ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Despite never having played Down Under, head coach Roddy Estwick says he has high hopes for the West Indies side at next month’s International Cricket Council’s Under-19 World Cup in Australia.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has withdrawn from today’s Diamond League meeting in London to rest his injured groin, his agent Paul Doyle said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Australian fast bowler Brett Lee retired from international cricket yesterday, just days after he was forced to return home from England after sustaining another injury.
(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Sport Anil Roberts said on Wednesday he has begun the process of negotiating with top local cricketers Keiron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine, in an effort to get them to play for T&T at the upcoming Champions league in South Africa.
(Jamaica Gleaner) West Indies fast-bowling legend Michael Holding says the team’s current crop of players need to balance the need to make money with the call of representing the region.
LA TOUSSUIRE, France, (Reuters) – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins survived attacks from his rivals and radio interference to continue his march towards a maiden Tour de France title yesterday when he was supposed to be tested to the limit.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA needs to change the culture within the organisation and not just introduce new committees if it is to successfully battle corruption in its ranks, a leading anti-corruption watchdog said yesterday.
KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka won their first test-match series in nine attempts since August 2009 when they batted out for a draw against Pakistan in the third and final test at the Pallekele Stadium on Thursday.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Interim New Zealand captain Kane Williamson says Wednesday’s 88-run victory over West Indies in the third One-Day International could now see the momentum shift away from the hosts in the five-match series.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies and New Zealand used Wednesday’s third One-Day International here to honour late Leeward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago batsman Runako Morton.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Talismanic opener Chris Gayle failed for the first time in five innings, triggering a miserable West Indies batting slide that culminated in a disappointing 88-run loss in the third One-Day International, as New Zealand clawed their way back into the series with a gutsy performance here yesterday.
Guyanese track stars Stephan James and Kadecia Baird suffered similar fates yesterday at the 14th World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain when the competition continued.
(Reuters) – The 20th anniversary of the U.S. ‘Dream Team’ could coincide with a dream tournament in what looms as a fiercely competitive basketball competition at the London Olympics.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Ex-FIFA President Joao Havelange and his former son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira took multi-million dollar bribes on World Cup deals, Swiss prosecutors said in a legal document released yesterday, dealing a fresh blow to world soccer’s ruling body.
BELLEGARDE SUR VALSERINE, France, (Reuters) – B ritain’s Bradley Wiggins masterfully fended off the challenges of his rivals to retain the Tour de France yellow jersey into the Alps yesterday.
KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Azhar Ali defiantly scored his fourth test hundred but hosts Sri Lanka still scented victory in the third and final test with the tourists leading by 188 in their second innings at the end of the fourth day yesterday.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said yesterday there was no need to enter panic mode after his side collapsed to a disappointing 88-run defeat to New Zealand in the third One-Day International here at Warner Park.
By Neil Barry The eagerly anticipated New Building Society (NBS) limited overs competition will finally bowl off this weekend with matches on Saturday and Sunday around Georgetown, weather permitting.
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From Iva Wharton in Skeldon Waramadong, St. Ignatius, Bygeval and Christianburg Secondary Schools are all into the semi-finals of the Digicel School’s Football Competition.
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