Michael Anthony Fray faced the starter on earth for the last time last Tuesday, en route to a journey to the land beyond. The Jamaican Olympian, who was found dead on November 6 in Kingston under still unclear circumstances, was hailed by multiple speakers at a thanksgiving service for his life at the Church of […]
West Indies have appointed Monty Desai as the batting coach of the senior men’s team on a two-year contract. esai, who has held coaching roles with Afghanistan, Nepal, Indian regional teams and IPL teams Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Lions in a career of over 12 years, most recently worked with batsmen from the UAE and […]
Jamaica’s senior women’s lacrosse team recently made history, becoming the first Caribbean team to qualify for the 2021 Women’s Lacrosse World Cup. The 2019 Pan American Lacrosse Association (PALA) Women’s World Lacrosse Qualifier was a 4-day tournament held this past weekend at the PALA headquarters, Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, FL, just west of […]
Winning the toss, Windies decided to bowl first and bundled Afghans out for 187. West Indies finished the day at 68/2, trailing by 119 runs West Indies have ended Day 1 at 68/2. They trail Afghanistan by 119 runs. John Campbell and Shamarh Brooks will resume the Windies innings on Day 2. Twelve wickets have […]
A top-5 international warri, an ancient African “board game”, grand master, Antiguan Cyril “September” Christian died early Friday morning at the Mount St John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) at the age of 72. The warri legend eventually lost his battle against cancer after struggling with the disease especially over the past few months. “It has been […]
smashed an unbeaten knock of 109 to steer West Indies (WI) to a 3-0 whitewash of Afghanistan in the final One-Day International (ODI) at Lucknow, India, last Monday. Sent in to bat, Afghanistan were led to 249/7 by a quick-fire Asghar Afghan (86 off 85 balls) partnered with an unbeaten half-century from Mohammed Nabi and […]
NORTH SOUND, Antigua – West Indies Women survived a massive umpiring blunder in a tense final over to pull off a dramatic one-run victory off the last ball, in the opening One-Day International (ODI) against India Women under lights here late Friday. With India requiring nine runs from the final over with one wicket intact […]
By Darnel Harris Ten thousand four hundred and eighty-six fans from across southern Ontario and Alberta gathered last Saturday afternoon to bear witness as Hamilton’s Forge FC and Calgary’s Calvary FC battled in the Canadian Premier League’s first Final. The primetime game did not disappoint; crunching tackles, twenty-one shots, a pile of yellow and red […]
By Ravendra Madholall Canada hopes of participating at the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup in Australia next October were dashed last Saturday at the Qualifier tournament in Dubai. Canada ended in fifth position in Group B after suffering three consecutive defeats, and consequently failed to qualify to the knockout stage. Of the seven […]
By Lincoln DePradine Antigua and Barbuda has bestowed national hero status on a handful of citizens, including legendary former West Indies cricket captain Sir Vivian Richards, whose daughter and grandchild were in the audience Sunday at a Toronto event that brought together four Antiguan women that are being celebrated for a recent feat that has […]
