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The 2009 Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Tenelec Inc.-sponsored first division 50 overs-a-side cricket competition got underway last Sunday with outstanding performances from Veerasammy Permaul, Jermaine Reid, Colin Duke and Anthony Bramble in the three matches.

In a move that is expected to revive the sport of cycling on the local scene, the Ministry of Sport has renewed its commitment to the Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF) through several initiatives announced by Sports Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange.

Best-of-Three semi-finals game one tonight After witnessing the Charlestown/Albouystown downing of  defending champions North Ruimveldt in game one of their semi-finals on Tuesday, basketball fans are eagerly looking for a similar show  tonight when  South Ruimveldt and Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust  do battle in game one of their best-of-three semi-finals  at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Holders Rajasthan Royals were knocked out of the Indian Premier League following a four-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders at Kingsmead yesterday.

CHESTER-LE-STREET, England, CMC – Chris Gayle continues to gripe about the way international cricket has been intruding into his life.

Following his inaugural victory in the National Sports Commission (NSC) 27th annual three-stage cycle road race held over the weekend Alonzo Greaves now has his eyes set on dominating the sport locally.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African Jacques  Kallis shone with bat and ball yesterday to keep the Bangalore  Royal Challengers in the hunt for a semi-final place in the  Indian Premier League. 

Outstanding performances from middle order batsman Jason Sinclair and former national under-19 captain Andre Percival helped Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) defeat archrivals Young Warriors by 73 runs to win the inaugural Associated Business Service limited overs cricket tournament. 

(BBC) Ricky Ponting has revealed Australia will target England captain Andrew Strauss in this summer’s Ashes series.

RHTWSB, YW, West Berbice and Canje advance to semi-finals Defending champions Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB), Young Warriors (YW), West Berbice and Canje all advanced to the semi-finals of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) Busta Champion of Champions competition recently.

LONDON, (Reuters) – World number one Rafael Nadal has  booked a place in the end-of-season ATP World Tour finals being  staged in London for the first time, organisers said yesterday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul has slipped another two places while pacer Jerome Taylor has also lost ground in the latest ICC Test rankings released yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Organisers are planning a week of activities to commemorate the 100th birthday, life and legacy of West Indies legend George Headley.

The Guyana Defence Force will clash with Caribs when second round action of Trophy Stall (Bourda Market) male 10-a-side competition commences this afternoon at the National Park Playfield.

CARSON, United States, CMC – American sprint ace Tyson Gay says despite Usain Bolt’s awesome form, he was firmly focused on running fast times in the upcoming season.

MONACO, CMC – Usain Bolt has been reminded that he has become the embodiment of track & field and must carry himself in an appropriate manner.The

Alfred Jordan of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) copped the overall title when the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) opened its 2009 season with the Novices and Intermediate Championships on Sunday evening.

-Windies hand back Wisden Trophy after humiliating defeat CHESTER-LE-STREET, England, CMC – West Indies ended their briefest-ever grasp on the Wisden Trophy yesterday, when they crumbled to an innings and 83-run defeat in the second and final Test against England.

First executive meeting on this evening Former national player and national female coach Abdullah ‘Zico’ Hamid is now the head of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) after the long-awaited Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections were held last Sunday at the MacKenzie Sports Club.

‘Modern West Indians, with flawed techniques cultivated in sub-standard regional cricket and with little or no experience of county, even league cricket found it impossible to cope’ The defeat in the second Test, completed quarter-hour after lunch yesterday, was as swift, embarrassing and emphatic and was brought about by the same factors as those at Headingley in 2000 and 2007.