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ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board director Joel Garner will continue as manager of the West Indies team on their tour to Sri Lanka next month.

The ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage bicycle road race which is set to pedal off next Thursday is expected to be the “biggest ever”, according to Director of Sports Neil Kumar.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss  laughed off Australian pre-Ashes taunts yesterday and assured  the hosts that his men would hit the ground running for the  series starting in Brisbane next month.

-schools invited The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC) stated in a release yesterday that its Digicel-sponsored national Mini Cadet, Cadet and Junior Teams Table Tennis Tournament is scheduled to be contested from November 5-7 at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

–  GOA president underscores Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) President K Juman-Yassin believes that while there was improvement by local cyclists at the recently-concluded XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, there needs to be greater collaboration between stakeholders to prepare them for international meets.

On the initiative of former champion girl Alika Morgan and her coach Leslie Black, general construction company Chung’s Global Enterprise on Tuesday donated a lien trophy to be awarded to the champion girl of the schools annual National Track and Field, Swimming and Cycling Championships.

—WICB President Hunte St John’s Antigua – Predicting ‘clear favourites’ in regional cricket is becoming increasingly perilous said President of the West Indies Cricket Board, Dr.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Lendl Simmons and the West Indies Players’ Association have both failed to meet with officials of the West Indies Cricket Board over outstanding issues.

MOSCOW, Russia,  CMC – FIFA Vice President Jack Warner met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Presidential Office on Tuesday in the Kremlin.

Tiffany Carto and Letitia Myles yesterday produced the first photo-finish of the South Georgetown Inter-Schools Champion of Champions track and field championships at the Eve Leary ground.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Some may quibble about its adequacy, but Shane Shillingford felt the WICB Regional One-day competition offered him valuable match practice ahead of the West Indies’ tour of Sri Lanka next month.

Another intriguing day of golf is anticipated when the annual Grand Coastal Hotel Medal Play tournament is played off on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Sean ‘The Sniper’ Cox will make his second successive appearance on the ninth Friday Night Fights Pro-Am card tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

The Best Goal Keeper award for the fourth edition of the Namilco Football Festival  organized by  Fruta Conquerors Football Club will be sponsored by the Bayridge Taxi Service on Sheriff Street.

(Cricinfo) Another day, another batting collapse from Pakistan. They were shot out for 120 and it was too little to defend even for their talented bowling attack.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) is hoping to convince India to adopt the Umpire Decision Review System as part of the world governing body’s push to make the practice a mandatory feature of all test series.

Sponsorship is picking up for the much anticipated Caribbean Fury fight card which takes place early next month.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Samantha Stosur’s win over world number one Caroline Wozniacki was not the only surprise for an unsuspecting crowd at the WTA Championships, where music, dance and even a frightened feline vied with the tennis for attention.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – World soccer’s governing body FIFA should postpone the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups after allegations of vote-selling, a former FIFA Executive Committee member said yesterday.

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) will bounce off two more competitions on their events calendar for 2010 when they stage a Division Two and Division Three knockout tournament under lights from Saturday at the Burnham basketball court.