BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies A will face Pakistan A in a near month-long tour of the Caribbean next month as the West Indies Cricket Board continues to expand its vision of reviving the A team programme.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sprang a surprise yesterday by appointing Misbah-ul-Haq as captain for the upcoming test series against South Africa.
ARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s new cricket manager Intikhab Alam is determined to steer his under-fire players away from further controversy and restore the tattered image of the national team.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Tour de France winner Alberto Contador wants a quick decision from the International Cycling Union (UCI) on his failed doping test to put a stop to what he called “the publication of false and defamatory news”.
BERNE, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ban from international soccer was provisionally lifted by FIFA yesterday, two days before the team’s African Nations Cup qualifier in Guinea.
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa brushed aside a spirited challenge from Zimbabwe to win the inaugural Twenty20 international between the two neighbours by seven wickets with 25 balls to spare.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board chief Julian Hunte has hailed the contribution of legendary fast bowling duo Courtney Walsh and Joel Garner following their induction into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame.
Aliann Pompey produced her season’s best time to book her place in the 400m final today after she advanced yesterday from the semi-final round with the second fastest time for the women’s event at the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India.
Demerara will be without its captain Ramnaresh Sarwan for the final of the El Dorado 50-over Inter-County tournament against Berbice at the Guyana National Stadium tomorrow.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Chaos ruled again at the troubled Delhi Commonwealth Games yesterday when Australian Sally Pearson was disqualified for a false start three hours after crossing the line first in the women’s 100 metres.
Jamaica’s Reggae Boys and Guyana’s Golden Jaguars under-20 teams will be aiming to continue their good run today after getting off to a terrific start in Group ‘C’ of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup qualifiers at the Guyana National Stadium on Wednesday.
St Stanislaus College (Saints) athlete Hilton Moore gave three dominating performances to put his school in the lead of Zone Three at the end of the field events of North Georgetown District No.11 Inter-Zone Championships at the Guyana Teachers Union ground, Woolford Avenue.
Campbellville Secondary yesterday completed their inter-house track events at the Carifesta Complex ground, Carifesta Avenue and the school’s athletes are expected to participate in the East Georgetown District No.12 inter-district events which start today.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Jamaican Lerone Clarke took advantage of the absence of his illustrious compatriots Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell to win the Commonwealth Games men’s 100 metres final in Delhi yesterday.
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – Teenagers Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin fashioned contrasting half-centuries as West Indies hammered Ireland by a mammoth 165 runs, to post their second successive win of the ICC Women’s Challenge yesterday.
Ahead of their debut at the ongoing Commonwealth Games (CWG) on October 11, the national rugby Sevens team has been continuing intensive preparations with a couple of warm-up games.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Cricketing great Viv Richards feels the game has hit rock bottom in the West Indies and lashed out at the board for ostracising former players, preventing them from helping revive the Caribbean’s glorious past.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki became the first Danish tennis player to be crowned world number one when she beat Czech Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the China Open yesterday.
Guyana’s track star, Aliann Pompey has qualified for the semifinals of the women’s 400 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, currently ongoing in New Delhi, India.