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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Blair Wynne scored a first-half hat-trick to propel Trinidad and Tobago to a crushing 9-0 defeat of Guyana in their senior women’s international friendly at the National Hockey Centre on Friday night.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Venus Williams and her much-hyped  wardrobe made an unexpected exit, and Roger Federer had one of  his best friends smashing his racket to pieces in frustration as  a windy chill engulfed the French Open yesterday.

By Carwyn Holland The main event on the professional segment of the Friday night Pro-Am Boxing Card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall between national welterweight champion Iwan Azore and spoiler Troy Lewis was expected to be an all out action fight as promised by both boxers at the pre-fight press conference.

Republican Nankumar Singh scored his biggest victory to date in his fledgling amateur career when he defeated national featherweight champion Ray Sandiford Friday night in the fourth edition of the ProAm Boxing cards.

By Floyd Christie In an effort to rekindle the flame of local volleyball, the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) in Association with the Aracari Resort yesterday launched the Aracari Beach Volleyball Classic at the Aracari Resort, West Coast Demerara.

As West Indies head coach, the latest in the wheel from which eight have spun off in the past 14 years, Ottis Gibson is more intimately involved with the players on a day-to-day basis than anyone else.

Guyana captured the long range title at the Caribbean Rifle Shooting Championships currently underway in Barbados.

National cricketer and West Indies ODI player Royston Crandon led Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets to a crushing nine-wicket victory over arch rivals Young Warriors in the final of the Port Mourant Cricket Club sponsored 20/20 tournament on Wednesday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rain and bad light frustrated  England on the third day of the first test against Bangladesh at Lord’s yesterday despite some high class fast bowling from  Steven Finn. 

The National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue will today be a hive of activity when Richard Mittelholzer also known as “Saddist” stages a 36-team one-day 20/20 domino spectacular.

The inclement weather has once more forced the postponement of a major competition and this time it is the Coca Cola Senior Football League tournament in Berbice which has been affected.

– go down by 67 runs to S/Africa in third One Dayer Roseau, Dominica: The West Indies team continues to play infuriating 50% cricket.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Ron Artest sank the  game-winning basket as time expired to lift the Los Angeles  Lakers to a 103-101 win over the Phoenix Suns in Game Five of  the Western Conference finals on Thursday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Bangladesh launched a spirited fightback on the second day of the first test against England at Lord’s yesterday after Jonathan Trott had ground out a marathon double century.

Local golfers will defy the current inclement weather to compete in the Banks Light Beer Medal Play golf tournament today at the Lusignan Golf Club.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Only defending champion Svetlana  Kuznetsova missed out as the cream rose to the top on ‘Frantic  Friday’ at the French Open, with a procession of the game’s top  players showing just why they are a class apart.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Chairman of West Indies selectors Clyde Butts says the door is still open to Jamaican batsman Marlon Samuels, who recently ended a two-year playing ban.

Siblings Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani dominated the Guyana Badminton Association West Indian Sports Complex Annual Independence junior singles badminton tournament held on Wednesday at the Queen’s College Badminton Courts.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – West Indies selection chief Clyde Butts says discarded all-rounder Lendl Simmons needs to return to the drawing board to sort out “issues” that have affected his cricket.

Students of the Covent Garden Secondary School were Thursday presented with a number of jerseys under the Colgate brand by Brand Manager of Geddes Grant Limited Stuart May during a presentation ceremony at their school.