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Coach Wallace – ‘The Children Performed Well’

Sports Page -- Head coach of the Nevis Teachers’ Union representative Primary schools’ athletic team, Kurvin Wallace, is adamant that his team members performed well in the recent inter island primary schools’ championship. The meet was…

Local Basketball League for 2015 Underway

Sports Page -- A brief but impressive ceremony at the Grell Hull Stevens Netball Complex on the evening of Sunday 3rd May, effectively signaled the start of the 2015 (NABA), Nevis Amateur Basketball Association league. President of the…

Bravo and Blackwood secure shared series

Sports Page -- West Indies turned what looked likely to be a nail-biting chase into a canter over the line as the evening shadows enveloped Kensington Oval to secure a hugely notable shared series. Darren Bravo and Jermaine Blackwood, both…

Empire gets the better of Highlights

Sports Page -- At one point in the encounter, the Empire Cricket team seemed to be in a position to take full points in their match versus Highlights. However, an exciting partnership between Xavier Cornelius and Theron Bussue, halted any…

Athletics: World records for IAAF World Relays

Nassau, Bahamas (AFP) -- Here is a list of the current ratified world records ahead of the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau on May 2-3: Current ratified world records: Men 4x100m: Jamaica 36.84sec; August 11, 2012; London 4x200m:…

Rapid Tamim fifty leads Bangladesh reply

Sports Page -- Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam ended with figures of 6 for 163 - his third Test five-for - as Pakistan lost their last five wickets for 34 runs, but the damage had already been done. Leading by 205 runs at the start of the…

Cricket

Sports Page -- Today, May 1st is a significant day in the life of Elquemedo Tonito Willet. The quietly spoken, humble man, has the distinct honour of being the first Nevisian and indeed the first Leeward islander, to make it into the West…

BCCI bans Narine from bowling off breaks

Sports Page -- Sunil Narine has been banned from bowling his off breaks in any match organized by the BCCI, including in the IPL. He may, however, continue to bowl his other deliveries - the knuckle ball and the quicker straight ball. If he…

CSS on top of the World

Sports Page -- Coaches Fraser and Williams of the Charlestown Secondary school are ecstatic about the school’s recent victory in the finals of the Giant Malt sponsored federation High schools’ cricket championship. Fraser, in a recent…

West Indies Women’s squad for tour of Sri Lanka

St. John’s, Antigua -- The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board announced on Tuesday, a 14-member West Indies Women’s squad for their tour of Sri Lanka. The tour comprises four One-day Internationals, the last three of which…

Wesleyan Youths to host Grand Sports Fes’

Sports Page -- Mrs. Ivorcia Haley-Browne recently announced that the Wesleyan youths of Nevis will be hosting a grand Sports Fes’ and family day as a part of fund raising efforts to send some thirty-six youths from St.Kitts and Nevis to…