Saturday, July 4, 2009
 OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- Former world 100m record-holder Asafa Powell won the men's 100m at the Golden League meeting at Oslo on Friday in a time of 10.07sec, edging Antiguan Daniel Bailey in a photo finish as he took full advantage of scheduling problems which ruled out triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt. read more...
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
GROS ISLET, St Lucia (AFP) -- India dodged the showers to eke-out a workmanlike six-wicket victory over West Indies in the rain-hit third One-day International on Friday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground. India take an unbeatable 2-1 lead the four-match series with the final match to be contested on Sunday. read more...
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Friday, July 3, 2009
 As a youngster growing up, I used to read a lot. I used to read a lot of ‘Hardy Boys’, ‘Perry Mason’ and the like -- and a whole lot of Western books. I was usually fascinated with the star in the story and whenever he was in serious danger, especially if he seemed like he was about to die... read more...
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Friday, July 3, 2009
 CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Danielle Beaubrun captured the islands second medal at the 26th Central American and Caribbean Championships when she placed second for the silver medal in the 50 meter breaststroke with a new National Record of 33.83 seconds. Swimming in the morning of July 2... read more...
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Friday, July 3, 2009
 GROS ISLET, St Lucia (AFP) -- Denesh Ramdin acknowledged that Friday's third one-day international between West Indies and India is crucial. The West Indies vice-captain is confident his side can rise to the challenge and defeat India in a match that would allow the winner to avoid a series defeat. read more...
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
 SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- West Indies captain Chris Gayle has signed up for Western Australia's Retravision Warriors for this year's domestic Twenty20 competition, officials said on Wednesday, hailing a major coup. The left-hander, who is the world's only international Twenty20 centurion, will play the 'Big Bash'. read more...
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
GROS-ISLET, St Lucia (AFP) -- India will be looking to edge closer to a rare One-day International series victory against the West Indies in the Caribbean before embarking on a well-earned break from the game. They face West Indies in the last two ODIs of four this coming Friday and Sunday. read more...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
 HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Cuban 2008 Olympic champion and world record holder in the men’s sprint hurdles, Dayron Robles, will participate in the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Championship that begins this Friday at the Pan American stadium in Havana. The competition will start on Friday. read more...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
 GROS-ISLET, St Lucia (AFP): Much to the chagrin of St Lucians, West Indies have named an unchanged 13-member squad for the last two One-day Internationals in their series of four against India. The decision means that St Lucians will not get a chance to see their hometown cricket hero Darren Sammy. read more...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
 KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -- Double Olympic champion Usain Bolt won the Jamaican 200 metres national title on Sunday, his first run at that distance this year, but conceded he is far from top shape ahead of the world championships in August. Bolt faces a showdown in Berlin with world champion Tyson Gay. read more...
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Monday, June 29, 2009
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana’s Cleveland Forde dominated the fifth edition of the Annual CARICOM 10K Road Race here on Sunday. Forde, who beat the reigning champion St Vincent and the Grenadine’s Pamenos Ballentyne into second place, finished the race in a time of 32. mins. read more...
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Monday, June 29, 2009
 KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -- An unbeaten 85 from Runako Morton guided West Indies to a convincing eight-wicket victory over India to tie the four-match one-day series at 1-1 on Sunday. India made a modest 188 after a patient 95 from skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni rescued them from 82 for eight. read more...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) -- The Jamaican athletics championships will feature the world's fastest men Usain Bolt, Olympic sprint double champion, and former world record holder Asafa Powell in a 100 metres showdown. "Not 100 per cent, but I am in good enough shape," Powell said. read more...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
 KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -- A merciless 131 in 102 balls from Yuvraj Singh helped India to a 20-run victory over a battling West Indies in Jamaica on Friday in their first of a four-match series of one-dayers. Singh's powerful hitting helped India amass 339 for six but the determined hosts ran them close. read more...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
 The selection of the West Indies team for the first two in a series of four one day internationals against India has been characterized with the same confusion, politics and mystery that has been an unfortunate feature of West Indies cricket in the recent past. Decisions made off the field have been as responsible for... read more...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
DETROIT, USA (Reuters) -- Chicago Cubs' Geovany Soto has been banned from playing for Puerto Rico for two years after failing a drugs test at this year's World Baseball Classic, the catcher said on Thursday. The suspension will have no impact on the player's Major League status. read more...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
 NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) -- Seventeen track and field athletes were presented the 2008 All-Bahamian Award for outstanding accomplishments during ceremonies at Government House, June 23. Legendary track star Thomas A Robinson and Olympic long jumper Shonel Ferguson were also honoured. read more...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
 KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) -- The son of former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer said Thursday captain Younus Khan's decision to dedicate the World Twenty20 title to his late father was "very sweet and lovely". Bob Woolmer coached the team from June 2004 until his death in March 2007 in Jamaica. read more...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
 LONDON, England (AFP) -- Players will be able to challenge officials' decisions in Tests as a matter of course from October onwards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Thursday. A joint meeting of the ICC board and its chief executives' committee at Lord's ratified the May decision. read more...
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Friday, June 26, 2009
 KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) -- India will start their campaign to put their failure in the World Twenty20 tournament behind them when they face West Indies in the first one-day international of the four-match series here Friday. India and their opponents settle back down to the bump and grind of 50 overs-a-side matches. read more...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has signed for the Victorian Bushrangers Twenty20 team, boosting their chances of securing a fourth national title, cricket officials said. Cricket Victoria chief executive Tony Dodemaide said the 25-year-old would prove a big attraction. read more...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) -- India will pose a manifest of problems for hosts West Indies in their forthcoming four match one-day series claimed West Indies' flamboyant captain Chris Gayle on Tuesday. Gayle highlighted the first one day international on Friday as being pivotal to the series. read more...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has been named Bangladesh's new captain for the upcoming tours of the West Indies and Zimbabwe, the country's cricket board announced on Tuesday. The 26-year-old paceman replaced Mohammad Ashraful, who was removed on Monday. read more...
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Monday, June 22, 2009
 BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- The 2nd Digicel Kick Start Clinics in the Caribbean drew to a close in St Kitts on Sunday, when John Barnes unveiled the eight young Caribbean footballers who will travel to Sunderland AFC in September to spend one week training at Sunderland’s Academy of Light. read more...
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Monday, June 22, 2009
 ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP) -- West Indies have named a 13-man squad without Fidel Edwards for the first two one-day internationals against India this coming Friday and Sunday at Sabina Park in Kingston. The fast bowler withdrew from last Monday's Super Eight win over England in the Twenty20 World Cup. read more...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
 BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- After weeks of exciting and intense training in six Caribbean Islands, the Digicel Kick Start Clinics drew to an end in St Kitts & Nevis on Thursday, with the Digicel Kick Start Under 16 team wrapping up the Clinics in style by hammering the St Kitts & Nevis national under 17 team 4 – 1. read more...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Some of the leading businesses in Guyana have thrown their full support behind the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Annual 10K Road Race set to take place in Guyana on 28 June 2009. First Caribbean International Bank (FCIB), has decided to be a major sponsor for this year’s run. read more...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
 LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Sri Lanka overwhelmed West Indies with bat and ball at the Oval on Friday to win their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final by 57 runs with 14 balls to spare. Sri Lanka will meet Pakistan, who defeated South Africa on Thursday, in Sunday's final at Lord's. Chris Gayle played a captain's role. read more...
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Friday, June 19, 2009
 LONDON, England (Reuters) -- West Indies will wait until the last minute before deciding whether or not to risk injured strike bowler Fidel Edwards in Friday's Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka.Team media officer Philip Spooner said Edwards was suffering from irritation of a nerve root in his lower back. read more...
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Friday, June 19, 2009
 OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (Reuters) -- Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked a wind-assisted 9.77 seconds over 100 meters at the Ostrava grand prix on Wednesday. Jamaican Bolt, who set a world record of 9.69 seconds in the Beijing final last year, was assisted by a following wind of 2.1 meters a second. read more...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- The St. Kitts & Nevis Football Association said that it is a great honour to have been chosen to host the sixth and final Digicel Kick Start Clinics, which take place on Wednesday, June 17, and Thursday, June 18, 2009, at the Warner Park Stadium. According to the General Secretary... read more...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
 NOTTINGHAM, England (AFP) -- Mahendra Singh Dhoni's India hope a one-day series in the West Indies later this month will help them recover from a dismal campaign in the World Twenty20. India, who won the inaugural event in South Africa two years ago, failed to make the semi-finals after losing all three matches. read more...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
 NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's cricket selectors on Wednesday rested key players Sachi Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan for the limited-overs tour of West Indies starting later this month. Tendulkar, the world's most prolific Test and one-day batsman, is recovering from a finger injury. read more...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
CASTRIES, St Lucia -- On June 21, 2009 competitive open water swimming returns to Laborie. The St Lucia Amateur Swimming Association (SLASA) in conjunction with the Flying Fish Swim Club of Vieux Fort and sponsors Paradise Water has organized the 3rd Annual Paradise Water Laborie Open Water Swim Meet. read more...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- As the Digicel Kick Start Clinics gear up for the final leg in St Kitts this week, president of the Haitian Football Federation, Yves John-Bart, reflects on the huge level of interest shown in this year’s Kick Start Clinics, with over 20,000 young Haitian footballers applying to be one of the 25 participants. read more...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Cuban Dayron Robles, 110 meter hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder (12.87 sec) will compete on Thursday at the Golden Spike IAAF Grand Prix Meet event in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Robles is attracting the attention of sports media outlets, as well as of specialists. read more...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
LONDON, England (AFP) -- West Indies captain Chris Gayle was a happy man as his side atoned in part for their "disaster tour" of England by going through to the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 at the hosts' expense. Set a revised target of 80 in nine overs, West Indies beat England by five wickets. read more...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
 LONDON, England (AFP) -- Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul steered the West Indies into the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 at England's expense as they beat the hosts by five wickets on the Duckworth/ Lewis method here Monday. West Indies finished on 82 for five with four balls to spare. read more...
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Monday, June 15, 2009
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The penultimate leg of the Digicel Kick Start Clinics in the Caribbean concluded on Friday evening at the St Mary’s Grounds, Port of Spain, with the Digicel Kick Start Clinics Under 17 team defeating a combined Pro League Under 17 side 3-2 in an exciting match. read more...
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Monday, June 15, 2009
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- While triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt passed over his chance to claim a share of the million-dollar jackpot, instead running 10.00secs in Canada over the weekend, his training partner Daniel Bailey took the men's 100m at Berlin's Golden League opener on Sunday. read more...
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