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-in third leg of 12th Cheddi Jagan Memorial Tactical riding from Robin Persaud enabled him to take the third and final leg of the 12th Annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial Cycle road race which covered a distance of 50 miles from Supenaam to Charity and back to Anna Regina for the finish yesterday.

-aiming to become a good student/athlete Fifteen-year-old Jevina Straker says that even though she was denied a chance of competing at the 6th IAAF World Youth games this year, she is not deterred and will use it as a motivating factor to do even better in the future.

-Guyana settles for third with seven medals Team Guyana had to settle for third overall at this year’s Caribbean Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championships which concluded on Friday at the Marriott Dome in St Kitts.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Smalta Easter Junior Team tournament came to an exciting conclusion on Saturday evening at the Georgetown Club courts as Power House tenderised their opponents to walk away as champions.

-Dyson says it’s a tour of opportunity (WICB) The West Indies start the tour of England today with a three-day fixture against Leicestershire County at Grace Road and Head Coach John Dyson believes the match will be a “great opportunity” for all members of the team.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidadian football czar Jack Warner has defended the appointment of new national head coach Russell Latapy and has backed the former midfield star to resuscitate the country’s quickly fading FIFA World Cup hopes.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – American Brian Gay, helped by  a monster eagle putt at the second hole, charged to a  scintillating 10-shot victory at the Heritage Classic in Hilton  Head Island, South Carolina yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Ronaldo showed a burst  of his old pace to score the second goal for Corinthians in a  2-0 win over Sao Paulo yesterday.

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, (Reuters) – German  Sabine Lisicki clinched her first WTA title by upsetting  fifth-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 6-4 in the Family  Circle Cup final yesterday.

* Delhi Daredevils win against King’s XI Punjab CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – West Indies fast bowler  Fidel Edwards gave away just six runs in his four overs to lift  Deccan Chargers to an eight-wicket win over Kolkata Knight  Riders in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Goalkeeper Tim Howard saved two  penalties against his former club to inspire Everton to a 4-2  shootout win over Manchester United yesterday which sent them  into the FA Cup final for the first time since 1995.

LONDON, England, CMC – West Indies will have to wait a while longer to find out the exact nature of their opposition for the upcoming two-Test series after England opted to delay naming the squad for the first Test at Lords.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – LeBron James scored 38  points, including a near-midcourt three-pointer, to spark the  Cleveland Cavaliers to a 102-84 victory over the Detroit  Pistons in their Eastern Conference playoff opener on Saturday.

MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal became the  first man to win the Monte Carlo Masters five times in a row  when he beat Novak Djokovic 6-3 2-6 6-1 in yesterday’s final.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – German Sebastian Vettel gave  Red Bull their first Formula One win with a pole to chequered  flag victory ahead of team mate Mark Webber in the rain-soaked  Chinese Grand Prix yesterday.

First four matches kicking off in BV The Ministry of Sport will kick off its second inter-block football tournament with four teams on April 26 at Beterverwagting (BV).

Who will be Georgetown’s knockout kings? Just one match remains to find out who are the knockout kings of Georgetown after the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) defeated Alpha United in the semis of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Premium Beer Knockout Competition on Friday at the Tucville Playfield.

LONDON, England, CMC – West Indies have been urged to adapt quickly to the  difficult conditions here, after being greeted by typical cold, wet English weather on their arrival for the two-Test tour this week.

BOSTON (Reuters) – The Chicago Bulls pulled off a surprise 105-103 overtime win at defending champions the Boston Celtics in a thrilling opening game in the NBA playoffs on Saturday.

While the Guyana Amateur Power Lifting Federation (GAPLF) is preparing to send some of it athletes to the North American Power lifting Federation’s (NAPF) third annual Caribbean Islands Bench Press and Power lifting Championships next month, one power lifter even though he’s not on the team, is quietly making history.