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All across this country there is a bellowing cry for more committed sports administrators. Like the Marines we need “a few good men”, as several o...

The recent spate in gun related crimes, the increase in the incidence of violence and the general degradation in social standards are sending streaks ...

A FEW YEARS AGO being slim and trim was the in thing. A popular saying then was "Hollywood calls for slim girls", But today being "round like an Engli...

An era of West Indies greatness has ended. Brian Charles Lara, the man from Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago, but the Caribbean authority on world cric...

The Arnos Vale, Sion Hill and Stubbs Playing Fields are blessed with upgraded facilities. These three venues were the centre pieces of the warm up mat...

Two national sports associations over the past week gave the nation a lesson on poor public relations. The tutors were the St. Vincent and the Grenadi...

We have made it! After two years of planning, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and by extension St. Vincent and the Grenadines staged the four war...

Meeting deadlines, planning sessions, the bickering and the on going assessments of this country’s readiness to host official Cricket World Cup warm...

The best result that was needed to give this country’s football here a kick was attained when Vincy Heat failed to reach the semi final stage of the...

Once sports is seen as “sports”, St Vincent and the Grenadines will always play second fiddle to our opponent. And this has manifested itself in t...

The decision by national cricket selectors to include several youngsters in the squad for the upcoming Windwards senior tournament must be hailed as a...

Help! Help! Wanted, an urgent national youth development football programme. That’s one of the antidotes needed to aid in the resuscitation of our a...

The current Guinness National Inter League competition organised by the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) is getting the antic...

Vincy Heat’s qualification for the second round of the Digicel Caribbean Cup signals a maturity of our football. Placed into a group with two teams,...

Next week is another big test of our footballers. St. Vincent and the Grenadines would be engaged in preliminary round action of the Digicel Caribbean...

It is easy for us to become resigned to our faith of being perpetual losers. For that is what the West Indies Cricket team has brought us to think of ...

The intervention of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Netball Association to host this year’s Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Organisation of Easte...

Long before a ball is delivered in the ICC Cricket World Cup scheduled for the Caribbean next March, uncertainties about the game itself have surfaced...

How long can this country continue to participate, and not compete, in sports at all levels? And the records are there to show that the former is the ...

by Jarand Cummings The recent positive drug tests produced by the World and Olympic 100m champion, Justin Gatlin, and recent Tour de France winner, Fl...

Vincentians, and I venture to say the rest of the Caribbean, will have to adjust to the demands of the advanced booking system if they are to come to ...

West Indian cricket fans must be having a field day. The Stanford 20/20 has aroused the imagination on many levels. It has surfaced as a source of soc...

The more we change the more things remain the same, as we are slowly going back to square one, with the game of the people, football. The problem of p...

When I was growing up, there was the saying: "Good for one good for all." That was when we were confronted by conditions that were not considered idea...

The cynics might say that the West Indies victory over India in the One-Day series is a fluke. The die-hard West Indian fans will look at it as the tu...

It seems like a greater emphasis on the provision of sporting facilities is needed here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is only natural that the...

A pungent smell of disunity is permeating the air of the local basketball fraternity. Evidence of this are the statements, overtures and innuendos mad...

Brian Lara is captain again, the contract dispute has been settled, Wow! We should celebrate aint? Yeah right!! Celebrate what? Quite frankly, I am ge...

The local Football Federation can be credited with giving proper account of US $250,000 received annually as part of the FIFA allocations. Congratulat...

by Oscar Ramjeet Did you know that a Vincentian was a member of the first West Indies cricket team? Well a Guyanese professor of Caribbean History has...

by Neil Williams Mr Stanford’s bounteous injection of funds into the region’s barren cricket coffers is the impetus needed for cricket development...

By Neil Williams To interfere or leave alone, that is the question. When it comes to certain techniques one of the main challenges that a coach faces ...

By Garth Saunders The Donald Trump “Best of the Best” Golf Tournament is scheduled for May this year at the idyllic Raffles Resort on the island o...

It seems inevitable to have a major world sporting event today, and not have the organisers with a major concern. Football’s world governing body FI...

With Neil Williams There is a serious need for the employment of a Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD) Sports System for Cricket in SVG. This will e...

The Caribbean is readying itself to host cricket’s showpiece, the World Cup in 2007. Undoubtedly, it is the single biggest event ever to be undertak...

Twenty- six years ago, this country made a sporting statement by placing second in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) final in Suriname. In the proces...

Cricket possesses immense powers once the Caribbean breeze hits you. So it is with Allen Stanford. Having spent enough time in Antigua and throughout ...

Sunday, October 16, will be a big day on the Sporting calendar for North Leeward athletes especially, and those in the nation as a whole. With a $1000...

You could bet on a quarrel whenever anything big is about to happen in the Caribbean. It is the tropical flavour where clashes and misunderstanding ar...

The emphasis attached to education is recognition that life must proceed with enhancement. For with the trained mind receptive to methods of practicab...

Now that the Caricom Single Market and Economy is getting closer to reality, we in the region will have to deepen our outlook. Our borders have broade...

The move by the West Indies Cricket Board to cater for cross-border representation by regional cricketers comes in the scheme of things. Not that ther...

Recently, coach of the Women's Football team Andrew Bramble returned from a stint in Guatemala. It was while there, he learnt that St. Vincent and the...

It seems like it's closer to reality. And what we must accept is that life goes on. Unless we compromise, there will be distances and break-down in co...

July/August is the holiday season for most school children. Students are encouraged not to overlook their books however. So by the time school reopens...

Facilities for sports here continue to be a contentious issue. The recent visit by FIFA Development Officer Harold Joseph was aimed at enhancing this ...

There is never dull moment in the Caribbean, and the cricket scenario always provides its share of excitement. Before Hurricane Emily made its presenc...

Two West Indies teams head to Sri Lanka. An ‘A’ Team comprised of 15 players makes a corresponding tour with their Senior colleagues. The selector...

The 2007 Cricket World Cup is around the corner, but like the Caribbean Single Market and Economy, its impact is not being felt across the nation. The...

Sport has been encouraged among all sectors of the society because it instills a sense of discipline in individuals. Sociologists and those knowledgea...

I must add to last week’s sporting and cultural figures. David ‘Quick Silver’ Hodge is among the legends of goal keepers who have made it on the...

The aspect of politics and sports seemed to have generated some interest. In deed that list may be far from complete, and new names will be unearthed ...

Last week’s Politics and Sports aroused a response from Dr. Errol King. Dr. King outlined that between 1947 to 1950, lawyer St. Aubyn Cato was the r...

There has always been a correlation between politics and sports. Many persons have climbed up the political ladder to the mantle of leadership after h...

Time was when fears were expressed about losing our crop of young cricketers, especially fast bowlers because they were gravitating towards basketball...

It is with a tinge of sadness that I reflect on Urel Campbell’s passing. She sort of opened my eyes to the heights of Vincentian netball standards. ...

The nation is still beaming with pride from Sophia Young’s spectacular performance on television last week Tuesday. The Layou born woman completed p...

Someone might say, it’s far from over. For the controversy will never be truly settled. Not when one notes the way Donovan Pagon for example has bee...

There is always something happening in the Caribbean, and it takes place in traditional tropical fashion. That normally entails some deal of heat. For...

Time was when Volleyball ranked high on the list of choice of sport for many a Vincentian. The standard of play exhibited by the nation’s crop of pl...

The opening of the Penniston Playing field next Monday is a welcome development. It is a genuine symbol of our emerging heritage. Tribute is due to th...

The Caribbean has always turned out its share of controversy. Ever since we were introduced to cricket by the English, the region has gravitated to th...

The Windwards find themselves in that position where they can squander an opportunity for the big time. Second spot on points standing at the end of t...

The debate rages as to the merits and demerits of Pamenos Ballantyne’s continued denial by Team Athletics SVG for nomination for national awards. Th...

She seems to have been imbued with a touch of excellence, a trait manifested on the field of play as a youth. In her inimitable style, she continued t...

Tomorrow, the National Sports Council brings off its sixth annual awards ceremony. The nominees have been announced and the judges have chosen the var...

it has long been established that St. Vincent and the Grenadines possess immense sporting talent. There needs, however, to be more support in the form...

Orlanzo Jackson’s omission from the 17-member Windward party for the 2005 Carib Cup is a signal blow to genuine cricket lovers in St. Vincent and th...

Vincy Heat was close to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, for I am convinced that once we had crossed the first hurdle, the other teams in the final roun...

When the winner of the CFU Digicel Caribbean Cup is decided, the British Virgin Islands would have established their mark in regional football. It is ...

All of a sudden, the issue of sponsorship has surfaced as a crucial issue in regional sporting endeavours. Sadly, that furore has hit the Caribbean, p...

The September 10 issue of the Searchlight newspaper highlighted the conditions that exist for facilities for basketball at the Montrose “Home”. Th...

Deighton Butler will have to continue his excellent run if he is to make it onto the 14 for the VB Series. The fact of Butler’s inclusion in the 25 ...

November 17 will be our date with destiny as far as progress to the Germany 2006 goes. Should we overcome the odds and displace Trinidad and Tobago by...

If the Windwards Senior Cricket squad wins today’s semifinal against Guyana and goes on to Sunday’s final, it will be a further slap in my face. F...

In perhaps customary fashion, the Windwards continued their flattery of their fans. They have to depend on tomorrow’s clash with Trinidad and Tobago...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines continue to dumbfound the soccer world. On the heels of a 7:0 thrashing at the hands of the Mexicans at the Pachuca Sta...

Interest in cricket has revived with the West Indies’ capture of the ICC Champions Trophy. The victory is a tonic for the cricket-crazed Caribbean. ...

The victory clinched by the Barbadian duo of Ian Bradshaw and Courtney Browne is a welcome tonic for West Indians, undernourished by the thought of ha...