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It was inevitable from the year the first formal domestic Twenty20 tournament in England proved a rousing success that the game’s briefest format would create a dilemma for administrators and players.

Guyana’s hope of securing a medal in boxing was dashed yesterday when Dexter Jordon was comprehensively beaten by Kenya’s Benson Njangiry at the Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, India.

The eighth International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) South American Athletics Confederation 10 km Road Classic was launched on Friday at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) House and the first leg will be held on October 24 in Guyana.

In a thrilling final showdown Hikers ‘A’ evened the score with GCC ‘A’ on Thursday night concluding men’s first division mêlée of the Banks Night Hockey tournament at Thirst Park.

With wins against Everest and Malteenoes respectively, GNIC and Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) yesterday eased their way into today’s final of the Haier Cup Second Division Cricket tournament.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – Jamaican teenager Stafanie Taylor sustained her rich vein of form with yet another half-century as West Indies toppled Sri Lanka by nine wickets yesterday, to march to their third straight victory in the ICC Women’s Challenge.

Berbice comfortably retained their El Dorado 50-over Inter-County title at the Guyana National Stadium last night although Demerara played some good cricket in the preliminary rounds before stumbling at the final hurdle.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Boxer Haroon Khan, brother of light-welterweight world champion Amir, said the England selectors who shunned him should be embarrassed after he guaranteed Pakistan a Commonwealth Games medal on Saturday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France put their World Cup fiasco behind them as late goals by substitutes Loic Remy and Yoann Gourcuff earned them a 2-0 home win against Romania and top spot in Euro 2012 qualifying Group D yesterday.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Captain Ricky Ponting top-scored with a resolute 77 as Australia recovered from a wobbly afternoon session to reach 285 for five on the opening day of the second and final test against India on Saturday.

SUZUKA, Japan, CMC – McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton suffered a huge blow to his title hopes when he was slapped with a five-place penalty for tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix, but torrential rains made headlines as they forced the abandonment of qualifying rounds on yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Sania Mirza, India’s most popular sportswoman, failed to win Commonwealth tennis gold for a fanatical home crowd yesterday Australia’s Anastasia Rodionova spoiled the party with a 6-3 2-6 7-6 victory.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Sania Mirza, India’s most popular sportswoman, failed to win Commonwealth tennis gold for a fanatical home crowd yesterday Australia’s Anastasia Rodionova spoiled the party with a 6-3 2-6 7-6 victory.

Aliann Pompey lifted the spirit of Guyanese when she registered the country’s first medal of the XIX Commonwealth Games yesterday in New Delhi, India at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (JNS).

It was another goal-filled night for the Reggae Boys as they unyieldingly dominated the United States Virgin Island (USVI) in a lopsided affair, while hosts Guyana was also in the victory lane at the end of day two of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup Qualifiers at the Guyana National Stadium last night.

Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) bantamweight champion Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred will be in the ring again on November 6 in the Caribbean Fury 2 at the Princess Hotel.

It is often said in the basketball community that free-throws win games and this was exemplified on Thursday night when the Ravens defeated the Scorpions 77-75 in overtime in game one of their three-game series in the Division Three final of the Pepsi Street Playoff Series.

Guyana’s selectors have included new players Jonathan Foo, Anthony Bramble, Keon Joseph and Richard Ramdeen in the 14-man squad for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) one-day championship which bowls off next week in Jamaica.

* Aussie Jones dominates in pool, nears record * Unused tickets dumped * Organisers say they are ‘fully competent’NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Bags of unused tickets had to  be carted off to the dump yesterday, while organisers owned up  to a major communications blunder as the Commonwealth Games  remained beset by problems at the halfway stage.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies A will face Pakistan A in a near month-long tour of the Caribbean next month as the West Indies Cricket Board continues to expand its vision of reviving the A team programme.