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DELHI, India, CMC – Darren Sammy believes West Indies can overturn an abysmal, recent One-day International record against Test-playing nations, and upset a few teams in the World Cup.

Newly-elected president of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), David Carto has referred to efforts to revive basketball in Georgetown as “an uphill battle.”

For the first time in years the men’s doubles champions of the National Sports Commission (NSC) annual Mashramani table tennis championships are a pair of teeny boppers.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – England laboured to a  thrilling six-wicket victory completed with eight balls to spare  over the Netherlands in a Group B match to avert what would have  been the first upset of the World Cup yesterday.

Guyana national record holder Aliann Pompey is scheduled to arrive in Guyana tomorrow morning, from the United States of America to spend six days here before she departs for her adopted homeland on March 1.

The first Day of Interaction organized by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission (NSC) and the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) of Buxton/Foulis, Enmore/Hope and Grove/Haslington last Sunday was a notable success despite the persistent rainfall over the weekend.

The Annual Mashramani Domino competition for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Region Two, held at the Community-Based Rehabilitation Programme building in Queenstown came to an end over the weekend.

The New Amsterdam Warriors Basketball ‘A’ team are now $70,000 richer after winning the Godwin McPherson Foundation Mashramani Basketball tournament Sunday at the Litchfield Basketball Court.

LYON, France, (Reuters) – Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema  was cheered by his former Olympique Lyon fans when he came off  the bench but 43 seconds later they were stunned into silence as  he opened the scoring in a 1-1 Champions League first-leg draw.

A one-day Republic Anniversary Rapid Chess tournament sponsored by Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its TOPCO Juice brand is on this Saturday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street, Werk-en-Rust.

Colin ‘Mr Clean’ Chesney created history by becoming the first Guyanese to break the 800-pound squat barrier last Sunday when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) held its annual Novice and Junior Championships at the Skeldon Secondary School, Corriverton, Berbice.

With the time long gone for sugar-coating Guyana’s abysmal performance in the current WICB four-day tournament, captain Assad Fudadin has labeled his team’s performance as poor.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Four-time All-Star Carmelo  Anthony will join the New York Knicks in a nine-player deal  with the Denver Nuggets, the NBA’s website reported yesterday.

By Treiston Joseph The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) yesterday congratulated the athletes who  represented Guyana at the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) cross country race in Trinidad last Saturday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe  Bryant won a record-tying fourth All-Star Game most valuable  player award as he led the Western Conference to a 148-143  victory in front of his home fans on Sunday.

The New Amsterdam Warriors and the Fyrish Fire Hawks have advanced to the final of the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association Mashramani basketball tournament at the New Amsterdam basketball court.

The final of the Linden Stag Beer Inter-Ward street football tournament will be contested tonight at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Combined Campuses & Colleges created a small piece of history, when they completed a 158-run victory over Leeward Islands in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

Cycle races as a feature of this year’s Mashramani celebrations will continue this weekend at the National Park and the West Coast of Demerara.

Rain forced a last minute postponement of the Rising Sun horse race meet on Sunday at Arima Park, West Coast Berbice.