Scale-down was necessary - WICB VP Cameron defends reduced fixture at tournament launch
West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) vice-pre-sident Dave Cameron, pleaded for understanding following the board's decision to scale down the regional four-day championship to one round of matches.
Questions all start with Tiger
The first day of the new United States (US) PGA Tour season brought a Tiger Woods sighting. "Right there, through those trees," a caddie said jokingly, pointing into the distance toward the Pacific Ocean, where a white yacht was cruising along the Maui coastline below Kapalua. "He's on his boat."
Dominica PM targeting Tests for Windsor Park
Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he is focused on repositioning the country as a Test venue by the year 2015, as part of his new Cabinet's overall development plan for the Nature Isle.
Injury stumps Shiv
Marquee West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been ruled out of Guyana's opening match of the West Indies Cricket Board four-day competition through injury.
BRIEFS - No ICC review
The International Cricket Council (ICC) says it will not look into a case of alleged ball-tampering by England fast bowler Stuart Broad in the third Test against South Africa.
Veteran racehorse owner scolds CTL
Richard Lake, former Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) board member, on Tuesday tore mercilessly into a proposal made by the current board, seeking protection under the proposed Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act in a tension-filled meeting of the Parliamentary Committee examining the bill.
Jarrett Park preparation affected by rains
With one day to go before the start of the first round of matches in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-day championship, organisers of the Jamaican leg are expressing concerns about the readiness of the pitch at Jarrett Park.
S Africa in winning position
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP): South Africa took three wickets in yesterday's last session to restrict England to 132-3 at stumps, still leading by 333 runs with one day remaining in the third Test to try and level the four-match series at 1-1.Openers...
Barcelona coach Guardiola takes blame for Sevilla loss
BARCELONA, Spain (AP): Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said yesterday he is to blame for his team's 2-1 loss against Sevilla in the Copa del Rey.The coach said that "he messed up" with his team line-up...
Lakers fight back to beat Rockets
LOS ANGELES (AP): Andrew Bynum scored 11 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as the Los Angeles Lakers fought back to beat the Houston Rockets 88-79 on Tuesday, notching their fourth consecutive NBA victory.Kobe Bryant added 22 points, but had just...
Waterhouse qualify despite shocking loss
A 45th-minute strike from Kemar Cockburn gave bottom-place August Town a shocking 1-0 victory over form team Waterhouse, in their Digicel Premier League encounter at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Bowl yesterday.
Georges nail Portmore 3-1
St Georges' coach Braxton Hyre was elated with the effort of Dwayne Holmes, who scored a second-half brace to give his team a come from behind 3-1 victory over visiting team Portmore United in their Digicel Premier League football match yesterday.
Boys' Town, Sporting in entertaining stalemate
Boys' Town and Sporting Central Academy played to an entertaining 0-0 draw in their Digicel Premier League encounter yesterday at Collie Smith Drive.
Ver focusing Indoors
Jamaica's two-time Olympic sprint champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown, is targeting an indoor season in 2010. From her new training base in Atlanta, the 27-year-old Campbell-Brown is battling chilly temperatures in Georgia "with a view of competing indoors".
Greene, Williams-Darling are special guests for meet
Olympic Games gold medallists, American Maurice Greene and The Bahamas' Tonique Williams-Darling, have accepted invitations to be special guests at next weekend's (January 16) Douglas Forrest Invitational.
WICB rejects date change to facilitate Beyoncé concert
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has blanked a request from the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) to delay the West Indies first-class sixth-round matches by one day to facilitate a Beyoncé concert at the Queen's Park Oval. Negotiations were ongoing for the Oval as a possible venue for the American R&B star to perform on February 18.
Hinds picked for IPL auction
Eight West Indians, in-cluding former Test captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, have been picked for the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction later this month. Sarwan and other current West Indies players Kemar Roach and Sulieman Benn made the cut yesterday for the IPL auction on January 19.