Yearly Archives

2014

Serena Williams wins Cincinnati open

CNN -- World number one Serena Williams won her first ever Cincinnati Open, and her 62nd career WTA title, by brushing aside Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-1. Williams needed just 62 minutes to dispatch her Serbian rival and win her second title in a…

India befuddled as England complete humiliation

Sports Page -- India might have been transported to another world, a world so unfamiliar that their senses were befuddled, their physical prowess lost, their lifetime's knowledge entirely inadequate. One by one their batsmen came and went…

Tigers roar to warm-up win vs Grenada

Grenville, Grenada, CMC -- Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah warmed up for the higher intensity battles with West Indies, when they set the Bangladeshis up for a 95-run victory over Grenada with purposeful batting in a 50 overs-a-side tour match…

Tridents win rain-marred CPL final

Sports Page -- In a final plagued with rain interruptions, Barbados Tridents won the Caribbean Premier League 2014 by a slender margin of eight runs on Duckworth-Lewis, leaving Guyana Amazon Warriors with yet another disappointment at the…

Jeannette Grell Hull back as SKN Netball President

Sports Page -- Local Netball icon on Nevis, Ms Jeannette Hull has been reelected as President of the St.Kitts-Nevis Netball Association. This was done at a meeting on July 19th. The outspoken former top Netballer and administrator stated…

Minister Phillip says Thanks

ZIZ News -- Minister of Sport, Hon. Glenn Phillip, has thanked the various participants who helped make the staging of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League tournament a reality. In a video statement Minister Phillip thanked everyone from…

Barbados Tridents: CPL 2014 Champs

ZIZ News -- The Barbados Tridents are the 2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League Champions. It was a festive atmosphere at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium on Saturday as a sold out crowd watched the final of the 2014 edition of the Limacol…

Pollard disappointed by players’ reactions

ZIZ News -- The Barbados Tridents team has gone down in history as the winner of the Second Limacol Caribbean Premier League Tournament. The anticlimactic end to the tournament however, caught both fans and players off guard. When the…

Police Updates (August 18, 2014)

ZIZ News -- Arrest Shakeem Cranston of Upper College Street was formally arrested and charged for Wounding, which was committed on 12th August 2014. Court Convictions District "A" Magistrate Court Lertario Marsham of Middle Island was…

University Gardens Groundbreaking

(ZIZ)-- Government and other officials were in attendance on Thursday afternoon for the official start of construction of University Gardens, a new residential site opposite Ross University. Redwood Incorporated is the developer of the…

Ticketing Liaison Gives Update on CPL Final

(ZIZ)-- CPL Ticketing Liaison Kevin Morris is anticipating a huge crowd for Saturday’s final match of this year's league at Warner Park. Speaking with ZIZ on Friday, Morris gave an update on the number of tickets sold. “Well that's…

Film Production for St. Kitts

(ZIZ)-- Minister of Culture, the Hon. Marcella Liburd said her ministry has been having discussions with film industry officials to bring movie productions to St. Kitts and Nevis. Minister Liburd told ZIZ that the government is working…

Boko Haram kidnaps at least 97, kills 28 in raid

(CNN) -- The Islamist terror group Boko Haram kidnapped at least 97 men and boys and killed 28 people this week in a raid on villages in Borno State in northeast Nigeria, a local leader and residents said Friday. Boko Haram gunmen also…