CRICKET-TRINIDAD-Simmons continues warm-up for Super Series with half-century PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sep 20, CMC – Discarded West Indies batsman Lendl Simmons continued his rich vein of form ahead of next month’s lucrative Stanford Super Series in Antigua, with a whirlwind...
CRICKET-GUYANA-Sarwan century pilots GCC to first round win GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sep 20, CMC – Ravi Sarwan stroked a fluent, unbeaten century while West Indies one-day batsman Leon Johnson scored a half-century, as Georgetown Cricket Club beat Guyana Defence Force by...
CRICKET-STANFORD-Dispute set to continue as Digicel snub Stanford proposal BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sep 20, CMC – The dispute over the lucrative Stanford Super Series seemed poised to continue after Stanford Twenty20 said Saturday that mobile phone giants Digicel had rejected their...
ATHLETICS-SHANGHAI-LEAD Campbell-Brown ends season with impressive win in Shanghai SHANGHAI, China, Sep 20, CMC – Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown shook off a sluggish start to win the 100 metres at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix and close out her season in style on...
CRICKET-COUNTY-Chanderpaul still eyeing County title with Durham after draw CHESTER-LE-STREET, England, Sep 20, CMC – West Indies batsman Shiv Chanderpaul continued to eye the County Championship Division One title after his Durham drew with Sussex on Saturday, forcing the race down...
FOOTBALL-DIGICEL-LEAD Martinique predictably beat Anguilla to march on FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, Sep 20, CMC – Martinique easily cantered into the next round of the Digicel Caribbean Cup with a 3-1 thrashing of Anguilla at the Stade Louis Achille on Friday night.
ATHLETICS-SHANGHAI-RESULTS Shanghai Golden Grand Prix SHANGHAI, China, Sep 20, CMC – Selected results from the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on Saturday.
HORSE RACING-CANADA-Welch scores crucial double as jockeys’ race nears end EDMONTON, Canada, Sep 20, CMC – Barbadian Quincy Welch scored two precious wins at Northlands Park on Friday to extend his lead in the jockeys’ race to eight, with a mere two weeks left in the season at the...
CRICKET-BERMUDA-Coach backs decision to send skipper to Aussie camp HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept 20, CMC – National coach Gus Logie has backed a decision by the Bermuda Cricket Board to send Bermuda’s 36-year-old skipper Irving Romaine to a six-week training camp in Brisbane,...
HORSE RACING-USA-Maragh shines with double at Belmont ELMONT, New York, Sep 20, CMC – Jamaican reinsman Rajiv Maragh continued his good early season form at Belmont Park when he pulled off a brace of wins on Friday.
FOOTBALL-DIGICEL-RESULT Martinique beat Anguilla 3-1 – Group E FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, Sep 20, CMC – Martinique beat Anguilla 3-1 in the final Group E match of the Digicel Caribbean Cup at the Stade Louis Achille on Friday night.
ATHLETICS-JAMAICA-Walker returns home following Olympic success KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sep 20, CMC – Olympic champion Melaine Walker returned home Thursday for the first time since winning the 400 metres hurdles at the 29th Olympiad in Beijing last month.
CRICKET-WINDWARDS-Dominica beats SVG to retain one day title ROSEAU, Dominica, Sep 20, CMC – Opening batsman Tyron Theophille hit an important unbeaten 35 as Dominica retained the 2008 Windward Islands limited overs title on Friday.
CRICKET-PAKISTAN-PCB desperately hoping Windies accept tour invitation KARACHI, Pakistan, Sep 19, CMC – Cricket authorities here are sweating on a positive response from the West Indies Cricket Board to their invitation for a two-Test tour, as they seek desperately to fill the...
CRICKET-WINDIES-Guyana or Jamaica to play host to regional one-day tournament BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sep 19, CMC – This season’s regional one-day tournament will be played in either Guyana or Jamaica, the West Indies Cricket Board has indicated.