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Basseterre, St Kitts – Both the South African and West Indian captains are opening batsmen.

Today’s World Cup fixtures Netherlands vs. Japan 7.30am Ghana vs. Australia 10:00am Cameroon vs.

By Marlon Munroe The East Coast Demerara Flex Check (ECDFC) spinners’ intention was evident: to win handsomely and convincingly against Georgetown Flex Text team in the final preliminary round of the Demerara Zone of the Digicel Summer Smash 20/20 tournament at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground yesterday.

The rural Village of Edinburgh will host the first ever Berbice Cricket Board/National Communications Network under-15 inter-zone final today.

National Under-21 player Joel Alleyne with three wins and one defeat, won the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) men’s trials Thursday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Floyd Christie President of the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) Kirk Fraser is pushing the development of basketball in Berbice.

Rosignol United Football Club defeated Monedderlust FC in the final of the Berbice Football Association (BFA) Coca Cola 2010 Knockout Tournament on Saturday at the Blairmont Community Development Centre Ground.

By Tamica Garnett A benevolent overseas-based Guyanese, Dale Matil, has extended a kind hand to the Renaissance Football Club located in his former neighbourhood, East Ruimveldt.

Sports Editor, Dear Sir, The installation of an Interim Management Committee  (IMC) at the behest of the General Council of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to chart the way forward for football in Georgetown following the dissolution of the Georgetown football Association (GFA) executive earlier this year has failed miserably.

By Orin Davidson Two goalkeeping errors killed Guyana’s chances for their first win of the Digicel New York Caribbean Cup football competition on Sunday.

PEBBLE BEACH, California, (Reuters) – Graeme  McDowell emerged from a tightly packed field to snatch the  early clubhouse lead in the U.S.

CROYDON, England, CMC – West Indies A were facing a tough task in saving the second four-day “Test” against India A after captain Cheteshwar Pujara crafted a superb unbeaten double century on the second day yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados all-rounder Kevin Stoute and Leeward Islands leg-spinner Anthony Martin has been called up to the West Indies A team for the one-day phase of the current tour of England.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Los Angles Lakers  rallied from a big early deficit to win their second successive  NBA championship with a cliff-hanging 83-79 Game Seven victory  over the Boston Celtics yesterday.

POLOKWANE, South Africa, (Reuters) – Mexico recorded  their first victory over France and left the former winners  facing a possible embarrassing early World Cup exit after a 2-0  win in their second Group A game yesterday.

Over 400 students from 20 schools yesterday tramped the streets from the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Headquarters on Woolford Avenue to the Guyana National Stadium to take part in the “Relay of the Games Flag and Games Banner” to mark the launching of the Ministry of Education/GTU National Schools Athletics, Cycling and Swimming Championships.

World Cup Football fixture for June 18 Germany vs Serbia 07:30 hours Slovenia vs United States 10:00 hours England vs Algeria 14:30 hours

The return of amateur boxing to its original home tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) will usher in the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) National Intermediate Boxing Tournament.

Squires aiming to win singles without dropping a game Number one seeded player Philip Squires has fought his way up to the semi-finals after dishing out his second ‘double bagel’ in his match-up against Gavin Barckoy  on Wednesday night in his second men’s singles match of the Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open Tennis Tournament at the GBTI Sports Club, Bel Air Park.

By Marlon Munroe Aside from focusing on getting the national under-19 cricketers to peak fitness, the management of the team is also ensuring that the youngsters draw inspiration during their toil for success from accomplished sportsmen.