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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Results of round four matches in the West Indies Under-15 Championships on yesterday.

ST THOMAS, US Virgin Islands, CMC – Discarded West Indies batsman Runako Morton stroked a half-century to climb to within 14 of breaking the 1000-run barrier but honours were evenly shared on the opening day of the final round WICB Regional four-day match between the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands yesterday.

Bolt’s 400 meter record tumbles Following a positive start by the ten-man Guyanese team on Friday, the locals did not do so well on the second day of this year’s junior CARIFTA games at the George Odlum Stadium in St Lucia.

Barnwell guides DCC to final National all rounder Christopher Barnwell guided his club Demerara Cricket Club to a thrilling two-wicket victory over Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) and a spot in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Gafoors-sponsored national first division 20/20 competition yesterday.

With the aim of giving back to his community, overseas-based Guyanese Junior Forrester has returned home to launch the Kingston grassroots soccer academy.

Georgetown stun East Coast Georgetown remained undefeated in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter-Association Under-19 competition after comprehensively defeating the East Coast team yesterday at the Lusignan Community Centre ground.

West Demerara hammered East Bank by eight wickets when play in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) U-19 tournament continued yesterday at the Canal Number Two ground.

A nominal, undisclosed fee will be charged for patrons wishing to take their vehicles and motorcycles into the Botanic Gardens and the National Park on Easter Monday.

Dutch start as favorites today Guyana will be the defending champions when the Guyana Bridge League  hosts the 2009 Inter-Guiana Bridge Tournament starting today and continuing until  Easter Monday at the Beepat’s Residence, Montrose, East Coast Demerara.

Lennox Allen: ‘I’m not saying that I will knock him out, but I will win’ Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen at age 24 will probably have the biggest challenge of his fledgling professional career when he faces Guyana’s middleweight champion Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman on April 25 at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall for the vacant super middleweight title.

‘GTM is prepared to go the extra mile to ensure this tournament journeys on as we produce more Sarwans, Chanderpauls and even Hoopers for West Indies cricket’The Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Fire and Life Insurance (GTM) Group on Wednesday presented the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) with a cheque for $3.1 million for this year’s Under-19 tournament.

National table tennis player Trenace Lowe will definitely be competing in the Junior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships scheduled to be held in St.

The president, executives and member clubs of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) have congratulated Narsingh Deonarine on his selection on the West Indies team to tour England, as well as his record breaking performance for Guyana in the ongoing WICB first class tournament.

NCN Channel 11 will be broadcasting the Rugby West Indies games in the IRB Hong Kong Sevens World Series tomorrow at 3.30 pm and on Monday at 1 pm.

TYNE AND WEAR, England, CMC – Trinidadian football icon Dwight Yorke says he does not want the stain of relegation to sully an otherwise outstanding career and has urged his Sunderland teammates to do all in their power to avoid the drop.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Hamburg SV and Werder Bremen  stayed on course for an all-German UEFA Cup semi-final clash  with 3-1 victories over Manchester City and Udinese respectively  in their quarter-final, first legs yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have secured the No.1 spot in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rankings for the fifth consecutive month while Grenada regained a top five position on Wednesday.

Over 600 athletes from 21 countries to compete CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The 38th CARIFTA Games opens today at the George Odlum Stadium with a new look and the high-powered Jamaican aggregation poised for yet another table-topping display.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa took a 2-1 lead  in the five-match series of one-day internationals when they  beat Australia by 25 runs yesterday.

AUGUSTA, Georgia,  (Reuters) – American Chad Campbell  raised hopes of the lowest score at a major championship before  a faltering finish earned a one-shot lead on seven-under-par 65  in the U.S.