July 11, 2014

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The handlers of Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell on Wednesday dismissed local media reports that Powell and training partner Sherone Simpson were cleared of doping offences by the Court of Arbitration for Sports…

(CNN) -- Brazil thought its nightmare was over -- but perhaps it's only just beginning. After the humiliation of being obliterated by Germany, those who had dreamed of a Brazilian World Cup triumph might have thought they would be left…

(CNN) -- FIFA has suspended Nigeria from international football citing government interference in the running of its national federation. The emergency committee of the world governing body said the blanket ban would come into to place…

Sports Page-- India were in danger of surrendering the advantage they had built so carefully over four sessions as they lost four wickets for four runs immediately after lunch on the second day. But Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that the Regional Under 19 Tournament will be played in Guyana as originally scheduled. “We are confident that all matters pertaining to cricket in Guyana will be suitably…

SCARBOROUGH, Trinidad – Title-holders Trinidad & Tobago produced a limp batting performance and suffered their second straight defeat, when Jamaica topped them by seven wickets in the second round of the Regional Under-17 Tournament on…

Sports Page-- As the Sports Museum week 2014 edition continued, the students from the Elizabeth Pemberton Primary School were the privileged ones to meet with some of this year’s honourees. The two outstanding sporting figures present at…

(CNN) -- Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday where he plans to encourage a resolution to the presidential election that the United States insists must include a thorough review of "reasonable…

NEW YORK, (AFP) - Eileen Ford, whose Ford Models agency grew into an international powerhouse and fostered the careers of a plethora of super models including Naomi Campbell, has died. She was 92. She died Wednesday night, a spokeswoman…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The prime minister of Haiti says his government will soon launch a programme to help its citizens acquire documents needed to secure legal residency in the neighbouring Dominican Republic. Prime…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Having “tempered” gang violence in west Kingston, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Steve McGregor says he is now turning his attention to stemming the tide of domestic violence in the volatile community. SSP…

ST JOHN’S Antigua (CMC) – Two people, including a 41-year-old Guyanese-born woman, are due to appear in Antigua court on Friday after the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) said it had seized more than EC$17…

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- The Association of National Olympic Committees of the OECS (ANOCES) held the 2014 Edition of its General Assembly on Saturday 5th July between 9:00am and 1:45pm at the Marriott Hotel Resort and Casino Frigate Bay, St…

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- In welcoming Sir K. Dwight Venner to the podium at the 2014 General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of the OECS (ANOCES), at the Marriott Hotel Resort and Casino, the Secretary-General of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- President Bridgewater (of the ANOCES and the SKNOC) was invited to address the meeting of the OECS Athletic Congress (OAC) on the morning of Sunday 6th July, 2014. Following his chairing of the 2014 edition of…