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Kiddies Cricket Festival held in Nevis

It was the culminating point for the Kiddies Cricket program on Nevis which is coordinated by the Bank of Nova Scotia and the West Indies Cricket Board. The annual Kiddies cricket festival was held at the ET Willet Park on Monday 23rd…

Bronx Crisis pulls off a stunner to force game three

(Sports Page)-- Who say that miracles don’t happen anymore? It was game two in the best of three finals in the NABA local Basketball championship on Nevis. The game was played on the evening of Tuesday 24th June in front of the largest…

Nevis Under 17’s complete clean sweep

(Sports Page)-- The Nevis under 17 team completed a clean sweep of the exchanges versus their Kittitian counterparts on Sunday 22nd June. The final of the four trial matches which will serve to select players to the Leeward Islands under…

SL snatch victory after defiant Moeen ton

(Sports Page)-- Sri Lanka won when they had almost abandoned hope. From the penultimate ball of a gripping final day, Shaminda Eranga found a hostile delivery to bring their first series win in England. James Anderson, who could only fend…

Gibson: We have momentum and confidence

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Having achieved a hard-fought, series-levelling win in the second Test match, West Indies Head Coach Ottis Gibson is urging his team continue the good work against New Zealand in the third and final match. Gibson…

World Cup: Luis Suarez embroiled in new ‘biting’ storm

(CNN) -- Luis Suarez may have bitten off more than he can chew this time. Already banned twice in his career for biting an opponent, the Uruguay striker was seemingly at it again in his country's key World Cup victory over Italy. Just…

Maude Cross Prep secures historic win

Sports Page -- The Maude Cross Preparatory School sounded the battle cry loud and long on Friday 20th June as they made their historic entrance into the annual TDC sponsored Primary School Cricket league. The youthful cricketers at the…

Pennyless all stars not a part of weekend Cricket Festival

Sports Page -- An official from the Pennyless All Stars team has sought to clarify a recent report on the Cricket festival played last weekend at Cotton Ground which involved visiting teams out of St.Maarten. The official indicated that…

Mathews, Prasad set up Sri Lanka for famous win

Sports Page –- Sri Lanka have never won a Test series in England, but they are closing in on a magnificent achievement after their captain, Angelo Mathews, with a brilliant domineering hundred, followed by a scarcely credible spell from…

Lara the star in MCC win over Herts

London, England -- Brian Lara made a sparkling 56 as MCC cantered to a seven wicket win over Hertfordshire in their Lord's Bicentenary Anniversary Day clash at the Home of Cricket. Lara, batting at number three, was part of a fine…

World Cup: Neymar inspires Brazil to victory

CNN -- Was there ever any doubt? When it mattered most, the man which this Brazilian team's quest may depend on, delivered once again. Neymar, the face of this World Cup, scored his fourth goal in three games to book his country a date…

Calypso Cricket wins in Cricket Festival

(Sports Page)— The Calypso Cricket team led by former Nevisian leg spinner, Frank Monzac emerged champions of a Cricket Festival held at the Cotton Ground Recreation Grounds, last weekend. The festival involved the visiting CONQUERORS male…