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NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen has teamed up with Kyle Busch Motorsports to make his NASCAR debut in the truck series in May, both sides announced yesterday.

After witnessing the showdown between ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson and James ‘Bonecrusher’ Smith for the World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight titles in 1987, a then 11-year-old Troy Wilson found his calling.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Kavesh Kantasingh wrecked the Windward Islands batting yesterday to propel Combined Campuses and Colleges one step closer to the final of the Regional First Class Championship.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rugby team suffered its second consecutive defeat as the second round of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Men’s 15’s rugby tournament continued yesterday at the National Park playfield.

Team training for the National Rifle shooting squad will begin today as Guyana heightens its preparation for the West Indies Fullbore championships next month in Antigua/Barbuda.

Omesh XI dismissed Trappers by nine wickets when the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association’s Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum nationwide male and female softball tournament continued last Sunday.

ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, Apr 2, CMC – Test left-hander Brendan Nash hit his maiden first class double century while veteran Wavell Hinds chipped in with his 23rd hundred, as Jamaica gorged themselves on Trinidad and Tobago’s bowling to dominate the second day of their semi-final here yesterday.

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) limped to 214-8 at the close of the first day’s play of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Carib Beer/Friends of Heroes first division competition against the Demerara Cricket Club at Queenstown yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar stands at the  heart of a real life drama today which would be rejected  as impossibly contrived if suggested to any director in the  flourishing film industry of his native Mumbai.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) is pushing for voting rights ahead of next Saturday’s Ordinary General Meeting of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) but the local governing body has turned down a request for a meeting to discuss the issue.

By Treiston Joseph When Dick Traum was only 24 he was crushed between two cars at a gas station.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Reigning 100 metres girls sprint champion Michelle Lee Ahye will spearhead a strong 66-member Trinidad and Tobago squad at this month’s Games in Montego Bay.

Despite the fact that Guyana’s senior cricket team finished in the cellar of this year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) First Class competition, national coach Mark Harper feels that Guyana’s cricket is not a lost cause.

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) is eagerly anticipating the start of their nationwide Schools Volleyball Programme and is currently making arrangements with the International Volleyball Federation for launching the programme.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Brief profiles of the India and Sri Lanka captains in today’s World Cup final at the Wankhede Stadium.

ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – Test left-hander Brendan Nash was closing in on a century but the in-form Marlon Samuels missed out on one, as Jamaica dominated Trinidad and Tobago on the opening day of their Regional First Class Championship semi-final yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Opener Romel Currency fell five short of a deserved century but his innings kept Combined Campuses and Colleges afloat on the opening day of their Regional First Class Championship semi-final against Windward Islands yesterday.

The inaugural Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Orange Juice sponsored Under-15 League for City teams is set to continue today at the Georgetown Football Association Ground with four more matches. 

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan World Cup captain  Shahid Afridi has withdrawn from next month’s tour to West  Indies, a source at the national cricket board told Reuters on  Thursday.

The inaugural Guinness Greatest of the Street Linden Futsal Competition was officially launched yesterday in a simple yet significant ceremony in the board room of the LEAP Building in Linden and kicks off at 6pm tomorrow at the Wisroc Bus Park.