VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC- Opener Kieran Powell says West Indies would be looking to use the momentum from their victory over India on Sunday to push for a series-clinching triumph in the final match of the series today at Green Park in Kanpur.
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is considering removing Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) from its regional tournaments next year.
KANPUR, India, CMC- Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place for the third and decisive One day International between West Indies and India here today.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Under a blow-torch of criticism after their humbling in humid Brisbane, England’s beaten cricket team will seek respite from a tempestuous Ashes series in the most unlikely of places — Australia’s scorching ‘Red Centre’.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-The installation of floodlights at one of the leading cricket venues in the Caribbean, Jamaica’s Sabina Park, has returned to the front burner ahead of a general election for a new executive to govern the country’s cricket association.
(Reuters) – Having gone through a similar ordeal, former England paceman Steve Harmison would prefer to see troubled batsman Jonathan Trott quit cricket and be happy rather than play and suffer.
(BBC) Ashes umpires have been told to “stiffen up their act” after tensions mounted in the first Test between England and Australia in Brisbane.
MADRID, (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has condemned the Real Betis fans who apparently directed racist chants at their own player Paulao after he was sent off in Sunday’s 4-0 derby defeat at Sevilla.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC- Daniel Vettori has ruled himself out of the forthcoming series against West Indies saying that it was too early to guarantee his fitness.
Guyanese long distance athlete Lionel D’Andrade was crowned the Suriname Marathon open champion on Saturday.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League fixture between Beterverwagting (BV)/Triumph United and Riddim Squad at the Georgetown Football Club ground on Sunday was called off without a ball being kicked, following the latter’s refusal to play over the non-eligibility of their player Kester Alleyne.
BRISBANE, (Reuters) – England’s calamitous start to the Ashes continued yesterday when batsman Jonathan Trott walked out on the squad with a stress-related illness which ruled him out of the remainder of the series Down Under.
National darts champions Sudesh Fitzgerald successfully defended his crown against Anil Lachman when the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) national darts championships concluded on Sunday evening at the Malteenoes Sports Club on Thomas Lands.
BK Western Tigers led by a Hubert Pedro hat trick defeated New Amsterdam United 3-1 when action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continued on Sunday at the No.5 community ground in Berbice.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Two of the region’s leading cricketers, Adrian Barath and Ashley Nurse, smashed unbeaten centuries in the Super Cup championship in Barbados over the weekend.
National middle-order batsman Vishal Singh was yesterday named skipper of the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) President’s XI 14-man team ahead of the Senior Inter-county four-day tournament which bowls off on Thursday.
Alpha United disposed of Linden side Winners Connections 4-0 in the feature matchup when action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Premier League continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda on Sunday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – George Groves said yesterday he was robbed of the chance to be a world champion, something he had worked for all his life, after he was controversially stopped by double champion Carl Froch.
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC- Some of the players on the West Indies Test team will get a feel of the conditions in New Zealand when they play a warm-up match, starting here tomorrow.
BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Australia coach Darren Lehmann has warned England that paceman Mitchell Johnson could fire again in the second Ashes test next week, even if the Adelaide Oval serves up a relatively docile surface.
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