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Empire forces Jets to Crash

A powerful shower of rain, a damp pitch and a slippery outfield was not enough to prevent the SDA Jets from crashing to defeat versus the Empire team on Monday 9th December. This as the action continued in the Nevis Sports…

South Africa cruise to series win

India made significant changes to their bowling attack, played on a surface far more suited to them than the Wanderers was - a slower Durban track - and showed some improvement from Thursday, but the end result was still the same. They…

Siddle and Harris give Australia 2-0 lead

Australia took a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series, with three to play as they inflicted a 218-run defeat on England in the Adelaide Test to follow up their overwhelming 381-run win in the opening match in Brisbane. It took Australia only 11.4…

WICB withdraws West Indies Under 19 from Bangladesh tour

St John’s, Antigua – Acting in the best interest of the safety and security of the West Indies Under 19 team, the West Indies Cricket Board has today, taken a decision to withdraw the team from its tour of Bangladesh. The WICB’s decision…

Rain aids West Indies’ great escape

For New Zealand, it must have felt like spending numerous hours debugging a simplistic computer code, and just when it all looked ready, seeing the message 'core dumped'. Dunedin had been dry for almost 14 sessions, but the rain arrived…

Rain hampers sporting action on Nevis

A much anticipated sporting weekend on Nevis was hampered by consistent rains which fell intermittently from Friday afternoon, all through Sunday 8th December. The local weather men indicated that it was an upper level trough that was…

South Africa trounce India in harsh welcome

South Africa brought Floyd-like edge to the word pink as they welcomed a clearly undercooked Indian side to the country with a 141-run hammering. Quinton de Kock, the baby face in baby pink, combined ferocity and cheek in his 135, and…

Clarke, Haddin tons put Australia in command

It has been a while since an Australian captain has looked as serene during an Ashes Test as Michael Clarke did at the Adelaide Oval. During a period of England domination, the uncomprehending exasperation of Ricky Ponting has been followed…

Windies hanging on by a thread

It must be referred to as the Daren Bravo day.  The diminutive left hander from Trinidad who for so long has been touted as ‘the Lara look alike’ batted with an elegance and superiority of skills reminiscent of the world record holder, as…

IAAF Course going well

IAAF level one lecturer, Roatter Johnson has indicated that the IAAF level one workshop for coaches is going well. The course which is being conducted at the ET Willet Park and which has attracted over 25 coaches from across the island,…

Drag Racing Unit releases official statement

The last race meet hosted by the Nevis Drag Racing Unit on November 30th and December 1st was rained out before the deciding races could be completed. On Thursday 5th December, the Nevis Drag Racing Unit released an official statement.…

2014 Fifa World Cup finals draw: England to play Italy

(BBC)--England will play four-time winners Italy, as well as Uruguay and Costa Rica, in Group D at the 2014 World Cup. Roy Hodgson's men open their campaign against Italy in the Amazonian city of Manaus on 15 June in the only World Cup…

West Indies still precariously placed

With all of two days remaining, the New Zealand team is still very much in the ascendancy in the first test match versus the West Indies. Having declared their innings closed at  609 for 9, New Zealand then bundled out the Windies team for…

CSS takes championship honors

The now annual Basketball showdown between the Charlestown Secondary and Gingerland Secondary School teams, took place between the 2nd and 4th December with the CSS team completing victory in game two of the three match series, having won…

Sugar Mas Cup promises much

President of the Nevis Basketball Association Wanda Parry, on Wednesday revealed that the inaugural SUGAR MAS cup tournament will be played this month between a St.Kitts team and a Nevis team. According to the schedule of matches, Nevis…