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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Barbados’ batting stuttered but the defending champions still managed to strengthen their grip on their second round TCL Group West Indies three-day Cup match against the Leeward Islands yesterday.

Bank of Guyana squeezes past Enmore Bank of Guyana (BOG) squeezed past Enmore to advance to the third round of the Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association (GS&WCA) 15/15 tapeball competition following the playoff of second round matches last weekend at the GS&WCA ground on Carifesta Avenue.

ISSOUDUN, France, (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish won his  third stage on the 2009 Tour de France  yesterday, a 194.5-kms  trek ridden at a leisurely pace in an implicit protest by the  riders at a radio-ban by organisers.

Local golfers will be looking forward to improved weather this weekend when they compete in the Edward Ajodha sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf course on Saturday.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka romped to a seven-wicket victory over Pakistan to win the series after the  visitors suffered a dramatic batting collapse on the third day  of the second test yesterday.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh bowlers Shakib Al Hasan and Shahadat Hossain have been fined 10 and five percent  of their match fees respectively for excessive appealing in the  first test against West Indies, the International Cricket  Council (ICC) said yesterday.

– monster WICB has created is giving it hell; players must choose between WICB and WIPABy Orin Davidson Regardless of how you twist and turn this one around, there are no ifs and buts about the genesis of the latest shame perpetrated on West Indies cricket.

By Tiadi Blair The Guyana Blind Cricket team which will participate in this year’s regional tournament yesterday received words of encouragement from Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association has selected its representative national teams for the 51st Caribbean Table Tennis championships scheduled July 20-29 in French Guiana.

-Victoria Arjoon also through to final Whichever way the cookie crumbles Guyana will still be assured of a gold medal in the girl’s U-17 division when the curtain comes down on the singles competition of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) which is currently in progress in Barbados.

It has been in the making for close to eight years and now local boxing fans can expect an epic battle between two of Guyana’s prize fighters in a showdown dubbed “The End Game” billed for the end of September.

By Tiadi Blair The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Guyana Cricket Board and National Sports Commission has launched a cricket academy with the aim of training potential under-15 cricketers over the next four weeks.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Debutant Fawad Alam hit a  maiden test century as Pakistan battled back against Sri Lanka  on the second day of the second test yesterday.

– Minnows Bangladesh recorded their second test match win and their first Test win overseas when they defeated the West Indies by 95 runs yesterday KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – West Indies handed Bangladesh their first Test win overseas and only their second overall, when they crumbled to a 95-run defeat in the opening game of the series at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex here yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Unorthodox left-arm spinner Totaram Bishun grabbed three wickets for eight runs from nine overs to lead a Guyana fight-back against hosts Jamaica in their TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge match yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Yannic Cariah stroked a century as Trinidad & Tobago’s batting clicked again on the opening day of their second round TCL Group West Indies three-day Cup match against the Windward Islands yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Steady middle and lower batting saved Barbados from embarrassment and lifted them to a competitive total but the Leeward Islands were making a strong reply on the opening day of their second round TCL Group West Indies three-day Cup match yesterday.

Australia, New Zealand and Zimbabwe have all gone through disagreements between board and players that have led to strikes and threatened strikes and that, once again, have shaken West Indies cricket to its core.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The Brazilian wife of  former Canadian world boxing champion Arturo Gatti has been  charged with his murder, police said on Sunday.

Cayman retains title The Cayman Islands retained their North American and  West Indian Rugby Association (NAWIRA) U-19 title after defeating Mexico in the final on Saturday.