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White Ferns depart for the West Indies

Auckland, New Zealand - The White Ferns depart for the Caribbean tomorrow to face the West Indies Women in four One Day Internationals and three Twenty20s. The two sides first encounter will be on 12 September when they square off in the…

U.S. Open: Marin Cilic beats Tomas Berdych to make semifinals

(CNN) -- Marin Cilic booked his place in the semifinals of the U.S. Open for the first time in his career with a straight sets win over Tomas Berdych. Cilic, who last reached the semifinal of a grand slam in 2010 at the Australian Open,…

Springer says thanks

(Sports Page)— Senior Sports Officer in St. Kitts, Vernon Springer, took time out on Monday in an exclusive interview with NTV Sports to say thanks to all those individuals and business agencies that united to make the St. Kitts leg of the…

Australia seal place in final with bonus-point win

Sports Page -- Mitchell Marsh almost single-handedly took Australia into the tri-series final, first by plundering 86 off 51 balls, including 21 off a single Dale Steyn over, and then with two wickets to dent South Africa's chase. The…

Final 20 selected for St. Kitts and Nevis

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- After two months of training and conditioning, the final team for this week’s Caribbean Cup has been announced for Team St. Kitts and Nevis. The final cut for the team, according to senior officials of the St.…

Peng powers into U.S. Open semifinals

(CNN) -- China's population may be in excess of 1.3 billion inhabitants but only two of its players had ever reached a grand slam semifinal -- until Tuesday. That was when unseeded Peng Shuai put years of frustration, thoughts of…

Nephew of Antigua PM gunned down

St John’s, Antigua (CMC) -- The 18-year-old nephew of Prime Minister Gaston Browne was shot and killed on Monday night. Police confirmed that Albert ‘Pressureman’ Browne was killed, the 10th person murdered in Antigua so far this year. “I…

Dan Bartlette Memorial Stakes coming up

Sports Page— President of the Nevis Turf and Jockey Club, Allister Thompson is encouraging the Horse racing fans on Nevis and indeed the entire general public to show up at the annual DAN BARTLETTE MEMORIAL STAKES meet which is scheduled…

STAG 4X4 King of the Cage Football Festival—A huge success

Sports Page— Ag Director of Sports on Nevis, Jamir Claxton, has deemed the historic hosting of a STREET FOOTBALL competition, as a huge success. The historic event which was hosted and coordinated by the Youth and Sports Department, took…

Did Nevis drop the ball?

Sports Page— President of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association Mr. Auckland Hector was very careful in his response to a specific question on Monday 1st September. Sportscaster Curtis Morton pointedly asked him about the selection of…

Chanderpaul sends warning with big ton

Basseterre, St Kitts, (CMC) – Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul issued a stern warning to Bangladesh ahead of Saturday’s start of the first Test, when he hammered a top class hundred in the Tour Match here Monday. The West Indies…