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ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Out-of-favour batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been named in a 30-man West Indies squad to prepare for next year’s Cricket World Cup in Asia, months after being axed for the tour of Sri Lanka and overlooked for a central retainer contract.

Athletes Dennis Horatio and Tiffany Carto were named male and female Athlete of the Year respectively when the Police Progressive Youth Club held its award ceremony on Friday at the Police Sports Club, Eve Leary.

Guyana’s Jessica Stephenson captured another gold medal while Olympian Niall Roberts bagged a silver medal at the Amateur Swimming Associa-tion of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) Invitational Swim Meet.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – For the second year running, the West Indies Cricket Board will incur significant financial losses in staging the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship, chief executive Ernest Hilaire has said.

-Allicock awarded best boxer Samuel Primo, fighting out of the Guyana Defence Force Gym (GDF),  defeated Republican Gym’s Trelon Munroe by a knockout to win their heavyweight clash when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association’s Champion of Champions tournament ended Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The government staged a partial  retreat on the scrapping of 162 million pounds of annual school  sports funding yesterday after a wave of protests from teachers,  pupils and Olympic athletes like diver Tom Daley and heptathlete  Denise Lewis.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in collaboration with the National Sports Commission and the Ministry of Education is striving to begin construction of 10 multi-purpose courts in five administrative regions in the coming year.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Perfectionist Ryan Harris was   still not happy with his bowling despite ending England’s resistance to give Australia a comprehensive victory in the third Ashes test at the weekend.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester City  striker Carlos Tevez completed a remarkable U-turn yesterday when he committed his future to the club a week after handing in  a written transfer request.

OKLAHOMA CITY, (Reuters) – Grant Hill scored a  season-high 30 points and added 11 rebounds to help the  new-look Phoenix Suns slow the Oklahoma City Thunder with a  113-110 victory on Sunday.

Tonight the Kashif and Shanghai Tournament continues and title dreams will continue to be dashed.

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa  claimed India’s last two wickets in 35 deliveries to win the  first test by an innings and 25 runs on the final day at  Centurion yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Stability has been one of the   pillars on which England have built their success over the  last 18 months and it looks unlikely they will be panicked   into major changes despite the crushing third Ashes test defeat.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Cameroon and Inter Milan striker  Samuel Eto’o set a new landmark for individual success in  African football yesterday after being named the continent’s  Footballer of the Year for a record-breaking fourth time.

-advance to quarter-finals Alpha United scored a lopsided 6-0 win over Seawall Football Club when the 21st Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground last night.

Manager of Guyana’s national junior basketball team which participated in this year’s Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), Chris Bowman says that an “expansive plan” for youth basketball aimed at developing the sport among the younger players will jump off in January.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s newest acquisition Runako Morton warmed up for next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 Championship with a cavalier 45 in a trial game played yesterday.

National player Moen Gafoor emerged overall champion of the Scrabble tournament organized by the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players at the Malteenoes Sports Club yesterday.

Carifta Games gold medalist Britany van Lange finished second in her heat of the women’s 200m freestyle event at the FINA (World Swimming Federation) World Championships (25m) yesterday.

Guyana’s Jessica Stephenson copped a gold medal  and  set a new record in the girls’ 13 – 14 years-old 50m breaststroke event at the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) Invitational Swim Meet on Saturday.