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Highlights maintains unbeaten run

(Sports Page) The domineering SL Horsfords Highlights Int Football team continued its unbeaten run in the local Football league on Tuesday 7th January. The powerful Highlights line up engaged the more lowly placed Hard times team who in…

West Indies rebounds with convincing win

(Sports Page) The foundation was laid by an impressive opening partnership between Kieran Powell and Johnson Charles. Powell not only returned to the team after his drop in the previous game but also returned to impressive form to slam his…

Fan lands $100,000 with Powell catch

Hamilton, New Zealand - A fan in Hamilton has pocketed $100,000 from a day out at the cricket after grabbing a one-handed catch in the crowd. Michael Morton claimed the catch from Kieran Powell's bat in the sixth over of the final…

Leon Johnson XI win Guyana trial match

Georgetown, Guyana - Ex-West Indies ODI batsman Leon Johnson stroked a solid half-century to lead his team- Johnson’s XI- to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Barnwell’s XI in the first warm-up game for the senior national cricketers…

Flower denies KP Ultimatum

Sports Page -- Andy Flower has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement that describes as "totally inaccurate" reports that he has told the ECB he will resign as coach unless Kevin Pietersen is dropped. In the wake of the 5-0 Ashes…

One more try and then action

ZIZ News -- The third attempt to hold the annual general meeting in order to elect an executive to run the cricketing affairs of Nevis will be made on Wednesday 8th January. President of the Nevis Cricket Association, Keith DIS AND DAT…

Drag Racing (January 12, 2014)

CJ Bartlette of the Nevis Drag Racing Unit has indicated that there will be a race at the St.James’ Raceway this coming Sunday 12th January. Bartlette referred to the upcoming event as a ‘Make-up Race’ to compensate for the rained out…

LICA releases training squad for 2014 season

ZIZ News -- LICA is pleased to announce the members of the training camp ahead of the NAGICO Super 50 and Regional 4 Day tournaments The camp will be held in St. Kitts from 16th to 26th January, 2014. Departure for the NAGICO Super 50 will…

West Indies announce squad for T20Is in New Zealand

Hamilton, New Zealand – The West Indies Cricket Board advised that its selection panel has chosen a 15-member squad for a series of two Twenty20 Internationals against New Zealand later this month. Squad Dwayne Bravo (Captain) Samuel…

Football resumes after Christmas Break

An official of the Nevis Football Association has revealed that Football action will resume at the ET Willet Park on Tuesday 7th January. Hard times will face off  with Highlights at 7 pm.  Highlights has not lost a single game so far but…

Spinners give Mohammed XI Victory

Couva, Trinidad - The Jason Mohammed XI completed an easy 213-run victory over the Justin Guillen XI on the final day of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board three-day trial match at the National Cricket Centre, Balmain Couva yesterday.…

Australia Complete 5-0 Ashes Sweep

Michael Clarke was asked at the toss if he knew which two captains had led Australia to 5-0 Ashes clean sweeps. Yes, Warwick Armstrong and Ricky Ponting, he replied. Now there are three. Fittingly, it all ended in Clarke's hands. England's…

Big win for New Zealand in Nelson debut

Worries over the weather spoiling the first ever ODI in Nelson were eased when the sell-out crowd was greeted by blue skies and bright sunshine on Saturday morning. The rain did arrive, but only after the match was well out of West Indies'…

Mr. Big Pepe Out-Wild Candy Dominates

It was the second of two back to back race meets held by the Nevis Turf and Jockey Club and this one was held on Sunday 5th January 2014. The crowd was not as large as it was for the previous week but the persons present were equally…