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South Georgetown’s Terrence Alstrom produced a good all-round performance to lead his team to an eight wicket victory over Essequibo Islands in the quarter-final of the Guyana Cricket Board/Ministry of Education Under-15 limited overs countrywide tournament.

Yesterday, BK International Limited renewed its partnership with the Western Tigers Football Club during a simple ceremony at the head office where they handed over gears and a sponsorship cheque which covers the club’s disbursements.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Australia’s selectors yesterday kept unfit pacer Peter Siddle in their 12-man squad for the third Test against West Indies at Perth starting next Wednesday, Tuesday night Caribbean time.

Guyana’s world-ranked squash player Nicolette Fernandes has a starring role in the 2010 Women’s International Squash Players’ Association Calendar, which has just been launched by the player body WISPA.

On February 27 this year, Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson became the first Guyana footballer to play in the US Major League Soccer competition (MLS) when he signed a US$75,000 contract with the Colorado Rapids.

Adelaide, Australia: It was not to be. Try though Dwayne Bravo and the West Indies did, they could not get the five more wickets needed to complete what would have been an astonishing come-from-behind victory at the Adelaide Oval in the Second Test.

The presidents of the country’s two most active basketball associations Trevor Rose and Abdullah ‘Zico’ Hamid yesterday told Stabroek Sport that it was time that the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) holds elections.

Lionel Jaikarran created history by becoming the youngest person to be elected president of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Monday night.

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) Banks 2009 Masters Invitational tournament was officially launched yesterday at the Pegasus Hotel and serves off Friday at 6pm at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel Tennis Courts.

-Australia press turn on own team Australia’s cricket press has swung full circle within a week.

ADELAIDE, Australia,  CMC – Fast bowler Kemar Roach has caught the attention of Australia captain Ricky Ponting who says the rookie pacer will be the one to watch in the final Test in Perth starting next week.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board director Baldath Mahabir says more needs to be done to develop the region’s fast bowling stocks.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Upbeat West Indies captain Chris Gayle has hailed the regional side’s performance after they forced Australia to battle hard on the final day before earning a draw in the second Test here yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Discarded Test opener Brenton Parchment compensated for his first innings failure and Danza Hyatt sustained his impressive form, as they both hammered unbeaten half-centuries in the Jamaica Cricket Association’s third and final four-day trial match which ended in a draw Monday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian officials want FIFA to allow the country’s domestic football codes to continue running their competitions during the World Cup if their bid to host the tournament in 2018 or 2022 is successful.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Mohammad Yousuf has been retained as Pakistan captain for the test and one-day international series in Australia starting this month.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies will head to Perth for the final Test against Australia without a replacement for the injured paceman Jerome Taylor.

PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – Allen Iverson received a  warm ‘welcome home’ from Philadelphia fans on Monday, but his  return could not prevent the 76ers from losing 93-83 to the  Denver Nuggets.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s cricket authorities  have proposed a fund-raising one-day series in England next year against a world XI selected by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after failing to attract teams to play in Pakistan because of security fears.

LONDON, (Reuters) – English umpire Mark Benson has  said he withdrew from officiating in the second Australia v West Indies test due to ill-health, not because of frustration over  the referral system.