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Thirty two teams will begin their quest for top honours this weekend at the commencement of the Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association (GS&WCA) sponsored 15-15 tapeball cricket tournament at the GS&WCA ground on Carifesta Avenue.

LONDON, CMC – An unbroken, sixth-wicket stand of 37 between Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul limped West Indies to a five-wicket victory – under the Duckworth-Lewis Method – yesterday to earn them a place in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup, and fittingly eliminate hosts England.

LONDON, CMC – Chris Gayle failed to hide his delight at having the last laugh over England, after West Indies eliminated the hosts yesterday with a five-wicket victory to reach the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyana’s Cleveland Forde out-sprinted defending champion Richard Jones in 75-metre dash to the finish-line to win the 2009 Eastern Credit Union Granny Lucess 15k road race on Sunday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan completed an untroubled  39-run win over Ireland at the Oval yesterday in their final  Twenty20 World Cup second round match.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Underdogs  Egypt shook five-times world champions Brazil at the Confederations Cup yesterday but finally succumbed 4-3 when Kaka  converted a controversial late penalty.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Egypt lodged  a protest with Confederations Cup organisers after their 4-3  defeat by Brazil yesterday, claiming Brazil’s late penalty  winner was awarded illegally on the basis of video evidence.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Guiseppe Rossi set aside the  mixed emotions of playing against the country of his birth to  inspire Italy to a 3-1 win over the U.S.

TAUNTON, England, CMC – New Zealand Women and India Women completed contrasting victories yesterday to secure their places in the semi-finals of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup.

The Victory Valley Royals solidified their chances of clinching the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) first division title after wrapping up their third consecutive victory in the second round of the tournament.

Alpha and Camptown drain opponents Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United and Sunburst Camptown claimed smashing victories over their opponents in the latest contested match-ups of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier League competition at the Tucville Playfield on Sunday.

Twenty-eight students were successful in the Kyu and Shodan martial arts form last weekend when the Guyana Wado-Ryu Karate Association (GWKA) conducted a grading exercise at the Banks DIH dojo under the guidance of Fifth Dan Sensei Winston Dunbar.

Riddim Squad and Huston Stars reign supreme Riddim Squad and Houston Stars each piled a victory onto their stats as the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Western Union First Division Football League continued at the Camptown Ground on Sunday.

Barama and Bagotstown were the first two teams to record wins as the East Bank basketball tournament got underway on Sunday at Burnham Court.

Led by a man-of-the-match performance from Henry Alphonso, Yellow Mines crushed Floodlights XI by 60 runs in their feature 25-overs-a-side softball match Sunday at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda.

-Bryant emerges from Shaq to build golden empire alone ORLANDO, Florida, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant proved  there was life after Shaquille O’Neal when he led the Los  Angeles Lakers to their 15th NBA crown with a convincing win  over the Orlando Magic on Sunday.

ORLANDO, Florida, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles  Lakers used last year’s NBA Finals defeat to the Boston Celtics  as the motivating factor to become a title-winning team,  Spanish forward Pau Gasol said on Sunday.

-Bryant gets fourth as player; Jackson wins his record 10th as coach ORLANDO, Florida, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers captured their 15th championship and first since 2002 with a 99-86 victory over the Orlando Magic in Game Five of the NBA Finals on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers will get a parade to mark their 15th championship despite objections the city cannot afford to throw the $2 million party, officials said yesterday.

The Giftland Office Max All-Stars eased past the GT&T IM2GO North Ruimveldt team by 15 points (70-55) as the Georgetown Inter-Ward tournament officially came to an end on Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.