ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Devon Smith belted his 17th first-class hundred and narrowly missed a double as he shouldered a stout Windward Islands batting effort against Guyana on the third day of their seventh and final round WICB Regional first-class match yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Discarded Barbadian allrounder Javon Searles hit a stroke-filled century, but it failed to save Comets from an eight-wicket victory over FC Clarke Road United in the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board’s Sunday League competition.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Paul Collingwood and Alastair Cook hit half-centuries for England who cruised to a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day international yesterday.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – World number two Novak Djokovic overcame a racket-smashing tantrum and a day-long rain delay to retain his Dubai Championships crown by beating Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny 7-5 5-7 6-3 on yesterday.
GRENVILLE, Grenada, CMC – Jamaica marched to their third consecutive four-day championship title when they flattened Trinidad & Tobago by an innings and 72 runs just after lunch on the third day of their final round WICB Regional first-class match yesterday.
GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – Lionel Baker helped Leeward Islands finish the season with a flourish, when he bowled them to a 10-wicket victory over the Combined Campuses & Colleges in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Ottis Gibson saw first-hand the huge challenge that lies ahead in restoring the fortunes of the West Indies cricket team.
VANCOUVER, (Reuters) – Shaun White defied gravity, Joannie Rochette choked back tears of grief and Petra Majdic ignored medical advice to haul her battered body to the podium.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s Olympic and World sprint champion Usain Bolt propelled his Racers Track Club to a record sprint relay victory and the mega star also posted a blistering relay split time in the 4X400-metre relay at Saturday’s Gibson Relays at the National Stadium on Saturday.
By Marlon Munroe A few sparks flew to usher in the inaugural Pro/Am ‘Friday Night Fights’ boxing card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Friday night.
In the overall scheme of things, six limited-overs matches between two of international cricket’s weakest teams counts for little.
…GDF downs UG in two days, Police hold up Nandy ParkTwo contrasting centuries from Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) opening batsmen Wasim Haslim and Ricardo Jadunauth yesterday conspired to put Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) under pressure and wrest first innings points on the second day of the GCB three-day first division tournament at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Beleaguered West Indies will try to rise above their vexing recent tour Down Under when they face minnows Zimbabwe in a one-off Twenty20 International here today.
GRENVILLE, Grenada, CMC – Andre Russell followed up another decisive bowling performance from Odean Brown to put Jamaica within reach of victory against Trinidad & Tobago, and their third straight hold on the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago – Newly appointed West Indies Head Coach Ottis Gibson has warned that – despite their lowly ranking – Zimbabwe are not to be taken for granted and that if they are the result could be disastrous.
(BBC) The Indian Premier League could still be hit by mass withdrawals as security concerns have not been addressed, says world cricketers’ chief Tim May.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former test captain Waqar Younis has accepted an offer from the Pakistan Cricket Board to take over as national team coach yesterday, a day after the PCB had offered him the position.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Hall of Famer Michael Jordan has agreed to buy a controlling interest in the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats, majority owner Bob Johnson said yesterday.
ATLANTA, (Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks rallied in the fourth quarter to force overtime before extending their winning streak to a season-high six games with an 111-103 road victory over the Atlanta Hawks Friday night.
West Indies cricket great Sir Vivian Richards says the greed of some modern players threatens the game’s future.
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