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Georgetown Cricket Association’s Haier Cup second division tournament got off to an electrifying start on Saturday with Demerara Cricket Club’s (DCC) Jamal Hinckson scoring the first century while Everest Cricket Club’s Javed Rasheed picked up a five wicket haul all on the first day.

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, CMC – Lennox “Too Sharp” Allen sent Amador Acevedo to the hospital following their non-title fight on Saturday here.

DELHI, India, CMC – Chris Gayle failed to make a big impact, and the Kolkata Knight Riders slipped to their second defeat in the Indian Premier League, when the Delhi Daredevils trumped them by 40 runs yesterday.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Guard Manu Ginobili scored 28  points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 94-73 victory over  the sluggish Boston Celtics on Sunday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Outspoken players union chief Dinanath Ramnarine says regional cricketers are displeased with the current state of affairs and has once again beseeched the West Indies Cricket Board to be more professional in how they administer the game.

(BBC) Simon Katich hit his 10th Test century as Australia dominated day three of the second Test against New Zealand yesterday.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – A pink ball that cricket officials hope will hold the key to future day/night Test matches passed a successful first-day trial in a match to mark the opening of the new English County season.

BERNE, (Reuters) – Manchester United will be hoping  to revisit 1999 rather than any of their other six meetings with  the Bayern Munich when they face the Bavarians in the Champions  League today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Michael Schumacher has a good  feeling about Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix despite struggling  to score a point in Australia in the second race of his Formula  One comeback season.

– GABA president Trevor Rose on the passing of Kevin Lawrence Family and friends are mourning the death of local basketball star Kevin Lawrence.

By Marlon Munroe Reigning Group-4 champion Andrew King and Kevin Jeffrey sizzled yesterday but it was group-3 driver Ryan Rahaman who churned out some of the most admirable performances at the Guyana Race of Champions at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri.

-Dover disappointed with performance By Kizan Brumell A tough battle between Walking Boys of Suriname and Guyana’s Alpha United football team ended in a draw as the Guyana leg of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships continued at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground yesterday.

Cheddi Jagan Memorial 50-miler Alonzo Greaves clocked two hours, 11 minutes and 36 seconds in winning the third leg of the Dr.

The East/West Fire Basketball Club recorded its first victory when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Open and Third Division Leagues continued Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Haier Cup second division limited overs tournament bowled off on Saturday at the Demerara Cricket Club ground but prior to the start of play, former national junior table tennis player, Sarfraz Shadood, a representative of Queensway Company, made a presentation of shirts to the Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association.

Gavin Lewis and Nicola Ramdyhan were beaten in the first round of the Under-14 category while Aruna Ramrattan, Krystal Sukra, Benedict Sukra and Judah Stephney lost in qualifying matches of the ITF/IBM Junior Championships in Trinidad and Tobago.

Guyana’s Lennox `Too Sharp’ Allen kept his unbeaten record intact when he defeated Amador Acevedo Saturday night in the United States of America.

By Donald Duff An elite coaching programme for the country’s top cricketers gets cracking this morning at the National Stadium at Providence.

Guyana’s Brandon Bess was in fine form with bat and ball in the South Zone Cricket league in Trinidad and Tobago grabbing four wickets and scoring 48 runs as his team Clarke Rochard defeated Juniors of Pleasantville by a whopping 291 runs.

The formation of five new clubs by the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) has led to the revival of inter-club lawn tennis and a tournament is currently underway.