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President of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Bissoondial Singh yesterday said that the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has to shoulder the blame for its disqualification from the recent DCB organized  W and H Rambarran/ German Restaurant-sponsored U-19 cricket competition.

Following the completion of their Woodpecker Products sponsored junior national championships the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) has selected a 19-man squad from which the final 14-man team will be selected.

The last time Leon “Hurry Up” Moore stepped into a ring in the mining town of Linden, those in attendance were left on the edge of their seats after a masterful performance by the then national bantamweight champion.

-team to square off with North Ruimveldt for place in final North Ruimveldt and Charlestown/ Albouystown will face off  tonight in the third and final game of their best-in-three semi finals of this year’s Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), Hits and Jams Television (HJTV) and Lens Craft Inter-Ward basketball tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

ROME, (Reuters) – Barcelona deposed Manchester United  as European champions with an outstanding 2-0 victory in the Champions League final at the Stadio Olimpico yesterday. 

PARIS, (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova flirted with  danger and Andy Murray suffered a mid-match meltdown before  their survival instincts kicked in to carry them into the third  round of the French Open yesterday. 

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies will spend a lot of time at the end of this year and early next year in Australia.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Dwight Howard dominated the  overtime period to lift the Orlando Magic to a 116-114 victory  over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, putting the home team  on the verge of a trip to the NBA finals.  

BEIJING, (Reuters) – LeBron James is now such a  dominant force in the NBA that he has the potential to become  only the second player to average a triple-double over an  entire season, according to his former coach at the Cleveland  Cavaliers. 

The second annual Enterprise Busta Sports Club (EBSC) 20/20 cricket festival was launched yesterday at a simple ceremony held in the boardroom of the Guyana Beverage Company (GBC), the distributors of Busta products locally.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) 2009 Tenelec Inc. first division 50-overs-a-side cricket competition continued last Sunday with five third round matches which saw newcomers Edinburgh continuing their good showing with another upset victory over Bermine despite Keon De Jesus’ 95.

LONDON, England, CMC – West Indies batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul made a slight gain to No.2 this week in the One-Day International (ODI) cricket ratings, trading places with his captain Chris Gayle.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has objected to its disqualification from the final of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) organized W&H Rambarran/German Restaurant sponsored Under-19 Inter-association competition.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The loss of Zaheer Khan could  diminish India’s chances of retaining the Twenty20 World Cup,  fellow fast bowler Ishant Sharma said yesterday.

PARIS (Reuters) – An almighty roar shook Roland Garros  yesterday to mark the moment Serena Williams scrapped and clawed her way into the second round of the French Open.

– But Mohabir and Gonsalves score upset wins After the first day and eight rounds of action in the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) 2009 national championships held at the Malteenoes Sports Club pavilion, Moen Gafoor sat atop the leader board with seven wins and a spread of 883.

– looking to put disappointments of regional tournament behind them Despite their success at the just-concluded West Indies fullbore championships in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana’s rifle shooters have expressed disappointment at several aspects of the regional tournament.

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – At the last time of asking, West Indies again failed to rise to the occasion and were crushed by 58 runs in the third and final One-day International against England yesterday.

A distressing tour came to a predictable end, but as a huge relief, for the West Indies here yesterday.

The semi-finalists of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) organized 2009 Kool Kidz Inter Secondary Schools 20/20 competition have been decided following the completion of the final preliminary round of matches last Friday.