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Theodore Henry, Coach of the national rugby squad preparing for the International Rugby Board (iRB) Sevens World Series tournament in Las Vegas, United States of America  next month, is upbeat about the team’s chances following trials at the National Stadium at Providence yesterday.

The newly selected head coach of the National Under-20 team Collie Hercules is confident that the side will give a good account of itself in Suriname as it trods the ‘rocky road’ to gain a spot in the final of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Pakistan wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal took five catches as New Zealand’s top order failed to capitalise on sound starts and battled to 246 for six at the close of play on the first day of the second test at a windswept Basin Reserve yesterday.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt defeated an ailing Gael Monfils 7-5 6-3 to win the invitational Kooyong Classic in Melbourne yesterday and took a timely shot of confidence into next week’s Australian Open.

Gittens Promotion in collaboration with Next Level Domino team opens the 2011 season with the hosting of a 12-team Domino Competition which starts today at the Guinness Bar, Durban Street.

THERE were all the mixed emotions so typical of such West Indian occasions.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) have announced a major television distribution rights deal for the Digicel Series for the next two years.

The inaugural BK International Western Tigers Super Eight football tournament kicks off this evening with a double header at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground from 6pm where four Premier League teams will begin the battle for supremacy.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Leeward Islands limped out of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship without so much as a whimper, crashing to a lame 46-run defeat to Hampshire here yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies captain Richie Richardson has been appointed manager of the embattled regional side.

Ansa Mc Al, through its Stag Beer brand, and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) have joined forces once again to co-sponsor the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association’s (GFSCA) nationwide floodlight softball competition.

Chief Justice Ian Chang on Friday ruled that the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) can go ahead with its annual general meeting and election of office bearers for the 2011/12 term.

Derwin Christian produced a whirlwind unbeaten innings of 40 to propel  defending champions Guyana to the top of Group A following their two wicket win over the Combined Campuses and Colleges team in their key clash at the Vivian Richards Ground in Antigua last night.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia ended England’s  record eight-match winning streak yesterday with a four-run  victory in the second Twenty20 international which was again  decided on the final ball.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce says that the National Cross Country race scheduled to be staged tomorrow is once again being held at the National Park to give spectators a better opportunity to view the race.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyanese international Charles Pollard scored a first-half brace as North East Stars blanked Digicel Pro League leaders Defence Force 2-0 in their Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation FA Trophy semi-final on Wednesday night.

Hundreds of mourners packed the St. Theresa’s RC Church in Woodbrook yesterday to pay final respects to the late West Indies cricket legend Michael Joey Carew.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Windward Islands produced a limp batting effort as Somerset whipped them by 17 runs to clinch their first win of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship yesterday.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is making efforts to stage this year’s annual senior Caribbean TT championships.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) launched its $5M Pro-education Programme at the Port Mourant Secondary School on Tuesday.