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Tucville Secondary devour QC 10 – 2 The inaugural ScotiaBank/ Pepsi Schools Football Tournament officially kicked off yesterday with the opening ceremony and curtain-raiser match between Queen’s College and  Tuvcille at the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground.

In an interesting turn of events the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) are to receive constitutional rights from the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) pending the submission of certain documents.

Guyana became the fourth Caribbean country to benefit from Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme that was launched at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) on Friday afternoon.

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KOCHI/HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore recorded comfortable away victories to open their respective campaigns in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United enjoyed a stroll in the spring sunshine yesterday as they eased to a 2-0 home win over Fulham to open a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League.

SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher was only able to qualify 11th for today’s Malaysia Grand Prix as once again team mate Nico Rosberg outperformed him in a struggling car with rear wing problems.

DHAKA (Reuters) – Michael Clarke got his captaincy off to a terrific start by smashing a century and leading Australia to a 60-run win over Bangladesh in the first One-Day International in Dhaka yesterday.

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CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – World number one Caroline Wozniacki defeated Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic 6-4 6-4 yesterday to set up a final meeting with Russian Elena Vesnina at the Family Circle Cup.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica crushed Combined Campuses and Colleges by eight wickets inside two days yesterday to clinch their fourth straight Regional First Class Championship.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Jason Anderson struck an unbeaten century as Bermuda got their World Cricket League Division Two campaign back on track with a comfortable 69-run win over Hong Kong here yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago have decided against pursuing any further legal action against the West Indies Cricket Board over last week’s contentious Regional First Class Championship semi-final versus Jamaica.

GT&T Chief Executive Officer Yog Mahadeo yesterday said that the GT&T 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition finals will be based on giving back to the fans with millions of dollars to be won and an after-games concert.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica were closing in on valuable first innings points following a shocking batting collapse by Combined Campuses and Colleges on the opening day of the Regional First Class Championship final here yesterday.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – New Australia captain Michael  Clarke is ready to turn to his predecessor Ricky Ponting for  advice as he seeks to instil consistency into his team during  the three-match one-day series against Bangladesh.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – Chennai Super Kings kicked off  their title defence with a thrilling two-run victory over  Kolkata Knight Riders in the first match of the fourth Indian  Premier League yesterday.

AUGUSTA, Georgia, (Reuters) – Golf’s young guns  came out blazing at the Masters with 21-year-old Rory McIlroy  of Northern Ireland taking a two-shot lead over 23-year-old  Australian Jason Day at the halfway mark yesterday.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) extends congratulations to Christopher Barnwell on his selection to the West Indies squad for the Twenty20 International against Pakistan later this month.

The Schools Scotia Bank/Pepsi Football Academy will be officially opened this morning from 9am with a March Past of participating teams, at the Carifesta Sports Complex on Carifesta Avenue.