Cricket gets IOC approval, can bid to join Games
VANCOUVER, (Reuters) – Cricket was cleared to pursue its bid to be included in future Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rubberstamped the sport’s recognition on Thursday.
VANCOUVER, (Reuters) – Cricket was cleared to pursue its bid to be included in future Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rubberstamped the sport’s recognition on Thursday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Injured West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is calling on fans in the Caribbean to rally behind the battered West Indies cricket team in Australia.
CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – LeBron James put up 32 points and 13 assists to propel the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 115-106 win over the Orlando Magic on Thursday, matching a franchise record 13th successive victory.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s senior cricket team contesting the WICB Regional first-class championship should be bolstered for their next match by the return of fit-again West Indies opener Adrian Barath and middle-order batsman Darren Bravo.
DALLAS, (Reuters) – Former NBA All-Stars and U.S. Olympians Karl Malone and Scottie Pippen are among players, coaches and teams selected as finalists for this year’s Basketball Hall of Fame election, officials announced yesterday.
Sydney, Australia: Rain ruined the Windies chances of reversing their fortunes in the five match One Day International Series between the West Indies and Australia yesterday.
Guyana hopes for home crowd boost By Marlon Munroe Round five of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four-day competition starts today with three matches and the Guyana team will be hoping that the home crowd will provide the impetus for them to lift their performance after three rounds of mediocrity.
Basketball action is set to return to the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hard court from this evening when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association will hoop off an under-19 tournament to start their 2010 season.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A massive Twenty20 tournament to replace the now defunct Stanford initiative is set to be unveiled shortly by the West Indies Cricket Board, the Barbados Today online newspaper has reported.
The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) last Sunday launched its 2010 cricket season in the village of Edinburgh with the Corentyne team defeating the combined West Berbice/East Bank/New Amsterdam/Canje team by three wickets to lift the John Trim Memorial Trophy.
Kids First Fund (KF2) and IMRARC Cane Grove will hold a fund-raising Gymkhana on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14, at the Anjue and Hamlet Race Course, Mahaicony Branch Road.
By Donald Duff Money may be the root of all evil but the most successful West Indies cricket captain ever Clive Lloyd feels that it may also be responsible for the poor showing of the Guyana national cricket team in this year’s regional four-day cricket competition.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The World’s fastest human admits that he is a little behind in his training.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers continued to thrive in the absence of All-Star Kobe Bryant, beating the Utah Jazz 96-81 on Wednesday.
By Tony Cozier It would have pained Chris Gayle to concede them but the West Indies captain agreed on two self-evident truths leading into today’s must-win third ODI against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
By Marlon Munroe Barbados’ team coach Emmerson Trotman and manager Jeff Broomes yesterday promised that Guyana can expect a hard-fought encounter in their four-day West Indies Cricket Board match this week-end.
Our Opinion The announcement by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) to ban shows on the first class cricket venue Albion Sports Complex made front page headline in this newspaper on Tuesday.
A brilliant all round performance by the talented Rajendra Latcha steered Kennard’s Memorial Cricket Club to top honours in the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Demerara Bank 40-Over Second Division Tournament.
The annual general meeting of the Flying Stars Cycle Club will take place on Saturday at the Thomas Lands Young men’s Christian Association (YMCA) building from 4:30pm.
RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – NBA All-Stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James were among nine members of the gold-medal winning 2008 U.S.
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