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| KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Cricket fans are being encouraged to purchase their tickets for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 through the official channels, or risk being denied entry to match venues. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP):  The West Indies have named Marlon Samuels in the 15-man squad for the World Cup they will host next month despite an ongoing probe of his links with an alleged bookmaker. And selectors also sprung one surprise with the inclusion of Kieron Pollard. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Senior Counsel for the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc, Derek Jones, has said that the region is way ahead of where previous hosts were in terms of planning and organisation for the third largest sporting spectacle in the world. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke has been named Trinidad and Tobago's 2006 Player of the Year for the second successive year. Yorke played a major role in the Soca Warriors' success in qualifying for the World Cup for the first time. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Reggae Boyz striker Deon Burton has received high praise for his recent performance, which is helping Sheffield Wednesday to step up their quest for points in the English Coca-Cola Football League Championship. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Jamaican Chris Gayle copped the 2006 West Indies International Cricketer of the Year award at West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) annual award ceremony, in Barbados. Gayle is the current world number 2 ranked all-rounder in One Day International cricket. read more.. |
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| NEW DELHI, India (AFP): West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels will be allowed to play in next month's World Cup despite an ongoing probe of his links with an alleged bookmaker, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday. The ICC's anti-corruption unit is investigating the case. read more.. |
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS):  Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007, Chris Dehring, has said that all West Indians would have to pull together to make sure that no major incidents of violence occurred during the staging of the event. read more.. |
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| SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador: A stirring performance from Nicaragua, including a hat-trick from Emilio Palacios, saw Carlos de Toro’s team beat Belize 4-2 in the highest scoring game of the Copa de Naciones Digicel to date. read more.. |
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| HAMILTON, Bermuda (AFP): There were few surprises when Bermuda announced on Monday its 15-member squad to take part in the World Cup which is being staged in the Caribbean for the first time. read more.. |
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua (Bloomberg):  Sir Vivian Richards, voted one of the five best cricketers of the 20th century, said the West Indies can reverse its slide and become the first team to win the World Cup on home soil. Richards, helped the Caribbean team win the first two World Cups in the 1970s. read more.. |
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| KARLSRUHE, Germany: US Virgin Islands' LaVerne Jones sped to a commanding victory in the women's 400-metres as several other Caribbean athletes laid down impressive performances at the IAAF Permit BW Bank Meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany on Sunday afternoon. read more.. |
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NEW DELHI, India (AFP):  The International Cricket Council on Monday launched an investigation into claims that West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels had links with an illegal bookmaker. ICC spokesman Brian Murgatroyd said the governing body's anti-corruption unit was speaking to police read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica's World Junior 200-metre record holder Usain Bolt has rejected talk of him still acting like a kid and not taking the track and field business seriously. read more.. |
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| SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador: A 1-0 victory in a somewhat ill-tempered clash with Belize saw Guatemala through to the semi-finals of the Copa de Naciones Digicel 2007 and assured their qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): World Cup organisers on Saturday shrugged off increasing worries over stadium delays and rocketing hotel prices despite cricket's global showpiece getting underway in four weeks' time. read more.. |
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LONDON, England (AFP):  West Indies skipper Brian Lara dreams of bringing the curtain down on his international one-day career by leading his country to World Cup victory. To make the dream sweeter, the Windies legend wants his team to see off defending champions Australia in the final. read more.. |
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| NEW DELHI, India (AFP): The alleged bookmaker with links to West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels said on Friday he was ready to be investigated because he had done nothing wrong. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Following media reports accusing West Indies and Jamaican all-rounder Marlon Samuels of leaking team information to an illegal bookmaker, his mother, Daphne Lunan, said her son and the alleged bookmaker Mukesh Kochar, had been friends for a long time. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Executive Director of the Jamaica Local Organising Committee for Cricket World Cup 2007, Robert Bryan has said that the performance of the West Indies cricket team is the key to the support level of Jamaica's Yellow Package. read more.. |
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| MUMBAI, India (Reuters): West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of action for three weeks with a hand injury in a major blow to the hosts' preparations for next month's World Cup. read more.. |
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| NEW DELHI, India (AFP): Indian police late Wednesday accused West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels of leaking team information to an illegal bookmaker during the recent one-day series in India. read more.. |
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| DUBAI, India (Reuters): A golden era in cricket is ending and top test teams need to find young players to replace their retiring big names, says International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Former India one-day all rounder Robin Singh will form a coaching team to train players in baseball-mad Cuba where the sport is enjoying a revival. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Trinidad and Tobago's Sheridan Kirk has said that his win in the men's 800-metres at the Millrose Games in New York on Friday was a thrilling moment for him. read more.. |
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DUBAI, India (Reuters):  Speaking to Reuters, Chief executive Malcolm Speed says the International Cricket Council (ICC) took on a sizeable task by agreeing to stage the World Cup on nine different Caribbean islands and called for understanding when problems arise. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Led by Trinidad and Tobago’s Sherridan Kirk, Grenadian Hazel Ann Regis and Jamaicans Lerone Clarke and Sheri-Ann Brooks, Caribbean athletes enjoyed some success at the 100th edition of the Millrose Games in New York. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  On the eve of the ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean, one of Canada’s leading tennis professional coaches, Barbadian Lionel Eli wants Caribbean governments to invest more in sports tourism. The tennis coach is committed to introducing visitors to Barbados. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: "Caribbean people are definitely coming to the party!" said ICC CWC WI 2007 Inc. Commercial Director, Stephen Price, as Phase 3 of public ticketing for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 opened in the host venues. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Embarking on what is expected to be a fruitful season, Jamaican sprinter Sheri-Ann Brooks will turn her attention to the Millrose Games – IAAF indoor permit, which celebrates the 100th edition of the meeting at Madison Square Garden on Friday 2 February. read more.. |
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| MOSCOW, Russia: Grenadian jumper Randy Lewis set a new national record in finishing second in the men's Triple Jump competition during the 2007 Russian Winter, an IAAF Permit Indoor meeting, which took place on Sunday January 28, in Moscow. read more.. |
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| VADODARA, India (AFP): Sachin Tendulkar struck a dramatic 41st one-day century as India whipped lacklustre West Indies by 160 runs on Wednesday to win the four-match series 3-1. read more.. |
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| BARODA, India (Reuters): West Indies captain Brian Lara believes his team have built up the right momentum to be strong contenders to win the World Cup on home soil. read more.. |
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| NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP): Bermuda suffered the worst possible start to their World Cup preparations when they slumped to a 10-wicket defeat to Kenya in the opening match of the ICC World Cricket League on Monday. read more.. |
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| OKLAHOMA, USA: He has not raced competitively in 10 months, but American sprint legend Maurice Greene said before the year comes to an end he expects to break the men's 100m world record of 9.77 seconds, set by Jamaican Asafa Powell. read more.. |
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| BOSTON, USA: Jamaica's Sheri-Ann Brooks opened her indoor campaign with classy 7.29, but was narrowly defeated in the closing metres of the women's 60m dash at Saturday's Boston Indoor Games. read more.. |
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| NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP): Bermuda will be out to shed the tag of being the underdogs in the ICC World Cricket League Division One when they renew rivalry with Kenya in the opening match on Monday. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): Jamaica's Asafa Powell, the 100m world record-holder, won his 400m heat here Saturday but finished only fourth overall in his 2007 season debut at the Grace Jackson Invitational Track Meet. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA (AFP): Carlos Arroyo led Puerto Rico to a stunning upset of the United States at the 2004 Olympics and the Orlando Magic guard is planning on repeating the feat in 2008 Beijing Olympics qualifying. read more.. |
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CHENNAI, India (AFP):  Marlon Samuels hit 98 off 95 balls and captain Brian Lara made 83 as the West Indies came back strongly to defeat India by three wickets in the third one-dayer here on Saturday. Samuels and Lara put on a match-winning stand of 127 for the fourth wicket. read more.. |
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| CHENNAI, India (Reuters): Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh, who has been sidelined due to injury since November, will make a comeback in the third one-dayer against West Indies on Saturday. read more.. |
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| BOSTON, USA: Former Jamaican 200-metre champion, Steve Mullings, will kick-start his 2007 campaign when he competes in the men's 60m dash at this weekend's Boston Indoor Games, the first major meeting in the North American indoor season. read more.. |
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| MOSCOW, Russia: Former Trinidad and Tobago champion Fana Ashby will make her professional career debut at the 2007 Russian Winter, an IAAF Permit Indoor meeting on Sunday January 28, in the Russian capital of Moscow. read more.. |
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| KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters): The Pakistan Cricket Board wants World Cup organisers to set up a satellite visa office in Pakistan after complaints of problems obtaining Caribbean Community (CARICOM) visas for the tournament, an official said on Thursday. read more.. |
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| COUVA, Trinidad: A superb five-wicket haul from Amit Jaggernauth led Trinidad and Tobago to an easy 185-run win over the Leeward Islands on the fourth and final day of the third round of the Carib Beer Series at Couva on Tuesday. read more.. |
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CASTRIES, St Lucia:  The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Sports Desk has launched a new multi-feature website, which will provide the sub-region with an information-sharing and communication tool for sports associations, sports administrators and the sporting public. read more.. |
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| CUTTACK, India (AFP): India's spinners stopped a tense run chase by the depleted West Indies here on Wednesday to help the hosts take a 2-0 lead in the four-match series. India, dismissed for 189, hit back to bowl out a West Indian side for 169. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Cuba clinched third place in the 2006/7 Digicel Caribbean Cup and US$50,000 prize money after a 2-1 win over Guadeloupe that was more convincing than the scoreline suggests. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN , Trinidad: After the toughest route to the final, playing more qualification games than any other team, Haiti lifted the Digicel Caribbean Cup after defeating Trinidad & Tobago 2-1 in a thrilling final. read more.. |
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CUTTACK, India (Reuters):  West Indies captain Brian Lara has been ruled out of Wednesday's second one-day international against India with a knee problem. The team physiotherapist said he advised Lara to miss the second one-dayer because he was in pain after the first one-dayer. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: World record holder, Asafa Powell and Commonwealth Games 200-metres champion, Sherone Simpson, head the list of competitors vying for the Jamaican 46th National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards for 2006. read more.. |
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| BUBANESHWARD, India: Though his Herculean innings was not enough to take the West Indies to victory, Shivnarine Chanderpaul considers his unbeaten 149 to be one of his best knocks. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): For a tiny Caribbean nation, Cuba has a big reputation for its sporting prowess but that is increasingly coming under threat. The impoverished Communist country has long failed to halt the flow of talent that escapes its homeland. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: The largest Caribbean football tournament ever to take place will draw to a close on Tuesday, January 23, with Trinidad & Tobago battling it out against Haiti for the Digicel Caribbean Cup. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Executive Director of the Jamaica Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the ICC Cricket World Cup, Robert Bryan, has said that Sabina Park and the multipurpose stadium in Trelawny were "ready for action". read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP): Despite worries over hotels, stadiums and visas, it's beginning to look like the World Cup is coming to the Caribbean as the 50-day countdown to the opening ceremony begins. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Following reports in the British media, suggesting that Jamaican international Deon Burton is one step away from moving from Sheffield Wednesday to League Two side MK Dons, the striker said he was shocked at those reports. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago showed just why they were the Caribbean’s favourite side this past summer when they overcame a very strong Cuban side to reach the Digicel Caribbean Cup Final, where they will play Haiti for the right to be crowned champions. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Haiti, who have played more games than other country in this year's Digicel Caribbean Cup are now close to the end of their journey, as they qualified to meet Trinidad and Tobago in the Digicel Caribbean Cup final on Tuesday, January 23. read more.. |
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| HAMILTON, Bermuda: The world's top golfers are set to gather in Bermuda this year for the PGA grand slam, which will feature an impressive showcase of talented players. The tournament will be in Bermuda from October 16 to October 17. read more.. |
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NAGPUR, India (AFP):  West Indies opening batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul smashed a robust century, but failed to stop India from posting a thrilling 14-run win in the first one-day international here on Sunday. The left-hander cracked an unbeaten 149 for his fifth one-day hundred, read more.. |
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PRASLIN BAY, St Lucia:  Heads up global golfers, a foursome of legendary pros believe St. Lucia is on par to become the next “it” golf destination. The Shark, Greg Norman, spent the day Tuesday inspecting his soon-to-be championship course at Praslin Bay, St Lucia. read more.. |
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| NAGPUR, India (Reuters): West Indian batting great Brian Lara said on Friday he was determined to make what could be his last tour of India a memorable one. read more.. |
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