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An enthusiastic bunch of Surinamese women will go head to head with an overseas-based Guyanese team today at the Enmore Community Centre ground from 16:00 hrs and according to their coach Vorsihyk Johan, they are here to do nothing less than win the three-way tournament.

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – Captain Andrew  Strauss defied a lively South African attack to steer England to  88 for one on the second day of the first test yesterday.

DENVER, (Reuters) – The NBA’s leading scorer Carmelo  Anthony came up with his fifth successive 30-point effort to  help the Denver Nuggets to a 111-101 victory over the Houston  Rockets on Wednesday.

BERNE, (Reuters) – Frenchman Richard Gasquet has been  cleared over a positive cocaine test after sport’s highest court  accepted that he was probably contaminated inadvertently by  kissing a woman in a nightclub.

Perth, Australia: The West Indies let themselves down on day one of the final Test at Perth and Australia duly took control.

After months of preparation, the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Women’s International Goodwill tournament will kick off today at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

PERTH, Australia, 17, CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle said Thursday he was maturing as a leader and a batsman, following his breathtaking century against Australia on the second day of the third Test at the WACA.

CENTURION, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis  hit his 32nd test century to lead South Africa to 262 for four  on the opening day of the first test against England yesterday.

A day after the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced it would introduce selected day-night matches for its forthcoming regional first-class tournament, International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan said yesterday he expected a similar move for Tests within two years.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – West Indies U19s, bolstered by an attacking 49 from Evin Lewis, wrapped up their second consecutive practice match win yesterday, whipping Canada by six wickets in their ICC 2010 Youth World Cup warm-up game at Warner Park.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – West Indies coach David Williams denounced the WACA pitch yesterday after watching his bowlers toil on a wicket that had been projected to be a haven for pace.

PHOENIX, Arizona, (Reuters) – The Phoenix Suns  preserved their 100 percent home record this season with an  116-104 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday.

The star-studded Rose Hall Town Metro (RHTM) female cricket team comprising Guyana’s three West Indies players crushed West Berbice by 307 runs to reach the national semi-finals of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Women’s tourney.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Batting all-rounder Ryan Hinds bagged four wickets Tuesday as bowlers continued to enjoy the ascendancy in the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) trial match for the West Indies 2010 first-class season.

Young Eagles XI destroyed Ogle U-19s by 170 runs at the Ogle Community Centre ground in the East Coast  Demerara Zone of the Carib Beer national softball 15-overs-a-side tournament.

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – A proposal for a  world test cricket championship could be discussed in February,  International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon  Lorgat said yesterday.

– King Pele on Brazil winning the right to stage the 2016 Olympic Games over the USA and other countries On October 2 this year in Copenhagen, Denmark, the world was stunned when President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) IOC Jacques Rogge announced that the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil had won the bid to host the 31st Olympiad in 2016.

Action in the 20th annual Kashif and Shanghai football competition will recommence tonight at the Georgetown Football Club Ground (GCC) with what is expected to be an exciting double header which kicks off at 6pm.

By Orin Davidson Australians have been placing West Indies pacer Kemar Roach under the microscope but for Chris Gayle, the Perth Test match should be the litmus Test of his batting prowess.

In a radical move aimed at regenerating interest in regional cricket, four matches in next season’s first-class tournament will be played under floodlights using a pink ball, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced yesterday.