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MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England’s Ashes hopefuls Tim   Bresnan, Chris Tremlett and Ajmal Shahzad failed to press  their cases as the tourists dropped five catches on the   opening day of their three-day match against Victoria yesterday.

COLOMBO– West Indies’ head coach Ottis Gibson isn’t disturbed by Thursday’s eventual decision to defer the scheduled limited-overs series against Sri Lanka to late January.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board has refused permission for former captain Shoaib Malik and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal to play league cricket in Bangladesh.

Suspended national rugby player, Dwayne Schroeder believes that he has been unfairly disciplined by the disciplinary committee appointed by the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) to hear misconduct complaints against him and two other players.

President of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Philip Walcott has said that 2010 was not one of the better years for swimming in Guyana.

The current inclement weather is affecting the preparation of many of the teams that will be competing in the Kashif & Shanghai football tournament but their coaches are taking solace in the fact that all teams will be entering the competition on an even keel.

President of the Leguan Cricket Committee Sheik Fazal this week accused some cricket officials of sabotage and running a smear campaign against him before the GCB elections next month.

King’s Jewellery World once again granted a request of the Kashif and Shanghai Organization when it manufactured rings to honour Guyana’s football stalwarts Collie ‘Hitman’ Hercules and Charles ‘Lilly’ Pollard.

Some 3,000 secondary school students will be given a chance to attend the opening ceremony of the Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament on December 12 at the Guyana National Stadium, compliments of bakery giant, Bakewell.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia skipper Kim   Hughes has slammed selectors for being ‘too precious’ with   Australia’s bowlers and said resting dropped paceman Mitchell   Johnson before a likely recall for the third Ashes test would   be lunacy.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India will be the overwhelming  favourites to win next year’s World Cup with home advantage and  an ideal build-up on tour in South Africa, Pakistan’s 1992 World  Cup-winning captain Imran Khan said.

MINNESOTA, (Reuters) – Kevin Durant scored 30 points   and added 11 rebounds as the Oklahoma City Thunder dug   themselves out of an early hole to stun the Minnesota   Timberwolves 111-103 on Wednesday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – As an admirer and friend of  Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, new kid on the block Pastor  Maldonado will bring a rare dash of socialism to the  ultra-moneyed world of Formula One next season.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan cricket is facing its  biggest crisis and the team stand little chance of winning the  2011 World Cup without fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad  Asif, former captain Imran Khan said yesterday.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC – West Indies batting legend Sir Vivian Richards has picked Indian stroke-maker Virender Sehwag over West Indies opener Chris Gayle, as the most devastating batsman in world cricket.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Shawn Beveney of Guyana and veteran Vincentian Kendall Velox were both on target for their respective clubs when the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League resumed on Tuesday night, following a two-week break for the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals which ended in Martinique on Sunday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – A defiant half-century from West Indies batsman Andre Fletcher was not enough to revive Grenada as Dominica seized control on the second day of their second round Windward Islands Senior Championship match on Wednesday.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, CMC – The One-Day International series between Sri Lanka and West Indies was abandoned yesterday, hours before the first game was scheduled to begin here at the Suriyawewa Stadium.

Western Tigers vice captain and goalkeeper Derrick Carter says that the younger players in the team are quick learners and they understand their role in the defence of their Kashif & Shanghai title.

In a telephone interview with Stabroek Sport yesterday, national cycling coach, Hassan Mohamed said that the cycling season this year, which concluded with a cycle road race on November 28, was a good one.