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BENONI, South Africa,  (Reuters) – South Africa were  forced to toil hard ahead of their limited overs series against  England yesterday before overcoming Zimbabwe by 45 runs in a  one-day international.

GUWAHATI, India,  (Reuters) – Left-arm seamer Doug  Bollinger grabbed five for 35 to set up Australia’s six-wicket  victory over India in the sixth one-dayer yesterday for an  unassailable 4-2 lead in the seven-match series.

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey,  (Reuters) – The Boston  Celtics bounced back from their first loss of the season to  record an 86-76 victory over the winless New Jersey Nets on  Saturday.

ARCADIA, California, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Zenyatta scored the  biggest victory of her illustrious career Saturday by coming  from last to first to win the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Come Sunday the Rising Sun Turf Club of West Coast Berbice in collaboration with the Lions Cub of Durban Park and the Central Demerara Lions Club will stage a grand one-day horse race meet and $2.5 million in cash and prizes will be there for the taking.

– Mayers mashes up South Dakota lap record By Rawle Toney Look out David Summerbell, a new ‘King’ of the race tracks has arrived!

By Rawle Toney The Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Organisation officially launched its 20th football extravaganza with a gala reception at the Duke Lodge Friday evening where they made it pellucidly clear that the tournament was here to stay.

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) took first innings points from Everest Cricket Club in their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) three day first division encounter yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club’s Bourda ground.

By Kizan Brumell The stage is set for the commencement of the semi-final round of the Fruta Conquerors organized NAMILCO Football Festival after the conclusion of the quarter-final round at the Tucville Playfield on Friday night.

Godfrey Pollydore maintained the lead after placing second in the penultimate stage of the annual Tour of Guyana five-stage race yesterday.

Honour was the word once ascribed to the West Indies cricket captaincy.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies held their nerve in a tense affair at Warner Park to sneak a narrow one-wicket win over World champions England and clinch the three-match One-Day International series 2-1 yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Keiron Pollard is hoping to use next year’s regional four-day championship to dispel any notion he is simply a one-day player.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant became the youngest NBA player to reach 24,000 points on Friday, the  Lakers’ guard scoring 41 to lead injury-hit Los Angeles to a  114-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.

-Junior Niles wins Stage Three Godfrey Pollydore took over the lead position from Geron Williams after the third stage yesterday from Wales to Bushy Park,  Parika in the third annual Tour of Guyana five-stage race.

-T/dad whip Guyana by 81 runs to make successful defence of one-day limited overs title By Marlon Munroe Guyana were bowled over at the last turn as Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) produced a stunning performance to hand the challengers an 81-run defeat and retain the WICB President’s Cup limited-overs title at the Guyana National Stadium last evening.

-pays Sports Minister courtesy call Japan Karate Association/World Federation (JKA/WF) Founding Director of the Americas, 8th Dan Master Shojiro Koyama paid a courtesy call on Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr.

-Time trials on today By Rawle Toney Ever wonder what happens when you take some of the Caribbean’s fastest bikes and best riders and put them all on one track?

Senior slam dunk and three-point shoot-out on tonight By Rawle Toney Some of Guyana’s best shooters and dunkers, along with junior ballers, are set to take the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall by storm this evening as the 7th Annual Beepat Scorpions All-Star weekend bounces off.

Golden Jaguars hailed for winning Guyana’s only international title By Rawle Toney Ardent sponsors of Guyana’s senior national football team, more popularly known as the Golden Jaguars, paid tribute to the team that won the inaugural Suriname Independence Cup last weekend in Paramaribo, Suriname, at a simple but meaningful reception at Duke Lodge on Thursday evening.