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Windies needs a talisman
Sports: Legendary West Indies captain Sir Vivian Richards believes the West Indies team will need a major catalyst if it is to be a contender at next year’s Cricket World Cup in Asia. Comment.
Women cricketers awarded contracts
Sports: World record holder Deandra Dottin and the highly-rated Stafanie Taylor were among six women players awarded retainer contracts by the West Indies Cricket Board. Comment.
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Sports: “We’ve done it in spurts. One week it’s the special teams; one week it’s the offense; and one week it’s the defense.” Comment.
Japan tops Double Dutch Classic
Sports: Since 1996 when Japanese teams first competed in the annual Double Dutch Holiday Classic at the Apollo Theater, a Japanese team has won the “Best In The Show” award, every year except 2001, when Japanese teams did not compete because of 9/11 and 2004, when Brooklyn based, Jumpers in Command, beat the Japanese teams for the first and only time. Comments (1).
U. S. kicks off campaign
Sports: World Cup cycle for the U.S. Men’s National Soccer team begins on Jan. 4 when Head Coach Bob Bradley put 24 hopefuls through the first training sessions at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. The U.S. is readying for its 2011 campaign kick-off on Jan. 22 versus Chile in an international friendly at The Home Depot Center. Comment.
Chanderpaul set for another record
Sports: West Indies middle-order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul is set to surpass Desmond Haynes as the region’s second-highest run scorer in One-Day Internationals when the Windies meet Sri Lanka next month in the ODIs. Comment.
W.I.C.B. Regional Twenty20 tourney
Sports: The West Indies Cricket Board annual Regional Twenty20 Championship begins Jan. 10, 2011. Comment.
New York area to host Gold Cup
Sports: Red Bull Arena and the New Meadowlands Stadium, both in nearby New Jersey, will host games during the 20th playing of the biennial CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament next summer, June 5-25. Comment.
BLACKBIRDS ON TRACK
Sports: Long Island University’s Samuel Egadu in the 60-meter dash, Nicholei Mahlung in the 200-meter dash and Julius Mutekanga in the 1000-meter run turned in winning track performances in the Fordham Christmas Classic at the college’s Lombardi Center Field House in The Bronx. Comment.
Fast times at Colgate Women’s Games
Sports: More than 11,000 girls and young women competed last weekend in the first preliminary meet of the Colgate Women’s Games, the unofficial opening of the indoor track season. Comment.
Caribbean Twenty20 champions clash
Sports: Reigning cricket champions Guyana and Jamaica will clash in the feature encounter on the opening day Jan. 10 at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua. Comment.
W.I. can dominate world cricket by 2012
Sports: With proper effective planning and the correct strategies implemented, the West Indies cricket team can rise to dominance in the cricket world. The West Indies Cricket Board needs to have much more research done to find the reasons for the downfall of the West Indies cricket team. Talented players are around but these players have to be properly nurtured. Comment.
T&T Junior Warriors defeat Suriname
Sports: The Trinidad and Tobago men’s under-20 team won the first leg of a home-and-away CONCACAF qualifying series when it defeated hosts Suriname, 2-1, last Friday. Comment.
CHAMPION TIGERS
Sports: When two undefeated teams collide in any sports something must give. Comment.
Dominica achieves Test venue status
Sports: The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced recently that Dominica’s Windsor Park will debut as the World’s newest Test venue in July 2011, when it hosts the final in a series between West Indies and India. Comment.
Gayle out of ICC top 10
Sports: West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle, who scored 333 against Sri Lanka in the first Test recently and moved into the Top 10 of the ICC Batting Rankings, has dropped out of the top 10 rankings following scores of 30 and 3 in the second Test match in Colombo recently. Comment.
Falcons land new hoop coaches
Sports: Almost an entire new coaching staff made their debut at Bishop Ford High School, a member of the Catholic High Schools Athletic Association. Comment.
Jamaica king of Caribbean soccer
Sports: Jamaican National Team Head Coach Theodore Whitmore is surely proving that Caribbean coaches can accomplish success on the international stage. The former Jamaican midfielder led the Reggae Boyz to victory in the 2010 Digicel Caribbean Cup championship to a 5-4 penalty kicks shout-out win over a very well organized and skillful Guadeloupe team last Sunday in Martinique. Comment.
Four W.I. players replaced for O.D.I.
Sports: West Indies selectors replaced four players on tour for the One-Day Internationals and the One-Day International to be played against Sri Lanka starting Dec. 9. Comment.
Brooklynite wins Mr. Universe title
Sports: Competitive bodybuilder Hugh Ross, a native of Guyana, has claimed the Mr. Universe title in the Masters Over-50 Division. Comment.
WICB pledges greater efficiency
Sports: The West Indies Cricket Board has pledged to become more efficient, which is the aim of the new administration. Comment.
SHILLINGFORD INVESTIGATED
Sports: West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) officials have pledged their full support for Shane Shillingford, after he was reported for a suspected illegal bowling action. Comment.
Bolt is outstanding male athlete
Sports: Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt has captured one of the top honors at the recent 29th Annual Commonwealth Sports Awards, despite not participating in the games last month in Delhi, India. Comments (1).
West bowlers have a huge task
Sports: These test matches are very testing for the West Indies playing on foreign soil, but the confidence level of the players were boosted by some excellent batting by some of the West Indies batsmen leading with the experienced Chris Gayle who slammed a record-breaking 333 runs. Comment.
‘Buckets’ to lead Globetrotters
Sports: Look what’s coming to the metropolitan New York-New Jersey area! It’s a team that plays for fun and enjoyment. They are not so serious about the game during which time they emphasize fancy playing thus making the spectators want to see more of such action. This is what one calls entertainment, especially for the kids and youngsters. Comment.
Trinidad out; Cuba, Grenada in
Sports: Russell Latapy, Trinidad and Tobago’s senior men’s national team coach, probably forgot the old saying, ‘never count your chickens before they’re hatched.’ Comment.
Player of The Tournament Award
Sports: FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique — Digicel, sponsor of Caribbean Football, on Monday announced the launch of the “Digicel Player of the Tournament Award” in the Digicel Caribbean Cup 2010. Comment.
Nicholas Parbhudial to play in U-20 World Cup
Sports: Medgar Evers College freshman Nicholas Parbhudial has been selected as a qualifying player by the Guyana Football Federation for its Under-20 FIFA Soccer League - the soccer world championship for male players under the age of 20. Comment.
Antigua & Barbados win CT20 bids
Sports: Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados have won the bid to host the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship in January. Comment.
GAYLE’S HISTORIC INNINGS
Sports: West Indies Cricket Board President Julian Hunte has congratulated Chris Gayle on his historic innings of 333 against Sri Lanka recently. Comment.
