LONDON, (Reuters) – England suffered a major injury blow before the start of Euro 2012 next month after midfielder Frank Lampard was ruled out of the tournament with a thigh injury, the FA said in a statement yesterday.
DHAKA, – India’s business giant Sahara Group is set to become the new sponsor of the Bangladesh cricket team after offering $9.4 million over four years in a tender process that ended on Wednesday, officials said.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Miami Heat withstood a virtuoso performance from Rajon Rondo, who tallied a career-high 44 points with 10 assists and eight rebounds, to eke out a 115-111 overtime victory over the Boston Celtics and claim a 2-0 Eastern Conference finals lead.
(Trinidad Express) In the face of statements from Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard that he has not been cleared of bribery allegations, Government Minister Jack Warner on Wednesday brushed off the issue, saying he had passed that stage.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England batsman Kevin Pietersen has retired from all forms of one-day international cricket with immediate effect, the England and Wales Cricket Board said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has set up a new anti-corruption team to monitor domestic one-day matches, the ECB said yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Former AC Milan and Barcelona striker Ronaldinho walked out on Flamengo yesterday after winning a court injunction releasing him from his contract, his lawyer said.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Indian Premier League star off-spinner Sunil Narine could be set for his Test debut after he was called up to replace injured pacer Kemar Roach on the West Indies current tour of England.
(Trinidad Guardian) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard says Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner has not been cleared of bribery allegations arising out of a Caribbean Football Union meeting in Port-of-Spain last year.
The National Community Basketball League continued on Tuesday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall as West Side Boys found themselves on the wrong side of an embarrassing 43-84 loss to Nigel Hinds and Associates North Ruimveldt.
Trinidad-based Guyanese runner Lionel D’Andrade is peeved that the Athletics Association of Guyana failed to inform him of the postponement of the Independence Day half marathon which is now scheduled for Saturday after he had travelled here for the originally scheduled date last Saturday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The London Olympics will not become known as the “Queuing Games” with extra staff and technology being employed to keep people moving through tight security checks, a British interior minister said yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has appointed Englishman Graeme West as the new head coach of the High Performance Centre here.
(Reuters) – The New Orleans Hornets were awarded the top pick in next month’s National Basketball Association (NBA) draft after winning the annual lottery that favours weaker teams yesterday.
Hockey, netball and volleyball will be featured in the Digicel Triple Sport Fiesta on Saturday, June 9th at the National Gymnasium, starting at 18:00 hours.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Revenues for England’s Premier League soccer clubs hit a record high in 2010/11, but the players are taking an ever greater share of those riches, the annual Deloitte review of football finance said yesterday.
Nine football teams from the West Demerara will battle for lucrative cash prizes and trophies when the Stag Beer/West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior League Competition kicks off at the Den Amstel ground on Sunday.
(Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs continued their perfect run in the playoffs, marching to a record-breaking 20th straight win as they fended off Oklahoma City Thunder 120-111 to take firm control of the Western Conference Finals.
DHAKA, (Reuters)– Englishman Richard Pybus has been appointed head coach of Bangladesh for the next two years, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said yesterday.
The duo of Sudesh Fitzgerald and Nicholas Seetaram won the Draw Doubles Darts Tournament held on Friday at Seepauls Sports Bar.
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