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Young Warriors and Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets will tomorrow contest the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Peter Lewis Associated Construction Services under-23 tournament at the Area H ground.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Faced with a side ravaged by injury and boasting little one-day preparation, West Indies coach David Williams says every member of the squad will need to pull his weight if a series win Down Under is to be realized.

ORLANDO, (Reuters) – Rashard Lewis made a driving  lay-in with 1.3 seconds left on the clock to give the Orlando  Magic a 96-94 win over Eastern Conference rival the Boston  Celtics on Thursday.

-Director James Bovell passionate over development of well-rounded students By Kizan Brumell Director of the Business School James Bovell yesterday called for a closer relationship with the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) whilst stressing the importance of sports and education to student development.

– `New Year’s Beatings’ day of reckoning is here After talking the talk for days tonight it will be time to walk the walk as Holland’s Entertainment Promotions (HEP) presents ‘New Year’s Beatings’, a four fight professional card which promises to set the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall ablaze.

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association’s (GLTA) national junior team will learn how to be mentally tough from one of this country’s most accomplished players Dr.

Former West Indies and Guyana off-spinner Roger Harper was elected the new president of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) on Wednesday evening at the GCA’s annual general meeting at the Georgetown Cricket Club main pavilion.

The Stag first division 2009-2010 league which is organized by the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) resumed last Sunday with two games at the Grove Playfield.

BENGUELA, Angola, (Reuters) – Egypt crushed eight-man  Algeria 4-0 in a foul-ridden African Nations Cup semi-final yesterday to reach Sunday’s final against Ghana. 

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Combined Campuses & Colleges and Guyana will look to rebound from heavy defeats when they face-off in the fourth round of the WICB regional first-class championship starting today at Three Ws Oval.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados and Windward Islands will use the latest day/night experimental match with a pink ball to try and make headway in their fourth round match of the WICB regional first-class championship starting today at Kensington Oval.

-Murray gives Britain hope of end to long wait for grand slam champion MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Andy Murray charged into the  Australian Open final yesterday, giving fresh hope to Britain that the country’s long wait for another men’s grand slam champion may be nearing an end.  

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, (Reuters) – Tim Duncan posted 21  points and a career-high 27 rebounds to propel the struggling  San Antonio Spurs to a 105-90 win over the Atlanta Hawks on  Wednesday.  

MUMBAI, India, (Reuters) – Injuries to top batsmen  Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh have forced top-ranked India to name a depleted 15-man squad for the opening test against visiting South Africans in Nagpur from Feb.

FOURSQUARE, Barbados, CMC – Leeward Islands and Trinidad & Tobago, two teams that promised much prior to the season, will look to get things back on track in their fourth round match of the WICB regional first-class championship, starting today at Foursquare Oval.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies chairman of selectors Joey Carew believes the West Indies Under-19s trio of Jason Holder, Shane Dowrich and Yannic Cariah should be furnished with retainer contracts.

By Rawle ToneyThe International Cricket Council’s (ICC) venue inspection team feels that the Providence Stadium will be more than ready to deliver “Captivating, Contagious Cricket” when it hosts the opening ceremony and first round matches of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup.

By Kizan Brumell Courts Guyana Inc. pumped a total of $400,000 into the Holland’s Entertainment Promotions ‘Season’s Beatings’ card which gets underway tomorrow night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

A fine all round performance from Rose Hall Town Bakewell under-17 team captain Dominic Rickey enabled his team to secure a six wicket victory over Albion in the final of the 2009 Leslie Amsterdam Memorial under-17 tournament.

(Cricinfo) Mitchell Marsh’s impressive 97 set up Australia’s entry into the Under-19 World Cup final, but not before they were given a huge fright by a committed Sri Lanka team yesterday.