Yearly Archives

2014

The Achievers Sports Club Junior League Finals

On Saturday 11th January 2014 a small crowd was on hand to witness a thrilling epic when the McKnight Trotters Junior Basketball Team and the “Keep on Balling” (KOB) Bird Rock Basketball Team faced off for the title and bragging rights as…

All Stars Sink Villa

A sizeable crowd was present at the ET Willet Park on the evening of Sunday 12th January as All Stars engaged the Villa Int team in the local Football league. There were some fleeting moments when the Villa team just seemed to dominate the…

Tape Ball League intriguingly poised

Monday, 13th January is going to be a big day in the ongoing tale ball Cricket league being hosted by the Nevis Sports Department and sponsored by the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis. The second match of the evening will see Empire…

Ronchi, Mc Cullums set up emphatic win

Luke Ronchi and Brendon McCullum  turned a flagging New Zealand innings around with an unbeaten 85-run partnership in the last 7.1 overs, which gave them a comfortable total to defend given West Indies' weakened batting. On a slowish pitch…

Clinical Sri Lanka take 1-0 lead

It had rained for most of the night in Dubai and the floodlights were switched on to brighten a gloomy morning, but there were no alarms for Sri Lanka once play began on time on the fifth day. They won this Test of attrition by bowling…

Cook silent on Pietersen future

Alastair Cook, England's Test and one-day captain, refused to comment on Kevin Pietersen's international future during a cagey press conference ahead of the first ODI in Melbourne. Asked about the reported breakdown of relations between…

Finch hundred sets up Australia win

Aaron Finch is becoming Australia's post-Ashes specialist. Four days after the end of the Ashes in England, the teams reconvened in Southampton for the first of the short-form matches and Finch broke the all-time record for the highest…

Small plane crashes in Guyana; 3 injured

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A small plane has crashed in the South American country of Guyana, injuring three people. Civil aviation chief Zulfikar Mohamed says the Cessna 206 crashed Saturday while taking off from a small airport near the…

Search still on for missing undertaker

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Owners of several funeral homes downtown Kingston are fearing the worst after their colleague Jennifer Hardy Edwards went missing on Monday. Parlour owners gathered outside a funeral home Friday awaiting the outcome of…

Israel’s former Prime Minister Sharon dies at 85

JERUSALEM (AP) — Ariel Sharon, the hard-charging Israeli general and prime minister who was admired and hated for his battlefield exploits and ambitions to reshape the Middle East, died Saturday, eight years after a stroke left him in a…

Konris Presents Scholarships to Students

(ZIZ)-- Labour Party candidate for Constituency #3, Konris Maynard has already started to make a difference in his area. In a short ceremony held on Friday at the Verchilds High School, Renisha Wilkinson who attended the Bronte Welsh…

Beautifying the Basseterre High School

(ZIZ)-- Students from Colgate University in New York have teamed up with the Basseterre High School to help spruce up the school. Principal at Basseterre High, Carlene Henry- Morton said a project of this nature was well needed at the…

Plans for Sugar Mas 43 Underway

(ZIZ)-- This weekend marks the official end of Sugar Mas 42 and the carnival committee is already planning for Sugar Mas 43. In an interview with ZIZ News, Chairman of the Carnival Committee Sylvester Anthony said that Sugar Mas 42 was…