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Athletics denies mass doping cover up

(CNN) -- Days after the world of athletics was hit by serious doping allegations, the sport has been accused of covering up how it dealt with scores of suspicious blood samples. In the two years between 2006 and 2008, the body in charge of…

West Indies name 30-man CWC squad

St John’s, Antigua -- The West Indies Cricket Board Selection Panel today named the 30-man provisional squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup to be played in Australia and New Zealand in February and March, 2015. The squad includes several…

Barbados snatch nerve-wracking win

Kingstown, St Vincent, CMC -- Barbados Pride held their nerves to pull off a nail-biting 11-run victory over Windward Islands Volcanoes and post their second straight win in the WICB Professional Cricket League here Monday. Staring at…

Cottrell five-for sets up dominant day

Sports Page -- If South Africa's Test outfit thought taking on West Indies was going to be easy, Stiaan van Zyl will tell them it might not quite so simple. He was the only member of the squad playing in Benoni, where the tourists dominated…

Montserrat awarded as champions in LIBA Tournament

Sports Page -- The recently revived Leeward Islands Basketball tournament ended in controversial fashion in Montserrat on Tuesday night—9th December. The obvious two top teams were into the finals having beaten all other teams in their…

Grudges gonna be special

Sports Page -- CJ Bartlette of the Nevis Drag Racing Unit is confident that the upcoming Drag Race meet scheduled for Sunday 14th December, is going to be really special. The meet is dubbed as GRUDGES and is really all about a series of…

Athletics Canada shares tips with St. Kitts-Nevis Athletes

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Student athletes from the Bronte Welsh and Tyrell Williams Primary Schools and the Verchild’s High School benefited from a free training session with coaches from Athletics Canada, last Saturday (December…

Phillips admits, “I was kind of scared”

Kingstown, St Vincent -- "Thank God". That was the WhatsApp message posted by Omar Phillips, the Barbados and West Indies opener, once he had regained consciousness at the Milton Kato Memorial Hospital, in Kingstown in St Vincent. Last…

Guyana Jaguars defeat T&T redforce by an Innings

Summarized Scores: T&T Red Force 1st Innings: 198 All Out (76.4 Overs). Lendl Simmons 59, Yannic Cariah 51, Jason Mohammed 48*, Yannick Ottley 14; Davendra Bishoo 16-4-49-4, Narsingh Deonarine 12.4-5-25-3, Raymon Reifer 14-6-25-1,…

Jamaica storm to easy 4 wicket victory

Kingston, Jamaica, CMC -- Jamaica Franchise required just half-hour on the final morning here Monday to trounce Leeward Islands Hurricanes by four wickets and log their third victory of the new WICB Professional Cricket League. Resuming on…

Big Splash down planned for VPL Finals

Sports Page -- Chief coordinator of the Village Premier league (VPL), Michael WISE Herbert has indicated that the finals for the league which is scheduled for Sunday 21st December will have a fantastic climax. Apart from the fact that the…

Black swimmer makes history at world championships

(CNN) -- The look of total surprise on her face said it all. Alia Atkinson went into the final of the 100m breaststroke at the world short course swimming championships very much as the second favorite to Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte of…