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BOSTON, (Reuters) – Boston’s Kevin Garnett made a  game-clinching steal in his return to the court on Monday and  Paul Pierce nailed the winning shot in the final minute to lift  the Celtics to a 109-106 triumph over the Orlando Magic.

Cricket fans in Guyana will be unable to see the remaining matches of the current CaribbeanT20 cricket tournament.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A rampant Jamaica side crushed Somerset by 61 runs here yesterday, defying rain and a reduction in overs to make a winning start to the second leg of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship.

Defending champions Guyana ended their preliminary round of the West Indies Cricket Board T20 tournament with a nail-biting defeat to the Windward Islands at the Kensington Oval in Barbados late last night.

Attempts are being made to field a media women’s softball cricket team in the upcoming Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, 10/10 softball tournament which bowls off next month.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Yusuf Pathan blazed a  half-century but India still had to call on their tailenders to  clinch victory over South Africa by two wickets in the third  one-day international at Newlands yesterday.

RAJKOT, India, CMC – Prolific teenager Stafanie Taylor missed out on a century as Mithali Raj converted hers to condemn West Indies women to a 10-run loss to India in the fourth One-Day International here yesterday.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Australia’s selectors yesterday announced their 15-man World Cup squad to challenge for their fourth successive title with no room found for Test pacer Peter Siddle.

Former national chess champion Wendell Meusa is among four players in the lead at the end of the third round of the senior category of the Trophy Stall tournament which is being held at the Kei-Shars Sports Club, Hadfield Street.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Batting stalwart Jacques  Kallis was named in South Africa’s World Cup squad on yesterday  despite missing the current series against India due to a rib  injury.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Chris Gayle’s Western Australia trounced Dwayne Bravo’s Victoria by six wickets in the Twenty20 Big Bash yesterday but both players failed to spark with modest performances.

By Marlon Munroe The Amazon Conquerors find themselves in a must-win situation to secure a clear passage to the semi-final round of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament when the Barbados round commences today.

By Marlon Munroe A stormy meeting of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) held yesterday afternoon in the boardroom of the Guyana Cricket Board’s Regent Street office ended with executives deciding on the date for the annual general meeting of the DCB and of the delegates that  will represent the various area boards.

Mark’s Jewellery darts team emerged victorious in the four-man team tournament held Friday at Mark’s Darts Club, 72 Brummel Place, Stabroek.

By Kizan Brumell A Jolyon Harry double was the back bone of the Fruta Conquerors victory over Riddim Squad on the opening night of the inaugural BK International Western Tigers Super Eight Knockout Competition at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground on Sunday night.

NEW YORK, CMC – CONCACAF says it will fight for a fourth spot at the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil, with the organisation contending Sunday that it had merited the increase based on its growth in recent years.

Grantley Culbard on Sunday was unanimously reelected for his fifth consecutive term as president of the Guyana Darts Association at the association’s annual General Meeting at the Malteenoes pavilion.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer fired up the  Australian Open with a blistering start to his title defence yesterday, bringing some welcome warmth to an unseasonably cool  Melbourne Park on opening day.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The revitalized Los Angeles  Clippers showed their grit by staging a fourth-quarter comeback  to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 99-92 on Sunday in a testy  game that featured four late ejections.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England will go on from their  Ashes ‘annihilation’ of Australia to overtake India and South  Africa and become the world’s top-ranked test nation within 18  months, according to former captain Alec Stewart.