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Night Crescendo of the Marcel Crawford Stable overcame the elements and created a major upset in the feature `C’ Class event on Sunday at the Norman Singh Turf Club, No.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Javon Searles’ four-wicket haul, coupled with senseless Windward Islands batting, helped Barbados to a handsome 39-run in their second match of the Caribbean Twenty20 Trophy here Sunday night.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  – The Windward Islands showered themselves in glory after pulling off an emphatic seven-wicket win over the Leeward Islands to ensure their capture of the 2010 TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge title yesterday.

DENNERY, St Lucia, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago crushed Guyana by 133 runs to finish second in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge here yesterday.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Barbados grabbed first innings points in a tame draw against Jamaica as their TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge finished in disappointing fashion yesterday.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Tharanga Paranavitana and Kumar  Sangakkara hit centuries again yesterday as Sri Lanka punished the Indian bowlers in familiar fashion on the opening day of the second test.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The type of cricket balls used  in England will give the Pakistan bowlers a huge advantage over  the home side in the four-test series starting this week, former  Pakistan players said yesterday.

By Floyd Christie The host nation’s rugby Sevens team fittingly claimed the gold medal after defeating Jamaica in the final of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games rugby Sevens tournament yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

-Guyana 15th at CAC  Games The Guyana team was in 15th position with a silver and two bronze medals after yesterday’s action of the XXI Central American and Caribbean games currently underway in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

Stabroek Market beat Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GHPC) by one-wicket Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground Bourda in a  feature 25-overs-a-side softball match. 

The Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) rifle team continued their winning streak by winning the prestigious Overseas Challenge Cup a four-man team shoot.

The West Demerara Dominoes Association (WDDA) will stage the Goed-Intent Policing Group dominoes competition today from 6:30pm at the ‘A’ Plus Domino Club, Murphy St, Goed Intent.

After a few golf swings Bishnarine Sanjay Persaud is convinced that he may not compete in the sport, but the Managing Director of Sanjay’s Jewellery, an ardent golf fan has made a commitment to sponsor future tournaments following last Saturday’s Medal Play Classic at the Lusignan Course.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Lennox Cush became the first bowler in the history of official Twenty20 cricket to take two hat-tricks to set-up a four-wicket victory for Guyana over Combined Campuses & College in the Caribbean T20 Championship yesterday.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Windward Islands batted disappointing to concede first innings points but their bowlers hit back to stun Leeward Islands late yesterday and put them on course for the 2010 TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge title.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – A stubborn 67-run seventh wicket partnership put Barbados within sight of first innings points against Jamaica on a rain-hit second day of their final round TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge match yesterday.

DENNERY, St Lucia, CMC – A clinical second day effort from Trinidad and Tobago put them in a tremendous position to take full points over Guyana in their final round TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge encounter here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Kieron Pollard struck a dynamic half-century to revive Trinidad & Tobago and catapult them to a five-wicket victory over shell-shocked Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship on Saturday.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will look to their  third ‘M’ to bring victory over India in the second test as they bid to replace the visitors atop the ICC test rankings.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Spaniard Alberto Contador claimed  his third Tour de France title day as seven-times champion  Lance Armstrong made his final exit from the race.