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The Suriname and French Guiana delegations participating in this weekend’s Inter Guiana Games (IGG), which begins today, arrived in Guyana yesterday.

The four-member chess teams from Suriname and French Guiana arrived yesterday for the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) which is expected to begin today and run until Sunday.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Ottis Gibson hopes West Indies can reverse the trend of losing in the short term, but he believes the regional side can ultimately rise to the pinnacle of the game again in five years.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Kieran Powell and Kraigg Brathwaite were stopped in their tracks, when heavy afternoon rain condemned a day that promised much for West Indies-A to very little in the opening four-day “Test” against Pakistan-A yesterday.

Essequibo was again routed for a paltry score in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior four-day tournament at the Blairmont Community Centre ground yesterday.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas,  (Reuters) – Tim Duncan   rebounded from his recent slump and the San Antonio Spurs tied   their best 10-game start to a season with a 103-94 victory   over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Zimbabwe Cricket has turned to Brian Lara to become the batting consultant for the national team.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Two FIFA executive committee  members were banned and fined yesterday, one for bribery, over  allegations they had offered to sell their votes in the contest  to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

KENNESAW, Georgia, CMC – Guyana were manhandled in a friendly international on Wednesday, when Guillermo Ramirez scored a brace to lead Guatemala to a 3-0 victory.

GALLE,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka were 89 without loss  when rain ended play early on the fourth day of the first test  after being made to bat again by the West Indies having fallen  three runs short of the follow-on total of 381.

Softball fans turned up in their numbers on Sunday for three matches, including the first female match, the Guyana Floodlights Softball Association hosted at Heido Park at Pine Ground, Mahaicony.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Shane Warne believes Australia  will triumph in the Ashes series against England, which starts  in one week, because they know the local conditions and that  defeat would mean a complete overhaul of the team.

A five-year dream of representing Guyana came through for Paul Adams yesterday when it was found out that he was selected by the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) for the fifth IPF/NAPF Caribbean Islands Bench Press and Powerlifting Championships in Cayman Islands from March 15-19 next year.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Torrential rains wrecked the third day of the opening Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies, allowing just 30.5 overs and ruining the makings of an intriguing contest here yesterday.

The Suriname and French Guiana delegations will arrive today for the second leg of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG).

A system whereby players are rotated when it comes to international engagements is responsible for the non selection of Golden Jaguars striker Devon Millington for the friendly international between the Guyana senior football team and a Guatemala national side.

Eight more teams registered wins as round two of the Guinness Greatest of de Street Futsal competition wrapped up at the Cultural Centre Tarmac on Tuesday night.

Players from the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation made a clean sweep of both the team and singles competitions of the Guyana Table Tennis Association 2010 Inter-Organization tournaments that concluded yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr Frank Anthony has postponed his meeting with the Guyana Chess Federation and national chess champion, Wendell Meusa.

Competitions Coordinator within the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Colin Europe disclosed yesterday that the second round Inter County match between Demerara and the Rest Team will not be played until tomorrow at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.