Digicel joined the roster of sponsors supporting the 7th Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey Festival, scheduled from December 8-11 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), when it was launched yesterday at the GCC Pavilion.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Sports agent Mazhar Majeed pleaded guilty to spot fixing charges and told a British criminal court that a fourth unnamed Pakistan cricketer was involved with former captain Salman Butt in corrupting the sport, the Press Association reported yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Doping authorities should bring their rules into line with the International Olympic Committee to prevent convicted cheats competing at the Olympics, former sprint champion Michael Johnson said on Wednesday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – General Secretary of the Jamaica Cricket Association Fritz Harris said a mediator should be brought in to adjudicate the ongoing dispute between Chris Gayle and the West Indies Cricket Board.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Legendary former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd said the way forward for the game in the region is looking rosy and urged corporate support.
By Iva Wharton
Football clubs participating in the Georgetown Football Association’s Banks DIH President’s Beer League stand to benefit financially, according to Kwabina Griffith, Vice-President with responsibilities for Technical and Tactical Development.
The current inter-county under-17 50-overs tournament has been postponed until further notice owing to the inclement weather, according to the competition organizers.
(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has approached the Ministry of Sport for funding to facilitate the preparation of the men’s senior team for the 2012 regional season, which gets underway in early January with the Caribbean Twenty20.
(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has issued a cautious reminder to national cricketers to be mindful of the rules and regulations governing their participation in unauthorised competitions.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi is 34 goals short of becoming Barcelona’s all-time top scorer after netting a hat-trick in the Champions League on Tuesday, and the only real question left is when he will achieve that accolade and not if.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan recalled experienced all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq to their squad yesterday for the one-day series against Sri Lanka later this month.
LONDON, (Reuters) – On a day when Salman Butt should have been celebrating the birth of his new son with friends and family in Lahore, the former Pakistan captain was left to contemplate a possible jail sentence and the death of his cricket career after being found guilty of spot fixing in a British criminal court.
MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies bid for victory in the second Test against Bangladesh hit a snag yesterday, after Darren Bravo set things up, narrowly missing a double-hundred.
The Under-20 Lady Jaguars and Antigua face off today at the Uitvlugt ground in the first qualifying match of Group C for next year’s Under-20 World Cup.
After a weekend of the final preliminary rounds, Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Young Warriors have earned their places in the semi-finals of the inaugural Universal DVD Club First Division Twenty/20 Cricket Competition in Berbice.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – The guilty verdicts handed out to Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif in a British criminal court yesterday should act as a deterrent and stop others from corrupting the sport, International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said.
Godfrey Lowden and Omar Persaud claimed the Men’s Over-40 Doubles title when play resumed in the Trophy Stall Doubles tournament on Saturday at the Pegasus hard court.