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Pickering Squash Club’s Jean-Claude Jeffrey of Ajax capped a stellar squash season with a championship title recently in Canada.

Rastaff O’Selmo relentlessly pedalled away from all rivals in the four races he rode on Wednesday at the Bauxite Flyers Cycling Club (LBFCC) Independence Day cycling meet held in Amelia’s Ward, Linden.

Georgetown cricket is about to experience some massive development with Safeway Securities  donating $126,000 to the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) on Thursday at their office on Albert Street.

By Marlon Munroe You might have heard the phrase “Boxing after Dark.”

Tutorial High School emerged victorious when teachers on the executive arm of the East Georgetown District launched its season with a domino competition on Wednesday at the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) headquarters, Woolford Avenue.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Ernest Hilaire has given a sober assessment of the future of West Indies cricket, and warns fans to expect things to get worse before they get better.

At the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday the Faculty of Natural Sciences lit the baskets on fire with a barrage of shots on their way to a 95-45 blowout of the Faculty of Health Sciences in the semi-finals of the University of Guyana Inter-Faculty Basketball Competition.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, the National Sports Commission (NSC), Demerara Cricket Board and Georgetown Cricket Association have all joined in condemning  the acid attack on GCB Assistant Treasurer Pretipaul Jaigobin on Tuesday night.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, CMC – For once, Asafa Powell overshadowed his more celebrated compatriot Usain Bolt at the rain-soaked IAAF World Challenge Golden Spike track & field meet on a wet, chilly Thursday night.

-West Demerara is U-17 Inter-Association Champion The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) was in luck that despite inclement weather it was able to complete the three tournaments being played across the country from  Sunday to Wednesday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Andy Roddick and Andy Murray  ground down feisty opponents to reach the French Open third  round yesterday while the rain did a more convincing job,  giving organisers a headache by tearing the schedule asunder.

ORLANDO, (Reuters) – The Orlan-do Magic again staved  off elimination in the Eastern Conference final with a  commanding and occasionally physical 113-92 win against the  Boston Celtics in Game Five on Wednesday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England batsman Jonathan Trott  put a troubled winter behind him yesterday with a second  century in as many home tests on the opening day of the first  test against Bangladesh at Lord’s.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Italian Francesco De Bonis has  become the first cyclist to be given a doping ban because of  discrepancies in his biological passport.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – World Cup authorities are  doing tests to check whether the ear-splitting din  from South Africa’s vuvuzela fan trumpets could pose a security  risk during the tournament.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England indulged in an extended  practice session at the expense of a willing but inadequate  Bangladesh attack on the first day of the opening test of the  English summer yesterday.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – A red letter day for Formula  One glamour team Ferrari this weekend provides the perfect  occasion for Felipe Massa to rekindle his Turkish Grand Prix  love affair.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Two of the NBA’s best players,  Cleveland’s LeBron James and Miami’s Dwyane Wade, will discuss  their pending free agency before making a decision on where to  play next season, the high-scoring Wade said.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africans began  queuing outside ticket offices last evening after FIFA  released an additional 90,000 World Cup seats on to the market  including the previously sold-out final and semi-finals.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil has slashed beer duties  to avoid shortages during the World Cup, after local brewers  warned they would be unable to meet surging demand despite  sharply increasing production.