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With improved weather conditions the Coca Cola Masters Football tournament sponsored by Banks DIH will resume tomorrow with four matches at the Thirst Park ground.

Stand-in captain Travis Dowlin and experienced hand Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who hit medium pacer Daren Sammy for two sixes, took the Windward Islands bowling by the scruff of its neck yesterday to propel Guyana to 312-3 at the close of the first day’s play of their final round Carib Beer Cup match at the National Stadium at Providence.

By Donald Duff A strong four-member team comprising Matthew Khan, Paul David, Colin France and Sydney Christophe will represent Guyana at the one –week Olympic Trials which takes place in Santo Domingo.

Following a short break brought on by the completion of the round robin matches on Wednesday, the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Coca Cola Under-15 football competition will resume today with four matches at two different venues.

Cycling action resumes today after a short break with the staging of a 50-mile road race in memory of the late president of Guyana Dr.

By Tony Cozier AS if it didn’t have enough problems of its own, West Indies cricket has encountered yet another, one that did not even feature in the Patterson Committee’s report to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on the future of the game.

-national heavyweight champion `Big’ Mitchell Rogers laments the paucity of local heavyweight boxers around and calls out Andre `Stone’ Purlett By Troy Peters With the recent installation of a new executive for the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) local boxers are hoping that more will be done to keep them active as the sport faces an uphill task to survive locally.

Young Achievers reached the finals of the West Demerara Football Association’s West Side Cup tournament after edging Stewartville 4-3 on penalty kicks after the two teams had battled to a 1-1 draw following regulation and extra time on Friday evening at the Den Amstel ground.

A hat trick of goals from Elton Browne, helped Alpha United rush into the semi-finals of the annual Mayor’s Cup football tournament following a 5-0 drubbing of Mocha Champs in a quarter-final fixture Friday evening at the Tucville ground.

Essequibo seals historic win Essequibo defeated Demerara on the second day of their scheduled three-day encounter yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club ground,to secure their first victory in a three-day game; posting 159 in their first innings then bowling Demerara out for 82 leading by77 runs.

National junior squash players Kayla and Keisha Jeffrey, enjoyed a commanding tournament run last weekend at the Ontario Open Junior Squash Tournament in White Oaks Ontario, Canada, where they swept aside their competitors to meet each other in the finals.

Guyanese Jessica Stephenson captured Guyana’s first ever medal at the Carifta Swimming Championships when she swam her way to an emphatic victory in the girls’ 11-12 200 yard breaststroke on Thursday in Aruba.

Alkins impressive as Essequibo takes first day honours In what can be considered a rare occurrence, Essequibo’s Under-19 cricketers totally outplayed their counterparts from Demerara on the first day of the Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company sponsored tournament at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

Track and Field star Alika Morgan yesterday slammed the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) over its handling of certain issues with respect to the team’s participation at the just concluded Carifta Games in St Kitts.

Skid Marks left their mark on Power Strangers when the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) Smalta, Easter junior team tournament got underway on Wednesday night at the Georgetown Club.

The Guyana Amateur Power-Lifting Federation (GAPLF) will be staging its first event of the year this Sunday at the Rosignol Primary School for the Novice/ Beginners power-lifting competition starting at 10am sharp.

With improved weather conditions the Coca Cola Masters Football tournament sponsored by Banks DIH Ltd.,

An explosive double header is in the making when the Annual Mayor’s Cup knockout football competition continues this evening with quarter-finals at the Tucville Playfield.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle is disappointed over losing the opening Digicel Test to Sri Lanka, but believes his side gained many positives from the match at the Guyana National Stadium.

– ‘Night of Nostalgia’ By Kiev Chesney Three of the most distinguished cricket voices from the commentary box, two of whom are masters of the game, graced the Savannah Suite of Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel on Tuesday evening for the ‘Reds’ Perreira Foundation’s Night of Nostalgia.