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By Rawle ToneyBakewell has renewed their alliance with Topp XX and Buxton Stars football clubs ahead of the 19th  annual Kashif and Shanghai football tournament which will kick start this Sunday in Linden.

Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan are close to achieving career landmarks in the first test against New Zealand which got underway yesterday (last night Caribbean time).

A West Indies Select Team participating in the Trinidad and Tobago Enthusiasts International Invitational Rugby Sevens Tournament over the weekend defended their tournament championship title for the third year in succession, handily defeating first time finalist, Guadeloupe, 19-7, for the Cup.

Matthew Khan and Michelle John were in ripping form over the weekend claiming titles in their respective categories of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), National Sports Commission (NSC) pre-Christmas tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The recent downpour in Georgetown has caused the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Ministry of Education (MoE) Inter Secondary Schools Under-15 limited overs competition to be postponed until next year.

Dear Editor, You are right, Mr Klass. You are right. In July of 2007, the Iraqi football team won the Asian cup, and I remember the report on the victory pointed out that with inadequate materials, training facilities and technical support the players had triumphed.

Guyana’s Colin France toppled a star-studded field of table tennis racquet-wielders, which included two former Caribbean champions, to capture the prestigious Reality and Maintenance Services Limited Supersingles men’s crown in Trinidad and Tobago over the weekend.

It is not only the New Zealand cricket team that will confront the West Indies in the first Test, starting here tomorrow (tonight East Caribbean time).

Bakewell Topp XX aiming for  sixth titleBy Rawle Toney It is never questionable whenever someone says that Bakewell Topp XX is the most decorated team in the Kashif and Shanghai tournament since it began.

– what are their chances? Asks Calvin Roberts With the 19th annual Kashif and Shangai (K&S) football tournament set to kick off in four days time, Georgetown’s Sunburst Camptown must be looking at their chances in Guyana’s mega football tournament, via a microscope.

Guyana’s Allstars Women’s Sevens Team conquered all they encountered in winning the Trinidad Enthusiasts International Invitational Tournament over the weekend.

The Reds Perreira Sports Foundation (RPSF) will host another “Night of Nostalgia” on Friday at the Umana Yana in Kingston featuring four great sports personalities of yesteryear.

Strykers of No. 78 Village destroyed Crabwood Creek’s Young Royals by a massive 198 runs in the New Building Society Challenge second division limited overs competition in Berbice.

– donates Most Improved Player trophy By Rawle Toney Kayo’s Academy in Linden made its first contribution to the Kashif and Shanghai tournament when they presented the Most Improved Player of the tournament trophy to the organizers.

Guyana’s first professional bodybuilder Hugh Ross  continued to keep the Golden Arrowhead fluttering proudly when he copped second place  from 41 competitors at the Musclemania World Championships held at the Golden Nugget Resort Las Vegas, Nevada.

– says Roderick Lovell Georgetown Cricket Association’s representative on the Demerara Cricket Board selection panel Roderick Lovell yesterday denied lobbying for players to be excluded from the Demerara team for the recent Twenty20 Inter-county competition.

Checkmate One of the problems affecting sport locally is the way national associations, tasked with the responsibility of overseeing their sport function.

The Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) through its Special Events Committee (SEC) on Thursday last launched its All Time XI at an impressive ceremony held at its New Amsterdam office with regional record holder Mahendra Nagamootoo finding a place on the team.

RHTWSB are Berbice champions The Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) cricket team defeated Albion Sports Club (ASC) by 16 runs to crown themselves Berbice champions, when the final of that County’s Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) /Gafoors first division 20/20 competition was played at the Port Mourant Community Centre ground last Sunday.

The jointly-sponsored Ministry of Education/ National Sports Commission/ Guyana Cricket Board/ Guyana Teachers Association Inter-Secondary Schools Under-15 40 overs-a side cricket competition continued recently with matches in Districts Six and 15 in Berbice.