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Qualfon defeated the Georgetown School of Nursing to clinch the Cummings Electrical Company Super 6 cricket championship which was hosted Saturday at the Durban Park tarmac.

(Reuters) – South Africa batsman David Miller said they will need to bring their “A-game” when they face 2009 champions Pakistan in a Twenty20 World Cup clash in Sydney today.

(Reuters) – A stoppage-time goal by Joao Mario completed a stunning 6-1 win for Benfica at Maccabi Haifa yesterday which lifted the Portuguese side top of Champions League Group H ahead of Paris St Germain.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Alick Athanaze carved out a second successive hundred and Kavem Hodge notched the second of his career but rain had the final say in condemning Combined Campuses and Colleges to a 50-run defeat here yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, Nov 2, CMC – Discarded Test all-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall once again reminded selectors of his ability with a whirlwind half-century as Leeward Islands Hurricanes racked up a second straight win with a convincing 68-run verdict over Jamaica Scorpions.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Inaugural champions India put a foot in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup following their nervy five-run victory against Bangladesh in a rain-hit Group 2 humdinger in Adelaide yesterday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup effectively evaporated following their five-wicket defeat by the Netherlands in a Group 2 match in Adelaide yesterday.

Zach LaVine scored 20 of his season-high 29 points in the fourth quarter as the Chicago Bulls rallied down the stretch for a 108-99 victory over the struggling Brooklyn Nets in New York.

President of the Guyana Olympic Association K. Juman Yassin yesterday conceded that his association should shoulder some of the blame for the lack of a physiotherapist and medical personnel at the recent South American Games when boxer Keevin Allicock fell ill after failing to make the weight for his semi-final bout.

The final round of group stage matches of the MVP Sports Futsal Championships which was penciled in to commence this evening has been rescheduled for Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The curtain will come down on the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast Demerara zone Saturday evening at the Haslington Market Tarmac with exhilarating showdowns expected in the crowning of a new champion.

Steve Nash is out in Brooklyn after two-plus seasons. The embattled head coach was let go by the Nets yesterday after a 2-5 start to the season and plenty of controversy already.

Paul George made a contested 15-foot baseline jumper with 6.2 seconds left to give the Los Angeles Clippers a 95-93 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Monday night.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Roston Chase warmed up for his imminent return to Test cricket with an unbeaten half-century as Barbados Pride made a winning start to their Super50 Cup campaign by brushing aside minnows West Indies Academy by six wickets yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England survived Glenn Phillips’s late onslaught to beat group leaders New Zealand by 20 runs in a major boost to their semi-final hopes at the T20 World Cup in Brisbane yesterday.

Bounty Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Saints Snipers and GCC Tigers copped the Men’s 1st Division, Men’s 2nd Division and Women’s Division titles respectively when the Bounty Supermarket National Indoor Hockey Championship concluded on Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

The calendar has flipped to November so it is crunch time for one of the nation’s most decorated musclemen.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) once again ran away with the first place trophy when the Inter-Services road relay event was staged on Sunday morning.

Former West Indies pacer now Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Territorial Development Officer Colin Stuart was among those graduating from the University of the West Indies recently.

Malteenoes’ Stephan Browne took nine wickets against Everest Cricket Club as the two teams battled to a draw in the Georgetown Cricket Association GISE/Star Party Rentals/Trophy Stall two-day first-division tournament over the weekend.