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Former West Indian Vice-Captain, Brendan Nash has been included in the Jamaican squad named for the first match against the Windward Islands starting on Feb 3, along with sidelined
he West Indies Players Association (WIPA) is concerned about the intimidation of its members in Guyana as the standoff between the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the Government-appointed Interim Management Committee (IMC) continues. In a media release yesterday, WIPA challenged Sanjeev Datadin, a lawyer representing the Guyana Cricket Board, over threats issued to players who have been called to training by the IMC for the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board Regional four-day tournament. read more at Trinidad Express
One of Barbados’ most popular sport personalities, World Champion hurdler, Ryan Brathwaite. (FP)Some outstanding sportspersons from various disciplines will have their moment to shine this weekend when the eagerly anticipated National Sports Council’s (NSC) Awards Ceremony comes off at the Frank Collymore Hall.
I-Octane ignited the half-time show of Red Stripe Football Mondays at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex on Monday night. With Portmore leading Montego Bay United 1-0 at the half, Octane made…
See what a sense of purpose can do? Despite the bacchanal that continues to boil over off the field, it would be very easy for the uninitiated to believe that we are on the cusp of a resurgence in West Indies cricket based on the evidence of the first week of the 2012 Caribbean T20. With the exception of Chris Gayle (and there's no point going over well-beaten ground on that issue), all the top players are back and …
Meanwhile, former West indies captain Chris Gayle says his side's batting in Australia's Big Bash Twenty20 tournament needs to improve. The Sydney Thunder has struggled to put together meaningful partnerships, with most of the batting coming from Gayle himself and Australian opener David Warner. However, Gayle says “we’re all aware of it and we will still try to get the job done. I don’t follow talk of this being a ‘one-man team’”
Three days after taking up office, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for sports, Natalie Neita-Headley, endured a rather awkward moment. In making her first official appearance…
The West Indies have started the new year in the now familiar position of going down the slope in an uncontrollable slide. Ever since they lost to Australia in 1995 to relinquish the world title, the West Indies, barring a few moments of brilliance, have been sliding and sliding badly towards the bottom of the pecking order. And despite all our hope, all our prayers, there seems no end to it. Last week came the news that the court has …
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) could be forced to replace Guyana with a West Indies “B” team for next week's Caribbean Twenty20 tournament if the government of Guyana fails to allow the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to access its offices and resources to be able to complete the process of fielding a national team for the tournament. The WICB, in a media release yesterday, said it wrote Minister of Sport Frank Anthony, informing him of official correspondence from …
NO EVIDENCE has been presented to indicate that any child who has participated in a National Sports Council (NSC) programme has done so under the influence of either alcohol or drugs.
