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Sports Page -- U.S. tennis star Serena Williams lost the semifinal round at the U.S. Open Friday afternoon. She was upset by Roberta Vinci of Italy. Williams was chasing a calendar Grand Slam, which hasn't been done since 1988, when Steffi…

Sports Page -- If ever there was a hard working athlete, it is Vanessa Williams of Cotton Ground in Nevis. The outstanding long distance runner is currently preparing for the much anticipated Independence 10 k event and is working overtime…

New York -- The U.S. Open women's semi-finals scheduled for Thursday evening have been postponed due to the threat of rain. Both the men's and women's semis will now be played on Friday, tournament officials announced. Play was scheduled…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Legendary West Indies off-spinner Lance Gibbs wants to see slow bowlers in the region play on better pitches and is encouraging upcoming spinners to seek out his knowledge of the art of spin bowling. Speaking…

Sports Page -- There was much excitement at the ET Willet Park on Thursday 10th September as the seniors commenced their official training sessions for their upcoming major event in October. The spritely senior’s commenced warm up and…

Sports Page -- Seven times previously Kevin Anderson had made the fourth round at a Grand Slam but advanced no further. Every defeat was to a top-ten players, with two each dished out by Tomas Berdych and David Ferrer. The most recent three…

Sports Page -- Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, praised the way Ben Stokes has reacted to the furore surrounding his obstructing the field dismissal at Lord's on Saturday. While Stokes was clearly shocked by the decision, he did not…

St. John’s, Antigua -- The West Indies Cricket Board will hold a regularly-scheduled, quarterly meeting of its Directors on Saturday at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua. Key issues on the agenda of the meeting will include:…

Sports Page -- CJ Bartlette of the Nevis Drag Racing Unit, which falls under the auspices of the Youth and Sports Department, revealed on Wednesday that the annual Independence Drag race meet is definitely on. Rumours were rife that the…

New York (AP) -- For stretches of the 27th edition of Williams vs. Williams, Venus gave Serena all she could handle. And when Serena took control down the stretch to emerge with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 victory in a well-played U.S. Open…

St. John’s, Antigua -- Cricket stakeholders in Antigua will have a chance to be up close and personal with President of the WICB Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron and Vice President Emmanuel Nanthan this Friday. The WICB leadership has been…

Sports Page -- England clawed their way back into the ODI series against Australia with a 93-run victory at Old Trafford. A maiden international century from Man of the Match James Taylor provided the bedrock of England's total of 300,…

Sports Page -- The much talked about National Heroes’ Day 10 k run is on. This was confirmed on Tuesday 8th September at a meeting held at the Youth and Sports Department. The run is being jointly hosted by the Nevis Amateur Athletics…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Former West Indies manager Omar Khan has called on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to come clean on the sacking of Denesh Ramdin as captain of the regional test side. Ramdin was axed as Test captain…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Outgoing West Indies skipper Denesh Ramdin hopes the selectors give new Test captain Jason Holder better resources during his captaincy tenure starting with next month’s two-Test series against host Sri Lanka.…