BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC –Guyana scored a crushing five wicket victory over Barbados while Trinidad a
nd Tobago registered a convincing 60 run win over Leeward Islands in round four of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Under 19 50 overs tournament yesterday.
MOSCOW, Russia, CMC- Five Athletes from the English Speaking Caribbean will contest finals on today’s 6th day of the IAAF World Athletics Championships.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC- Talented Barbadian all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite says he is almost 100 percent fit after recovering from a heart-breaking knee injury which put him out of action for several months.
MOSCOW, Russia, CMC– Sprint sensation Usain Bolt is seeking to create more history by becoming the first man to win three straight 200m titles when the event begins at the IAAF world Championships tomorrow.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – A four-wicket haul from paceman Sheldon Cotterell and an enterprising 31 from debutant Orlando Peters steered the Antigua Hawksbills to a convincing five-wicket victory over the Barbados Tridents in their CPL T20 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Tuesday night.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Disgraced Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif has finally said “sorry” and admitted he was guilty of spot fixing during Pakistan’s ill-fated tour to England in 2010.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC– South African fast bowler Vernon Philander, whose performances have been key to Jamaica Tallawahs recent string of victories in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), says unity in the squad is excellent and augurs well for success.
Guyanese table tennis players kept themselves in the hunt for singles glory with eight players advancing to today’s quarter-final rounds of the boys and girls Under-11 and Under-13 categories as the eighth annual Pre-Cadet and Cadet Caribbean Table Tennis Championship continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
CINCINNATI, (Reuters) – Third seeded Spaniard David Ferrer was forced to work for his spot in the last 16 of the Western and Southern Open, grinding out a 7-6 (5) 3-6 6-4 win over plucky American wildcard Ryan Harrison yesterday.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts & Nevis, CMC – Jamaica, the Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago secured victories in the third round of matches in the Regional Under-19 One-Day Cricket Tournament here yesterday.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African police have completed their murder investigation into global track and field star Oscar Pistorius, who will appear in court next week to receive detailed charges for the Valentine’s Day shooting of his girlfriend.
DUBAI, UAE, CMC – West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul regained the number two position in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Batting Rankings after Australian captain Michael Clarke’s sub-par showing in the fourth
Test against England at Chester-le-Street.
CINCINNATI, (Reuters) – For many seasons Rafa Nadal has arrived at the tail end of the tennis schedule with his knees creaking like two rusty gates and nursing the aches and pains that are payment for his action-packed style.
Action in the Slingerz/National Association for Women Football (NAWF) Goal for Gold football tournament continues today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda with two slated fixtures.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – The world championships finally caught fire yesterday as the fans turned up to say farewell to Yelena Isinbayeva, only for the Russian pole vault queen to roll back the years and win an emotional gold medal against all the odds.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – LaShawn Merritt satisfied his hunger for success by regaining the 400 metres title at the world championships yesterday with a tactically perfect run as defending champion Kirani James faded badly to finish seventh.
CHESTER-LE-STREET, England, (Reuters) – Captain Alastair Cook will not let England rest on their laurels after snatching victory from the jaws of defeat in the fourth test and he wants to end the Ashes series in style next week.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Nine individuals face five-year to life bans from cricket after being charged with match-fixing and other offences during this year’s Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.
(Reuters) – England coach Andy Flower is not willing to experiment with his line-up too much for next week’s final Ashes test against Australia even though the hosts have already wrapped up the five-match series 3-0.