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Bodybuilder Fiona Harris was elected president of the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) when that body held its annual general meeting recently.

-Toucan Mash junior squash tournament Juniors Patrick Fraser and Alec Melville played entertaining squash on the opening night of the Toucan Industries Inc, Mashramani Junior tournament Tuesday night at the Georgetown Club’s courts.

The annual Mashramani darts tournament will get cracking tomorrow at the Grand Coastal Inn, La Resouvenir, East Coast Demerara.

WHISTLER, British Columbia, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods,  the superstar golfer who took an indefinite break from the game in December after admitting marital infidelity, will make a  public statement tomorrow about his playing future.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – West Indies batting all-rounder Kieron Pollard says the touring side will be very determined to beat Australia in the fifth and last One Day International (ODI) tomorrow (tonight Caribbean time).

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, (Reuters) – Kevin Durant  extended his impressive scoring streak with another 25-point  haul as the Oklahoma City Thunder won for the seventh time in a  row, a 99-86 triumph over the revamped Dallas Mavericks on  Tuesday.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Australia’s selectors yesterday named uncapped all-rounder Daniel Christian as the only newcomer in a 14-man squad to face West Indies in a pair of Twenty20 Internationals on Sunday and Tuesday.

(BBC) Mahmudullah claimed his maiden Test century yesterday as Bangladesh made a spirited fightback in the one-off Test against New Zealand in Hamilton.

DENVER, Colorado, (Reuters) – Denver Nuggets coach  George Karl has been diagnosed with throat cancer, the team  announced on Tuesday.

KOLKATA, India, (Reuters) – Top-ranked India will bank heavily on their spinners on the last day after rain and Hashim Amla frustrated their bid for a series-levelling victory in the second Test against South Africa yesterday.

Captain of  Guyana’s Sevens rugby team Claudius Butts says that his team did its best at the just concluded International Rugby Board (IRB) USA Sevens World Series  tournament that was held in Las Vegas, USA.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) hosted its third annual awards ceremony at State House in New Amsterdam where Guyana and West Indies middle order batsman Narsingh Deonarine was honoured with the Cricketer-of-the-Year award on Sunday evening.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has named some of the country’s top junior racquet wielders to prepare for possible selection on Guyana representative national teams to the two upcoming championships next month in Puerto Rico.

Christopher Ram was returned unopposed to his post of president of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA)  when the association recently staged its Annual General Meeting (AGM).

With a heavy schedule this year local rifle shooters will meet this evening to elect officers to chart the course of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) for the next year.

With Guyana’s 40th Republic Anniversary and Mashramani celebrations in the air  local golfers are expected to have a fun-filled day when they compete in the Charlise Adams Mashramani Stableford tournament  on Sunday at the Lusignan Golf Course, East Coast Demerara.

The fifth form students of Mackenzie High School (MHS) will be hosting a two-day inter-house basketball competition which commences today, in keeping with the School-Based Assessment (SBA) for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

LONDON, (Reuters) – International players’ union FICA  chief executive Tim May has warned that Twenty20 cricket is  “ripe for corruption” and urged the sport’s administrators to  exercise extreme care.

(BBC)Australia fast bowler Brett Lee admits he may never play top-level cricket again because of serious injury.

ARLINGTON, Texas, (Reuters) – Dwyane Wade of the  Miami Heat scored a game-high 28 points and added 11 assists as  the Eastern Conference prevailed over the West by a nail-biting  141-139 in the NBA’s annual All-Star game on Sunday.