WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Any decision on whether the Twenty20 World Cup has to be rescheduled from its October start date due to the COVID-19 pandemic will not be made until July, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) board chief David White said yesterday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Saddled with plenty of downtime during the coronavirus shutdown, Australian cricketer Peter Handscomb has used home isolation productively by overcoming a life-long fear of horses.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) chief executive officer Johnny Grave has indicated that salary cuts for the executive, players and officials have not been ruled out, with revenue generation hampered as the COVID-19 crisis drags on.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Locking horns with a reinforced Australia will be a “different ball game” if India get a chance to contest the series Down Under later this year, opener Rohit Sharma said yesterday.
With no timeframe for the end of the current Covid-19 pandemic by international medical organizations, Fruta Conquerors Women’s team head-coach Delon Williams, said that he will be troubled by the eventual state of the female game when the situation ultimately recedes.
Mental skills coach of the West Indies Women’s team, Amanda Johnson, believes athletes should utilize their time at home to improve their mental health.
The Coronavirus has not only affected sport on the field of play but off the field as well.
The Guyana Volleyball fraternity is in a state of mourning following the death of former national player Shawn Sutherland.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former head coach Russell Latapy is demanding the approximately US$1 million owed to him by the embattled Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA).
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – The expected lifting of lockdown restrictions in South Africa at the end of the month is unlikely to result in a resumption of sport and will add to frustrations in a country besotted with both football and rugby.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – With the Jamaica Tallawahs reportedly set for a shake-up ahead of the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL), West Indies all-rounder Rovman Powell is hoping to get the chance to lead the squad.
The annual Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New York Tri-State Under-19 tournament is in jeopardy following a nationwide lockdown in Guyana and the United States as a result of the global Coronavirus pandemic.
(Reuters) – England’s National League clubs, which represent the fifth and sixth tiers of the country’s football pyramid, have voted to immediately end the 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, league organisers said yesterday.
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – T20 specialist Chris Gayle will be suiting up for the St Lucia Zouks in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL), after being released by his home franchise, the Jamaica Tallawahs.
(Reuters) – Roger Federer called on Wednesday for a merger between the men’s ATP Tour and the WTA, which runs the women’s circuit, as tennis wades through a lengthy coronavirus shutdown with lower-level professionals in deep financial crisis.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The time spent away from cricket felt like a “torture” but India opener Prithvi Shaw believes he returned hungrier after serving a doping ban last year.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s cricketers would agree to be quarantined together in one location if it means they will be allowed to play matches after the COVID-19 pandemic suspended the season, all-rounder Chris Woakes said yesterday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Staff furloughed by Cricket Australia during the coronavirus shutdown could work at supermarkets as part of the board’s efforts to find alternative employment for them, Chief Executive Kevin Roberts said yesterday.
Following the acquisition of land on Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown, to construct what is anticipated to be the long-awaited home of hockey, President Philip Fernandes says the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) is putting steps in place to make the undertaking a reality.
Chairman of the Competitions Committee of the Georgetown Cricket Association, Shaun Massiah is urging all cricketers to utilize their time wisely.
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