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Pollard, Ramdin rescue WI in thriller

St. George’s, Grenada, CMC -- A century stand between Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin rescued an imploding West Indies and spurred them to a three wicket win over Bangladesh in the first One Day International (ODI) at the National Stadium…

Youth and Sports Department hosts exciting Fun Day

The Youth and Sports Department hosted an exciting fun day at the ET Willet Park on Wednesday 20th August. Carl Tuckett of the Sports Department explained that it was a culminating exercise for the children who participated in the various…

Street Football Tournament set to go

Sports officer at the Youth and Sports Department on Nevis, Aljay Newton, on Wednesday 20th August confirmed that the one day Street Football tournament to be coordinated by his department, is definitely on. Newton indicated that the…

West Indies and Bangladesh renew rivalry

St. George’s, Grenada, CMC -- West Indies and Bangladesh play the first of three One Day Internationals here on Wednesday with much to prove following a trail of poor performances in series this year. The two sides are renewing a rivalry…

WICB and Gibson agree to mutual termination of contract

St John’s, Antigua -- Today the West Indies Cricket Board and Mr. Ottis Gibson mutually agreed to terminate their association with immediate effect. The WICB wishes to express its gratitude to Mr. Gibson for his unwavering commitment and…

The Man who almost made It

Elquemedo Tonito Willet is renowned as the first man from Nevis and indeed the Leeward Islands to have made it into the West Indies team but not as many persons are aware that many years before that, a certain Theodore Hobson was the first…

Amazon Warriors to contest outcome of CPL final

The Management of the Guyana Amazon Warriors Team has taken a decision to contest the outcome of the second Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final played between the Amazon Warriors and the Barbados Tridents on August 16 at Warner Park, St…

LICA Offers Congratulations to CXC Top Performer

President of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, Mr. Auckland Hector, has offered heartiest congratulations to Leeward Islands Under 17 player – Zubin DEYAL – who was successful in passing an astounding 16 subjects at the Caribbean…

Ross Powell set to go places

Ross Powell the son of Ronald Powell, former Leeward Islands off spinning allrounder and Joan Powell, is a young man who knows where his head and his heart are. He has set himself some really high goals which he has every intention to…

Jeannette Grell Hull back as SKN Netball President

Sports Page -- Local Netball icon on Nevis, Ms Jeannette Hull has been reelected as President of the St.Kitts-Nevis Netball Association. This was done at a meeting on July 19th. The outspoken former top Netballer and administrator stated…

Tridents win rain-marred CPL final

Sports Page -- In a final plagued with rain interruptions, Barbados Tridents won the Caribbean Premier League 2014 by a slender margin of eight runs on Duckworth-Lewis, leaving Guyana Amazon Warriors with yet another disappointment at the…

Tigers roar to warm-up win vs Grenada

Grenville, Grenada, CMC -- Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah warmed up for the higher intensity battles with West Indies, when they set the Bangladeshis up for a 95-run victory over Grenada with purposeful batting in a 50 overs-a-side tour match…

India befuddled as England complete humiliation

Sports Page -- India might have been transported to another world, a world so unfamiliar that their senses were befuddled, their physical prowess lost, their lifetime's knowledge entirely inadequate. One by one their batsmen came and went…

Serena Williams wins Cincinnati open

CNN -- World number one Serena Williams won her first ever Cincinnati Open, and her 62nd career WTA title, by brushing aside Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-1. Williams needed just 62 minutes to dispatch her Serbian rival and win her second title in a…