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Feed SubscriptionWest Indies Cricket Teams Sweep Twenty20 World Cup Championships
KOLKATA, India, April 3, 2016 (CMC) – West Indies stunned England by four wickets in the men’s final here, on Sunday, as the Caribbean made a clean sweep of the titles at the Twenty20 World Cup. Carlos Brathwaite belted four ...
Read More »Factors Affecting Female Participation In Sport
(NC) Despite the wide-ranging evidence of the benefits of physical activity, many young girls continue to make the decision to drop out of sports. According to a new report called Women in Sport: Fuelling a Lifetime of Participation, social pressures ...
Read More »Bolt To Headline Inaugural Racers Grand Prix
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 9, (CMC) – World and Olympic sprint champion, Usain Bolt, will headline the inaugural Racers Grand Prix, carded for June 11 at the National Stadium here. The meet, organized by Bolt’s Racers Track Club, is also expected ...
Read More »Haiti’s Under-17 Women’s Football Team Storms Back To Beat Canada And Top Group A
Photo above: Haiti (pictured) celebrates after scoring against Canada in a CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship match on March 7, 2016, in St. George’s, Grenada. (Photo: Mexsport). ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada , Mar 8, (CMC) — Haiti’s women’s football team stormed back from ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Under-17 Women’s Football Team Still Winless After Squandering Leads
Photo above: Jamaica’s under-17 women’s football team. Photo credit: Jamaica Football Federation. ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mar 7, (CMC) – Jamaica remained winless in the CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship, after twice squandering leads, to plunge to a 3-2 defeat to Costa ...
Read More »Windies Ranked Second Ahead Of ICC T20 World Cup
Photo above: Players of the West Indies men’s cricket team, celebrate being named the 2012 champions; the team will enter the ICC T20 World Cup, second in the rankings. Photo credit: ICC.com. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 7, (CMC) – The West Indies ...
Read More »West Indies Cricket Board Plans To Review Past Reports But Rejects CARICOM Position
Photo above: WICB President, Dave Cameron, who announced today, that a team would now be set up to look at recommendations from the Lucky, Patterson and Wilkin Reports, which were yet to be implemented. Photo courtesy of the WICB. KINGSTON, ...
Read More »Over $20 Million Up For Grabs On Stakes Schedule At Woodbine Racetrack
TORONTO, Canada, Mar 5, (CMC) – The 157th running of the prestigious Queen’s Plate headlines 101 stakes races, scheduled for the 2016 Woodbine racing season, which gets underway next month. The added money suite of races will be worth in ...
Read More »Windies Trounce Warwickshire To Complete Clean Sweep
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Mar 6, (CMC) – Opener, Johnson Charles, extended his good form, while captain, Darren Sammy, and Ashley Nurse blasted cameos, as West Indies completed their unofficial warm-ups with a three-wicket win over English County Warwickshire, here ...
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