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Herry Greene
Herry Greene

Guyana and Trinidad score big wins

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.

Usain Bolt

Bolt seeking to create history in Moscow

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.

Sheldon Cotterell

Pacer Cotterrell dent Tridents as Hawksbills win

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.

Khalil Ninvalle

Guyanese TT players hunt singles glory

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.

Ferrer battles past Harrison for spot in last 16

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.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Chanderpaul moves ahead of Clarke in batting rankings

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.

Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia celebrates her victory in the women’s pole vault final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow August 13, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson.

Inspired Isinbayeva brings Moscow to life

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.

LaShawn Merritt (L) of the U.S. reacts next to third placed Luguelin Santos of Dominican Republic after winning the men’s 400 metres final of the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, August 13, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson

Hungry Merritt powers to gold as James fades

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.

Nine charged with corruption in Bangladesh T20 league

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.

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