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Members of the West Indies rugby team was due to arrive  in Vancouver, Canada last evening to begin a four-day camp today with the Canadian national team before heading to Hong Kong on March 22 for the IRB World Rugby Sevens.

Guyana’s middle order batsman Narsingh Deonarine is looking forward to wearing the maroon cap of the West Indies team again, as early as the Regional team’s return tour to England.

By Rawle Toney Even though Alpha “The Hammer” United lost to Pele via penalty in the recently-completed Mayor’s Cup tournament, club president Odinga Lumumba believes that his side will come out victorious in the upcoming Caribbean Football Union (CFU) club championship against Temptee Football Club of Haiti on Saturday.

The president and executive members of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) would like to offer congratulations to umpire Dhieraindranauth Somwaru on his appointment as the fourth umpire for the upcoming two One Day Internationals (ODI) at the National Stadium between England and the West Indies this weekend.

ICC Cricketer-of-the-Year urges athlete to remain disciplined By Rawle Toney Guyana’s 2009 Sportswoman-of-the-Year track queen Alika Morgan said that meeting West Indies star batsman and 2009 Sportsman-of-the-Year Shivnarine Chanderpaul in person is a dream come through and she is elated to know that her name will be mentioned in the same breath as the world-renowned cricketer.

Master Frank Woon-A-Tai, an 8th dan black belt karateka of the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF), conducted a grading examination last Sunday at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) dojo, where all the students were successful.

SYDNEY, Australia,CMC – West Indies offered very little resistance and plunged to a heavy 146-run loss to England in their ICC Women’s World Cup Super Six match at Drummoyne Oval yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former champions W Connection, of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), will tackle Dominica’s Centre Bath in one of two matches when the 2009 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Champions Cup kicks off today.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket’s World governing body expects next year’s World Twenty20 Championship in the Caribbean to be far more successful than the 2007 World Cup.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended international cricket at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua and lashed the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), following the second Test debacle last month.

(Reuters) – After hitting the seventh fastest century in one-day cricket, Virender Sehwag goes into India’s test series against New Zealand carrying a reputation as the world’s most destructive batsman.

-beat Alpha United 4-2 on penalty kicks Pele Football Club ended the 14th annual Mayor’s Cup tournament with victory over defending champions Alpha United in the final of the Digicel powered competition last Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club ground.

Kings and Royals rule againThe Kashif and Shanghai Kings and the Victory Valley Royals  once again stamped their authority on this year’s Next Level Entertainment (NLE) basketball tournament by coming out victorious in quarter-final action Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Rawle Toney The West Indies and the England cricket teams arrived yesterday for the opening matches of the Digicel Limited Overs Series at the Providence National Stadium on Friday and Sunday.

Baseball superstar Manny Ramirez will be stepping “onto the pitch” to “protect his wicket” against a cricket pitcher to promote DIRECTV’s CricketTicket™ Service.

-no result on first innings Despite a five wicket haul from spinner Anthony Martin and a pugnacious 87 from Runako Morton, the 10th round rain-interrupted West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sponsored regional four-day match between Guyana and the Leeward Islands meandered out into a draw with not even a result on first innings.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Combined Campuses and Colleges pulled off only their second win of the WICB regional first class season when they predictably beat the Windward Islands by 165 runs at Arnos Vale yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Dave Bernard Jr and Nikita Miller shared eight wickets to bowl Jamaica to a 242-run victory over Barbados in their 10th round match of the WICB regional four-day competition yesterday at Kensington Oval, despite a hundred from opener Dale Richards.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – South Africa will stage this year’s Champions Trophy one-day tournament in September and October, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

By Kizan Brummell Tiffany Carto and Treiston Joseph of the Police Sports and Royal Youth Movement clubs respectively, carted off the female U18 and male U20 sprint doubles at the Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AGG) National Youth/Junior Championships at the Enmore Sports Club ground yesterday.