KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica’s sports Minister Olivia Grange says she is delighted that her countryman Wes Morgan played an integral role in “creating this moment in history” after Leicester City captured the prestigious English Premier League for the first time on Monday.
(Reuters) – Challenger Amir Khan readily accepts that he is a huge underdog for his WBC middleweight title clash with Mexican Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in Las Vegas tomorrow but has promised to give his much bigger opponent “a boxing lesson”.
PARIS, (Reuters) – A big question mark hangs over Vincenzo Nibali’s form as the 2014 Tour de France champion targets a second Giro d’Italia title when the three-week race starts today.
KOLKATA, India, CMC- Global trotting T20 Super star Andre Russell says his ultimate goal is to create a rich legacy in cricket’s shortest format by setting the bar as high as he possibly can.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Exactly four months after succeeding Rafael Benitez and inheriting a Real Madrid side on the brink of institutional crisis, Zinedine Zidane completed the team’s revival by guiding them past Manchester City to the Champions League final.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Leicester City have shattered the glass ceiling in English football and given fresh hope to all those clubs that usually make up the numbers in the Premier League, Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Test cricket returns to T&T with the fourth and final Test match against India being staged at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, from August 19-24.
Director of Sport, Christopher Jones stated that “it is a dawn of a new era”, noting that no longer will the achievements of sportsmen and women go unnoticed.
Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine yesterday afternoon said that Trinidad and Tobago has outbid Guyana for this year’s CPL T20 cricket finals but said that no official word has come from the organizers.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies have slumped to third spot in the International Cricket Council’s Twenty20 rankings, just a month after emphatically winning the Twenty20 World Cup in India.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Batting legend Brian Lara wants to see the return of the likes of Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo, for next month’s Tri-Nations Series involving Australia and South Africa.
(The Sports Xchange) – Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was impressed with his club’s mental toughness on Tuesday.
KOLKATA, India, CMC – Irrepressible West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell played a small cameo with the bat, grabbed four wickets and bowled a remarkable final over as Kolkata Knight Riders shot to the top of the Indian Premier League with a tense seven-run victory over Kings XI Punjab here yesterday.
LONDON, CMC – Left-hander Chesney Hughes struck his second first class hundred in three games and the ninth of his career, as Derbyshire’s encounter with Northamptonshire in the English County Championship finished in a tame draw here yesterday.
(The Sports Xchange) – The Golden State Warriors held the Portland Trail Blazers to three field goals over the final 8:58 of the game on Tuesday, rallying from an 11-point deficit to record a 110-99 victory in Game 2 of the Western Conference semi-finals.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The Melbourne Renegades are considering bringing back Chris Gayle for another ‘Big Bash’ cricket tournament despite the furore the West Indies batsman caused by asking a reporter out on a date during a televised interview.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe will host India for three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches in June, the country’s cricket board said on Tuesday.
MELBOURNE,(Reuters) – Shaun Marsh has become the third Australian test player in three days to head home from the Indian Premier League after suffering a back injury playing for Kings XI Punjab.
Following the rescheduling of fixtures due to the consistent rainfall, the 22nd edition of the Mayor’s Cup Football Championship will commence on Saturday at the Victoria Community ground.
The Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) will stage their u-17 finale tomorrow at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden.
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