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Day 4 in Numbers – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015

Sports Page -- After the fourth day of competition at the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015, we’ve got the significant numbers of the day: 0 Number of gold medals won by Kenya in events shorter than 800m, before Nicholas Bett ran…

Smith Powers Grenada but SVG hit back

Kingstown, St Vincent -- West Indies opener Devon Smith struck a century while 15-year-old Emmanuel Stewart stroked a half-century on debut, as Grenada flourished against St Vincent and the Grenadines on the opening day of their round game…

Trinidad and Tobago and St. Kitts-Nevis make it 2 and 0

Sports Page -- The action continued in the FIFA under seventeen women’s world cup qualifiers at the ET Willet Park in Nevis, on Tuesday 25th August. The two matches previously scheduled for Monday 24th August, were duly postponed due to…

Ashwin takes five in commanding win

Sports Page -- It had been more than a year since India last won a Test match, at Lord's in 2014, but the final lap of their long wait zipped past quicker than anyone would have expected. Seven balls after lunch on the fifth day, Dushmantha…

Adelvin Phillip leads all bowlers in league standings

Sports Page -- Nevisian all-rounder Adelvin Phillip continues to lead all bowlers as he put in another fine performance on Saturday 22nd August. His team Pannal CC engaged Newby Hall CC and sent them in to bat on a damp track. Newby Hall…

Matches Postponed

Sports Page -- The Local organizing committee advised on Monday 24th August that the matches scheduled for that evening in the FIFA Under 17 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers, have been postponed. The decision was made in collaboration with the…

Victory sends off Clarke and Rogers on a high

Sports Page -- A flirtatious Ashes series which has often been seductive without delivering much in the way of long-term commitment, so much so that the urn might have been sponsored by Ashley Madison, lent its loyalties for the final time…

Rahul the bearded poet, Rahul the central protagonist

Sports Page -- The P Sara Test began for the Indians like a grim Russian novel and ended with the unexpected tumbles of the daily soaps. The central protagonist who featured at both ends was a young man who will continue to show up in…

Australia prosper on old-fashioned virtues

Sports Page -- There has been such an insanely addictive quality to this Investec Ashes series that a normal, hard-fought day of Test cricket at times had a depressive feel about it. The Oval pitch largely behaved itself, despite all…

First Day Report on Windward Islands Cricket Tournament

Sion Hill, St. Vincent And The Grenadines - A bossy hundred by Grenadian opener Devon Smith aided by senior team debutant Emmanuel Stewart propelled Grenada to 292 all out on the first day of the 2015 Windward Islands Senior Men Cricket…

BVI Team and Officials in for Major Tournament

Sports Page -- Everything is pretty much in place for the major Football tournament scheduled to commence in Nevis, starting this weekend. The FIFA under 17 women’s Football qualifiers is set to kick off on Saturday 22nd August at 5.30 pm…

Amir, Asif, Butt free to play all crickets from September 2nd

Sports Page -- The sanctions against Pakistan's Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt will expire on September 1, the ICC has confirmed. That means the trio, who were banned for their role in spot-fixing on Pakistan's tour to England…