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Church’s Chicken comes onboard It is safe to say that the Kashif and Shanghai Organization (K&S) has done it again by securing Church’s Chicken as another collaborator for their 19th annual Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament which kicked off last  Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club, Linden.

Former West Indies vice captain Roger Harper will be a guest on the NCN Sports Magazine programme tonight.

Topp XX, Pele win on opening night By Rawle Toney Five-time champions Bakewell Topp XX successfully began their quest to win a sixth Kashif and Shanghai title while city team Pele got on course for their first title when the 19th  edition of the tournament opened Sunday last in Linden.

– “promoter went past contracted time”  –  Sports Hall Manager ‘To be the best, you have to beat the best’ But that maxim could not become a reality for either Dyna Ravens or Courts Pacesetters basketball clubs as the long-anticipated grudge-match between them which was scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Saturday night did not bounce off leaving several fans dejected.

Linden community deserves better, says Kashif Muhammad Co-director of the Kashif and Shanghai organization, Kashif Muhammad says the  decision to relocate the finals of the annual tournament was to send a message that the Linden community which has contributed much to Guyana’s development deserves better.

In DUNEDIN Jerome Taylor’s exceptional hundred in the first Test here Sunday has set standards for all aspiring West Indies’ bowlers to follow.

President of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Trevor Rose has expressed his disappointment at the way the sport is being treated and has called on the relevant authorities to look into this matter.

-records most test half centuries by a West Indian Guyana and West Indies middle-order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul is likely to have fond memories of Dunedin, New Zealand.

Businessmen Clifford Reis and Courtney Benn were both honoured by the Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association (GWRKA) at a simple ceremony held at the Banks DIH Sports Club last Saturday.

– Jerome Taylor was made aware of his full capabilities with the bat by West  Indies coach John Dyson.

Dear Editor, Congratulations are in order to the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (I hate to see the word ‘control’ in the title of any organization) for launching what they call the “BCBC All Time Xl.”

Last evening Holmes Street, Tiger Bay, defeated a determined Albouystown team in a heart-stopping final to become the champions of the Georgetown Football Association organized Guinness `Greatest of de Street’ football competition.

Pele: ‘We will give a good account of ourselves’ By Rawle Toney “It’s not a matter of boasting and saying that you will win, it’s a matter of giving a good account of yourself,” says Pele Football Team’s coach Denzil Thompson.

Past greats take a look at sport’s present woes By Troy Peters Last Friday’s An Evening of Nostalgia was expected to reflect upon the past of four of the Caribbean’s top athletes in their time, but the panellists could not resist reflecting on the woes facing sport in Guyana and the region.

Top junior swimmer Ronaldo Rodrigues captured a gold and a silver medal at the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago, International Invitational club meet yesterday.

Discipline and aggression bring rewards It wasn’t perfect but it was certainly more like what John Dyson was seeking from his bowlers on the abridged third day of the first Test at shivering University Oval here yesterday.

‘Let the battles begin’ By Rawle Toney The saying “many are called but few are chosen,” could best describe the Kashif and Shanghai Tournament.

National middle order batsman Travis Dowlin has expressed his elation at being appointed captain of the Guyana national cricket team for next year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Carib Beer cricket competition.

47 players, 13 schools and one competition Action got underway yesterday at the Queen’s College auditorium when the 2008 National School Chess Championship moved off.

Ravens and Pacesetters to set Sports Hall on fire By Rawle Toney The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by China’s General Sun Tzu.