wendell Meusa, and current senior national champion Taffin Khan are joint leaders after three rounds of the Caribbean Container Inc.,

Sharad Pawar

ICC to reconsider 10-team 2015 World Cup format

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The controversial decision to restrict the 2015 World Cup to only the 10 full members will be reconsidered by International Cricket Council’s (ICC) executive board in June, the governing body said yesterday.

Lakers’ Odom voted league’s best bench player

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Lamar Odom, who became the  first Los Angeles Laker to win the NBA award for best player in  a reserve role yesterday, hopes the recognition will make  people think twice before considering him an underachiever.

Top jockey Andron Findley (right) receives his accolade from a representative of the Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC).  

Prince Charming takes $450,000 from top field

Colin Elcock Stable’s Prince Charming registered a commanding victory over a top field of horses to take the C class race when the Rising Sun Turf Club held its pre-Easter horse race at the West Coast, Berbice, facility.

DUSTING OFF! Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles lakers are down but not out after losing the first game of their playoff series against Chris Paul’s New Orleans’ Hornets.

Paul leaves Lakers in dust as Hornets stun LA

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Chris Paul ran circles  around the Los Angeles Lakers in a scintillating performance to  lead his New Orleans Hornets to a 109-100 upset victory over the  defending champions in their NBA playoff series opener Sunday.

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