ZURICH, (Reuters) – Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of funds, the Swiss attorney general’s office said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Argentina picked up their first Pool C win at the Rugby World Cup by dispatching Georgia in convincing fashion yesterday as the tournament prepared to lower the drawbridge for the Twickenham blockbuster between England and Wales.
LONDON, CMC – Hampshire, inspired another inspired spell from discarded speedster Fidel Edwards, beat Nottinghamshire by eight wickets yesterday to further boost their hopes of surviving the drop to Division Two of the English County Championship.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – All four One-Day Internationals of the Home Series between West Indies Women and Pakistan Women, will now be played under lights.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A senior magistrate yesterday adjourned to December 2, the start of the extradition hearing in the case in which the former FIFA vice president Austin Jack Warner is wanted in the United States on corruption and mail fraud related charges.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Pat Cummins is unlikely to be fit until at least the World Twenty20 in India next year as he battles to recover from a third stress fracture in his lower back in three years.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Carlos Brathwaite says one of his aims is to transform himself into a genuine all-rounder, and plans to focus on developing his batting further.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Since playing his sole test for Australia in 2013, every so often a wistful James Faulkner has pulled out his baggy green test cap to stoke the aspirations for a career yet to bloom.
A sublime Gregory Richardson free kick in the dying minutes secured Pele FC a hard-fought 2-2 draw with arch-rivals Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League continued on Wednesday.
A profligate Slingerz FC continued their disappointing showing in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League as they were held to a scoreless draw by the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) on Wednesday.
Madrid (Reuters) – Celta Vigo achieved something few, if any, clubs have managed in recent times when they thumped Barcelona 4-1 in La Liga on Wednesday, giving the Spanish and European champions a lesson in how to play football.
St. John’s, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board says it will make every resource available to newly appointed captains Jason Holder and Stafanie Taylor, in order to ensure the success of their tenures.
Sao Paulo (Reuters) – Manchester United made a late attempt to sign Brazilian striker Alexandre Pato just before the January transfer window shut, according to the Sao Paulo player.
Zurich (Reuters) – Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter told his scandal-plagued federation’s 209 member associations yesterday that failure to support reform would amount to a betrayal of millions of soccer fans.
Bridgetown, Barbados, CMC – All-rounder Carlos Brathwaite expects a challenging tour of Sri Lanka and wants to be prepared both physically and mentally if he gets his first call-up to the Test side.
The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) yesterday became the latest Guyana Football Federation (GFF) affiliate to officially adopt their new constitution, in the process setting their electoral congress for October 17th.
Bridgetown, Barbados, CMC – Principal of the University of West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Professor Eudine Barriteau, says tomorrow’s Celebrity Twenty20 game will be a fitting way for the educational institution and the West Indies Cricket Board, to throw their support behind embattled Dominica.
London (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen says England cricket director Andrew Strauss was right to overlook him for this year’s Ashes test series victory over Australia.
A clash of unbeaten sides will highlight match day four in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League when Berbice outfit Monedderlust opposes Georgetown giant Fruta Conquerors today from 20:00hrs at the Tucville Community ground.
The Guyana Volleyball Federation on Tuesday presented a quantity of equipment to the Buxton Youth Developers School.
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