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Powell, Campbell-Brown Make Headlines As Quow Sneaks Win
Asafa Powell edged out fellow Jamaica Nesta Carter to win the 50 metres dash on a night when Veronica Campbell-Brown and Trinidadian Renny Quow also shone at the USA Track and Field US Open at Madison Square Garden here Saturday. Competing indoors for the first time in eight years, the 29-year-old Powell was clocked at [...]
Clinical T&T Defend Caribbean T20 Title
Trinidad & Tobago put in a clinical performance against Jamaica in the final to win their second consecutive Caribbean T20 title, and once again qualify for the lucrative Champions League T20. Dwayne Bravo played a sensible innings to take T&T towards a decent total; Kieron Pollard, in one 26-run over, changed that from a decent [...]
Bolt Plays Down Rivalry With Blake
With swirling discussions about his relationship with rival sprinter and Racers Track Club teammate Yohan Blake, newly crown RJR Sports Foundation National Sportsman of the Year, Usain Bolt, took the opportunity of Friday night’s glitzy ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel to set the record straight. Bolt, while collecting the spoils of another successful season, [...]
T&T Cyclist Considers Cycling For The USA
FORMER TRINIDAD and Tobago cyclist Michael Phillips wants Njisane Phillip to continue representing this country. On Thursday, Phillip revealed that he is considering riding for the United States after becoming disenchanted with the Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation (TTCF) and the continued hassle to get funding to represent this country at foreign tournaments. The cycling [...]
Powell Sets Indoor Grand Prix Date In Birmingham
Former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell plans to compete in next year’s indoor Grand Prix event in Birmingham as part of his preparations for the London Olympics. The 29-year-old Jamaican star has not participated on the indoor circuit for several years but now plans to race in Birmingham on February 18. “I’m really [...]
Sprinters Gear Up For 2012 Olympics
The trainer of Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake has raised the possibility that the two Jamaican sprinters could race each other earlier than expected next year, providing an early preview of the blue-riband events at the London Olympics. The pair are due to line up against each other at the Jamaican Olympic trials in June and [...]
Grenada Makes Figure Skating Debut
Grenada made a successful debut in international figure skating this month in Italy. Grenadian figure skater, 14-year-old Oliya Clarkson, recently competed in the Merano Cup, organised under the auspices of the International Skating Union (ISU). Clarkson, the youngest competitor, finished seventh in the Junior Ladies Free Skating Programme and tenth in the Short Programme. She [...]
West Indies Women Qualify For World Cup
West Indies emphatically qualified for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2013 after recording their fourth consecutive win by an 80-run margin over Bangladesh in the World Cup Qualifier here yesterday. Playing in front of a crowd of over 5,000 Bangladeshi fans that filled the stands at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, West Indies owed their success in Group B to [...]
Caribbean Infrastructure “terrible”, says Lara
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara has described the Caribbean cricket infrastructure as “terrible” and says it will take much more than just talent for the regional side to emerge from their slump. Lara was speaking at the World Travel Market in London earlier this week, following West Indies’ five-wicket defeat to India in the [...]
West Indies Scenting Victory
Darren Bravo fell five runs short of a maiden double century but West Indies maintained their domination of the second and final test to inch closer to a series victory against Bangladesh earlier today. Bravo’s sparkling 195 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s unbeaten half-century allowed skipper Darren Sammy to declare the second innings on 383 for five. [...]
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