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Axed West Indies middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan told  Stabroek Sport yesterday that he has been getting mixed signals about his non-selection for the tour to Sri Lanka next month and this has prompted him to focus his energies on assisting the development of Guyana’s cricket.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Leeward Islands tore up the formbooks as they upset the Windward Islands by four runs yesterday, to snatch a place in the final of the WICB One-Day Championship.

-criticises dropping of experienced players Guyana captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has pinpointed inconsistency among reasons for the national team crashing out of another West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) 50-over tournament in the preliminary rounds and he also lamented the dropping of experienced players Sarwan, who has his own battles with the WICB at the moment, and manager Carl Moore related to Stabroek Sport yesterday that the team’s all-round performance in Jamaica was “disappointing” and the batting “poor”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – New West Indies captain Darren Sammy believes he will have the full backing of the players during his tenure at the helm, and says one of his immediate goals will be to install passion back into the of the embattled team.

Approximately 100 junior hockey players turned up last weekend at the National Gymnasium on  Mandela Avenue  for the second annual hosting of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Youth Initiative Schools and Age Group Junior Hockey Tournament.

The Kingsrow Gym team for the Guyana Amateur Power-lifting Federation (GAPF) national championships continued their preparation yesterday.

With the Schools National Swimming, Cycling and Track and Field Championships building up  momentum to its November 9–12 climax, Banks DIH Limited yesterday put in an appearance to sponsor incentives for the outstanding performers at the event.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The NBA’s board of governors  has approved several modifications to the instant replay rules  for use during the 2010-11 season, the league said yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester United  have called for supporters to be patient after a series of  meetings over Wayne Rooney’s future at Old Trafford yesterday.

– AAG president President of the Athletics Association of Guyana, Colin Boyce says the association has not received  ratification from the world governing body, the International Athletics Association Federation (IAAF), for the purported 10 seconds timings by Jeremy Bascom in the 100m.

Local cyclist, Geron Williams, who represented Guyana at the recent Commonwealth Games said yesterday that he is “in one way proud” of his performance at the Games, but yet “disappointed” because he feels he could’ve done better with more intense preparation.

The national under-19 rugby team is departing Guyana today for Trinidad and Tobago, where they will engage in two ‘challenge matches’ against the Trinidad & Tobago Rugby Football Union’s (TTRFU) under-19 team.

YEONGAM, South Korea, (Reuters) – Formula One’s five  title contenders lined up together at South Korea’s new circuit  yesterday and agreed that the championship was still wide  open.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Amateur boxing has gone glamorous  in a bid to steal the limelight from the struggling professional  version of the sport with a new World Series team event which  supporters hope will propel the best performers to the top.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Eight times European number one  Colin Montgomerie, who captained Europe to victory over the  United States in this year’s Ryder Cup, escaped without serious  injury after he was involved in a road accident yesterday.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Doug  Bollinger and batsman Mike Hussey will return to Australia  ahead of the third and final one-day international against  India, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Younus  Khan is prepared to represent his country in any form of cricket  including Twenty20 after being recalled to the national side  following an indefinite suspension.

-team should and could have done better; some players were not focused- Nascimento President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Kit Nascimento feels that the national Sevens team could have performed better at the just concluded Commonwealth Games in India.

– Guyanese trio in senior WI teamWith all the negative factors that have been enveloping Caribbean and local cricket, one of the recent counters to this scourge has been the senior West Indies Women’s team.

-Chef de Mission of Guyana’s Commonwealth Games team Garfield Wiltshire says that Guyana’s athletes have potential, but need the required training to be able to compete with world class athletes Chef-de-Mission of Guyana’s contingent to the recent Commonwealth Games and Treasurer of the Guyana Olympic Association, Garfield Wiltshire says  that the results obtained by Guyana’s athletes at the Games can be improved in the future with the proper training.