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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies kept England winless on their Caribbean tour when they comprehensively outplayed them by six wickets in the solitary Digicel Twenty20 International yesterday.

Led by a patient 94 from Narsingh Deonarine and an unbeaten 51 from Assad Fudadin, Guyana were comfortably placed on 254-5 when bad light stopped play at the end of the penultimate day in their 10th round clash against the Leeward Islands at the Albion Sports Complex yesterday.

The just concluded Digicel test series in the Caribbean is a series that will not easily be forgotten.

The night St Louis  kayoed Stevenson By Eion Jardine The scene of kid gloves, brawny bodies and screaming fans was like so many others except for what happened in round eight of the fight which lasted 20 seconds.

As a reward for their exciting win, Digicel, at the end of the Digicel Test Series, presented the West Indies players with a bonus cheque of US$137,500.00.

SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, CMC – Triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt sent yet another daunting message to his rivals ahead of the new season when he easily surged below 10 seconds in his first 100-metre outing of the year on Saturday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Amir Khan beat  Mexico’s Marco Antonio Barrera in Manchester on Saturday to  move a step closer to a shot at the lightweight world title.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Tony Parker scored 28 points  as the San Antonio Spurs edged the Houston Rockets 88-85 in a  key Southwest Division clash in the NBA on Saturday.

Ravens and Jets first to reach semi-finalsJust when everyone thought that they had seen it all, night after night this competition just keeps getting better.

By Rawle Toney The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR &SC) yesterday officially opened its Go-Kart track at Thomas Lands in an effort to attract racers outside of the South Dakota Circuit.

-Captain, manager disappointed Rain yesterday washed out the second day’s play of the West Indies Cricket Board-sponsored regional four-day match against the Leeward Islands at the Albion Sports Club ground.

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United and Pele Football Club will be engaged in battle this evening at the Georgetown Football Club ground in the final of the Digicel powered 14th annual Mayor’s Cup Competition in pursuit of the Keith Miles trophy.

-GCA Cellink Plus first division cricket competition A century from Demerara Cricket Club’s (DCC) opening batsman Troy Nurse enabled them to reach 288-9 declared at the end of the first day of the Georgetown Cricket Association first division match against Transport Sports Club (TSC) yesterday.

A common, pertinent theme ran through the principal reasons given by the leaders of the West Indies team for the repossession of the Wisden Trophy.

The fairy-tale comeback of Guyanese Nicolette Fernandes ended in the semi-finals of the Forexx Eindhoven Open yesterday in The Netherlands.

Stunning all round cricket from the Cardinals helped them win the Georgetown Leo Club-organised seven-a-side tapeball tournament at the Demerara Cricket Club ground on Tuesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Careless batting in Jamaica’s second innings undid the hard work of their bowlers, led by Nikita Miller, after they gained first innings points over Barbados in their 10th round match in the WICB regional four-day competition yesterday.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – All-rounder Stafanie Taylor shone for West Indies but it was Pakistan who emerged with honours when they claimed a four-wicket win over the regional side in their Super Six clash at the ICC Women’s World Cup yesterday.

India 5 for 234 (Chopra 76) beat Australia 7 for 218 (Blackwell 54) by 16 runs Australia’s defence of the World Cup is virtually over after they were outplayed by a well-rounded India in their opening Super Six game at North Sydney Oval yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Still buoyant from their historic series win, West Indies will seek to extend their new found dominance over England in the solitary Twenty20 International of the tour at the Queen’s Park Oval today.