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(Trinidad Guardian) – Six people have been arrested by police in connection with the disappearance of a safe containing close to TT$1 million in cash and jewellery from the Lady Chancellor mansion of international batting superstar Brian Charles Lara.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – Chris Gayle’s blazing century provided the platform for a rousing 90-run victory for touring West Indies over the Australian Prime Minister’s XI in a rain-reduced warm-up match yesterday.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – South Africa are faced  with the daunting prospect of taking on top-ranked India on  their home soil just days after long-serving coach Mickey  Arthur resigned.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics overcame the  absence of leading scorer Paul Pierce to pull away from the  Miami Heat in the fourth quarter for a 107-102 victory on  Wednesday.

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – Veteran Jamaican light heavyweight boxer Glen Johnson is prepared to unleash everything he has when he tackles American Yusaf Mack in a world title eliminator tonight.

The Joe Vieira Park will come alive this Sunday as the In Excess (INXS) Performance which is headed by Biker ‘Smallie’ hosts their first grass track meet, ‘Hot Track’ which kicks off the motocross season.

Coach: National team gifted but players not realizing their potential By Marlon Munroe For the second successive year the national cricket team finds itself in a familiar position -the cellar – on a mere seven points after four completed rounds of the West Indies Cricket Board regional four-day competition.

Former Caribbean squash champion Alexander Arjoon was one of a number of national players to be eliminated after the opening night action of this year’s Bounty Farm handicap tournament at the Georgetown Club’s courts.

sident of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Aaron Bethune has announced that the 2010 racing season will rev off on March 28.

The Special Olympics Committee of Guyana has selected six athletes with intellectual disabilities to begin training shortly at the Colgrain and Castellani pools for the 2011 Special Olympics in Athens, Greece from June 25th to July 4th.

President and Co-Founder of the Women’s International Boxing Association, Ryan Wissow believes that the upcoming Shondel Alfred and Corrine DeGroot bantamweight rematch along with the Gwendolyn O’Neil and Carlette Ewell light heavyweight clash will be a historic event and he is also optimistic about the smooth running of the fights.

-Wavell Hinds chosen as replacement By Tony Cozier Dwayne Brave, their most dynamic all-rounder and new vice-captain, was Tuesday added to the long list of key West Indies players eliminated by injuries from the imminent series of five ODIs and two T20 Internationals in Australia.

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC – The players and match officials participating in today’s limited overs tour match between the West Indies and the Australia Prime Minister’s XI will be wearing blue ribbons to support the people of Haiti.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Under–19 assistant coach Roddy Estwick believes the talented Barbadians he saw in the ICC U19 World Cup last month should be fast–tracked into the national team.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – North Americans call it “the  greatest show on earth” but in reality not much of the world is really paying attention to the Super Bowl.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have kept their label as the No.1 ranked team in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) but  remain outside of the world’s top 75 teams.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr., whose  planned superfight with Manny Pacquiao fell apart last month  over drug testing stipulations, will fight Shane Mosley on May  1, the boxer’s promoter said yesterday.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan Cricket Board chairman  Ejaz Butt resisted a call for his resignation yesterday during a parliamentary committee hearing into PCB affairs and the national team’s poor performance on their tour to Australia.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt will open his 2010 season at a local meeting at the National Stadium on February 13.

– Lady Jaguars to begin World Cup qualifiers March 3 The Lady Jaguars will start their stride to Germany in 2011 on March 3 at the GCC ground against Suriname as the first leg of the Women’s World Cup Qualifiers begins for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) affiliates.