Police in Brazil have charged a woman who accused the international footballer, Neymar, of raping her in a Paris hotel last May with perverting the course of justice. Najila Trindade and her former husband, Estivens Alves, have been accused of lying to police and attempting to blackmail the player. The Paris St-Germain player has been […]
Jamaica’s ice hockey team trounced defending champions Colombia in the first game of their Group A fixture in the LATAM Cup 2019 at the Florida Panthers Ice Den in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last Friday evening. The score was tied at 0-0 after two of the three periods, but Jamaica scored five minutes into the third […]
Kingston, Jamaica – India completed another crushing victory over the West Indies, demolishing the home side by 257 runs on the fourth afternoon of the second and final Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Monday. Set the improbable target of 468 late on day three, the home side tumbled in the post-lunch session, losing […]
Former TT sprinter Ato Boldon said he is ready for a hearing, expressing confidence that contaminated tablets led his Jamaican sprinter Briana Williams to test positive for diuretic Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). Boldon, who has coached Williams for a number of years, said, “The comments made by her attorney are what we are going with right now. […]
NORTH SOUND (Antigua): India inflicted a humiliating 318-run defeat on the West Indies in the first Test as Jasprit Bumrah dismantled the hosts with a five-wicket haul after Ajinkya Rahane found his first century in two years on Sunday. West Indies were chasing a stiff 419-run target but Indian pacers led by Bumrah demolished the […]
Brian Lara, the former West Indies captain, has underlined the need for the team’s red-ball cricketers to work on their “mental approach” to the game, an aspect he himself “strongly” prepared for during his playing career. Lara’s views come two days prior to the start of West Indies’ two-Test home series against India, with both […]
By Ravendra Madholall Rems and Enmore claimed comfortable victories last Sunday at Ashtonbee Park, Scarborough in the 2019 Ontario Softball Cricket League ten-ten cricket competition. On the number one pitch, Rems defeated GG Bannas by 35 runs in the Division One contest while in the Division Two fixture, Enmore made light work of Carr Tec […]
By Darnel Harris Forge welding is an ancient blacksmithing process during which metal is heated, before being hammered into one refined piece. In their first Concacaf League series, Forge FC lived up to their motto – Together We Forge – by absorbing pressure and then hammering Antigua GFC to win the series two to one […]
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – Swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle became the highest run-scorer for West Indies in his record 300th ODI at Queen’s Park Oval last Sunday. Gayle broke two records of legendary Windies batsman Brian Lara, first the highest number of ODIs and second the highest run-scorer for Windies in ODI. The 39-year-old made 11 runs […]
By Ravendra Madholall Winnipeg Hawks are the 2019 Global T20 champions having dethroning Vancouver Knights in the Super-Over last Sunday at the CAA Centre, Brampton. After the pulsating contest was tied with both teams chalking up 192 each from the allotted 20-overs, Winnipeg Hawks made nine runs and then restricted the Knights to seven in […]