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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – David Williams acknowledges the enormity of the task, but he feels West Indies can spring a surprise, and topple Australia in their three-Test series, starting later this month.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Mohammad Yousuf will captain  Pakistan in New Zealand after Younus Khan asked for a break from  international cricket for the tour, the PCB said yesterday.

A shortage of ammunition has forced the postponement of the National Rifle-Shooting Championships which should have been held this month, according to officials of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA).

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The final one-day international  between Australia and India was washed out without a ball being  bowled yesterday.

– Says GMR&SC of November to Remember President of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Aaron Bethune Monday night hailed the third and final round of the Seaboard Marine-sponsored Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) a major success.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany and Hanover 96  goalkeeper Robert Enke has died after being hit by an express  train in an apparent suicide near Hanover, local police said yesterday.  

– as 2009 Premier League champions receive awardsWystan Robertson, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Limited marketing Director yesterday lauded the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and its premier league competition for its successes.

CENTURION, South Africa,  (Reuters) – JP Duminy struck  his maiden one-day international century to lead South Africa to  a crushing 212-run victory over Zimbabwe yesterday.  

(BBC) England succumbed to a humiliating four-wicket defeat against South Africa A in their only Twenty20 warm-up match before Friday’s first international.

– rout E’bo for paltry 105 and reach 128-1 at close By Marlon Munroe Essequibo is known as the Cinderella County and after yesterday’s performance it is clear that what Essequibo’s cricket needs is a fairy Godmother to turn around the fortunes of their cricket which has suffered from years of neglect and underdevelopment.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies women wrapped up their Twenty20 International series against England yesterday, when they strolled to a comfortable five-wicket in the second game of the three match series at Warner Park.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – All-rounder Shane Watson and fast  bowler Mitchell Johnson will skip Australia’s final one-day  international against India today and head home instead.

Church’s Chicken came onboard for the third consecutive year with the Kashif and Shanghai organization to assist in the running of the 20th Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament which was recently launched.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Against the backdrop of a bruising impasse which left regional cricket in tatters, West Indies captain Chris Gayle said yesterday uniting the current team would be his main focus as they prepared to meet the mighty Australians.

PHILADELPHIA,  (Reuters) – Steve Nash scored 21 points  and made 20 assists as the Phoenix Suns continued their fine  start to the season with a 119-115 victory over the  Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Marat Safin has come up with an  instant remedy to help Andre Agassi clear his conscience after  his admission that he lied about using drugs — hand back the  millions of dollars he made in prizemoney. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said yesterday that he is battling a rare form of blood cancer but his long-term prognosis is very good.  

PARIS, (Reuters) – World number two Rafael Nadal said yesterday tennis was free of doping and repeated his view that  the testing procedures were too tough.  

–Serena Williams, Sir Garfield Sobers to do coin toss South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs has become a welcome boost to Suth Africa’s side to contest the CLOBI Cup International Masters Cricket Tournament.

Former Berbice Under-19 player Raid Ali turned an outstanding all round performance to put Edinburgh in total command over Rose Hall Community Centre over the weekend in the Berbice zone of the Guyana Cricket Board’s three day first division competition.