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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – A high ranking official of the Grenada Football Association has returned to the job after serving an 18-month suspension over allegations of financial impropriety.

By Orin Davidson A bombshell was dropped from the Factory Road, Antigua address of the West Indies cricket board.

Andrew Arjoon won the Open category and Jason Van Dyk the category `A’ final Saturday night as the Bounty Farm handicap squash tournament wrapped up at the Georgetown Club’s Squash Courts.

-Left-hander makes return to boost team’s performance against B/dos this week-endBy Marlon Munroe A Guyana team languishing in the cellar on a measly seven points and out of championship contention for the WICB regional four-day title will be boosted by the return of prolific middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul from injury for this week-end’s encounter against Barbados.

One-Day cricket has again been swamped by Twenty20, with yesterday’s day-night series-opener between Australia and the West Indies drawing the smallest MCG crowd for Melbourne’s first ODI of the season in almost 30 years.

Cyclists attached to the various clubs under the umbrella of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) will be back in the saddle on Saturday competing for cash prizes when the Roraima Bikers Club stages its fourth annual George `Boy Blue’ Cumberbatch Memorial cycle race.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Imran  Khan has described the Australian team as one of the weakest he  has seen in years.

The annual general meeting of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) will take place this afternoon at the Georgetown Club beginning from 4.30.

Mohanlall ‘Santo’ Dinanauth added two more trophies to his collection when he won the A.H.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Touring West Indies offered a meek batting response and plunged to a lopsided 113-run loss to high-flying Australia in their first One Day International (ODI) yesterday.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – Hashim Amla posted his  first test double century to grind India’s insipid bowling into  submission on the second day of the opening test yesterday.

LINKOPING, Sweden,  CMC – Guyana’s Nicolette Fernandes was beaten by top seed Vanessa Atkinson, of the Netherlands, in the semi-finals of the US$6,000 Swedish Open squash tournament on Saturday.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle has lamented his team’s batting flop that resulted in their huge loss to Australia in their first One Day International (ODI) at the MCG yesterday.

STUTTGART, Germany,  CMC – US Virgin Islands (USVI) sprint ace Lavern Jones-Ferrette clocked a striking 2010 world best 6.97 seconds to win the women’s 60 metres at the Sparkassen-Cup indoor track and field on Saturday.

Failure to observe the Constitution has resulted in Guyanese resident overseas being denied the right to vote, Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran says in his call for the ‘overseas vote’ to be restored.

International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) Caribbean Developmental Officer Anthony Jermiah yesterday exhorted the teachers and students that attended the opening session of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association’s mini tennis programme to embrace the programme and to be punctual at all times.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – With his self-evident enthusiasm  and incisive intelligence, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean  Payton has transformed a franchise known for failure into Super  Bowl contenders.

National rugby captain Claudius Butts and his troops arrived in Las Vegas yesterday ahead of this weekend’s International Rugby Board’s (IRB) USA International Seven’s World Series.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England got off to a winning start  in the Six Nations championship yesterday when they beat Wales  30-17 at Twickenham thanks in part to a moment of madness by  visiting lock Alun-Wyn Jones.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United striker Wayne  Rooney was on target again to help the hosts crush bottom club  Portsmouth 5-0 and return to the top of the Premier League yesterday.