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(Cricinfo) India opener Virender Sehwag has suffered a shoulder injury, which has ruled him out of the ICC World Twenty20 beginning in the West Indies on April 30.

-organisers hoping for new world record KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Organisers are hoping for a new record when sprint icon Usain Bolt runs at the Daegu Pre-Champion-ships Meeting in South Korea for the first time in three years next month.

By Marlon Munroe The Security Director for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament said yesterday that systems are in place for any eventuality should the need arise at practice matches and during the World Cup that begins on April 30 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Another possible showdown between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players’ Association was averted last week.

– Port Mourant wins individual category In an effort to continue to raise the level of chess among juniors in Guyana the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Sports in Berbice hosted a Berbice Schools Chess Championship last Friday at the JC Chandisingh Secondary School, Port Mourant, Berbice.

By Floyd Christie Albouystown/Charlestown booked their place in the semi-finals of the Mackeson National Super Wards Basketball Championships, when they eased past South Ruimveldt 70-59 in the feature game Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Guyana wicketkeeper batsman Derwin Christian traded in his wicketkeeping gloves for the ball last week and snared 5/38 in the South Zone Seniors Division.

The Mayor’s Cup is set to resume this evening after being set back by inclement weather over the past fortnight.

-records year’s 3rd best time By Gary Tim Baton Rouge, LA – Guyana’s world-ranked track athlete Marian Burnett began her 2010 outdoor season with a strong performance as she clocked an impressive 2:01.58 while placing third in the highly anticipated Women’s 800m at the Louisiana State University (LSU) 2010 Alumni Gold championships on Saturday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Kirk Edwards and Kraigg Brathwaite both stroked half-centuries as West Indies A carved out a handsome six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe on the final day of their four-day, first class match yesterday.

(Cricinfo) A day after the resignation of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, the IPL and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) remain at the centre of a growing political and financial controversy that echoed in the national Parliament.

-Daley, Mohammed take WI home in cliff-hanger ST. PAUL’S, St. Kitts, CMC – An unbroken 41-run stand for the ninth wicket between Shanel Daley and Anisa Mohammed let West Indies Women draw first blood in their One-day series with a two-wicket victory over Sri Lanka Women in a cliff-hanger on Sunday.

– Mavericks, Magic, Trail Blazers win opening games LOS ANGELES (Reuters) The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers held on for a gritty 87-79 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday, taking a 1-0 lead in the first-round Western Conference playoff series.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett has been suspended for the second game of his team’s first-round playoff series with the Miami Heat for his role in a heated confrontation between both sides, the NBA said on Sunday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Formula One cars were stranded in China and the weekend’s Japanese MotoGP race was called off yesterday as a cloud of volcanic ash clipped the wings of motorsport worldwide.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan champion boxer Edwin Valero hanged himself with his own clothes early on Monday from the bars of a prison cell where he had been detained for killing his wife.

New Amsterdam’s basketball team were in the hunt for their first victory in the opening game of the Mackeson National Super Wards Basketball Championships Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, but an injury to leading scorer, Shem Scotland, who suffered a broken finger in the first quarter thwarted their efforts and they were defeated by North Ruimveldt 78-59.

First ever 20/20 soccer launched in mining town The inaugural 20/20 Football tournament was kicked off by Parliamentary Secretary attached to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Steve Ninvalle on Saturday evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in Linden.

When details of the Indian Premier League (IPL) were first announced, Julian Hunte expressed his concern about its potential impact on West Indies cricket.

Cricket and boxing are two vastly different sport disciplines, but Brian Lara’s reported plans to return to competition exposes one common trait – star performers regardless of age or ability cannot stay away from the action.