Regional Sports News
CRICKET-WINDIES-Gibson tinkers with batting order with eye on World Cup13 March 2010, 2:13 pm
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Mar 13, CMC – With the ICC Cricket World Cup less than a year away, West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says his focus is already on getting the team prepared for the major showpiece in Asia.
CRICKET-WIS/ZIM-PREVIEW Windies aiming for fourth win to end series positively – 5th ODI
13 March 2010, 1:32 pm
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Mar 13, CMC – West Indies will chase their fourth win in a row on Sunday when they face Zimbabwe in the final One-Day International of the five-match series.
FOOTBALL-CONCACAF-LEAD Haiti lose again but show more spirit
13 March 2010, 12:24 pm
ALAJUELA, Costa Rica, Mar 13, CMC – Haiti gave an improved showing but still slipped to their second defeat in the CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship, as Costa Rica powered into the semi-finals of the tournament with a 2-0 win Friday evening.
FOOTBALL-ENGLAND-Jamaican Daley scores stunner to inspire Bradford City
13 March 2010, 11:55 am
BRADFORD, England, Mar 13, CMC – Reggae Boy Omar Daley scored a stunning goal for Bradford City as they sealed a tremendous comeback to beat playoff-hunting Aldershot Town 2-1 on Saturday.
FOOTBALL-CFU-LEAD St Lucia crush USVI to reach next round
13 March 2010, 11:11 am
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Mar 13, CMC – St Lucia romped to a emphatic 7-0 win over the US Virgin Islands on Friday to advance to the next round of the Caribbean Football Union Women’s World Cup qualifying series.
MOTORSPORT-F1-LEAD Hamilton to start fourth at Bahrain Grand Prix (adds details, quotes)
13 March 2010, 11:02 am
SAKHIR, Bahrain, Mar 13, CMC – McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton will start fourth on the grid for Sunday’s Formula One Grand Prix here, after Red Bull’s Sebastien Vettel produced a pacy run in final qualifying on Saturday to snatch pole in season-opening event.
BOXING-TRINIDAD-Promoter warns Manswell about Belgium fight date
13 March 2010, 10:46 am
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 13, CMC – Boxing promoter Randy Glasgow has warned top Trinidad & Tobago heavyweight Kerston Manswell about accepting a fight date in Belgium next week, the Trinidad Newsday newspaper reported on Saturday.
CRICKET-WIS/ZIM-Windies coach standing behind struggling Ramdin
13 March 2010, 10:45 am
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Mar 13, CMC – Despite his slumping batting form, wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin has been given a vote of confidence by new West Indies coach Ottis Gibson.
CRICKET-JAMAICA-Rousseau, Dehring split on secession from WICB
13 March 2010, 10:14 am
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 13, CMC – Pat Rousseau and Chris Dehring have expressed different views on Jamaica or other territories seceding from the West Indies Cricket Board.
FOOTBALL-CONCACAF-RESULTS CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship
13 March 2010, 9:10 am
ALAJUELA, Costa Rica, Mar 13, CMC – Results of matches played in the CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship on Friday evening.
FOOTBALL-CFU-RESULT St Lucia beat USVI 7-0 – women’s
13 March 2010, 8:54 am
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Mar 13, CMC – St Lucia defeated the United States Virgin Islands 7-0 in their Caribbean Football Union Women’s World Cup, Group C qualifier at the Antigua Recreation Ground on Friday.
ATHLETICS-WORLD INDOORS-LEAD Third time lucky for Bahamian Brown
13 March 2010, 8:38 am
DOHA, Qatar, Mar 13, CMC – Chris Brown kept his nerve, and benefitted from a collision involving the favourite to ease the heartbreak elsewhere for the English-speaking Caribbean, when he claimed gold in the men’s 400 metres at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday.
MOTORSPORT-F1-UPDATE Hamilton to start fourth in season-opening Grand Prix
13 March 2010, 7:46 am
SAKHIR, Bahrain, Mar 13, CMC – McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who has ties to Grenada, will start fourth on the grid for the season-opening Formula One Grand Prix here Sunday.
ATHLETICS-WORLD INDOORS-RESULTS from Day 2
13 March 2010, 5:58 am
DOHA, Qatar, Mar 13, CMC – Selected results from the second day of the World Indoor Championships on Saturday:
URGENT-ATHLETICS-WORLD INDOORS-RESULT Men’s 400 metres
13 March 2010, 5:38 am
DOHA, Qatar, Mar 13, CMC – Chris Brown of the Bahamas ran a season’s best 45.96 seconds to capture the men’s 400 metres at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday.
ATHLETICS-WORLD INDOORS-UPDATE 3 Bailey, Carter for 60m final
13 March 2010, 4:28 am
DOHA, Qatar, Mar 13, CMC – Daniel Bailey of Antigua & Barbuda and Nesta Carter of Jamaica will contest the Final of the men’s 60 metres dash at the World Indoor Championships later on Saturday.
ATHLETICS-WORLD INDOORS-UPDATE 2 Women’s sprint hurdlers reach final
13 March 2010, 4:16 am
DOHA, Qatar, Mar 13, CMC – Jamaicans Vonette Dixon and Lacena Golding-Clarke will fly the Caribbean flag in the Final of the women’s 60 metres hurdles at the World Indoor Championships later on Saturday.
ATHLETICS-WORLD INDOORS-UPDATE Caribbean mile relay quartets advance
13 March 2010, 4:00 am
DOHA, Qatar, Mar 13, CMC – Jamaica and the Bahamas qualified for the Final of the men’s 4 x 400 metres relay at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday.
HORSE RACING-USA-Ganpath, Pereira share three wins
13 March 2010, 3:37 am
CHESTER, West Virginia, Mar 13, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago-born jockeys Ray Ganpath and Oswald Pereira combined for three wins on Friday’s race card at the Mountaineer Racetrack.
CRICKET-WIS/ZIM-Bravo says four-wicket haul a good sign of fitness
12 March 2010, 1:38 pm
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Mar 12, CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Bravo said Friday his four-wicket haul against Zimbabwe was a signal he had made a full return to fitness following his recent hand injury.