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BELFAST, Ireland,  CMC – Andre Russell smashed a whirlwind half-century and returned to wreck Ireland with a six-wicket haul, to propel West Indies A to a comfortable 50-run triumph in the first one-day match of a doubleheader yesterday.

Number one seed Shawna Gentle defeated Krystal Sukra 1 – 6, 6 – 1, 7 – 5  in the final of the junior girls singles on Tuesday night when the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Tennis Tournament reconvened at the GBTI Sports Club, Bel Air Park.

–  organizing committee director By Tamica Garnett Derill Gittens, director of the Organizing Committee of the athletics event ‘De Gold Striders Games’ says that he was very pleased with the level of competition last Sunday’s meet generated and the ease with which things were executed despite the inclement weather.

By Marlon Munroe Four amateur boxers who will represent Guyana at the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) in Puerto Rico will have an opportunity to further validate their selection when they appear on the fifth Friday Night Fights Pro-Am card tomorrow night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

An all round team performance led Lower Corentyne  to a 62-run victory over West Berbice in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) organized National Communication Network (NCN) Under-15 Inter-Zone competition at the Edinburgh Cricket Ground on Saturday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Struggling opener Travis Dowlin has been axed for the third and final Test against South Africa but selectors have kept faith with the badly out-of-from Denesh Ramdin for the series decider at Kensington Oval starting Saturday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia wicketkeeper Brad  Haddin has been ruled out of next month’s test series against  Pakistan after losing his race to recover from an elbow injury,  Cricket Australia said yesterday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Kumar  Sangakkara warned that his team would “hit the ground running”  against India in today’s Asia Cup final at Dambulla.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa went out with  heads high yesterday, despite being the only hosts ever to exit  the World Cup’s first round, but France headed home in shame and  Latin American giants Argentina cruised into the second round.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – As victories go it was a breeze  for Rafael Nadal against Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the first round of Wimbledon yesterday but it was the Spaniard’s ecstatic  reaction that told the real story.

Chanderpaul named Man-of-the-Match Basseterre, St Kitts – South Africa retained their 1-0 lead in the three Test Digicel Series against  West Indies after the Second Digicel Test, which was contested on a excruciatingly placid Warner Park pitch, pettered out into a dreary draw.

The Guyana women’s hockey team returned from Barbados Sunday evening after a three-day practice session on artificial turf in preparation for the Central American and Caribbean Games set for July 22 – 31 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

By Floyd Christie A record number of 32 teams from the  top secondary and tertiary level educational institutions are scheduled to participate in this year’s National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) which will run from June 27 to July 5 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Tamica Garnett Fresh from their participation last Sunday in the  Olympic Day Run Walk and Jog event, distance runners Cleveland Forde and Alika Morgan now turn their attention to the sixth annual Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 10 kilometres road race which will be held in Jamaica next month.

Thi Fernandes and Carol Humphrey defeated Krystal Sukra and Nicola Ramdyhan 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the final of the ladies doubles of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) tourney Sunday at the bank’s Sports Club courts, Bel Air Park.

– Football, table tennis could join judo, weightlifting on the sidelines  unless govt intervenes By Marlon Munroe With the judo and weightlifting associations already opting out of the upcoming Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Puerto Rico, some of the other sporting bodies are hard pressed to garner funds to participate at the July 22-31 championships.

– Srinivasan N. Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary, has rejected the replies filed by Lalit Modi, the suspended IPL chairman, to the three show-cause notices, terming them as “not acceptable”.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Eoin Morgan struck a brilliant unbeaten century to lead England to a four-wicket victory over Australia in the first one-day international yesterday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – All-rounder Farveez Maharoof claimed a hat-trick as Sri Lanka produced a near-perfect performance to beat India by seven wickets in the final  round-robin match of the Asia Cup yesterday.

BELFAST, Ireland,  CMC – West Indies A will clash with Phil Simmons’ Ireland in the first of two one-day matches today, as they search for their first win on their tour of Britain.