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Fruta Conquerors and Uprising stun opponents Day two of competition in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organized Banks Premium Beer Knockout Tournament ended with  Fruta Conquerors and Uprising being victorious after defeating their challengers at the Tucville playfield.

An unbeaten century from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and yet another half century from the consistent Ramnaresh Sarwan helped the West Indies square the five-match Digicel limited overs series 1-1 with a 21-run win in the second ODI at the National Stadium at Providence yesterday.

PROVIDENCE, Guyana, CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle has thanked the Guyanese fans for the huge support they provided for the Caribbean side during the second One day International which they won yesterday to level the five-match series at 1-1.

– Sir Vivian Richards tells audience at Evening of Nostalgia An “Evening of Nostalgia” it sure was when two celebrated former West Indies players and an icon of Caribbean journalism spoke of West Indies cricket in the glory days.

Guyana and West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was yesterday the recipient of a plaque and a house lot from the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and Fazil Ramzan of Umana Developments Limited respectively.

By Eion Jardine Calvin Garraway was born on July 4, 1932 in the upper region of the Pomeroon River.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Sherwin Ganga narrowly missed a maiden first-class hundred for the second time this season but his knock of 98 kept Trinidad and Tobago in the ascendancy against the Windward Islands in their 11th round WICB Regional Four-day match yesterday.

CRAB HILL, Barbados, CMC – Leeward Islands were scenting a three-day victory after Runako Morton hit his highest first-class score and  Barbados were forced to follow-on in the WICB regional competition yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Young left-arm spinner Kavesh Kantasingh stalled rampant Jamaica and kept Combined Campuses and Colleges competitive on a rain-hit second day of their 11th round WICB Regional four-day match yesterday.

NEW YORK CITY, New York, CMC – Several Caribbean Football Union (CFU) nations are set to benefit from a US$10 million investment in their domestic leagues over the next two years.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa completed  victory over Australia by an innings and 20 runs in the third  test at Newlands yesterday, despite an entertaining maiden test  century from Mitchell Johnson.

India to stage IPL abroad over security issues MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board will  stage the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament abroad this year due to security issues, the country’s cricket chief said yesterday.

Chanderpaul cops another record On Friday evening International Cricket Council’s 2008 Cricketer of the Year Shivnarine Chanderpaul collected his fifth Sportsman of the Year award from acting president Samuel Hinds at the National Sport Commission annual awards ceremony held at the National Cutural Centre.

Cozier on Sunday LESS than a week ago, the troubled face of West Indies cricket, for so long wreathed in the wrinkles of on-field mediocrity, administrative ineptitude and uncompromising player power, at last wore the smile of success and optimism.

By Rawle Toney Linden’s Victory Valley Royals and Georgetown’s Dyna’s Ravens will contest the final of this year’s Next Level Entertainment (NLE) basketball tournament this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – No doubt still reeling from the dreadful mix up that cost them the opening game, West Indies will face a stern test of their character when they oppose England in the second One-Day International of the Digicel series today.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Australia ended the third  day of the third test on 102 for two, still trailing South  Africa by 340 runs with eight wickets remaining in Cape Town yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Joel Garner believes that the West Indies Players’ Association is blindly leading the players down a dangerous path without understanding the full ramifications of its actions.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Despite West Indies’ fifth place finish at the ICC Women’s World Cup, all-rounder Shanel Daley says she is extremely proud of what the inexperienced Caribbean side have achieved.

CRAB HILL, Barbados, CMC – Runako Morton continued his love affair with the Barbados bowling, when he plundered his 12th first-class hundred for Leeward Islands in the WICB regional four-day competition yesterday.