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Lara out of final squad
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March 24, 2005
When the West Indies cricket team takes to the field next week Thursday at Bourda Oval in Georgetown Guyana, one of the world’s top drawing cards wi...
Butler among tops in bowling table
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March 18, 2005
Overlooked by regional selectors for possible inclusion in the West Indies team in the upcoming tours to the Caribbean by South Africa and Pakistan, V...
Chatoyer team still king of the roads
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March 18, 2005
Chatoyer Athletics Club continues to rule road relays in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The North Windward Unit once again ran away with the National...
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March 18, 2005
The surname Hooper has been synonymous with cricket at the international level. Everyone is familiar with Carl Hooper however enigmatic his performanc...
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March 18, 2005
Guest Sport Column - by Earl W. Robinson Next Tuesday March 22, 2005, the eight Women’s Cricket World Cup will commence in South Africa at four diff...
First Division teams zoned
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March 18, 2005
Teams in the Ju-C First Division have been put in two Zones. The top two in each Zone will qualify for semifinal matches in the build up for the final...
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March 18, 2005
The 2005 Cable and Wireless National Netball Tournament is into its first week of competition. Forty-one teams will jostle for top positions as well a...
All eyes on Kineke at NCAA
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March 18, 2005
Vincentian star athlete Kineke Alexander is quickly becoming the topic of discussion in US athletic circles. The junior athlete who recently left here...
Trini breaks Johnson’s world 400m record
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March 18, 2005
Trinidad-born teenager Kerron Clement has broken Michael Johnson's decade-old indoor world record for the 400m. T he 19-year-old was competing for the...
C&W defends players sponsorship deal
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March 11, 2005
As the ongoing Cable &Wireless versus Digicel telecommunications dogfight over sponsorship deals continues to divide West Indies cricket Cable & Wirel...
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March 11, 2005
CAC Seniors hit cost snag in Bahamas NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) - The hosting of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Track and Field Championsh...
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March 11, 2005
The St.Vincent and the Grenadines Netball Association (SVGNA) will begin its 2005 Cable & Wireless National Club Championships this Sunday, without on...
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March 11, 2005
The ground has been broken for the construction of a sporting facility at Mt. Grenan. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves and Parliamentary Representati...
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March 11, 2005
Victors showed why they are the reigning RBTT Premier Cricket champs with a commanding eight-wicket win over St. David North Leeward Sports Associatio...
Tigress are female cricket champions
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March 11, 2005
J. G. Tigress secured the 2005 Cavaliers National Women’s Cricket Competition League title in most enthralling fashion last Sunday. They beat United...
Daniel aiming to outwalk record
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March 11, 2005
Dr. Chester Toney, personal physician of long distance walker, Earl “Ole George” Daniel, believes that Daniel is physically prepared to complete h...
Harry steers Community College to title win
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March 11, 2005
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College is the first Inter-Collegiate cricket Champion. They sealed the title with an emphatic 182 run win ov...
Willett gets national honour
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March 4, 2005
The Vincentian cricket fan will remember him. For while he was mesmerizing the Jamaican batsmen on his way to spearheading the Combined Islands to an ...
Sophia Young jumping high
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March 4, 2005
She is now a Junior, but Vincentian female basketball player Sophia Young continues to be the center of attraction at Baylor University, Texas, U.S.A....
Cox stops Ballantyne tracks
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March 4, 2005
Pamenos Ballantyne, is brushing aside last Sunday’s lost in the Clico Trinidad and Tobago Marathon, attributing “cramps’’, both in his legs an...
Shallow moves up to premier
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March 4, 2005
National cricketer, Hyron Shallow has answered the call, and has moved up to the Premier Division of the National Cricket Competition. Shallow made th...
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March 4, 2005
United Survivors put their name into real life action with two convincing victories last weekend to maintain their lead in the 2005 Cavalier’s Natio...
Moffet House takes GHS sports
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March 4, 2005
Moffett House emerged overall champion when the Girls’ High School held its annual athletic meet at the Arnos Vale playing field last Friday 25th. C...
New Kydd on the track
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March 4, 2005
A new athletics star has emerged here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. A record-breaking performance from a 12-year-old youngster was the high point...
NEMWIL Hope back
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February 25, 2005
NEMWIL Hope International can lay claim to have won the Premiership of the inaugural National Football League. With two matches still on their schedul...
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February 25, 2005
The St.Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) has reverted to finding “a home for football’’, as its Goal Project. The federatio...
Pamenos goes after win No. 8
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February 25, 2005
Pamenos Ballantyne will attempt to take his eight Clico Trinidad Marathon title this weekend when he match up against tough competition from Kenya, ho...
Squash scholarship for Shane
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February 25, 2005
Local Squash player Shane Slater continues to make great strides on the squash courts. The national junior player was recently notified of his accepta...
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February 25, 2005
At the Annual General Meeting of the National Lawn Tennis Association held on, February 16, the entire executive of that association save and except f...
Hopkins knocks ‘em
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February 25, 2005
Only a handful of men in boxing history have successfully defended major world titles 20 times at one weight. Sugar Ray Robinson is not among them and...
United Survivors lead Women’s cricket
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February 25, 2005
United Survivors will be looking to maintain their lead in the Cavaliers National Women’s Cricket Competition this weekend. They shot to 16 points h...
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February 25, 2005
POINTE-A-PIERRE, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago, under the astute captaincy of Daren Ganga gave an inspired performance to defeat the Windward Islands...
McLean tipped to bowl for Somerset
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February 25, 2005
LONDON - Former West Indies fast bowler Nixon McLean could be Somerset's overseas signing for the upcoming English County first class season. The club...
Lyttle makes Sports Illustrated pages
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February 18, 2005
Former ace sprinter Sancho Lyttle is continuing to make waves on the US college basketball scene. A recent article in the prestigious Sports Illustrat...
Jack aiming for changes
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February 18, 2005
Newly elected President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association, Julian Jack has identified urgent strategic planning as the immedia...
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February 18, 2005
The local Women’s Cricket Association has landed sponsorship for this year’s competition, from New York based Cavaliers Sports Club. The Club has ...
Petit Bordel gets a face lift
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February 18, 2005
North Leeward, known for its propensity for sporting potential, is on its way to further development now that the refurbished Petit Bordel Playing Fie...
Windwards boss stunned by team’s loss
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February 18, 2005
President of the Windwards Cricket Board Lennox John is puzzled by the Windwards’ performance in their last match against Barbados. John’s sentime...
Vincy baller scoring big
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February 11, 2005
US-based Vincentian basketball player Sophia Young continues to make waves on the college circuit. A recent article in USA Today magazine has been ext...
Media men rewarded
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February 11, 2005
Three members of the media have been rewarded for their input to the development of the sporting agenda here. National Broadcasting Corporation’s Sp...
Jack,  Butler nab sports title
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February 11, 2005
Cordell Jack seems to have a knack of taking sports awards. It was only last May that she was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) when this country won t...