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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Stephen Francis, the coach of high-profile Jamaican sprinter and 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell, believes that his pupil Sherone Simpson can upstage Olympic gold medallist Veronica Campbell in the women's 200m dash at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP):  World record holder Asafa Powell's bid to win his first major title was firmly on course here on Sunday as he made mincemeat of the opposition to progress into Monday's semi-finals. The 23-year-old Jamaican has yet to win an individual medal at a championships. read more.. |
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| SAN DIEGO, California (AFP): Having waited decades to prove themselves against Major League Baseball stars, Cuban amateurs downed an elite Dominican Republic team 3-1 Saturday to reach the World Baseball Classic final. read more.. |
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| SAN DIEGO, California (AFP): Baseball was created in the United States but it appears to have been perfected in Cuba and Japan. The Japanese avenged two prior losses to previously unbeaten South Korea with a 6-0 victory here Saturday in the World Baseball Classic to book a date in Monday's final against Cuba, who eliminated the Dominican Republic 3-1. read more.. |
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| WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP): New Zealand tightened their grip on the second cricket Test against the West Indies here Sunday, ripping through the top order to leave the tourists at 118 for four in their second innings at the end of the third day here Sunday. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia:  When the first round of the 100m kicks off on Sunday at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, all eyes will be focused on Jamaican world record holder, Asafa Powell, and his fellow islanders Marc Burns and Darrel Brown from Trinidad and Tobago. read more.. |
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Despite a middle order collapse, which saw the West Indies going down to a narrow defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the first Test in Auckland on Monday, head coach Bennett King says there are signs indicating that the Caribbean side is gradually improving even if they haven't developed a winning habit as yet. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): In a little under one year, all eyes will be on the West Indies, when they roll out the red carpet, and welcome the World to cricket's 2007 ICC World Cup. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Cuba's gifted baseball team proved itself the equal of Major League Baseball's elite stars by edging Puerto Rico 4-3 here Wednesday to reach the World Baseball Classic semi-finals. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): Asafa Powell will try and throw down the gauntlet to America's world champion Justin Gatlin and re-establish himself as the man to beat in the 100 metres here at the Commonwealth Games. read more.. |
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| WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP): The West Indies decision to bat first against New Zealand backfired as they slumped to 161 for seven at tea on the opening day of the second cricket Test at the Basin Reserve here Friday. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: World Indoor 800m gold and silver medallist Maria Mutola of Mozambique and Jamaica's Kenia Sinclair are set to renew their rivalry when they battle for the two-lap crown at the upcoming 2006 Commonwealth Games, which started on Wednesday in Melbourne, Australia. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): Jamaica's 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell received a huge boost in his bid to win the Commonwealth Games title on Thursday as defending champion Kim Collins withdrew because of injury. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Alberto Castillo scored the winning run on a passed ball here Tuesday to give Dominican Republic a 2-1 victory over Venezuela and a berth in the World Baseball Classic semi-finals. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Bahamian World and Olympic 400 metres champion Tonique Williams-Darling said that after slow start to her season's build up, she is now in shape to race consistently at the upcoming Commonwealth Games. read more.. |
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| NASSAU, Bahamas: Bahamian world-rated triple jumper Leevan Sands has been suspended the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for failing a urine sample test, officials said on Friday. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Victor Martinez hit a grand slam home run in the eighth inning to power Venezuela past Puerto Rico 6-0 here Monday in the World Baseball Classic, inflicting the first defeat on the hosts. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): David Ortiz smacked a home run and Odalis Perez pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings to lead the Dominican Republic past Cuba 7-3 here Monday in a second-round game at the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis:  Nevis athletes Reggie Douglas and Miranda Grandison swept the first ever OECS Olympic Distance Triathlon Championship titles in the male and female categories during the Carino sponsored Nevis Olympic Triathlon 2006 on Sunday March 12, 2006. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell, the world record holder over 100m, and Olympic champion Veronica Campbell, as well as Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling, are among the gold medal favourites from the Caribbean who will be competing in the athletics events at the upcoming Commonwealth Games. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Jose Cruz knocked in three runs and Puerto Rico remained unbeaten in the World Baseball Classic by defeating Dominican Republic 7-1 in a second-round match here Sunday. read more.. |
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP): The West Indies suffered a further setback Tuesday, a day after losing the first cricket Test to New Zealand, with confirmation that vice-captain and leading batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of the rest of the tour. read more.. |
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MOSCOW, Russia:  In-form Grenadian Alleyne Francique became only the second man to successfully defend a World Indoor title when he crossed the line first to win the men's 400m dash on the final day of competition at the 11th IAAF Indoor Championships in the Olympic Sports Complex in Moscow on Sunday. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Jamaican international Deon Burton scored his first goal for Sheffield Wednesday in their 1-1 draw with Queens Park Rangers in a Coca-Cola Football League Championship match at Hillsborough on Saturday. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA (AFP): Albert Pujols, Alberto Castillo and Alfonso Soriano each knocked in two runs to lead unbeaten Dominican Republic past Australia 6-4 here Friday at the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Frederich Cepdea and Ariel Pestano swatted back-to-back home runs in a five-run sixth inning Sunday and Cuba beat Venezuela 7-2 to open the second round of the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Home runs by Bernie Williams, Carlos Beltran and Alex Cintron powered Puerto Rico past Cuba 12-2 here Friday in the World Baseball Classic, keeping the hosts unbeaten in the event. read more.. |
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP):  A powerful six from West Indies opener Chris Gayle inadvertently put New Zealand on course for a dramatic 27-run win in the first cricket Test at Eden Park here Monday. It was New Zealand's lowest Test winning margin, extending the West Indies losing streak to seven. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Secretary General of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) and chairman of the selection committee of the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA), Neville 'Teddy' McCook, has expressed disappointment at the late withdrawal of Michelle Ballentine and Michael Blackwood from the upcoming Commonwealth Games. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Jamaican world record holder Asafa Powell scoffed at suggestions about his form by producing two impressive performances in his first-ever appearance 'down under' as he goes in search for gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA (AFP): Moises Alou, Albert Pujols and Adrian Beltre smacked home runs to power Dominican Republic past Italy 8-3 and into the second round of the World Baseball Classic here Thursday. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Carlos Beltran, Ivan Rodriguez and Javy Lopez each smashed home runs to power Puerto Rico past the Netherlands 8-3 here Wednesday to remain unbeaten in the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP): Scott Styris starred for New Zealand Thursday, backing up an unbeaten century with two wickets in three balls to even the honours on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  The Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) already has a full programme planned for 2006, but is willing to do whatever it takes to win the upcoming Stanford 20/20 Tournament, including shuffling some of its domestic cricket activities around. read more.. |
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP): New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming is backing his pace attack to set the West Indies batsmen back on their heels as the home side celebrate a special anniversary in the first cricket Test starting here Thursday. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Cuba made a triumphant debut in global competition against elite Major League Baseball, defeating Panama 8-6 in 11 innings here Wednesday at the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Alex Rios homered and Bernie Williams singled in the winning run in the fifth inning to lift Puerto Rico past Panama 2-1 here Tuesday in a Pool C opener at the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): Asafa Powell will try and re-establish himself as the man to beat in the 100 metres here at the Commonwealth Games. read more.. |
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| LAGOS, Nigeria: Jamaica's 100m world record holder Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin, American World and Olympic champion, were listed as the top potential athletes to be featured at the maiden African Grand Prix scheduled for Abuja in May. read more.. |
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| BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AFP): Puerto Rico star Miguel Angel Cotto retained his WBO junior welterweight title Saturday night, stopping Italian challenger Gianluca Branco in the eighth round. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: The much-anticipated clash between Australia's fastest man and the world's fastest man may not materialise until the Commonwealth Games, after Australian Patrick Johnson came down with a virus at the weekend and is in doubt for Thursday night's 100m showdown in Melbourne. read more.. |
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| SANTIAGO, Cuba: Cuba's World and Olympic Javelin Throw champion Osleidys Menendez, who opened her season with a commanding 62.64m on February 25, returned to Santiago de Cuba, her nation's second largest city, to thrill the home fans with a 65.02m throw at 2006 Aurelio Janet Memorial, at the weekend. read more.. |
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP): West Indian batting legend Brian Lara says the beleaguered Caribbean side are ready to return to their winning ways in the Test series against New Zealand starting Thursday. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): Zimbabwe will play seven one-day internationals against the West Indies as their tour schedule is extended to make up for their loss of Test status. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA (AFP): David Ortiz and Adrian Beltre each smashed a pair of home runs, powering the Dominican Republic past Venezuela 11-5 here Tuesday in a first-round opener at the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| LIEVEN, France: Reigning World Indoor champion Alleyne Francique of Grenada, and Guadeloupe-born French sprinter Christine Arron highlighted the 19th edition of Gaz de France indoor track meeting in Liévin on Friday. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Jamaican world silver medallist Michael Frater blamed jet lag for his disappointing seventh place finish in the men's 100m dash at the Telstra A-Series meeting in Brisbane, Australia last Friday. read more.. |
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| SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Dwight Yorke shrugged off the effects of a trans-continental midweek flight to spearhead Sydney FC to Australia's inaugural A-League football title here Sunday. read more.. |
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP): The West Indies got a much-needed confidence boost before their Test series against New Zealand after pulling off an unlikely three-wicket win Saturday to avoid a whitewash in the one-day series. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Barbados' top male sprinter and lone Olympic medallist in an individual event, Obadele Thompson, said his decision to skip this month's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, was to give his aching body enough time to recover from the injuries he's been suffering from. read more.. |
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BRISBANE, Australia:  Australian and Oceania 100m record holder Patrick Johnson is keen to race Jamaica's World Outdoor 100m silver medallist Michael Frater at Friday night's Telstra A-Series meeting in Brisbane. Johnson was delighted to see Frater and his Jamaican training partner Asafa Powell. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Since his arrival in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday, Jamaican 100m world record holder, Asafa Powell has been centre stage in the buildup towards the Commonwealth Games, which takes place later this month. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Leeward Islands fast-medium bowler Gavin Tonge and Barbados’ wicketkeeper/batsman Patrick Browne were drafted into the West Indies A-team 13-member squad to start preparing for the second unofficial Test against England A, starting on Friday at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia:  American Justin Gatlin opted to sit out this season's indoor campaign in attempt to break the 100m world record. But on Tuesday afternoon, on his arrival in Melbourne, the holder of that world record, Jamaica's Asafa Powell, vowed that he too will erase the mark set last season. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: A week after being predicted by Australian officials as the man to beat in the 200m at the upcoming Commonwealth Games, Usain Bolt has withdrawn from the Jamaican squad because of an injury. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago Head Coach Leo Beenhakker paid tribute to the contributions of Dwight Yorke and Collin Samuel after his side beat Iceland 2-0 at Loftus Road on Tuesday, but admitted there is much to do before the Soca Warriors are ready for the World Cup. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (AFP): Former Manchester United forward Dwight Yorke struck twice as Trinidad and Tobago began their preparations for the World Cup in style here on Tuesday, recording a comfortable 2-0 victory over Iceland. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Late-breaking bad news, in the form of Manny Ramirez' decision not to play, shouldn't stop the Dominican Republic from contending with Venezuela for top honors in Group D of the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Cuba will be seeking to continue a long tradition of international baseball excellence when it takes on Panama, Puerto Rico and the Netherlands in Group C of the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia:  Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling has announced that she will be competing at next month's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. After weeks of speculation, the Olympic and World 400m champion confirmed that she will try to emulate Cathy Freeman. read more.. |
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| NAPIER, New Zealand (AFP): Batsman Ross Taylor is set to make his debut for New Zealand in their one-day match against the West Indies Wednesday as they attempt to extend their unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. read more.. |
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| MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): Jamaica's 100m world record-holder Asafa Powell says he is ready to win two gold medals at next month's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. read more.. |
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| MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): Men's 100m world record-holder Asafa Powell and Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell headline the 47 athletes selected to represent Jamaica at the Commonwealth Games. read more.. |
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| CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP): An unbeaten 118 by Nathan Astle guided New Zealand to a 21-run victory here Saturday and an unassailable 3-0 lead in their five match one-day cricket series against the West Indies. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia:  Although it has already circulated in the media that Jamaica's 100m World record holder Asafa Powell will compete in next month's 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, his manager Paul Doyle, confirmed on Thursday that the sprinter will definitely travel. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Despite serving a three-match ban for elbowing Everton captain David Weir in the face during a match last month, Grenadian international Jason Roberts is not a certain starter for Wigan Athletic when they tackle Manchester United for the Carling Cup on Sunday. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Following Work Permits UK decision to grant Ricardo Fuller permission to start his one month loan at Ipswich, Joe Royle, manager of the club is already thinking about making the Jamaican’s switch a permanent one. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Tudor Bidder, the performance manager of Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) believes Jamaican teenage sensation Usain Bolt will be the main attraction in the men's 200m at next month's 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in Australia. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia:  Trinidad and Tobago men's 4x100m relay team has been tipped by track officials as favourites for the gold medal at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, despite the presence of Asafa Powell, the world's fastest man, in Jamaica's line up. Jamaica has collected four relay medals at these Games. read more.. |
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QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand (AFP):  An unbeaten half century by Daniel Vettori ensured a three wicket victory for New Zealand in their one-day cricket international against the West Indies here Wednesday after a top order collapse threatened to put the modest target beyond reach. The West Indies could only manage 200-9 after batting first. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia:  Jamaica's 100m world record holder Asafa Powell says he's in good shape and is looking forward to competing at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, next month. Powell will fly to Melbourne next week after a final tune-up competition this weekend. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Reggae Boyz’ skillful striker Ricardo Fuller has returned to Southampton, following a delay in his work permit transfer to Ipswich Town on the weekend. read more.. |
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname:  With a convincing seven-wicket win over pre-tournament favorites the Turks & Caicos Islands on Sunday, Suriname clinched the ICC Americas World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 title. With the victory at the Dr Snellen Park Stadium, Suriname secured a ticket for the Division 2 tournament scheduled for April. read more.. |
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CESANA PARIOL, Italy (AFP):  Eighteen years after the "Cool Runnings" legend was born, a Jamaican bobsleigh athlete stood on an Olympic podium -- proving that the concept was not so crazy after all. Lascelles Brown, competing for Canada, was considered vital by pilot Pierre Lueders for his medal ambitions. read more.. |
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| WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP): A 136-run opening partnership by veteran Nathan Astle and newcomer Jamie How laid the foundations for an 81-run victory by New Zealand over the West Indies in their five-match, one-day series opener here Saturday. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Ricardo Fuller, the unsettled Jamaican international at Southampton has had a proposed loan switch to Ipswich Town delayed due to work permit problems. read more.. |
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| FLORIDA, USA: US Major League soccer club Real Salt Lake on Saturday released six of its players, including Trinidad and Tobago's international Leslie "Tiger" Fitzpatrick to reduce their active roster. read more.. |
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| BIRMINGHAM, England: Jamaican Lacena Golding-Clarke beat American Michelle Perry again as Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling snatched her first win of the season at the 2006 Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix at National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on Saturday. read more.. |
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| TURIN, Italy (AFP) : The US Virgin Islands 'Grandma Luge' Anne Abernathy will be registered as having taken place in her sixth Winter Olympics after appealing to the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) on Friday. read more.. |
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand: The West Indies again found themselves in unpleasant environment ahead of yet another Test series. Poor attitude and bad performances have virtually placed the regional side in a catastrophic gutter, which has now come to haunt them as they get ready for their latest Test series. read more.. |
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Following the West Indies' disappointing 3-0 loss in Australia last November, Chanderpaul's leadership skills have been called into question, but despite numerous calls for the Guyanese to be dismissed from his post, Jamaican batsman Wavell Hinds said the team is fully behind their skipper. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has appointed Leeward Islands batsman Sylvester Joseph to lead the region's A-team for the first unofficial Test against England 'A' starting next Friday at the Antigua Recreation Ground. read more.. |
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| SESTRIERES, Italy (AFP): The US Virgin Islands' 'Grandma Luge' Anne Abernathy has appealed to the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) to be reinstated as an Olympic luge entrant after missing the event with a broken wrist. read more.. |
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP): New Zealand beat the West Indies 3-0 in international cricket's first ever bowl-off after their series opener Twenty20 match ended with the scores tied at 126 each here Thursday. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Hosts Suriname beat Chile by one run on the second day of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cricket League (WCL) Division three tournament in the Americas region at the Snellen Park stadium in capital Paramaribo on Thursday. read more.. |
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BIRMINGHAM, England:  A host of Caribbean athletes, including Olympic champions Veronica Campbell of Jamaica and Bahamian Tonique Williams-Darling are scheduled to compete at the Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday. Campbell will turn her attention to the 200m, an event she dominated in the indoor season last year. read more.. |
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  Chairman of CARICOM’s Prime Ministerial Committee responsible for cricket, Dr Keith Mitchell, said the current structure of West Indies cricket needs to be reviewed. Dr Mitchell was speaking at a press conference at the 17th Inter-Sessional CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad on Friday February 10. read more.. |
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP): The West Indies launch their cricket tour of New Zealand here Thursday looking to regain some of the potency that once made them the most feared Test side in the world. read more.. |
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| FAYETTEVILLE, USA: As predicted, Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell of Jamaica ran away with the women's 60-metre dash Invitational title at the Tyson Invitational, held at the Randal Tyson Track Complex on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. read more.. |
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| LEIPZIG, Germany: Jamaican Lacena Golding-Clarke recovered from a slow start to snatch the women's 60m hurdles in a world leading time over Helsinki World 100m Hurdles champion Michelle Perry of USA at the 3rd LE Athletics meeting in Leipzig on Sunday. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Bahamian athlete Debbie Ferguson has announced that she will not defend her Commonwealth Games sprint double titles in Melbourne in March. read more.. |
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| CESANA PARIOL, Italy (AFP): 'Grandma Luge' Anne Abernathy from the US Virgin Islands has accused Olympics officials of failing to consult her before pulling her out of the Games when she broke a wrist in training. read more.. |
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FAYETTEVILLE, USA:  Trinidad and Tobago-born sprinter Kerron Clement was part of an American dream-team that shattered the world record in the indoor 4x400-meter relay at the Tyson Invitational, held at the Randal Tyson Track Center at the weekend. The American team clocked 3:01.96 to remove the previous mark of 3:02.83 set seven-years-ago. read more.. |
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| EAUBONNE, France: Victories by Caribbean athletes Dominic Demeritte and Christine Amertil from the Bahamas and Vonette Dixon of Jamaica highlighted the "Meeting du Val d’Oise" in Eaubonne on Friday. read more.. |
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| CESANA PARIOL, Italy (AFP): 'Grandma Luge' Anne Abernathy from the US Virgin Islands was forced to pull out of the Winter Olympics after a heavy crash in training, organisers said on Sunday. read more.. |
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THE VALLEY, Anguilla:  Digicel, principal sponsors of West Indies cricket, brought Windies stars Daren Powell, Ryan Hinds and Darren Sammy to Anguilla Thursday to join forces with local celebrities Omari Banks, Cardigan Connor, Lanvil Harrigan and Alex Adams to compete in a friendly under 19s versus Seniors 20-over match. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Triple world record holder Brian Lara, the West Indies batting maestro, received high praise from several cricket officials in Trinidad and Tobago for his role in the country's recent Carib Beer Series success. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Jamaican international Marlon King has won the Coca-Cola Championship Powerade Player of the Month award for January, while countryman Ricardo Gardner takes an FA Cup award. read more.. |
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| MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): Theodore Whitmore, Jamaica's hero in the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals in France where he scored both goals in a 2-1 win over Japan, has hinted he is quitting international football. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Reigning world indoor 400m champion Alleyne Francique of Grenada returned to the top of the world list in his speciallised event, following his determined run at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in The Armory Track & Field Center on Saturday. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: A five wicket haul from man-of-the-match Mervyn Dillon anchored Trinidad and Tobago to their first regional first-class title in 21 years after completing a comprehensive 264-run victory over Barbados on the fourth and final day of their final preliminary match in the Carib Beer Series on Sunday. read more.. |
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KINGSTON, Jamaica:  Jamaica's 100-metre world record holder Asafa Powell will reap more reward for his stunning run in Athens, following a report that the country's government has compensated the sprint with a land grant. According reports from Kingston, Powell "will receive a lot and proper housing in recognition of his world record performance.” read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Glen Mills, the national senior team head coach of Jamaica for the past 17 years, is confident that world record holder Asafa Powell will run away with the men's 100 metre title at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, in March. read more.. |
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| WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP): New Zealand has lost key players Jacob Oram and Kyle Mills to injury for the opening two one-day cricket internationals against the West Indies this month. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Trinidad international and former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke wants to play in Japan for a few months from the end of Australia's A-League season until the World Cup in Germany in June, a press report said Tuesday. read more.. |
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| NAGPUR, India (AFP): The Indian cricket board has requested their West Indies counterparts to drop one match from a proposed four-Test series in the Caribbean, an official announced here on Tuesday. read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: The Carib Beer Series match between Guyana and the Windward Islands ended in a draw after overnight and early morning rain prevented any play before lunch on the final day at the Tanteen Recreation Ground in Grenada on Sunday. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France (AFP): The Jamaican bobsleigh team, the inspiration behind the Cool Runnings film of the 1990s after their 1988 debut at Calgary, have already got a feel for the Cesana track at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin. read more.. |
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| SAMARA, Russia: Trecia Smith of Jamaica, the world champion in Helsinki, Finland, last summer, set a new national record on her way to winning the women's triple jump event at the Governor's Cup meeting in Samara, Russia on Saturday. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell of Jamaica brought the delighted Jamaican fans in the crowd of 14,851 to their feet in the women's 60 metres, shaking off her defeat at the Norwich Union International last weekend to edge US 100m champion Me'Lisa Barber at the 99th Millrose Games on Friday night. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Following his dismissal for elbowing during a match against Everton on Tuesday, Wigan Athletic striker Jason Roberts admitted to being "a little naive." read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: West Indies champion batsman Brian Lara has said that, despite not fully healed from a recent injury that forced him out last weekend against Windward Islands, he will still be available for the Trinidad and Tobago Carib Beer Series match against Barbados, which starts on Thursday. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia:  Trinidad and Tobago's duo Marc Burns and Darrel Brown are the latest additions to the star-studded 100-metre field for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia in March. Last season the pair helped Trinidad claim a silver medal in the men's 4x100 relay. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Wigan Athletic's manager Paul Jewell said the elbowing incident, which saw Grenadian international Jason Roberts being sent off against Everton at the JJB Stadium on Tuesday, was "silly rather than malicious". read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Robert Haynes, who led Jamaica to two Carib Beer titles, handed in his resignation in a letter to the Jamaican Cricket Associations (JCA) and the board has reportedly accepted his decision. read more.. |
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| STOCKHOLM, Sweden: World Championships silver medallist Delloreen Ennis-London of Jamaica headlines the Caribbean athletes down to compete at the GE Galan-IAAF Indoor permit-meeting in the Stockholm Globe Arena on Thursday evening. read more.. |
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HAVANA, Cuba:  Osleidys Menéndez, the World and Olympic Javelin champion, has captured the award for the best Cuban sportswoman of 2005. Menéndez, who improved her own world record to 71.70m at the 10th IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, last summer, received the award for the fourth time, after being honoured with the trophy in 2001, 2002 and 2004. read more.. |
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| BOSTON, USA: On a day when Ethiopians Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar narrowly missed World indoor records in the 5000m and 3000m respectively, four Caribbean athletes graced the medal podium in front of a supportive gathering at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Saturday evening. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said Thursday is would conduct a review of Australian coach Bennett King and his four-man team, amid concerns over the international side's poor performance. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): West Indies cricket officials insisted on Saturday that they have settled an ugly dispute over pay which had split the team. read more.. |
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| BOSTON, USA: Ethiopia's Meseret Defar believes the slow tempo of Jamaica's top 800-metre runner Kenia Sinclair cost her the world record in the women's 3000m run. read more.. |
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| GLASGOW, Scotland: Olympic champions Tonique Williams-Darling from the Bahamas and Jamaican Veronica Campbell suffered shock defeats on a day when Russian athletes dominated at the 2006 Norwich Union Indoor International in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica’s world record holder over 100 metres, Asafa Powell, opened his 2006 campaign with a third place finish in the 400-metres at a local meet in Kingston on Saturday. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Grenadian international Jason Roberts scored his 13th goal of the season in the 29th minute of extra time to put Wigan Athletic into the final of the Carling Cup, despite a 2-1 loss to Arsenal on Tuesday. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: West Indies triple world record holder Brian Lara will miss Trinidad and Tobago's seventh round Carib Beer Series match against the Windward Islands this weekend, after he was ordered by his doctor on Wednesday to rest his injured knee. read more.. |
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LONDON, England:  With less than seven weeks to go before the Commonwealth Games get underway, Olympic champions Veronica Campbell of Jamaica and Bahamas' Tonique Williams-Darling open their 2006 season as the Caribbean's star attraction in front of an expected sell-out crowd at the Norwich Union Indoor International on Saturday. read more.. |
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| OKLAHOMA, USA: Three Caribbean athletes signaled an early season warning with world-leading performances at various indoor meetings in the U.S. Grenadian Alleyne Francique, Haiti's Moise Joseph and Bahamian Leevan Sands all turned in world-best performances at the weekend. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Game officials, statisticians, Cricket Operations Managers and Duckworth Lewis Match Managers from across the region attended a two day Duckworth Lewis Seminar, held in Antigua from January 21 to 22. The seminar is part of the roll out phase as the region prepares for ICC Cricket world Cup West Indies 2007. read more.. |
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| CORDOBA, Mexico: A hat-trick from Venicia Reid powered Jamaica's Under-20 women's footballers into semi-finals of the CONCACAF World Cup final qualifying round on Monday. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has been asked to assess whether the performance of Australian cricket coach Bennett King and his team is helping Caribbean cricket bounce back from a decade-long slump, a senior official of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) said Monday. read more.. |
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| KARACHI, Pakistan: Despite a 62-run sixth wicket stand between Kieron Pollard and Gajanand Singh, the West Indies under-19 were defeated by Pakistan under19 in their one-day practice match at the National Stadium in Karachi on Sunday. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica's senior netballers came back from a one game deficit to clinch the tri-test series against England 2-1, following their close 41-40 victory at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, Sunday night. read more.. |
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| USA (AFP), WASHINGTON: Cuba's baseball team will play in the inaugural World Baseball Classic despite US economic sanctions against the Communist nation after approval was granted here Friday by the US Treasury Department. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Jamaican international Deon Burton has received praise from his Sheffield Wednesday teammate, Burton O'Brien, who believes the new strike force, which also includes Marcus Tudgay, has helped to sharpen up his own attacking play. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): Shivnarine Chanderpaul will lead the West Indies on their tour of New Zealand next month despite the Caribbean side slumping to a 3-0 whitewash against Australia in November. read more.. |
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| FLORIDA, USA: Touted as one of the freshest and most exciting rivalries in the women’s sprint division, Jamaican Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell and American world 100m champion Lauryn Williams will continue their battle at next month’s Millrose Games in New York. read more.. |
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Thursday, January 19, 2006
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Japanese baseball home run king Sadaharu Oh and American
all-time homer leader Hank Aaron backed Cuba's participation in the World
Baseball Classic and asked stars sitting out to reconsider...
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Impressive Dominican Republic squad for World Classic will not have A-Rod
Thursday, January 19, 2006
NEW YORK, USA (AFP): An impressive 60-player squad was announced by the
Dominican Republic for the first World Baseball Classic, Major League Baseball
announced here Tuesday, but Alex Rodriguez will not be part of the team...
read more...
Zimbabwe suspends Test status, West Indies tour
called off
Thursday, January 19, 2006
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP): Zimbabwe cricket lurched into another crisis on Wednesday when Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC)
suspended its national team from Test matches for the rest of the year.
The shock decision means that the planned two-Test tour of the West Indies,
scheduled for April and May, will now not take place...
read more...
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: West Indies batting maestro Brian Lara will join the Trinidad and Tobago squad in preparation for their sixth-round Carib Beer Series match against Guyana
at Guaracara Park starting Friday...
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Commonwealth Games still on for Powell, says manager
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
MELBOURNE, Australia: Paul Doyle, the agent of Asafa Powell, the world's fastest man over 100 metres
is confident that the Jamaican will be fit to compete at the upcoming
Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia in March...
read more...
Lloyd breaks national indoor 200m record as Jones
sprints to a double in Arkansas
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
FAYETTEVILLE, USA: Dominican star 400-metre runner Chris Lloyd and US
Virgin Islands top female sprinter Laverne Jones turned in star performances at
the 2006 Arkansas Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Complex at the weekend...
read more...
Beltran, Delgado, Molinas pace Puerto Rican baseball lineup
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Outfielders Carlos Beltran and Bernie Williams and
first baseman Carlos Delgado headlined a list of 60 players named Monday to
Puerto Rico's team in the inaugural World Baseball Classic...
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Monday, January 16, 2006
 TOKYO, Japan (AFP):
Three-time champions the United States were drawn to take on Puerto Rico to open
the world men's basketball championships which get under way this August in four
cities in Japan. A total of 24 countries and regions were divided into
four preliminary groups for the tournament from August 19 to September 3...
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Powell doubtful, Collins out of Commonwealth Games
Monday, January 16, 2006
MELBOURNE, Australia: Caribbean Net News understands that Jamaican sprinter Asafa
Powell, the 100m world record holder, may withdraw from the upcoming
Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia in March...
read more...
West Indies A-team to play Pakistan during English tour
Monday, January 16, 2006
ST JOHNS, Antigua: The West Indies A-team’s tour of England, which kicks off on July 21 will see the Windies
playing Pakistan, as well as four three-day matches against county sides, with
the first being played at Durham, home of Jamaican off spin all-rounder Gareth
Breese, from July 21-23...
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Gatlin trains on Powell's turf in quest of 100m record
Monday, January 16, 2006
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): World and Olympic 100-metres champion Justin Gatlin of the United States has come here to train on the home turf of world record-holder Asafa
Powell with plans to break the Jamaican's mark...
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Friday, January 13, 2006
NEW YORK, USA: Setting up a rematch between
two of the world’s top sprinters, Jamaican superstar Veronica Campbell has
joined the women’s 60-meter field for the 99th Millrose Games, organizers
announced Thursday...
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Coach optimistic about prospects for Jamaica's Thomas
Friday, January 13, 2006
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican-born
Olympian Trevor Graham, the coach of Sprint Capitol Track Club in the United
States, is confident that his pupil, Dwight Thomas, a former national sprint
double champion can defeat Asafa Powell in the 100m at the Commonwealth Games
in Australia in March...
read more...
Reggae Boy Whitmore released by Rovers
Friday, January 13, 2006
LONDON, England: Reggae Boy Theodore
Whitmore contract with Tranmere Rovers was cancelled after both parties came
to a mutual agreement on Wednesday night...
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I’ve always wanted to represent Britain, says Jamaica’s
Mason
Friday, January 13, 2006
LONDON, England: Former Jamaican world-rated high jumper Germaine Mason,
has revealed that despite representing that nation on the global stage, his
desire has always been to compete for Britain...
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Thursday, January 12, 2006
 TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Cuba is likely to stay in the inaugural 16-nation World Baseball Classic despite US moves to bar the communist state from profiting out of the event, baseball legend Tommy Lasorda
said Wednesday. The US Treasury Department said last month that it would
be illegal for Cuba to take part in the international tournament...
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English-born Warner to join Trinidad's Soca Warriors
Thursday, January 12, 2006
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: Anthony Warner, who keeps goal for English Premier League side Fulham
United, has joined Trinidad and Tobago's national football team in preparation
for the upcoming World Cup tournament in Germany in the summer...
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Trinidad’s World Cup budget needs minor adjustment, say
Sports Minister
Thursday, January 12, 2006
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The TT$55million budget for preparing Trinidad and Tobago’s national football team, Soca Warriors, for the FIFA World Cup needs “minor adjustments” before going to Cabinet, says Sports Minister Roger
Boynes...
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Gatlin targets Powell’s world record this season
Thursday, January 12, 2006
KINGSTON, Jamaica: American Olympic 100-metre champion Justin Gatlin has set his main target for the forthcoming track and field season on breaking the world record of Jamaica's Asafa
Powell...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Left-arm spin bowler Dave Mohammed captured five wickets to lead hosts Trinidad and Tobago to a 282 run win over defending champions Jamaica in their third round Carib
Beer Cricket Series match at the Sir Frank Worrell Grounds, St Augustine on
Monday...
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Kenya appoint West Indies' Roger Harper as new coach
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP): Kenya on Tuesday named former West Indies all-rounder
Roger Harper as the new national coach until after the 2007 World Cup...
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Monday, January 9, 2006
KINGSTON, Jamaica: A host of American stars, including Olympic champions and training partners Justin Gatlin and Shawn Crawford, as well as long jump world record holder Mike Powell, is expected in the Caribbean for the 2nd edition of the Douglas Forrest Invitational meeting, scheduled for Saturday,
14 January in Kingston...
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Williams-Darling plans stress-free year
Monday, January 9, 2006
NASSAU, Bahamas: World and Olympic 400-metres champion Tonique Williams-Darling
from the Bahamas is planning a stress-free year, seeing that there are no major
championships in the forthcoming track and field season...
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Friday, January 6, 2006
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP): Zimbabwe's cricketers say they will not go to West Indies in May for a Test and ODI tour unless their contracts are agreed, they are paid match fees going back to August last year, and if chairman Peter Chingoka
remains in office...
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First transatlantic rower to arrive in Antigua January 8
Friday, January 6, 2006
 ST.
JOHN’S, Antigua: The first rowing boat in the Wood-vale Events transatlantic
“Row4Life” venture will arrive in Antigua on Sunday January 8, 2006, at the
historic Nelson’s Dockyard. The race began on November 30, 2005 in La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain; however, Antigua was announced as the official finish port
in August 2004...
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Jamaica to play World Cup warm-up friendly against England
Friday, January 6, 2006
LONDON, England (AFP): England will play friendlies against Uruguay and Jamaica
ahead of the World Cup finals in June and July, the Football Association has
confirmed...
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Jamaica’s Burton targets goals for his new club
Friday, January 6, 2006
LONDON, English: Reggae Boy Deon Burton, who recently moved from Rotherham
United, is already targeting goals for his new club Sheffield Wednesday...
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Grenadian Roberts cleared after elbow incident
Friday, January 6, 2006
LONDON, England: Grenadian "Spice Boy" Jason Roberts will not face disciplinary action over an alleged elbowing incident during a Premier League match between his Wigan
United side and West Ham United on December 28...
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Thursday, January 5, 2006
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Sports have always been an integral part of the Caribbean, an
endeavour that brings its people closer together in celebrations or grief and in 2005
there were many highlights to celebrate about...
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High demand for Powell's record-breaking spike
Thursday, January 5, 2006
KINGSTON, Jamaica: On June 14, 2005, Jamaican ace Asafa Powell broke the 100m world record at the Athens Super Grand Prix Tsiklitiria in Greece.
Now the sprinter’s spike is one of the most in-demand items up for grabs in the IAAF’s
Athletics for a Better World charity auction...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2006
 FALKIRK, Scotland: Despite multi-media reports linking Dwight Yorke
to Scottish side Falkirk on a loan deal, the side's manager John Hughes is yet
to be convinced that recruiting the Trinidadian would benefit his side. In fact,
Caribbean Net News understands that the manager is unlikely to follow up
the initial interest in the striker...
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Tuesday, January 3, 2006
 FLORIDA,
USA: The relays are always an area in which the Caribbean can depend on
for medals in major competitions, and there were no disappointments in 2005.
Despite not winning a gold medal in this division, the region bettered their
tally from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Out of the five medals won in
Helsinki, the men took three...
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Sydney FC squashes Yorke’s loan move
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
 SYDNEY, Australia: Australian A-League
side Sydney FC have denied reports that Scottish Premier League side Falkirk
has approached the club about the services of Trinidad and Tobago's captain
Dwight Yorke. "There has been no approach
from Falkirk to date, or anybody else for that matter," Sydney FC chairman
Walter Bugno said...
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Gardener's Bolton team hammered 4-1
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
LONDON, England: Jamaican international Ricardo Gardner played the full 90 minutes and
was awarded a yellow card for unsportsmanlike behaviour, as his Bolton Wanderers side was hammered 4-1
by Manchester United in the English Premier League on Saturday...
read more...
Monday, January 2, 2006
 FLORIDA, USA:
In a year when the hurdling events were characterized as probably the most
competitive of all events, Caribbean representatives were again among the
closely bunched group of athletes. From the women's 100m hurdles to the men's 400m hurdles, regional athletes gained recognition...
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Bermuda World Cup morale is strong, says Logie
Monday, January 2, 2006
HAMILTON, Bermuda (AFP): Bermuda coach Gus Logie believes his team won't
disgrace themselves when they make their World Cup debut in the Caribbean in
2007...
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Friday, December 30, 2005
 FLORIDA, USA: For the second season in
succession, Cuban thrower Osleidys Menéndez proved her dominance in the
women's javelin throw, while peaking at just the right time to add the world
title to her Olympic crown in Helsinki this summer. Menéndez separated
herself from the group by making her career-best a world record...
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Jamaica's Burton likely to leave Rotherham
Friday, December 30, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican in-form
striker Deon Burton, who plays for Rotherham United in the English Coca-Cola
Football League One is set to leave the club, according to reports reaching
Caribbean Net News on Thursday...
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Thursday, December 29, 2005
 FLORIDA, USA: After skipping the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) meeting to focus on the World Championships in Helsinki, Cuba's Zulia Calatayud picked up from where Jamaica's Kenia Sinclair left
off, to dominate the women's 800m in the latter part of the season. Calatayud
overcame misfortunes to clock 1:58.82...
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Falkirk FC declares interest in Trinidad's Yorke
Thursday, December 29, 2005
FALKIRK, Scotland: Caribbean Net News understands that Trinidad and Tobago's prolific striker Dwight Yorke
could be on his way to Scottish club Falkirk when the Australian A-League
finishes in March...
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Caribbean-born Duncan takes third in USSA award competition
Thursday, December 29, 2005
FLORIDA, USA: US Virgin Islands NBA star Tim Duncan was voted second runner-up in the United States Sports Academy 2005 Athlete-of-the-Year competition after a world-wide internet election hosted by USATODAY.com...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
 FLORIDA, USA: The Caribbean region displayed yet another remarkable year of sprinting
in 2005, despite winning just one gold medal in this category at an IAAF major
championship. Blessed with speedsters such as Jamaica's Asafa Powell, who
lit-up the men's division with an astonishing world record in the 100-metres...
read more...
Lara drops one place in batting rankings
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
 LONDON, England: West Indies batsman Brian Lara, who recently became Test cricket's leading run scorer with a double-century in the third test against Australia last month, has dropped one spot to third in the latest release of the LG ICC
Test batting rankings. South African Jacques Kallis retains his number one
spot...
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Grenadian Roberts is Premiership class says Bolton’s boss
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
LONDON, England: Bolton Wanderers boss Sam Allardyce has hailed Grenadian striker Jason Roberts as Premiership class, following his superb midweek performance
for Wigan, which knocked their rivals out of the Carling Cup...
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Reggae Boy King stays at Watford for half-million pounds
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
LONDON, England: English Coca-Cola League Championship side Watford has
confirmed that Reggae Boy Marlon King will complete a permanent move to Vicarage
Road from Nottingham Forest in January for fee of £500,000...
read more...
Friday, December 23, 2005
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): West Indies legend Sir Everton Weekes believes Brian Lara should be reinstated as Windies
skipper despite the record-breaking batsman having had two spells in charge...
read more...
Grenada's Roberts fires Wigan into history books
Friday, December 23, 2005
 LONDON, England: Two goals from Grenadian international Jason Roberts led his English Premier League side Wigan to an historic win in the Carling Cup Tuesday night at the JJB
Stadium. Roberts' first-half double fired the Lactics into the history
books, as they reached their first-ever major cup competition semi-final...
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Jamaica’s Burton requests transfer from Rotherham United
Friday, December 23, 2005
 LONDON, England: English Coca-Cola
League One side Rotherham United announced on Thursday that Jamaican
international Deon Burton has handed in a transfer request.
According to Rotherham Chairman Peter Ruchniewicz, Burton, the club's top
marksman with 13 goals this season, submitted his request in a letter to the
management staff...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
 FLORIDA, USA: Jamaica’s 100-metre
world record holder Asafa Powell is among five athletes nominated for the USA Today
and United States Sports Academy 2005 Athlete of the Year Award. The
Jamaican enters the poll with his stunning 9.77seconds world record performance,
a time that eclipsed the previous mark by 0.01seconds...
read more...
Jaws attack on Atlantic Rowing Race en route to Antigua
Thursday, December 22, 2005
DUBLIN, Ireland: In the Atlantic Rowing Race the Digicel Atlantic crew of Gearoid Towey and Ciaran
Lewis covered 36 miles on Tuesday. They are currently lying in 7th position in
the doubles class with another 2,220 miles to go to the finish in Antigua...
read more...
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
MIAMI, USA: Hungary defeated Caribbean side Antigua and Barbuda 3-0 in an
exhibition match played at Florida International University (FIU) on Sunday
afternoon...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005
BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Following their shock 26-24 victory over defending
champions and regional giants Jamaica, Barbados captured the 2006 Caribbean
Netball Association Jean Pierre Under-16 tournament when they made light weight
of Grenada in the final round of matches at the Netball City, Warner Park last
Friday...
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Trinidad gains from Montgomery’s suspension
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
 LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Trinidad and Tobago
is certain of another IAAF World Championship medal, following a two-year doping suspension from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
of high-profile American sprinter and former world record holder Tim Montgomery.
As a result, Montgomery will lose the 100-metre silver medal...
read more...
Barbados to host 2006 Golf World Cup
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The world's top 18 golfers will assemble in the Caribbean next December at the Sandy Lane resort and golf course in Barbados, the place where golfing legend Tiger Woods got married a year ago,
which has been selected to host the 2006 World Cup of golf, organisers announced
last week...
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Barbados' Blackett definitely out of Commonwealth Games
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbados' 400-metre hurdling star Andrea Blackett, has
announced that she will not take part in next year's Commonwealth Games in
Melbourne, Australia...
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Monday, December 19, 2005
 BASSETERRE,
St Kitts: The New Year will get off to a great start for the cricket boards of
the 19 Caribbean countries participating in the Stanford 20/20 Tournament as
Antiguan financier Allen Stanford prepares to disburse the funds promised to
assist the teams in their planning for the competition, scheduled for Summer
2006...
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Grenada and St Kitts athletes chosen as 2005 OECS Sports
Personalities
Monday, December 19, 2005
 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: At a meeting held in St. Lucia on December 14, a panel of regional journalists unanimously selected St Kitts-Nevis golfer Trevor Jimmy Levine and Grenadian swimmer Tuesday Watts as the OECS Male and Female Sports Personalities for 2005. The criterion
was the athletes must represent an OECS country...
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Trinidad’s Yorke on target as Sydney FC stun African champions in Tokyo
Monday, December 19, 2005
 TOKYO, Japan: Goals from Trinidad and Tobago's captain Dwight Yorke and David Carney helped Sydney FC stun African champions Al Ahly
2-1 in the fifth-place playoff at the Club World Championship in Japan on
Friday. The win was a gutsy one by Sydney, who had been ripped apart in
the first 20 minutes but somehow survived...
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Gayle wins Jamaica’s Cricketer of the Year Award
Monday, December 19, 2005
 KINGSTON, Jamaica:
West Indies opener Chris Gayle walked away with the Cricketer of the Year Award
for the second year in succession, at the Jamaica Cricket Association's Annual
Award Ceremony held last Wednesday night. The aggressive left-hander has
been Jamaica's most prolific run-scorer in recent years...
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Bahamas warms to recruiting Canadian Olympic snowboarder
Monday, December 19, 2005
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP): The Bahamas is looking to participate for the first time
in the Winter Olympics by attempting to recruit a young Canadian snowboarder who
was born in the tiny Caribbean country...
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Friday, December 16, 2005
 SYDNEY, Australia: Trinidad and Tobago star striker Dwight Yorke said his decision to return to international football, after announcing his retirement, was influenced by a former coach, Bertille
St Clair. The former Manchester United forward came out of retirement to lead his team to their first-ever
World Cup tournament...
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Frater delighted with accomplishment after Worlds silver medal
Friday, December 16, 2005
 TEXAS, USA: Jamaica's Michael Frater has relished the performance which brought him the silver medal at the 10th IAAF
World Championships in the 100-metres, stating that it is his "biggest
accomplishment" in his career thus far. Frater, the surprise second place finisher in Helsinki,
was not even on the radar going into the championships...
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Thursday, December 15, 2005
LONDON, England: Trinidad and Tobago striker Stern John has warned England not to take the Caribbean side lightly when
the teams face-off in the World Cup next summer...
read more...
Jamaican Ricketts loses red-card appeal
Thursday, December 15, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican international and Bradford City's goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts has failed in his bid to get last Saturday's red-card ejection against Southend
United overturned and was scheduled face an immediate two-match ban...
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Bermuda’s Goater sidelined for two weeks
Thursday, December 15, 2005
LONDON, England: Bermudian international Shaun Goater has been sidelined for two weeks after it was revealed that the Southend United striker
had dislocated his collarbone...
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Yorke’s stellar performance not enough to save Sydney FC
Thursday, December 15, 2005
NAGOYA, Japan: Trinidad & Tobago international Dwight Yorke and his Sydney FC team turned in a gutsy performance but were unable to prevent a 1-0 defeat against Costa Rican CONCACAF Cup holders Deportivo Saprissa in their FIFA
Club World Championships match in Nagoya on Monday...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Jamaica’s defending national football league champions, Portmore United FC, rebounded from a one-goal first-leg deficit to clobber Suriname home side, SV Robinhood, 4-0 in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Champions Cup at the Andre Kamperveen
Stadium on Sunday...
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English FA agrees to hear Jamaican Ricketts red-card appeal
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
 LONDON, England: English Coca-Cola Football League One side Bradford City confirmed early Monday morning that the league’s Football Association (FA) will
hear an appeal from Jamaican international Donovan Ricketts, who was sent off in the team’s 1-1 draw with Southend
United at Roots Hall on Saturday...
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Williams-Darling gunning for Commonwealth Games gold
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
 SYDNEY, Australia: Bahamas’ World and Olympic 400-metres champion Tonique
Williams-Darling has announced that she will be going for another gold medal
next season, this time it’s the Commonwealth Games title in Melbourne next
March. The Bahamian finished the year as the second best performer behind sprinter Sanya
Richards...
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Monday, December 12, 2005
LONDON, England (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago's British-based players are looking
forward with enthusiasm to their match against England in next year's World Cup
finals in Germany...
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England's Ferdinand looks forward to World Cup clash against Trinidad
Monday, December 12, 2005
LONDON, England (AFP): Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand believes
England's World Cup group game against Trinidad and Tobago will have the
atmosphere of an FA Cup tie, the Sun reported on Saturday...
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Watford in the hunt for Jamaica’s King
Monday, December 12, 2005
 LONDON, England: English Coca-Cola Championship League side Watford have announced that they have joined the
list of contenders vying for the service of Jamaican international Marlon King. King, an on-loan striker from Nottingham Forest,
is the leading goal scorer for the Hornets this season...
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Walsh calls for cricket better facilities in the US Virgin Islands
Monday, December 12, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: West Indies fast bowling legend Courtney Walsh has called on the cricket officials of the US Virgin Islands to upgrade their playing surfaces
in an attempt to improve the level of game in that country...
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Friday, December 9, 2005
MELBOURNE, Australia: Following the West Indies' dismal performance against world champions Australia, West Indies batsman Brian Lara warns the South African contingents not
to focus solely on leg spinner Shane Warne, if they hope to win their upcoming series 'down under.'...
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Trinidad’s Yorke blasts US coach’s comments
Friday, December 9, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia: Trinidad and Tobago’s captain Dwight Yorke dismissed the comments made by American soccer coach Bruce Arena, who
stated that the Caribbean side and Australia would likely be the weak links in
Germany next summer...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2005
MELBOURNE, Australia: West Indies fast bowler Corey Collymore and opener Chris Gayle,
both of whom recently underwent surgeries during the tour of Australia, are
looking forward to returning to action...
read more...
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is confident
the team can bounce back from their recent horrors and return to greatness in
Test cricket...
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Monday, December 5, 2005
CANBERRA, Australia: The Prime Minister's XI defeated the West Indies by six runs on the Duckworth-Lewis system in a rain-affected one day match between the two sides at the Manuka
Oval on Friday...
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Jamaica's Gardener plays full 90, as Bolton shock Arsenal in the Premiership
Monday, December 5, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican international Ricardo Gardner played the entire 90
minutes in his regular left-back position, as his Bolton Wanderers side shocked
title contenders Arsenal 2-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday...
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Chambers seeks Jamaican national record this season
Monday, December 5, 2005
TALLAHASSEE, USA: Jamaican sprinter Ricardo Chambers of Florida State is hoping to stay focused and win a NCCA national title in the 400
metres this season...
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Friday, December 2, 2005
 MELBOURNE, Australia: West Indies pace
bowler Corey Collymore was listed to undergo knee surgery on Thursday and is
likely to miss next February’s tour of New Zealand, team officials said in a
release. The 27-year-old Collymore has a bone spur on the patella tendon
of his right knee...
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Lara up five places in ICC batting rankings
Friday, December 2, 2005
ABU DHABI, UAE: West Indies star
batsman Brian Lara moved five places up to the number two position, according
to the latest LG International Cricket Council (ICC) Test batting rankings...
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Trinidad and Tobago cyclist rises In world rankings
Friday, December 2, 2005
 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and
Tobago's national cycling champion, Azikiwe Kellar, is now the tenth fastest
man in the world in the kilometer time trial according to the rankings of the
Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for cycling.
Kellar, 29, was voted cyclist of the year 2005...
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Thursday, December 1, 2005
 ADELAIDE, Australia: Following the West Indies’ miserable series in Australia, where they slumped to yet another Test series defeat, captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul
says it is now time to look ahead. "It's gone already. We have to still take the positives out of the three games," Chanderpaul
said...
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Gardener thinks Powell can be beaten at Commonwealth Games
Thursday, December 1, 2005
 SYDNEY, Australia: One month after Jamaican 100-metre world record holder Asafa Powell declared his intention to win three gold medals at next March’s Commonwealth Games, Great British's number one ranked sprinter Jason Gardener has played down the Jamaican's
chances of winning the 100m...
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Commentary: Congratulations to Lara for yet another
record
Thursday, December 1, 2005
Those of us influenced by the discoloured comments of experts like former
Australian Test cricketer Kerry O’Keefe may have doubted but for others more
respectful of the genius called Brian Lara, there was always the expectation of
something great...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Umpiring decisions blighted the final Australia-West Indies Test here, but Ricky Ponting
said Tuesday the current system should stay in place in cricket. As far as
the Australian skipper is concerned the less technology the better...
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Australia recover from Ashes loss with clean sweep over
West Indies
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Ricky Ponting believes Australia have righted a few
wrongs from the Ashes loss to England with their 3-0 Test series clean sweep
over the West Indies at Adelaide Oval Tuesday...
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Trinidad and Tobago's Glen makes Rapid move
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
DENVER, USA (AFP): Cornell Glen, a forward who helped Trinidad and Tobago qualify for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, was traded Tuesday by the Columbus Crew to the Colorado Rapids for US defender Ritchie
Kotschau...
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Williams-Darling and Campbell to run at Norwich Union Grand Prix
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
 LONDON, England: Athens Olympic champions Tonique
Williams-Darling from the Bahamas, and Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell are already
confirmed for next February’s Norwich Union Grand Prix indoor meeting in
Birmingham, according to the UK Athletics. Both Campbell and
Williams-Darling will also line-up in Glasgow on January 28...
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Nevis pledges continued support for cricket development
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
 CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Junior Minister of Youth and Sports in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), Laughton Brandy, while meeting with the newly elected Executive Members of the Nevis Cricket Association (NCA)
on Monday gave an assurance that the government will continue to support the
development of cricket...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Australia made a clean sweep of their three match
series against the West Indies with a seven-wicket victory over the tourists in
the final cricket Test at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday...
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Warne reported for dissent in final Test against West Indies
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne was on Monday
reported for dissent by the match umpires during the third cricket Test against
the West Indies at Adelaide Oval, Cricket Australia said...
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Lara gives 'farewell' wave in final Australian Test
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): West Indian batting superstar Brian Lara gave an
indication Monday that he has played his final cricket Test match in Australia
with a prolonged farewell wave of his bat to the crowd after his second innings
at Adelaide Oval...
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Lara or Tendulkar: Who is the best?
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia: From batsmen to bowlers, and topping it off with commentators,
all acknowledge Brian Lara greatness as the Trinidadian world record holder
successfully graduated from being a Prince to King this weekend in the third and
final Test in the Frank Worrall series against Australia...
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Guadeloupe-born Pérec donates gold medal kit to the IAAF
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Two days after Bahamian Tonique Williams-Darling turned over her Helsinki gold medal winning bodysuit to the IAAF humanitarian project Athletics for a Better World, Marie-José Pérec,
a Guadeloupe-born French sprinter donated her 1995 kit to the project...
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Monday, November 28, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia, Nov 28 (AFP) - The West Indies were tumbling to an apparent
fourth-day defeat against Australia in the third and final cricket Test at
Adelaide Oval on Monday...
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Lara's record-breaking climb to cricket greatness
Monday, November 28, 2005
 ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP):
Record scoring feats come consummately for the 'Prince' of cricket, West Indian
batting genius Brian Lara. The 36-year-old Trinidad left-hander plastered
Australia's premier bowlers to become the greatest run-getter in Test cricket
during the third Adelaide Test Saturday...
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West Indies' exciting new talent Bravo wants to be
the best
Monday, November 28, 2005
 ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): West Indian Dwayne Bravo says he wants to be known as one of the game's best all-rounders
after taking 6-84 in the third cricket Test against Australia at Adelaide Oval
on Sunday. The exciting 22-year-old Trinidad all-rounder looked an immense
talent coming off his second innings 113 to star with the ball on Sunday...
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Carib Beer Series Day 2: Richards’ maiden century gives Barbados advantage
Monday, November 28, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Dale Richards stroked a fine first-class maiden century to help Barbados to, first innings points over Guyana on day two of their opening round Carib
Beer Series match at the Everest Cricket Club on Saturday...
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West Indies Youth to tour Pakistan
Monday, November 28, 2005
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: The West Indies Youth team will travel to Pakistan in February to play a five-match limited-over series against the hosts, prior to taking part in the International Cricket Council (ICC)
Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka...
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West Indies’ Collins eyeing come-back
Monday, November 28, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbadian fast bowler Pedro Collins is hoping to
recover from a back injury in time to represent the West Indies in next
February’s tour of New Zealand...
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Bad weather stalls trans-Atlantic rowing race to Antigua
Monday, November 28, 2005
LONDON, England (AFP): Bad weather Saturday forced the postponement of a non-stop 2,550-mile
rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean, the event's British organisers said...
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Williams-Darling donates golden suit to the IAAF
Monday, November 28, 2005
MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Bahamas’ World and Olympic 400-metres champion Tonique Williams-Darling has donated her gold medal suit to the International Association of Athletics Foundation (IAAF)
humanitarian project Athletics for a Better World...
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Aussies chase Lara-fuelled West Indies' total
Saturday, November 26, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Justin Langer
fell for 99 four balls from stumps in a late blow for Australia after Brian
Lara stole the show for the West Indies with a double-century to become Test
cricket's all-time leading runscorer in the third Adelaide Test Saturday...
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Lara closes on Test record against Aussies
Friday, November 25, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Brian Lara was on the brink of eclipsing Allan
Border's world record for most runs in Test cricket after a majestic
double-century against Australia on the opening day of the final Test at
Adelaide Oval Friday...
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Lara laments West Indies losing run as world record beckons
Friday, November 25, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Brian Lara, on the cusp of becoming the greatest
run-scorer in Test cricket, laments that he is chasing personal glory in a
losing West Indian cricket team...
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Aussies guard against 'dead rubber syndrome' with beaten West Indies
Friday, November 25, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Ricky Ponting is demanding that his Australian team banish the "dead-rubber
syndrome" mentality as they attempt to complete a three-Test sweep over the
hapless West Indies here on Friday...
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West Indies lack spin options for final Test
Friday, November 25, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): The West Indies will rely on skipper Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan
as their threadbare spin options against Australia in this weekend's final
cricket Test on a wearing Adelaide Oval pitch...
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Thursday, November 24, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Australian wicketkeeping greats Adam Gilchrist and Ian Healy are helping in the education behind the stumps of West Indies' rising star Denesh
Ramdin...
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Warne fears Lara may cut loose in final Test
Thursday, November 24, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Shane Warne fears Brian Lara will soon unleash his
superb batting skills and an overdue big score might come in the third Test
starting here on Friday...
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Gayle to miss final Test after medical procedure
Thursday, November 24, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Opening batsman Chris Gayle will miss the West
Indies' final cricket Test against Australia starting at the Adelaide Oval on
Friday after having a corrective medical procedure, a team spokesman said
Wednesday...
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Stick to the men in the middle for lbw verdicts, says Chanderpaul
Thursday, November 24, 2005
HOBART, Australia: West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul said on Monday that he would rather see umpires make their own decisions when it comes to lbw
situations...
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A cautious Bolt back on the track
Thursday, November 24, 2005
 KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica’s 19-year-old sprint phenomenon, Usain Bolt,
is back on the track doing his regular duties under the guidance of coach Glen
Mills his manager confirmed. Bolt, who holds the world junior 200-metres
record, was involved in motor vehicle accident at the weekend on Wednesday...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): The West Indies' luckless tour of Australia suffered
another blow Tuesday when batsman Marlon Samuels flew home suffering a knee
injury...
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West Indies can only wonder as Australia ditch Clarke
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): The beaten West Indies tourists must be bemused at
Australia's sacking of Michael Clarke after two comprehensive Test victories...
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Ponting applauds fighting West Indies
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
HOBART, Australia: Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who helped his team retain the Frank Worrell Trophy, said he was impressed by the fighting effort displayed
by the West Indies on the final two days of the second Test in Hobart on Monday...
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Powell, Rampaul ruled out of Trinidad’s Carib Beer squad
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago will be without services of Ricardo Powell and Ravi Rampaul for the forthcoming Carib
Beer Series four-day tournament, due to injuries...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
LONDON, England: Trinidad & Tobago are
now officially in the World Cup after FIFA rejected Bahrain's appeal to replay
the Asian/CONCACAF playoff second leg game...
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Curtly Ambrose’s home in Antigua robbed
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Former West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose had
several valuables, including the keys to his jeep, stolen from his home,
according to a report in the Antigua Sun newspaper Monday...
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Jamaica’s Hall hits hat-trick for Chesterfield
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
LONDON, England: A hat-trick from Jamaican international Paul Hall inspired
Chesterfield to a 4-2 win over Bristol City in the English League One on
Saturday...
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Monday, November 21, 2005
HOBART, Australia (AFP): Australia
mopped up a nine-wicket victory over the West Indies to claim the second
cricket Test and retain the Frank Worrell Trophy series at Bellerive Oval here
Monday...
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Bravo dedicates fighting hundred to Trinidad's World Cup team
Monday, November 21, 2005
HOBART, Australia (AFP): Dwayne Bravo dedicated his fighting century against
Australia in the second cricket Test to the victorious Trinidad and Tobago World
Cup football team here on Sunday...
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Cuba on target at world amateur boxing finals
Monday, November 21, 2005
MIANYANG, China (AFP): Cuba put themselves in pole position to seize the overall
title Saturday as five of their boxers fought their way into the finals of the
world amateur championships here...
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Trinidad & Tobago ready to make their mark in first World Cup
Monday, November 21, 2005
MANAMA, Bahrain: Trinidad and Tobago, who
last week became the second English-speaking Caribbean nation to qualify for World Cup
finals, plan to make their mark in the tournament next summer...
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Jamaica’s Bolt recovers from motor vehicle accident
Monday, November 21, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: World junior 200 metres
record holder Usain Bolt of Jamaica is reportedly recovering from minor
scratches sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Kingston on Saturday...
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Bravo as West Indies force Aussies to chase last-day Test win
Sunday, November 20, 2005
HOBART, Australia (AFP): Dwayne Bravo
scored a fighting century and shared in the West Indies' second best
seventh-wicket partnership to defy Australia's bid for a quick kill in the
second cricket Test at Bellerive Oval here Sunday...
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Bravo dedicates fighting hundred to Trinidad's World Cup team
Sunday, November 20, 2005
HOBART, Australia (AFP): Dwayne Bravo dedicated his fighting century against
Australia in the second cricket Test to the victorious Trinidad and Tobago World
Cup football team here on Sunday...
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Lara's contentious dismissal opens door for Aussies
Sunday, November 20, 2005
HOBART, Australia (AFP): The questionable
dismissal of Test cricket's second-highest run scorer Brian Lara had the West
Indies facing defeat to Australia on the fourth day of the second cricket Test
at Bellerive Oval here Sunday...
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McGrath's double strike has West Indies in early trouble
Saturday, November 19, 2005
HOBART, Australia (AFP): The West Indies
lost both opening batsmen to Glenn McGrath in a disastrous start to removing a
formidable 257-run innings deficit against Australia in the second cricket
Test at Bellerive Oval here Saturday...
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Aussies add to West Indies' misery
Friday, November 18, 2005
HOBART, Australia (AFP): Matthew Hayden scored his fourth hundred in consecutive
Tests and opening partner Mike Hussey his maiden Test century as Australia made
merry with the West Indies' bowlers on Friday...
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Cuba draw first blood in boxing war with Russia
Friday, November 18, 2005
MIANYANG, China (AFP): Cuba drew first blood against world champions Russia on
Thursday in an explosive first clash by the two teams tipped to scoop up most of
the gold medals at the world amateur boxing championships here...
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Vincentian Mclean set to join New Canterbury
Friday, November 18, 2005
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Vincentian fast bowler Nixon McLean is poised to
continue his career in New Zealand. The former West Indian pacer has been
approached by New Canterbury to represent them in this season's domestic
championships...
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
HOBART, Australia (AFP): The West Indies
made a rocky start in perfect batting conditions after winning the toss on the
opening day of the second cricket Test against Australia at Bellerive Oval
here Thursday...
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Trinidad beat Bahrain for place in 2006 World Cup
Thursday, November 17, 2005
MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago will appear in their first ever World
Cup finals after staging a remarkable comeback to beat Bahrain 1-0 here on
Wednesday...
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Trinidad explodes with World Cup joy
Thursday, November 17, 2005
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Thousands danced in the streets, jumped on car
roofs and brought traffic to a standstill in Port-of-Spain on Wednesday after
Trinidad and Tobago clinched a place in the World Cup finals for the first time...
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Cuba, Russia roll on amid feeble opposition
Thursday, November 17, 2005
MIANYANG, China (AFP): Cuba and Russia moved closer to a titanic showdown for
the overall title as fighters from both nations swept aside feeble opposition at
the world amateur boxing championships here Wednesday...
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Grenada's Roberts pleased with Wigan’s progress
Thursday, November 17, 2005
LONDON, England: Grenadian
international Jason Roberts says Wigan is relishing life in their first stint
in the premiership this season, but revealed that they must continue to play at
the same level in order to remain in the top flight...
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New Zealand crush Jamaica to take Tri-nation netball
title
Thursday, November 17, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: New Zealand's senior netballers defeated Caribbean
giants Jamaica 67-32 to capture the Tri-nation Series crown at the National
Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston on Tuesday...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Brad Hodge is expected to make his long-awaited
Test debut on Thursday as Australia look to wrap up their Test cricket series
against the struggling West Indies in the second Hobart Test...
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Hinds advises Gayle to play his shots
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
HOBART, Australia: A suggestion from cricket journalists in Australia that West
Indies aggressive opener Chris Gayle should limit his batting style for the
second Test, was not endorsed by a fellow teammate...
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Chanderpaul backs Lara’s come back
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
HOBART, Australia: West Indies captain
Shivnarine Chanderpaul has dismissed critics who have suggested that batting
maestro Brian Lara will struggle throughout the rest of the series...
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McGrath respectful of batting 'bunny' Lara
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
HOBART, Australia (AFP): Glenn McGrath may have taken Brian Lara's wicket
14 times in Tests but the Australian pace spearhead is deeply respectful of the
West Indian batting superstar...
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Home help can see Bahrain on their way against Trinidad and Tobago
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP): Bahrain are looking forward to capitalising on an away
goal advantage and the benefit of playing at home in the crucial second leg of
their two-leg World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday...
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Commentary: West Indies camp reflects gloom and doom
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
In contrast to the optimism preceding the opening Test in Brisbane, the mood now
coming out of the West Indies camp in Australia reflects gloom and doom...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
MIANYANG, China (AFP): Joint favorites Cuba were off to a quick start at the
senior world amateur boxing championships by winning five matches out of six on
the first day of the preliminary rounds on Sunday...
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Jamaica beat Barbados in Tri-nation netball series
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica’s senior netballers registered a comfortable 51-36
win over Barbados in the opening game of the Tri-nation series at the National
Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, Saturday evening...
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Samuels changing batting approach
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
MELBOURNE, Australia: West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has decided to take
a different route to the way he bats. The gifted right-hander returns to
the Caribbean side after a two-year absence from Test cricket and he said
batting patiently is the most important thing now...
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Beenhakker confident despite Trinidad’s first leg
below-par performance
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Leo Beenhakker, the
head coach of Trinidad and Tobago, is optimistic about the Caribbean side’s
chances, despite Saturday's draw at the Hasely Crawford Stadium with Bahrain
in Port of Spain...
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Yorke still keeping it positive
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and
Tobago's striker Dwight Yorke is still confident in his team's chances of
reaching next year's FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany, despite playing to a
1-1 draw in the first leg of their qualifying play-off match at home with
Bahrain...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): The West Indies' three-day tour match with Victoria
petered out in a draw here on Sunday. The tourists were dismissed for 302,
trailing Victoria's massive first innings of 571 by 269, when both captains
agreed to end the match...
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Chanderpaul urges patience for West Indies batsmen ahead of Test
Monday, November 14, 2005
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): Captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has called on his
West Indies team to curb their batting flamboyance ahead of the second cricket
Test against Australia, starting in Hobart on Thursday...
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Warne wants MacGill for next West Indies Test
Monday, November 14, 2005
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): Shane Warne on Friday urged selectors to bring in fellow leg-spinner Stuart MacGill
to bamboozle the West Indies in next week's second cricket Test in Hobart...
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Bahrain and Trinidad battle to 1-1 draw
Monday, November 14, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): The tiny Gulf nation of Bahrain got off to a
strong start in the first leg of their Germany 2006 Intercontinental playoffs,
battling to a 1-1 draw with Trinidad and Tobago...
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Favorites Cuba and Russia lie low at amateur boxing championships
Monday, November 14, 2005
MIANYANG, China (AFP): Joint favorites Cuba and Russia kept a low profile while
boxers from elsewhere prepared to fight for scraps as the world amateur boxing
championships opened here Saturday...
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Friday, November 11, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Australia dropped struggling batsman Simon Katich and gave all-rounder Andrew Symonds
a chance to revive his Test career Thursday as selectors named a 12-man squad
for the second Test against the West Indies...
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Burrell rooting for Trinidad
Friday, November 11, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica: As expected, Caribbean Football Union (CFU) and CONCACAF
executive Captain Horace Burrell said he's booking his flight to trip
Port-of-Spain for Trinidad and Tobago's first-leg World Cup play-off clash with
Bahrain on Saturday...
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Thursday, November 10, 2005
MELBOURNE, Australia: West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says the
Caribbean side must bounce back from their 379-run defeat to Australia with a
win in their upcoming tour match against Victoria beginning on Friday...
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Watson out of Australian team for remaining West Indies Tests
Thursday, November 10, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Australian all-rounder Shane Watson will miss the
international cricket season after undergoing surgery on a shoulder injury
sustained in the first Test against the West Indies, Cricket Australia said
Wednesday...
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Trinidad and Tobago won't change strategy against Bahrain
Thursday, November 10, 2005
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago won't be making any strategical changes for Saturday's 2006 World Cup play-off against Bahrain, insisted coach Leo
Beenhakker...
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World Baseball Classic organizers ready if Cuba does not play
Thursday, November 10, 2005
INDIAN WELLS, USA (AFP): Major League Baseball officials have contingency plans
if the Cuban government rejects an offer to play in March's World Baseball
Classic that include inviting Colombia or Nicaragua instead...
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Cuba seek to regain world amateur boxing crown
Thursday, November 10, 2005
MIANYANG, China (AFP): Cuba will be looking to put Russia in their proper place as the boys from the Caribbean seek to regain their place atop amateur boxing's
pecking order at the senior world championships here from Saturday...
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Henry magic saves French honour in Martinique charity match against Costa Rica
Thursday, November 10, 2005
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AFP): A magical backheel from Thierry Henry lifted
France to a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Costa Rica in an international
friendly here on Wednesday...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Opening batsman Justin Langer will miss Australia's
second Test against the West Indies next week as he struggles to recover from a
broken rib, Cricket Australia said Tuesday...
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Australia completes sweep over Jamaica in netball series
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Former world champions Australia completed a 3-0 sweep
over Caribbean powerhouse Jamaica in their three-match senior netball Test
series at the National Indoor Sports Centre on Monday...
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Dominican Republic pitcher claims US baseball award
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
NEW YORK, USA (AFP): Dominican Republic right-handed pitcher Bartolo Colon of
the Los Angeles Angels was named Tuesday as winner of the 2005 American League
Cy Young award as the circuit's outstanding pitcher this year...
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Tuesday, November 8, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Despite media reports of Asafa Powell's uncertainty in competing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Australia, the Jamaican world record holder over 100m
has stated that he will be there...
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Grenada's Roberts on target as Wigan climb to second
Monday, November 7, 2005
LONDON, England: Grenadian international Jason Roberts came back from injury to help his Wigan
Athletic side beat Portsmouth in the Barclays Premiership game on Saturday...
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Australia beat Jamaica in first netball Test
Monday, November 7, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Former world champions Australia recovered from an early scare to defeat Caribbean giants Jamaica 47-38 in the first of their three netball Test
series at the National Indoor Centre in Kingston on Friday...
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Commentary: Umpiring error spoils contest in first Test
Monday, November 7, 2005
Another significant umpiring error spoilt what was building up to be an intriguing contest between Brian Lara and the Australian bowling attack. Lara showed patience and determination in adding 60 with Devon Smith as the tourists consolidated following the loss of Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh
Sarwan...
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Sunday, November 6, 2005
 BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Brett Lee
and Nathan Bracken returned best Test figures to spearhead Australia to one of
their biggest victories over the West Indies, winning the first cricket Test
by 379 runs with a day to spare at the Gabba here Sunday. The heaviest
West Indian Test loss by runs to Australia was 382 in Sydney in 1968-69...
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Aussies grind down West Indies
Saturday, November 5, 2005
 BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Matthew Hayden
and Ricky Ponting plundered centuries and Shane Warne conjured five wickets as
Australia took a strangle-hold on the first Test against the West Indies at
the Gabba here Saturday. The Australians were contemplating the timing
of a declaration with a massive 508-run lead...
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McGrath has West Indies under the hammer
Friday, November 4, 2005
 BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Glenn
McGrath took four wickets to have the West Indies under the hammer at 182 for
six, chasing Australia's imposing first innings total of 435, at the close of
the second day in the opening cricket Test at the Gabba here Friday.
Australia's tail-enders added 95 runs to their overnight total of 340 for seven...
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Friday, November 4, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): The West Indies
paid dearly for not delivering a knockout blow as the Australian tail wagged
merrily on the second day of the opening cricket Test at the Gabba here Friday...
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Collymore bemoans lost opportunity against Aussies
Friday, November 4, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Corey Collymore appealed for more consistency from
his fellow West Indian fast bowlers after playing a starring role on the opening
day of the first Test against Australia here on Thursday...
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Ponting's lone-hand century as West Indies take it to Aussies
Thursday, November 3, 2005
 BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Skipper Ricky
Ponting scored his fourth century in four Tests against the West Indies to
play a lone hand as Australia struggled against the tourists in the first Test
at the Gabba here on Thursday. Ponting claimed his 24th century in his
95th Test -- his fourth in consecutive Tests against the West Indies...
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West Indies' Test plan backfires on the toss of a coin
Thursday, November 3, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Shivnarine
Chanderpaul's decision to send Australia in to bat looked set to rebound on
the West Indies with only one wicket in the first session of the opening
cricket Test at the Gabba here Thursday...
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West Indies ready for the challenge, says Samuels
Thursday, November 3, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia: West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels feels the
Caribbean side can present a challenge to the mighty Australians in their
forthcoming Test series, despite the criticisms from former Test great Michael
Holding...
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Chanderpaul undaunted by West Indies' series task against Aussies
Thursday, November 3, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul put on a brave face
Wednesday as he confronted the task his West Indies team have of beating
Australia in a cricket series here for the first time in 12 years...
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Bracken's swing option wins out over MacGill's spin for
West Indies Test
Thursday, November 3, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Australia have matched an expected pace barrage by picking swing bowler Nathan Bracken over second leg-spinner Stuart MacGill
for the opening cricket Test against the West Indies starting Thursday...
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Langer to lead Prime Minister's XI against West Indies
Thursday, November 3, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Test veteran Justin Langer was on Thursday named to
lead the Prime Minister's XI team against the touring West Indies in Canberra in
a one-day cricket match on December 2...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia: West Indies trio, Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Daren Powell, who sustained minor injuries in the first warm-up tour match in Australia, have
all been declared fit to play in Thursday's first Test match against the hosts at the Gabba
in Brisbane...
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Bowling greats at odds over West Indies' chances against Aussies
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Bowling greats Courtney Walsh and Michael Holding
differ on the chances of the West Indies making a fist of their three-Test
cricket series against Australia, getting underway here Thursday...
read more...
McGrath feels he has the edge over Lara
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia: Australian strike bowler Glenn McGrath believes he has the edge over West Indies' double record holder Brian Lara and is looking forward to renewing
their rivalry in the forthcoming Test series...
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Langer ruled out of West Indies Test for Hussey to make debut
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Injured Justin Langer was Tuesday ruled out of
Thursday's first Test against the West Indies making way for Mike Hussey to make
his Test debut for Australia...
read more...
Simmons fights deportation
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
HARARE, Zimbabwe: Former West Indies all-rounder Phil Simmons has sought the services of a lawyer, who appeared in the high court in Harare to settle a dispute between
Simmons and the Zimbabwean cricket board...
read more...
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Coach Bennett King Monday defended his West Indies
cricketers against claims by fast bowling great Michael Holding of an attitude
problem, just days before the opening Test here with Australia...
read more...
West Indies aren’t focused, says Holding
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia: West Indies fast bowling legend Michael Holding has accused the current West
Indies team of having an attitude problem that will ruin their cause of
challenging Australia in the impending three-Test series...
read more...
Lara’s form in question ahead of Test series
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia: The current form of West Indies star batsman is the
main concern ahead of the forthcoming three Test series against Australia 'Down
Under'...
read more...
Jamaican Francis among the elite
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican Damien Francis, who recently moved to Wigan Athletic from Norwich earlier this year, was confirmed as the Premiership's fifth best distributor this season, according to the league's data organization, Opta
Sportsdata...
read more...
Jamaica’s King scores for Watford
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
LONDON, England: Reggae Boy Marlon King helped Watford to an easy 3-1 victory over Wolverhampton
in the Coca-Cola Championship on Saturday...
read more...
Monday, October 31, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels followed up
his record 257 with five wickets as Queensland batted out for a draw in their
four-day cricket tour match at Allan Border Field here Sunday...
read more...
West Indies have bowlers to rattle Aussies, says coach
Monday, October 31, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): The West Indies have the bowlers to unsettle
Australia's batsmen in their coming three-Test series, coach Bennett King said
Friday...
read more...
Bermuda misses finals despite draw with Kenya
Monday, October 31, 2005
WINDHOEK, Namibia: Despite playing to a draw with Kenya in their Intercontinental Cup semi-final match at Windhoek
last Tuesday, Bermuda failed to make the finals...
read more...
Barbados name Hinds their new captain
Monday, October 31, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Following the sudden exit of former skipper Courtney
Browne, Barbados has announced a new captain to lead the national team...
read more...
Jamaica’s McFarlane joins Sanchez training camp
Monday, October 31, 2005
CALIFORNIA, USA: Olympic 400m hurdles silver medalist Danny McFarlane of
Jamaica has joined the training camp of Olympic gold medal winner Felix Sanchez
of Dominican Republic in an attempt to get back to last year's form...
read more...
Friday, October 28, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Paceman Daren Powell gave the touring West Indies a
fillip with four top-order wickets to help dismiss a strong Queensland lineup
for 323 on the first day of their warm-up four-day game here on Thursday...
read more...
Hinds out of first Test with broken finger
Friday, October 28, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia: The West Indies team suffered a setback ahead of next week's first Test with Australia, following the withdrawal of Wavell
Hinds...
read more...
Thursday, October 27, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Bennett King will make West Indies a world cricket power again, Australian allrounder
Shane Watson said Monday. King has the challenging job of rebuilding the ailing Windies
after a decade of decline...
read more...
Sarwan and McGrath the best of friends
Thursday, October 27, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): West Indian vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan and Australian paceman
Glenn McGrath were once at each other's throats, but now they are the best of
friends...
read more...
India defeat West Indies in Hong Kong Cricket Sixes finals
Thursday, October 27, 2005
HONG KONG: India defeated the West Indies by four wickets in the Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes tournament finals at the Kowloon
Cricket Club on Sunday...
read more...
Smith’s century leads fight back for Bermuda in Intercontinental Cup semi-final day two
Thursday, October 27, 2005
WINDHOEK, Namibia: Bermuda got a polished undefeated hundred from their
captain Clay Smith Monday to fend off Kenya's victory push, but the Africans
still enjoy a dominant position after two days of their Intercontinental Cup
semi-final at Windhoek...
read more...
Puerto Rico's heavyweight champ Ruiz calls for stricter doping controls
Thursday, October 27, 2005
LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP): World Boxing Association heavyweight world champion
Puerto Rico's John Ruiz has called on the sanctioning body to enforce stricter
anti-doping controls...
read more...
Jamaica’s Burton praised by manager
Thursday, October 27, 2005
LONDON, England: Rotherham United manager Mick Harford complimented Reggae
Boy Deon Burton for his efforts in the side's 2-2 draw with Swansea City on
Saturday...
read more...
Jamaican Fuller on target for Southampton against Millwall
Thursday, October 27, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican international Ricardo Fuller got back on the score sheet to help Southampton to a 2-0 victory against a 10-man Millwall
side in the Coca-Cola Championship on Saturday...
read more...
Monday, October 24, 2005
 BRISBANE, Australia: Former West Indies and Trinidad
& Tobago captain Brian Lara is optimistic that the Caribbean side will present a
better showing against Australia than the World XI, when both teams clashes for
the Frank Worrall Trophy next month. "The West Indies will perform better
than the World XI," Lara said...
read more...
Report: Lara test cricket’s biggest loser
Monday, October 24, 2005
 BRISBANE, Australia: West Indies batting
star Brian Lara has earned the distinction of being Test cricket's biggest
loser, according to reports in Australia. The 36-year-old left-hander
holds the world record for the highest individual scores in Test and first class
cricket, but the Trinidadian has been on the losing end more than any other
cricketer...
read more...
Bermuda struggle against Kenya in Intercontinental Cup semi-final
day one
Monday, October 24, 2005
WINDHOEK, Namibia: Bermuda's cricketers were left struggling, after Kenya's captain, Steve Tikolo powered his team into a commanding position with a stunning double century on the first day of the Intercontinental Cup semi-final
at Windhoek...
read more...
Jamaican-born Cunningham to lead Rapids in MLS playoffs
Monday, October 24, 2005
DENVER, Colorado: Jamaican-born Jeff Cunningham will lead his team Colorado Rapids in the first leg of their home-and-away US Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup Playoffs against FC Dallas at the Invesco
Field on Saturday...
read more...
Jamaica’s Williams wins Real Salt Lake MVP award
Monday, October 24, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY: Jamaican international Andy Williams captured the Real
Salt Lake 2005 Honda Most Valuable Player award at the club's Inaugural Season
annual award ceremony...
read more...
Friday, October 21, 2005
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): West Indies coach Bennett King said he expected
out-of-form batsman Brian Lara's class to shine through in the upcoming Test
series against Australia...
read more...
West Indies captain upbeat ahead of series
Friday, October 21, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul, whose team recently received a boost with
the return of three of its top batsmen, believes the Caribbean squad can
challenge Australia in their upcoming tour 'down under'...
read more...
West Indies coach King to seeks help against spin duo
Friday, October 21, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia: West Indies senior team coach Bennett King is set to call on Australian local leg-spinners to help his side prepare for the spin duo of Shane Warne and Stuart MacGill,
according to reports from Australia...
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King looks to youth to challenge Australia
Friday, October 21, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia: As the intense Test series between the West Indies and
world champions Australia draws closer, coach Bennett King is warning the home
side of his young bowlers' abilities...
read more...
Jamaica’s Fuller booed by fans in Saints game
Friday, October 21, 2005
 LONDON, England: Harry Redknapp,
the manager of English Coca Cola Championship Leagues side Southampton has come
to the defence of Jamaican Ricardo Fuller, after he was abused by a small
section of fans during a Saint game. The tricky striker was shamefully
booed and verbally abused by a small group of supporters...
read more...
Thursday, October 20, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The West Indies will be missing a vital player in Pedro Collins when they face Australia in three Test matches later this month, according to coach Bennett King and captain Shivnarine
Chanderpaul...
read more...
Lara at number two in the world
Thursday, October 20, 2005
LONDON, England: West Indies batting star Brian Lara climbed up one place to the number two position in the latest LG ICC
world batting rankings...
read more...
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The West Indies team, minus Devon Smith, Wavell Hinds and
Chris Gayle left the Caribbean on Monday for Australia where they will play the
hosts in a three-Test series...
read more...
West Indies coach King confident ahead of Australia tour
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: West Indies head coach Bennett King is full of
confidence ahead of his team's upcoming three Test series with world champions
Australia...
read more...
Sarwan tops KFC Cup batting averages
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: West Indies’ vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan topped the batting averages in the just-concluded KFC Cup West Indies limited-overs
championship...
read more...
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
LONDON, England: Grenada and Wigan Athletic top striker, Jason Roberts,
has accepted the opportunity to become the ambassador for the 2005 Kick Racism
out of Football campaign...
read more...
Jamaica’s Latty still wrestles with injuries
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
LINCOLN, USA: One of Jamaica’s best ever junior sprinters, Tesfa Latty is
still battling with injuries and could struggle to complete yet another season
at the collegiate level...
read more...
Monday, October 17, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: West Indies senior team captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul is bursting
with confidence ahead of the team's tour of Australia later this year, now that
he has three of the region's best batsmen back in the team...
read more...
West Indies team depart for Hong Kong on Tuesday
Monday, October 17, 2005
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: A seven member West Indies team will depart on Tuesday for the upcoming Hong Kong Cricket Sixes two-day tournament which bowls off next Saturday at the Kowloon
Cricket Club...
read more...
Controversy continues over Nevis Cricket Association
president
Monday, October 17, 2005
 CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Following a dramatic
in-house coup that saw Mr Keith Scarborough voted out as the President of the
Nevis Cricket Association (NCA), a report by the law firm Daniel, Brantley
& Associates states that the meeting was held unconstitutionally and
advises that Scarborough is still the lawfully elected President...
read more...
Antigua-Barbuda cricket team returns from successful European tour
Monday, October 17, 2005
ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda's national cricket team is back in
the Caribbean, following their impressive tour of the UK and Holland. During their outstanding tour, the team defeated the Dutch
national team, who recently qualified for a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup,
a highly fancied Bangladesh 'A' team as well as the Holland 'A' team...
read more...
Beenhakker praises Trinidad after Mexico win
Monday, October 17, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Leo Beenhakker, the head coach of the Trinidad & Tobago national football team has praised his lads for their heroic 2-1 victory over CONCACAF
giants Mexico in their World Cup qualifier clash on Wednesday night...
read more...
Sydney FC coach to check Yorke’s fitness before next game
Monday, October 17, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia: Pierre Littbarski, the head coach of Australian A-League side Sydney FC will be keeping a close eye on the fitness of star striker,
Trinidadian Dwight Yorke, when he arrives in Melbourne on Saturday...
read more...
Grenada's Roberts sends Wigan to second place in the English Premier League
Monday, October 17, 2005
 LONDON, England: Grenadian international Jason Roberts' first half strike was enough to give new-boys Wigan
a surprising 1-0 win over a frustrated Newcastle United in the English Premier
League on Saturday. Roberts gave his team the lead five minutes before the
break, following a build up from back to front...
read more...
Jamaican-born Grant will train with Wolfpack despite accusations
Monday, October 17, 2005
RALEIGH, USA: Jamaican-born Gavin Grant, a sophomore basketball player at North Carolina State will be a part the team for its first practice, a release from the head coach Herb Sendek
said...
read more...
Friday, October 14, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: In-form West Indies middle-order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan hit his third century in the KFC Cup West Indies limited-overs championship to lead Guyana to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Leeward Islands in semifinal one of these championships at Bourda
Oval on Wednesday...
read more...
West Indies 'A' to host England next February
Friday, October 14, 2005
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: The West Indies A-team will play host to their English counterparts during a month-long tour of the region in February, a report from
the West Indies Cricket Board said on Wednesday...
read more...
Lara blames poor form on lack of match practice
Friday, October 14, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia: West Indies batting maestro Brian Lara has blamed his poor
performance in the Super Series One-Day Internationals on lack of match practice...
read more...
Trinidad beat Mexico to stay in World Cup hunt
Friday, October 14, 2005
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Stern John scored twice to lift Trinidad and Tobago to a 2-1 victory over regional powerhouse Mexico here Wednesday, keeping the "Soca
Warriors" fighting for a 2006 World Cup berth...
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Durham sign West Indies veteran Gibson
Friday, October 14, 2005
LONDON, England (AFP): Newly-promoted Durham on Thursday boosted their fast bowling options by signing veteran West Indies paceman Ottis
Gibson on a two-year deal from Leicestershire...
read more...
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago has the edge over Guatemala as both
football teams conclude World Cup 2006 North American qualifying with home
matches Wednesday knowing the dream of reaching Germany will end for one...
read more...
Downswell believes the early goal proved too much for his Reggae Boyz against Australia
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaica’s senior football head coach Wendell Downswell expressed his disappointment
after his team’s 5-0 defeat to Australia in a friendly international at Craven
Cottage in London, England...
read more...
Sanchez donates Olympic wristband to the IAAF
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
 MONTE-CARLO, France: Dominican Republic track and field superstar Felix Sanchez donated his famous 2000 Sydney Olympic Games wristband to the IAAF. The 2004 Olympic 400m Hurdles champion wore the band every time
he raced between Sydney and Athens as well as his races at the 2001 and 2003
World Championships...
read more...
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
LUCAS STREET, Barbados: David Williams, the coach of a fruitless Trinidad and Tobago team in the 2005 KFC Cup West Indies limited-overs
championship, said mental lapses were the reasons for his team’s early cup exit...
read more...
Monday, October 10, 2005
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): A Cuban baseball team that was to participate in a qualifying tournament at Puerto Rico for the Central American and Caribbean Games has not received visas from the US government, Cuba's Institute of Sports (INDER)
said Thursday...
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Cuban claims new football head juggling record
Monday, October 10, 2005
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): A former Cuban football player set a new football head
juggling record Saturday, making 146 consecutive touches in 30 seconds,
according to event organizers...
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Aussies warm up for World Cup with 5-0 win over Jamaica
Monday, October 10, 2005
LONDON, England: Australia warmed up for next month's home-and-home
playoff against the fifth-placed team from South America with a convincing
friendly victory over Jamaica at Fulham's Craven Cottage on Sunday...
read more...
Fruitless exit for defending champions Trinidad & Tobago
in KFC Cup
Monday, October 10, 2005
LUCAS STREET, Barbados: Playing
without regular skipper Daren Ganga, defending champions Trinidad & Tobago
exited the 2005 KFC Cup West Indies limited-overs championship without a
victory, after Guyana defeated them by eight-wickets in their fifth and final
preliminary round fixture on Sunday...
read more...
Friday, October 7, 2005
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): A Cuban team will compete in next March's inaugural World
Baseball Classic at Puerto Rico but will arrive only 24 hours before their
opening game, Cuban officials told state-run media here Thursday...
read more...
ESPN responsible for USVI blackout, Innovative apologizes to MLB
Friday, October 7, 2005
WEST PALM BEACH, USA: Following an admission by ESPN that it was to blame for the television blackout of Major League Baseball playoff games in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Monday, Innovative Communication Corporation
on Thursday apologized to Major League Baseball for the error...
read more...
Gardner back in Jamaican squad for clash with Australia
Friday, October 7, 2005
LONDON, England: Bolton Wanderers' left winger Ricardo Gardner was named
in Jamaica's 18-man squad to take on Australia in a friendly international at
Craven Cottage in London on Sunday...
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Thursday, October 6, 2005
PANAMA CITY, Panama: Trinidad and Tobago, the only Caribbean team in contention for a place in next summer's World Cup tournament in Germany, arrived in Panama on Tuesday to prepare for Saturday's CONCACAF
World Cup match against the hosts...
read more...
West Indies announces squad for Australian tour
Thursday, October 6, 2005
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: The West Indies cricket selectors have included batting star Brian Lara and Ramnaresh Sarwan in
a 15-member squad to tour Australia later this month...
read more...
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
 ST. JOHN'S, Antigua:
Antiguan businessman and developer Allen Stanford announced today the creation
of a unique regional cricket tournament that promises to revitalise the game of
cricket in the Caribbean, revive the waning spirits of West Indies cricket fans
everywhere and perhaps, most importantly, financially reward performances...
read more...
Defending champions Trinidad defeated again in President's Trophy second round
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
WILDEY, Barbados: Host Barbados handed defending champions Trinidad & Tobago their second defeat in as many days in second round action of President's Trophy limited overs
match at Banks Brewery on Tuesday...
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Windward Islands shock defending champions Trinidad in President's Trophy opener
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
LUCAS STREET, Barbados: Defending champions Trinidad and Tobago started the defence of their President's Trophy title on a losing note
following a 14 runs defeat to the Windward Islands at the Windward Sports Club
on Monday...
read more...
Major League Baseball accused of discrimination against Caribbean fans
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
ST. THOMAS, USVI: Innovative Cable TV on Tuesday charged Major League Baseball
with discriminating against baseball fans in the region by not allowing the
telecasts of the baseball playoffs...
read more...
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
MELBOURNE, Australia: West Indies batting maestro Brian Lara has been named vice-captain of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World XI for the Super Series, team director Sunil Gavaskar
announced on Saturday...
read more...
Dominican Republic baseball player found dead in Taiwan
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP): Mario Encarnacion, a professional baseball player from the Dominican Republic, was found dead in the dormitory of his Taiwanese team Macoto
Cobras on Monday, sports officials said...
read more...
Jamaicans Green and Thomas best Caribbean finishers in World Half Marathon
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
EDMONTON, Canada: Jamaicans Rupert Green and Tanica Thomas were the top Caribbean prospects at the 2005 IAAF
World Half Marathon Championships in Edmonton on Saturday...
read more...
US Virgin Islands is training venue for NBA’s victorious
Spurs
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
ST. THOMAS, USVI: NBA All-Star and St. Croix native Tim Duncan will introduce
his homeland to fellow teammates when the San Antonio Spurs travel to the US
Virgin Islands for the championship team’s 2005 training camp October 4 – 11...
read more...
Monday, October 3, 2005
NASSAU, Bahamas: World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling from
the Bahamas has been rewarded for her achievements by the country's government,
a report revealed on Thursday...
read more...
Jamaican Hall scores for Chesterfield in English Football League One
Monday, October 3, 2005
LONDON, England: Reggae Boy Paul Hall scored his third goal of the season
to help Chesterfield to a hard fought 2-1 victory over Colchester in a Coca-Cola
Football League One match on Saturday...
read more...
Trinidad's Yorke nabs winner for Sydney FC
Monday, October 3, 2005
SYDNEY, Austrialia (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago international Dwight Yorke left
Sydney FC with the perfect going-away present, scoring the winning goal in a 2-1
win over Perth Glory in Australia's A-League this weekend...
read more...
Friday, September 30, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams is calling on
the leaders of the region’s game to place more emphasis on youth in order to
restore cricket dignity in the Caribbean...
read more...
Grenadian Roberts confident in Wigan’s attack
Friday, September 30, 2005
LONDON, England: Grenadian International Jason Roberts is back to form and he is warning that Wigan Athletic will be a force to reckon
with in front of the net this season...
read more...
Gillingham manager has high praise for Trinidad’s Sancho
Friday, September 30, 2005
LONDON, England: Gillingham manager Neale Cooper praised the efforts of Trinidad and Tobago international Brent Sancho
for his game winner against Chesterfield in the English League One on Tuesday...
read more...
Thursday, September 29, 2005
TORONTO, Canada: West Indies fast-bowling legend Courtney Walsh, the first man to capture 500 wickets in Test cricket, revealed that he has been approached by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)
to be on a committee to be headed by Sir Gary Sobers...
read more...
Jamaican duo Taylor and Lawson to join West Indies training camp
Thursday, September 29, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Jamaican pacers, Jerome Taylor and Jermaine Lawson,
who have been struggling for fitness, are expected to play a role in the West
Indies training camp currently in progress in Barbados...
read more...
Jamaican Hayles on target again for Millwall
Thursday, September 29, 2005
LONDON, England: Reggae Boy Barry
Hayles punched in his fourth goal of the season to stretch struggling
Millwall's unbeaten run to four games in the Coca-Cola Football League
Championship on Tuesday...
read more...
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Brenton Parchment answered his called-up with an attacking half century as the Jamaica's President Cup team dismissed a Manchester Invitational XI by 61 runs at Windalco
Sports Club on Sunday...
read more...
Jamaica senior footballers set date with Guatemala
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: World Cup 1998 debutants Jamaica are slated to face
Guatemala in a friendly international at the Lockhart Stadium in Florida on
Saturday...
read more...
Kewell and Moore in Australian squad for Jamaican friendly
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Harry Kewell and Craig Moore were Monday included in a
25-man training squad ahead of Australia's football friendly with Jamaica in
London on October 9...
read more...
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
MONTE-CARLO, France: The Caribbean's top multi-athlete, Maurice Smith of Jamaica finished in the top 20 list of competitors for the 2005 IAAF
World Combined Events Challenge...
read more...
Monday, September 26, 2005
ST JOHN'S, Antigua: In preparation for the forthcoming tour of Australia,
the West Indies cricket selectors have invited 24 players to attend a training
camp in Barbados...
read more...
Lawson cleared to carry on bowling after suspect action probe
Monday, September 26, 2005
LONDON, England (AFP): West Indies quick Jermaine Lawson has been cleared to
carry on bowling after the International Cricket Council ruled that his bowling
action complies with the laws of the game...
read more...
Jamaican Dujon dismisses English pace attack
Monday, September 26, 2005
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Former West Indies and Jamaica wicketkeeper/batsman Jeffrey Dujon
believes the current English pace attack is no match for the stars of the 1980s
and early 90s...
read more...
Chanderpaul to lead Guyana in President’s Cup
Monday, September 26, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: West Indies senior team captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul will lead Guyana’s team in this year's Regional President’s Cup limited overs
cricket tournament...
read more...
Gayle called up to Johnnie Walker Super Series squad
Monday, September 26, 2005
LONDON, England: West Indies left handed opener Chris Gayle and Pakistan's captain Inzamam-ul-Haq have been called up to represent the Rest of the World in the Johnnie Walker Super Series against Australia in October, while India's vice captain Rahul Dravid,
has been added to the one-day squad...
read more...
Browne confirmed as Barbados captain for President’s Cup
Monday, September 26, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Unsettled West Indies wicketkeeper/ batsman Courtney
Browne has been chosen to lead Barbados in the upcoming Regional President's Cup
cricket tournament...
read more...
Spinner Sheikh gets call-up to Kenyan squad for ICC Cup tie against Bermuda
Monday, September 26, 2005
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP): Left-arm spin bowler Mohammed Sheikh was Friday selected in a 13-man Kenyan squad for the semi-final of the ICC
Intercontinental Cup against Bermuda in Namibia next month...
read more...
Reggae Boy Francis hits game winner for Wigan at Everton
Monday, September 26, 2005
LONDON, England: An early second-half strike from Jamaican international Damien Francis guided Wigan
Athletic to a stunning 1-0 win over Everton in the English Premiership on
Saturday...
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Jamaican Hayles hopes to keep scoring streak
Monday, September 26, 2005
LONDON, England: Millwall's in-form striker, Jamaica's Barry Hayles, is hoping to continue
in the goal-scoring form he has discovered in the last couple of matches...
read more...
King’s injury opens way for countryman Benjamin at Watford
Monday, September 26, 2005
LONDON, England: Reggae Boy Marlon King, who injured his hamstring in
Watford's 3-2 loss to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, will be out of action
until October...
read more...
Simpson explains nationality switch
Monday, September 26, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Former Jamaican champion, Brandon Simpson, the top 2005 Caribbean 400-metre runner,
has revealed his reason for switching allegiance...
read more...
Thursday, September 22, 2005
ST. GEORGE'S Grenada: Chairman of the Caricom Sub Committee on Cricket Dr. Keith
Mitchell and West Indies President Mr. Ken Gordon have both agreed that there
must be cohesiveness among all parties interested in West Indies Cricket for the
sport to move forward...
read more...
Trinidad’s Boucaud joins Aldershot Town on loan
Thursday, September 22, 2005
LONDON, England: Trinidad and Tobago international Andre Boucaud has joined English Nationwide Conference side Aldershot
Town on a three-month loan deal from League Two side Peterborough United...
read more...
Simpson quits running for Jamaica
Thursday, September 22, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Brandon Simpson, who anchored Jamaica to gold in the men's 4x400 metre final at the 2000 IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships in Santiago, Chile, will no longer compete
for this nation...
read more...
Langer tipped to replace Gayle at Worcestershire
Thursday, September 22, 2005
WORCESTER, England: West Indies left-handed opener Chris Gayle could be replaced by Australian opener Justin Langer at English County club Worcestershire
next season...
read more...
Opener Shah out of Kenya's squad for Intercontinental Cup against Bermuda
Thursday, September 22, 2005
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP): Opener Ravindu Shah is unlikely to return and play for Kenya in the upcoming ICC
Intercontinental Cup semi-finals in Namibia next month due to a niggling knee
injury, local officials said on Wednesday...
read more...
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
YOKOHAMA, Japan: Three regional athletes, Jamaicans Christopher Williams and Maurice Wignall, and Christine Amertil from the Bahamas,
were all top three finishers at the 2005 Seiko Super Track and Field meet in
Yokohama, Japan on Monday...
read more...
Jamaica’s Smith finishes fourteen at Decastar Combined Meeting in France
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
TALENCE, France: Jamaica's multi-athlete Maurice Smith was unable to maintain his impressive showing in the late stages of the Decastar Meeting, and had to settle for a low score on the second and final day in
Talence...
read more...
Monday, September 19, 2005
SHANGHAI, China: Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling, compatriot Chandra Sturrup and Jamaica's Christopher Williams recorded wins at the IAAF
2005 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix meeting at the Shanghai Stadium in China on
Saturday...
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Jamaica’s Smith in seventh position after first day at Decastar Combined Meeting in France
Monday, September 19, 2005
TALENCE, France: Jamaica's multi-athlete Maurice Smith is still in hunt to finish in the top half of the Decastar Meeting, the penultimate leg of the 2005 IAAF
World Combined Events Challenge...
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Reggae Boy Hayles scores again in Millwall's win
Monday, September 19, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican international Barry Hayles scored his second goal in as many games to guide Millwall
to a 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Sheffield Wednesday in an English Coca-Cola
Championship game played at Hillsborough on Saturday...
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Redknapp sees Jamaica's Fuller as a key player
Monday, September 19, 2005
LONDON, England: Southampton manager Harry Redknapp is confident that
Ricardo Fuller is the man to ease his team's striking dilemmas...
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Jamaican Hayles the hero for Millwall
Monday, September 19, 2005
LONDON, England: Millwall manager Colin Lee said he was about to pull striker Barry Hayles out of the team's latest Coca-Cola Championship game before the Jamaican punched in a stoppage-time
game winner last Tuesday night...
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Jamaica's Stephenson released by KC Wizards
Monday, September 19, 2005
KANSAS CITY, USA: US Major League Soccer (MLS) team Kansas City Wizards announced on Wednesday that Jamaican international Khari Stephenson was the man making room for Finnish national forward Antti Sumiala
on the team's roster...
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Friday, September 16, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's fast bowler Ravi Rampaul says his
focus now is to get back into the West Indies senior squad. The
20-year-old pace-man has been out of action since 2004...
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Williams-Darling to close season at Shanghai Grand Prix
Friday, September 16, 2005
SHANGHAI, China: Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling will close off her 2005 outdoor season this weekend at the 2005 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, China's first-ever IAAF-sanctioned
meeting...
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Rotherham manager expects more goals from Jamaica's Burton
Friday, September 16, 2005
LONDON, England: Rotherham United's manager Mick Harford is optimistic that his Jamaican international striker Deon Burton can continue scoring
all season...
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Jamaica’s King hits the net again for Watford
Friday, September 16, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican international Marlon King was on the score-sheet again for Watford, this time against Norwich, as his team continues their good early-season
form in the English Coca-Cola Championship...
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Thursday, September 15, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad Daren Ganga, the man who captained the West Indies
A-team in their recent tour of Sri Lanka, has been selected again to lead
Trinidad & Tobago’s cricket squad for the upcoming President's Trophy One-Day
tournament next month...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2005
 ST JOHN’S, ANTIGUA: The Antigua Hotel and Tourist Association (AHTA)
has announced that Rolex will be the title sponsor of its annual Antigua Sailing
Week. The Rolex Antigua Sailing Week, due for its 39th running from Sunday,
April 30, through Saturday, May 6, 2006, is an exciting addition to the Rolex
worldwide portfolio of yachting events...
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Jamaica’s Burton eagerly awaits clash with his old club
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican international Deon Burton says he is eagerly awaiting the away fixture between his current club Rotherham and his former, Brentford,
in the Coca-Cola Football League One...
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Sydney FC coach Littbarski takes the heat for leaving Yorke on the bench
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia: Sydney FC coach Pierre Littbarski says he takes full
responsibility for the team's 2-1 loss to Newcastle United Jets in an Australian
A-League game at Energy Australia Stadium at the weekend...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005
KANSAS CITY, USA: US Major League Soccer (MLS) team Kansas City Wizards completed the signing of Jamaican midfield Jermaine Hue from his locally-based club Harbour View FC.
In accordance with team and League policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed...
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Reggae Boy Lisbie joins Norwich on loan
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican and Charlton Athletic forward Kevin Lisbie has
joined English Coca-Cola Championship side Norwich on a one month loan, after
all three parties came to an agreement on Thursday...
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Monday, September 12, 2005
MONACO, France: Trinidad and Tobago's Marc
Burns rediscovered the form he produced in the early season to win the men's
100-metres dash on the second and final day of the 3rd IAAF World Athletics
Final in Monaco, France on Saturday...
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Campbell wins close 100m at 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final
Monday, September 12, 2005
MONACO, France: Jamaica’s Olympic 200m
champion Veronica Campbell sped to victory in the women’s 100m on the first of
day of competition at the 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final in Monaco, France on
Friday...
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Burns, Calatayud and Moya victorious on day two at 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final
Monday, September 12, 2005
MONACO, France: The Caribbean notched three more victories on the second
and final day of the 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final (WAF) in Monaco, France on
Saturday...
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Monaco run surprises Burns
Monday, September 12, 2005
MONACO, France: Trinidad and Tobago's Marc Burns, a two time World Junior 100-metres medallist said that he was surprised to see how fast his time was at the 3rd IAAF
World Athletics Final on Saturday...
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Jamaica’s Burton on target for Rotherham again
Monday, September 12, 2005
LONDON, England: Reggae Boy Deon Burton punched in his sixth league goal this season to help Rotherham United to a 3-0 win over Gillingham
in a Coca-Cola Football League One match on Saturday...
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Friday, September 9, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Former chairman of the West Indies organising committee for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Barbadian, Rawle Brancker says CEO of ICC World Cup Inc., Chris Dehring and and former WICB
President, Teddy Griffith played a major role in his decision to resign from his
position...
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Beckford takes long jump title at Arena Games
Friday, September 9, 2005
HILVERSUM, Netherlands: Jamaica’s James Beckford assisted by a 3.6 m/s wind reading easily captured the men’s long jump at the 2005 Arena Games in Hilversum,
Netherlands on Sunday...
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Powell nominated for IAAF Athlete of the Year Award
Friday, September 9, 2005
MONTE-CARLO, France: Jamaican and world 100-metres record holder Asafa
Powell is among five athletes still in contention to win the 2005
international male Athlete-of-the-Year Award...
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Caribbean world champions set for IAAF World Finals
Friday, September 9, 2005
 MONACO, France: Four Caribbean world champions are set to compete at the 3rd IAAF
World Athletics Final, a two day meeting in Monaco, France, which starts
Friday. The four regional champions down to compete this weekend are Trecia Smith, Osleidys
Menendez, Zulia Calatayud and Tonique Williams-Darling...
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Thursday, September 8, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbadian Anderson Carrington brought joy to the
hearts of his countrymen with a commanding performance that won him the
Caribbean Junior table tennis boys’ title...
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Commentary: West Indies cricket faces another crisis
Thursday, September 8, 2005
 Still
reeling from the damaging findings exposed by the leaked Lucky report, West
Indies cricket faced another crisis last weekend when Chairman of the Cricket
Word Cup Committee, Rawle Brancker resigned. Nine other members attending
a meeting in St. Kitts resigned as well. Brancker stopped short of giving
specific reasons for his decision...
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Wednesday, September 7, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's senior football head coach Leo Beenhakker has come to the defence of Stern John, saying that the striker is one of the best players
for the country...
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Trinidad’s Sealy voted MLS player of the month
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
NEW YORK, USA: Trinidad and Tobago's striker Scott Sealy, who plays for US
Major League (MLS) team Kansas City Wizards, has been rewarded for his efforts
with the Honda League Player of the month award...
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005
KINGSTON, Jamaica: West Indies pacer Jermaine Lawson has been cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC)
of having a suspect bowling action...
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Cuban Moreno dominates hammer throw at 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
SZOMBATHELY, Hungary: World championships silver medallist Yipsi Moreno of Cuba dominated the women's hammer throw at the 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final in Szombathely,
Hungary on Saturday...
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Five victories for the Caribbean at 'ISTAF Berlin' 2005
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
BERLIN, Germany: The Caribbean snatched four impressive victories at 'ISTAF Berlin,' the ultimate IAAF
TDK Golden League meeting of the 2005 series on Sunday...
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Monday, September 5, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Stern John scored two goals in the second half,
just one minute apart, to lead Trinidad and Tobago to a 3-2 victory over
Guatemala in a qualifying match for the 2006 World Cup...
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Jamaica’s Burton happy with first hat-trick for Rotherham United
Monday, September 5, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican international Deon Burton, who hit his team's first hat-trick this season last Sunday, is enjoying life under manager Mick Harford at Rotherham
United...
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Fuller scores first goal as a Saints man
Monday, September 5, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican international Ricardo Fuller scored the
equalising goal for Southampton to earn a point against Coventry City in their
latest match in the English Coca-Cola Championship on Monday...
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Roberts’ first-half penalty seals first Premiership victory for Wigan
Monday, September 5, 2005
LONDON, England: A penalty in the first minute of play from Grenadian international Jason Roberts was enough to give Wigan Athletic their first win in the English Premiership at the JJB
Stadium on Sunday...
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Cuba’s Moreno throws over 73m again in women's hammer
Monday, September 5, 2005
DUBNICA, Slovak Republic: Helsinki silver medallist and former World champion Yipsi Moreno of Cuba went over 73-metres for the third time
this season, to win the women's Hammer Throw competition at the second stage of the Athletics Bridge meeting on Monday in Dubnica,
Slovakia...
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Powell overtaken by Gatlin in IAAF World Rankings
Monday, September 5, 2005
MONTE-CARLO, France: As expected, Jamaican 100m record holder Asafa Powell was overtaken by World and Olympic champion Justin Gatlin of USA in the latest IAAF
Event World Rankings, released on Tuesday...
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Jamaican Trecia Smith withdraws from final Golden League meeting
Monday, September 5, 2005
BERLIN, Germany: Jamaican and world Triple Jump champion Trecia Smith withdrew from the final IAAF Golden League meet Friday, improving Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva's
chances of winning the $1million jackpot...
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Friday, September 2, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Eight regional table tennis nations will be rallying
for top honors in Barbados over the next few days as teams compete in the annual
Caribbean Table Tennis Federation junior championships...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
 BERLIN, Germany: Recently crowned
world champions, Cuba's Zulia Calatayud and Jamaica's Trecia Smith, are
confirmed to take part in the 64th edition of the ISTAF Berlin, the last
meeting of the IAAF Grand Prix Golden League series, which is slated for
Sunday September 4. World leader Chandra Sturrup will also be in
attendance...
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Breese hits 47 runs in Durham’s win over Scotland
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
CHESTER-LE-STREET, England: Former
West Indies and Jamaican all-rounder Gareth Breese produced with both bat and
ball to help his team Durham to an easy 93 runs win over Scotland in England
National league Division Two limited overs competition on Sunday...
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Monday, August 29, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago
striker Dwight Yorke scored a cracking header to give his new club Sydney FC a
1-1 home draw with Melbourne Victory in a rousing opening to Australia's
revamped A-League football season here Sunday...
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Jamaica’s Thompson wins 400m hurdles at Rieti 2005
Monday, August 29, 2005
RIETI, Italy: Jamaica's Kemel Thompson
ran a well-timed race to snatch victory in the men's 400m hurdles at Rieti
2005, the ultimate IAAF Grand Prix meeting for this season on Sunday...
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Simpson and Moya win in Brussels
Monday, August 29, 2005
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The region’s
athletes continue to show their worth on the European circuit this season. On
Friday afternoon at the 29th Memorial Van Damme – An IAAF TDK Golden League
meeting, several performances from Caribbean representatives stood out in
front of a capacity crowd of 47,000 in the Stade Roi Baudouin stadium, in
Brussels, Belgium...
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Jamaica’s Beckford wins long jump at Copenhagen Games
Monday, August 29, 2005
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Jamaica’s James
Beckford had a rare victory on the circuit this season, after he won the men’s
Long Jump at the Copenhagen Athletics Games in Denmark on Tuesday...
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Friday, August 26, 2005
LINZ, Austria: Caribbean athletes
dominated all the sprint events in a sell-out Linz main Stadium for the
Intersport Gugl-Meeting – an IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Austria on Tuesday...
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Gayle stars on debut for Worcestershire
Friday, August 26, 2005
MANCHESTER, England: Jamaica and West Indies’ opening batsman Chris Gayle turned in a fine all-round performance to earn the man-of-the-match award on his
debut for Worcestershire in a National Cricket League Division One day/night
match against Lancashire on Wednesday...
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Lara in World XI Super Series teams
Friday, August 26, 2005
 MELBOURNE, Australia:
West Indies batting maestro Brian Lara is among a group of players chosen to
represent the World XI cricket teams in October's Super Series against Australia
in Melbourne, Australia. Notable absentees from the earlier squad were West Indies' captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul
and opener Chris Gayle...
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Caribbean athletes ready for Memorial Van Damme Grand Prix challenges
Friday, August 26, 2005
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Building on their impressive performances over the past seven days, Caribbean athletes will now turn their attention to Friday’s Memorial Van Damme IAAF TDK Golden League meeting, which takes place in the Stade Roi Baudouin
stadium in Belgium...
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Thursday, August 25, 2005
SHEFFIELD, England: Veronica Campbell of Jamaica, the 2004 Olympic 200-metres
champion from Athens Greece said that although she did not win a gold medal at
the World Championships in Helsinki earlier this month, her season has gone the
way she wanted...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia: Trinidad and Tobago international Dwight Yorke revealed
on Sunday that he had definitely lost the appetite for a game he loves so dearly...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
SHEFFIELD, England: For the second time in a row, Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell proved to everyone that she really had an off day in the women’s 100m at the IAAF
World Championships in Helsinki earlier this month...
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Jamaicans Thompson and Williams victorious in Switzerland
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS, Switzerland: Jamaicans Kemel Thompson and Shericka Williams
both recorded victories at the 2005 Résisprint La Chaux-de-Fonds track and field
meet, “Meetings Round 5” in Switzerland on Sunday...
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Monday, August 22, 2005
SHEFFIELD, England: Following her 10.85 at the 2005 IAAF TDK Weltklasse Golden League track and field meeting in Zurich
on Friday, Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell produced another sizzling run to win the
women’s 100-metres at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in the Don Valley
Stadium in Sheffield on Sunday...
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Trinidad’s Sealy hits double in Wizards win
Monday, August 22, 2005
KANSAS CITY, USA: Trinidad and Tobago international Scott Sealy continues
to impress in front of goal, following his brace on Friday, which guided Kansas
City Wizards to a 3-0 thrashing of the Chicago Fire in a US Major League (MLS)
game...
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Campbell highlights Caribbean performances in Zurich
Monday, August 22, 2005
ZURICH, Switzerland: Veronica Campbell
of Jamaica highlighted the Caribbean performances at the 2005 IAAF TDK
Weltklasse Golden League track and field meeting in Zurich on Friday...
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Powell says he wasn’t ready for Zurich Grand Prix
Monday, August 22, 2005
 ZURICH, Switzerland: Jamaica’s 100m
world record holder Asafa Powell says he withdrew from Friday’s clash with
Olympic and World champion Justin Gatlin of USA simply because he is not at full
recovery. The 22-year-old sprinter is currently recuperating from a groin
injury he sustained at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in London in July...
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Bolt pulls out of Norwich Union Grand Prix
Monday, August 22, 2005
ZURICH, Switzerland: Jamaica's Usain Bolt will miss the Norwich Union
Super Grand Prix in Sheffield, England on Sunday after failing to recover from
an injury he sustained at the just-concluded World Championships in Helsinki,
Finland...
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Friday, August 19, 2005
EAST HARTFORD, USA (AFP): Brian McBride's strike 91 seconds into the match gave
the United States all they needed to win their 2006 World Cup qualifier against
Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 here on Wednesday...
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World medallists move on to Sheffield Grand Prix
Friday, August 19, 2005
 SHEFFIELD, England: Another strong Caribbean contingent will be on show at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix scheduled for the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on Sunday,
21 August. Heading the list are: World and Olympic 400-metres champion Tonique Williams-Darling from the Bahamas...
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Simmons sacked as Zimbabwe’s coach
Friday, August 19, 2005
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe: Former West Indies all-rounder Phil Simmons’ has been
sacked as coach of Zimbabwe’s senior cricket team a news release said on
Wednesday...
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Thursday, August 18, 2005
 HELSINIKI, Finland: Jamaica’s World record holder over 100m, Asafa
Powell is confident that he can leave next year’s Commonwealth Games with three
gold medals. "Three golds, that's a lot, but it is possible," Powell said
at a briefing in Helsinki on Sunday. "I'm not sure if I am going to be running
again for this season"...
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Jamaican jockey Ramgeet secures two wins at Mountaineer Resort
Thursday, August 18, 2005
CHESTER, USA: Jamaican champion jockey Andrew Ramgeet snatched up two wins
at the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort on Saturday. Ramgeet piloted Big Sky Girl in the fifth race, before guiding on board Big Sky Girl and the seventh Kettal
Creek to victory in the seventh race...
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Gayle signs with Worcestershire
Thursday, August 18, 2005
LONDON, England: English county side Worcestershire have signed West
Indies’ opening batsman Chris Gayle for the rest of the season. Gayle, a left-hander from Jamaica replaces, Zander de Bruyn,
who was called up for the South Africa A team...
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Dominican Republic's Santa bags silver in Sweden
Thursday, August 18, 2005
MALMO, Sweden: The Dominican Republic’s Carlos Santa was a second place finisher in the men’s 400-metres at MAI-Galan in Malmö,
Sweden Tuesday afternoon...
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Trinidad’s Jones sets himself a 20-goal target for the season
Thursday, August 18, 2005
LONDON, England: Trinidad and Tobago’s Kenwyne Jones has set 20 goals has
his target for the upcoming English Championships season...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
LONDON, England: Former West Indies all-rounder Gareth Breese captured
five wickets as Durham and Leicestershire drew in their rain-affected English
County Championship game on Monday...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: West Indies senior team coach Bennett King is insisting that his team’s poor performance in Sri Lanka was due to the lack of experience
of his batsmen...
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Monday, August 15, 2005
HELSINKI, Finland: Cuban Osleidys Menendez broke her own javelin world record by 16 centimetres in recapturing the event at the 2005 IAAF
World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland on Sunday evening...
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More medals for the Caribbean in the relays
Monday, August 15, 2005
HELSINKI, Finland: The Caribbean snatched up two more medals on the final day of the 2005 IAAF
World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland on Sunday...
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Big loss for Campbell in women’s 200m
Monday, August 15, 2005
HELSINKI, Finland: Jamaica’s Olympic
champion Veronica Campbell was surprisingly shut of the medal places in the
women’s 200m at the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland on
Friday...
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Kittitian-born USVI resident gets basketball scholarship
Monday, August 15, 2005
 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: A Kittitian-born
United States Virgin Islands resident has for years envisioned basketball as her
ticket to college. Now, Chynelle Rogers has parlayed four years of hard work on a hot outdoor court in Nadir into a NCAA
Division 1 scholarship, signing a letter of intent to attend George Mason
University...
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Friday, August 12, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland: Jamaica's Delloreen Ennis-London and compatriot Brigitte Foster-Hylton posted identical times to claim the silver and bronze medals in the women's 100m hurdles finals at the 10th IAAF
World Championships in Helsinki, Finland on Thursday. American Michelle
Perry won the race in a time of 12.66 seconds...
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Collins predicts Caribbean 100m sweep in the near future
Friday, August 12, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland: World Championships 100-metre bronze medallist
Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Nevis is optimistic that the Caribbean will sweep
the event at a major championship in the near future. Collins and Jamaica's Michael Frater, the training partner of world record holder Asafa Powell both clocked 10.05
seconds...
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Sanchez gave it his best in Helsinki
Friday, August 12, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland: There is no one that could stand up and truthfully say that Felix Sanchez, who was dethroned
as World Champion in the men’s 400m hurdles on Tuesday did not give his best in
Helsinki. Labeled as the event’s superman, Sanchez pulled up with a hamstring injury and failed to finish the
race...
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Frater, Collins confirmed for next year’s Commonwealth
Games
Friday, August 12, 2005
HELSINKI, Finland: World Championships 100-metre silver and bronze medallists, Michael Frater of Jamaica and Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis, are the latest Caribbean sprinters to confirm their place for
next year’s Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia...
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West Indies to play extra New Zealand Test after Zimbabwe cancelled
Friday, August 12, 2005
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP): The West Indies will play an extra Test in New
Zealand early next year after the cancellation of Zimbabwe's tour in December,
New Zealand Cricket said Thursday...
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Thursday, August 11, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland: Bahamian Tonique Williams-Darling powered her way home in the final stretch to capture the women’s 400-metre dash at the 2005 IAAF
World Championships in Helsinki, Finland on Wednesday. Williams-Darling
clocked a season’s best 49.55seconds to add the World title to the Olympic crown...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland (AFP): Cuba's Yuliya Calatayud emulated her two-time winning compatriot Ana Quirot
when she clinched the women's 800 metres title at the world athletics
championships here on Tuesday. The 25-year-old timed 1minute 58.82seconds to see off Hasna Benhassi
of Morocco (1:59.42)...
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Sanchez crashes out of 400 metres hurdles finals
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
HELSINKI, Finland (AFP): Bershawn Jackson won the men's 400 metres hurdles title here at the world athletics championships on Tuesday as reigning champion and Olympic gold medallist
Felix Sanchez failed to finish. The Dominican Republic star was running
against his doctor's advice...
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Cayman Islands cricket director ‘ecstatic’
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Technical Director of cricket in the Cayman Islands Theo Cuffy
is ecstatic over the inclusion of the Cayman Islands in the 2005
Inter-Continental Cup. Cuffy was informed on Sunday that his team will be
replacing the USA due to the internal conflict that has plagued the sport there
recently...
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UK agency to brand Barbados cricket legends
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
BASINGSTOKE, England: Great Minds Marketing, a UK-based tourism and leisure
marketing company has been appointed to create the brand identity and visual
language for the Cricket Legends of Barbados Inc...
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Tuesday, August 9, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland (AFP): Lauryn
Williams of the United States won the women's 100 metres title at the world
athletics championships here on Monday. In pouring rain, the 21-year-old Olympic silver medallist timed 10.93 seconds to beat the Olympic bronze medallist Veronica Campbell of Jamaica running 10.95sec, a personal season's best...
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Haynes calls on WIPA president to step aside
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: As the conflict over the contract row between the WICB and the WIPA continues, former West Indies opener Desmond Haynes is calling on WIPA
president to step aside from direct involvement in the negotiations...
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USA replaced by Cayman Islands in Intercontinental Cup
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
DUBAI, UAE (AFP): Political infighting behind the scenes over who controls United States cricket has led the International Cricket Council (ICC)
to withdraw the country's invitation to the Intercontinental Cup...
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Monday, August 8, 2005
 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP): Yuvraj
Singh smashed an explosive century under pressure to help India qualify for the
final with a seven-run victory over a fighting West Indies in a triangular
one-day series match here on Sunday. The left-hander cracked 110 for his
third hundred as India posted a challenging 262-4 in the crucial day-night game...
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Caribbean athletes take silver and bronze in men's 100m
Monday, August 8, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland (AFP):
America's Justin Gatlin earned his place among the greats of sprinting here on
Sunday as he added the world 100 metres title to the Olympic crown he won last
year.
The 23-year-old timed 9.88 seconds while Michael Frater of Jamaica took silver
with 10.05sec and Kim Collins of St Kitts-Nevis took bronze with a similar
time...
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1-2 for the Caribbean in the triple jump
Monday, August 8, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland (AFP): Jamaica's
Trecia Smith won the world triple jump title here at the world athletics
championships on Sunday for her first ever medal at a major championships.
The 29-year-old won with a best effort of 15.11 metres - the world's best this
season - while Yargelis Savigne of Cuba took silver with 14.82m...
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Williams-Darling a real Tonique for the Bahamas
Monday, August 8, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland (AFP): Olympic 400
metres champion Tonique Williams-Darling looked well on course to add the
world title to her laurels here on Sunday after she impressed in her first round
heat. However, the Bahamian will still have some work to do to see off
reigning champion Ana Guevara, who is out for revenge...
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Bahamian Chandra Sturrup starts gold medal quest with impressive run in
Helsinki
Monday, August 8, 2005
HELSINKI, Finland: Bahamian world
leader Chandra Sturrup started her World Championships campaign impressively,
after posting the fastest time with French sprinter Christine Arron in the
women's 100m heats on Sunday...
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Sanchez stays in hunt to retain world title
Monday, August 8, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland (AFP):
Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion Felix Sanchez fought through the pain
barrier to keep his hopes alive of retaining his world title here on Sunday.
The 27-year-old Dominican Republic star went through to the final as one of the
two fastest qualifiers after finishing third in his semi-final...
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West Indies stun Sri Lanka to keep hopes alive
Monday, August 8, 2005
 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP): Seamer
Dwayne Smith and spinner Omari Banks shared four crucial wickets to shape the
West Indies' stunning 33-run victory over Sri Lanka in a triangular one-day
series match here on Saturday. Smith grabbed two wickets off successive
balls and Banks took two scalps in three overs...
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Trinidad's Yorke struggling to adapt downunder
Monday, August 8, 2005
 SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Expensive former
Manchester United recruit Dwight Yorke was struggling to adapt to new
Australian club Sydney FC, coach Pierre Littbarski said Sunday.
Yorke, the most high-profile signing in the entire eight-team Australian
A-League which kicks off on August 26, has scored once in three outings with
Sydney...
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Powell says he does not want to rush come-back
Monday, August 8, 2005
HELSINKI, Finland: World record holder
Asafa Powell is set to miss the entire 10th IAAF World Track and Field
Championships after revealing that he will not be ready for the sprint relay...
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Friday, August 5, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland: A race-sharp Darrel Brown of Trinidad and Tobago will definitely prove to be a handful for his senior rivals when the 10th IAAF
World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland starts on Saturday.
Brown, a 20-year-old former World Junior 100m champion is a well built sprinter...
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Campbell, Sturrup racing for 1-2 in Helsinki
Friday, August 5, 2005
HELSINKI, Finland: If things go according to plan, the Caribbean could have two sprinters on the medal podium after women's 100-metres finals at the 10th IAAF
World Championships in Helsinki, on August 8...
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It will be business as usual for the Caribbean quarter-milers at the World Championships
Friday, August 5, 2005
 HELSINKI, Finland: The Caribbean has always been competitive in any level of the 400-metres on the world stage and when
the 10th IAAF World Track and Field Championships kicks off in Helsinki on Saturday, things will be
no different. Since the origin of these Championships in 1983, the region
has claimed 10 medals...
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Thursday, August 4, 2005
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JOHN'S, Antigua: West Indies batsmen
Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan have parted company with their lawyer Sanjeev
Datadin and have denied moving to "break rank," with the West Indies
Cricket Board (WICB), a media release from the West Indies Players Association
(WIPA) said on Tuesday...
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West Indies Women's cricket tournament shifts to St Vincent
Thursday, August 4, 2005
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: The 2005 West Indies Women's Regional Cricket
tournament, which was forced to be postponed last month due to the looming
threat of Hurricanes Emily and Dennis in Jamaica, will bowl off in St Vincent
and the Grenadines from August 19 to 29...
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Sunderland has Jamaica’s Ralph on shortlist
Thursday, August 4, 2005
LONDON, England: In a bid to protect their position in the English Premiership top flight this season, Sunderland's manager Mick McCarthy has shown interest in signing Jamaica international Damani
Ralph, a newspaper report said on Monday...
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Powell's Helsinki expectations now on Bolt's shoulders
Thursday, August 4, 2005
 FLORIDA, USA: With world record holder Asafa Powell withdrawing from the men's 100m, the attention will now turn to teenage sprinter Usain
Bolt to bring home gold for Jamaica. Powell was billed as the firm favourite to strike gold in Helsinki, following his record breaking run of 9.77 in Athens...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2005
LONDON, England: Defending World 100-metre champion Kim Collins says he is
now feeling the pressure as the time draws nearer for him to defend his world
title in Helsinki...
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Trinidad's Hislop returns to West Ham
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
LONDON, England: Trinidad's experienced goalkeeper Shaka Hislop has joined
West Ham United on a one-year contract deal after being released by Portsmouth
at the end of last season...
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Trinidadian Jones scores hat-trick to boost first team chances at Southampton
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
LONDON, England: Trinidad and Tobago international Kenwyne Jones struck a superb hat-trick to lead Southampton to a 3-2 win over Belgian club Anderlecht
in a pre-season match on Sunday...
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Changes needed to address crisis in West Indies cricket
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
A change in the constitution of the WICB
is needed to address the leadership crisis current plaguing West Indies cricket. That’s the opinion of former Trinidad and Tobago cricket captain Theo Cuffy. Cuffy, currently the Director of Coaching in the Cayman Islands is frustrated with the chaos that has been created between the WIPA and the WICB...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2005
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: The UNICEF Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean,
in collaboration with other partners in Grenada, will host internationally known
NBA player Ethan Thomas -- recently named NBA Champion for UNICEF -- who will be
visiting the island as part of the NBA/UNICEF partnership to promote HIV/AIDS
awareness and prevention among young people from 4-8 August...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2005
FORT LAUDERDALE, USA: Jamaica’s Under-21 netballers were defeated 61-44 by
Australia in their third place play-off spot at the World Youth Netball
Championships here at the Broward Convention Centre in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
on Sunday...
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Cunningham’s late double seals MLS All-Star victory over
Fulham
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
 COLUMBUS, USA: Jamaican-born Jeff
Cunningham struck two late goals to lead the US Major League Soccer (MLS)
All-Stars to a comprehensive 4-1 thrashing of English Premier League team
Fulham at the Crew Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Cunningham came on as
a second-half substitute to score two goals in the final five minutes...
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Monday, August 1, 2005
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AFP): Rahul
Dravid hit a second successive half-century to shape India's comfortable
six-wicket victory over a depleted West Indies in a triangular one-day series
match here on Sunday...
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Wigan poised to sign Jamaica's Damien Francis
Monday, August 1, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaica's Damien
Francis could be heading back into the top flight of the English Premier
League this season after newly promoted team Wigan Athletic settled a signing
fee with his current club Norwich City on Saturday...
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Jamaica's Fuller says he will be ready for new season
Monday, August 1, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaican Reggae Boyz striker Ricardo Fuller is confident
that his fitness level will not prevent him from performing in the English
Coca-Cola Championship this season...
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Burns, Smith and Simpson win silvers at Bislett Games
Monday, August 1, 2005
OSLO, Norway: Trinidad and Tobago's
Marc Burns, and Jamaicans Trecia Smith and Brandon Simpson won silver medals
at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games – IAAF TDK Golden League meeting in Oslo’s
newly renovated Bislett stadium in Norway on Friday...
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Saturday, July 30, 2005
PARIS, France (AFP): World 100m record
holder Asafa Powell has lost his race against time to be fit for next month's
100m at the world athletics championships in Helsinki, his agent confirmed on
Saturday...
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Puerto Rico-China basketball game descends into chaos
Saturday, July 30, 2005
BEIJING, China (AFP): Chinese basketball suffered what media reports Saturday
called its most shameful night when a game against Puerto Rico was abandoned
after a mass brawl on court spread to the crowd...
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Jamaica's Fuller signs two-year deal with Southampton
Saturday, July 30, 2005
LONDON, England: Jamaica international
Ricardo Fuller will reunite with former manager Harry Redknapp at English
Championship team Southampton after the striker agreed to two-year deal which
moved him from Portsmouth...
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Jamaica marches on at the World Youth Netball
Championships
Saturday, July 30, 2005
FORT LAUDERDALE, USA: Jamaica's world no.2 under-21 netballers continue to
march on at the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships at the Broward County
Convention Centre in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after they crushed Malaysia 79-20
on Wednesday...
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Trinidad taken to the wire by Botswana in World Youth
Netball Championships second round
Saturday, July 30, 2005
FORT LAUDERDALE, USA: Trinidad and Tobago scored their second victory in
the second round of the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships after coming away
with another nail-biting 46-44 victory over Botswana...
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Friday, July 29, 2005
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka: (AFP): India, Sri Lanka and the West Indies head into a
triangular one-day series here with each struggling to find a winning formula.
The three teams have been hit by form, fitness and selection problems, making
none of them strong favourites in the tournament...
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Gayle and Sarwan still committed to West Indies cricket says lawyer
Friday, July 29, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The ongoing dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has not changed the commitments of Christopher Gayle and Ramaresh Sarwan,
according to a press release late Wednesday evening...
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Brown and Burns to highlight 100m in Norway
Friday, July 29, 2005
 OSLO, Norway: Trinidad and Tobago's pair of sub-10 sprinters this season, Marc Burns and Darrel Brown has been confirmed for Friday's ExxonMobil Bislett
Games, the third of this season’s six legs of the 2005 TDK Golden League. The meet is slated for the Bislett stadium in Oslo, Norway and the Caribbean Boys are once again favourites...
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