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Ollivierre duo heat up Bajan race trace
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June 23, 2006
The dynamic duo of Steve and son Dominic Ollivierre with their ECMIl / Empire / SVG Ministry of Tourism sponsored Mitsubishi Evolution VII, captured t...
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June 23, 2006
Coach of the St.Vincent and the Grenadines senior male basketball team, Alrick Wright blamed poor attitude for the team's lack-lustre performance at t...
Pamenos hits the road again
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June 23, 2006
Caribbean long distance champion Pamenos Ballantyne seems to be getting back into form after taking a break from the roads earlier this year. The mara...
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June 23, 2006
The Local Organising Committee for the CWC 2007, said on Monday that it will intensify it's recruiting for the volunteer programme next month. Directo...
Couman makes grand return to tennis court
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June 23, 2006
In our April 29th, 2005 edition, Searchlight newspaper profiled the heartbreaking story of Rohan "Couman" Adams - a former national junior lawn tennis...
WARRIORS OUT
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June 23, 2006
Trinidad and Tobago's Soca Warriors bowed out of the 2006 football World Cup in Germany last Tuesday with a single point, but with their standings as ...
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June 16, 2006
St. Vincent and the Grenadines retained the 2006 O.E.C.S Squash Championships in Tortola, which ended June 3. They beat British Virgin Islands 7-3 and...
Tennis programme for special needs students
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June 16, 2006
On May 26, 2006 history was made in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with the SVGTA launching of their “special tennis” programme for the students f...
First Division title in Police custody
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June 16, 2006
The local constabulary underlined its dominance of this year’s national cricket competition, adding the first division one silverware to its collect...
Kineke shines at NCAA  championships
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June 16, 2006
Kineke Alexander has again set a new national 400 M record, the third occasion in 14 months. Alexander clocked 51.35 seconds, last Saturday at the US ...
Union Island takes Schools’ basketball title
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June 16, 2006
The Sprite Schools’ Basketball title has made a southward journey to Union Island. The Union Island Secondary School showed their worth last week Fr...
Shannah aiming for the big leagues
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June 16, 2006
She is small, especially by Basketball standards, but there is nothing stopping Shannah Browne from reaching the top in this sport. She returns to the...
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June 16, 2006
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association will trim their squad to 13 in time for the Stanford 20/20 Cricket Tournament scheduled for Ant...
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June 16, 2006
Residents of Barrouallie, Layou and the surrounding areas will get their update on the ICC CWC World Cup 2007, this Friday June 16. That’s when the ...
West Indies looks for win in third test
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June 16, 2006
The west Indies Cricket team will be hoping to get their machinery going when they take on India in the third test at Warner Park, St. Kitts, next Thu...
Warriors still battling
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June 16, 2006
Trinidad and Tobago’s sojourn in the 2006 World Cup continued yesterday with the much-anticipated meeting with the highly fancied England. Whatever ...
Cyrus makes international mark
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June 9, 2006
St. Vincent and the Grenadines will not be at the 2006 Fifa World Cup. Like most of the Caribbean, Vincentians’ support will be for their regional c...
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June 9, 2006
09.JUN.06 West Indies v India Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua June 2-6, Toss: India Umpires: Asad Rauf, Simon Taufel TV Umpire: Billy D...
Soca Warriors face Sweden tomorrow
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June 9, 2006
Trinidad and Tobago carry the hope for the Caribbean in this year’s World Cup finals which starts today in Germany. The lone Caribbean team will hav...
Rooney will taste world cup action
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June 9, 2006
England striker Wayne Rooney (photo at right) has been passed fit to take part in the World Cup finals in Germany, the BBC said on Wednesday. The 20-y...
Mitchell appointed to FIBA committee
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June 9, 2006
President of the Bequia Basketball Association, Sabrina Mitchell attended the FIBA America Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 3, where she was...
RIDING HIGH
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June 9, 2006
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cycling Union came up trumps with a successful staging of the Villa Lodge OECS Cycling Championship. President of t...
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June 2, 2006
The technical director of this country's basketball team to the Caribbean championship in Jamaica later this month is American Mike McConathy. He trav...
Mitres closing in on Division 1 netball crown
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June 2, 2006
Buddy Pak Mitres are one match away from being officially crowned the 2006 Cable & Wireless national Division 1 netball champs. Mitres, all but won th...
Over-35 team for Masters tourney  in Barbados
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June 2, 2006
This country's Over-35 football team will partake in the tenth Masters International Festival in Barbados later today. On Wednesday May 31 2006, they ...
World Cup Football fever is on!
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June 2, 2006
St. Vincent Brewery Ltd. has joined the 2007 FIFA World Cup fever with a Coca-Cola promotion. Three Coca Cola crowns marked "Football Jersey" and $20 ...
Coach: We don’t have a piece of grass
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June 2, 2006
Seamus McCarthy, coach of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Women's Football squad is bemoaning the absence of a field for training. The unavailabili...
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June 2, 2006
A masters cricket tournament is in the making. Some 12 teams have expressed interest in being part of this 20-overs-a-side cricket competition. If pla...
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June 2, 2006
02.JUN.06 West Indies v India Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Sunday, May 28, 2006 Toss: India West Indies innings C. Gayle b Sehwag 51 S....
Windies find winning ways again
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June 2, 2006
West Indies Cricket Team sponsors, Digicel have extended heartfelt congratulations to the West Indies team, on their magnificent 4-1 victory over Indi...
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May 26, 2006
The Ashton hard court in Union Island came alive with basketball action this weekend as the Sprite Fourth Annual Grenadines Tournament bounced off to ...
Vincy team to defend squash title
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May 26, 2006
A nine-member local squash team has been named to defend the OECS Senior Squash Tournament in the British Virgin Islands May 31 to June 4. The squad c...
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May 26, 2006
Parnell Browne etched his name in local cricket history, becoming the first bowler to take a hat trick in the 20/20 format of the sport. Browne’s fe...
Cricket greats visit SVG this weekend
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May 26, 2006
The SVG Cricket Association said on Wednesday that two former West Indies fast bowlers will be in the state this weekend, in relation to the preparati...
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May 26, 2006
26.MAY.06 Sonny Williams took the first monthly X-cel Tennis Academy Tournament with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Kebejah King. The session wound up at the Nat...
Tennis training for Lliberty Lodge youth
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May 26, 2006
26.MAY.06 The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tennis Association (SVGTA), in an effort to spread the game throughout the country, has started a coachin...
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May 26, 2006
26.MAY.06 The West Indies cricket squad will be hoping to maintain the momentum in the fourth One Day International against India at Queen’s Park Ov...
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May 26, 2006
Vincentian secondary schools may soon benefit from the expertise of Cuban physical education teachers in the disciplines of basketball and track and f...