Gayle & Taylor–male and female cricketers of the year

Chris Gayle and Stafanie Taylor were named the respective male and female cricketers of the year at the Jamaica Cricket Association annual awards dinner held in Kingston Thursday night. Both Gayle and Taylor enjoyed a prolific year with the bat for the West Indies. Gayle, former captain of the West Indies...

Jamaica-born boxer killed in biking accident

Former British heavyweight boxing champion Gary Mason has been killed in a road accident at Wallington on the southern edge of the British capital. Just before dawn on Thursday, the 48-year-old Jamaica-born Mason was riding his bicycle, which collided with a van. Mason was pronounced dead at the scene of the...

Shiv still best ranked WI batsman

West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul remains firmly in eighth place on the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) test rankings for batsmen headed jointly by Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis. Both Tendulkar and Kallis have 883 rating points, just one ahead of Sri Lanka captain Kumar...

West Indies girls ready to face India

The West Indies Women’s cricket team departed from Barbados on Saturday confident of doing well on the upcoming tour of India. The squad, led by Merissa Aguilleira, will play five One-Day Internationals and three T20 Internationals during the three-week trip- January 3-24. This tour will be the first time...

West Indies Cricket Board awards retainer contracts to women cricketers

ST JOHN’S, Antigua–The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has created history in awarding Central Retainer Contracts to six women cricketers for the period October 2010 to September 2011. World-rated Stafanie Taylor and world record holder Deandra Dottin have been awarded A contracts. West Indies...

Reggae Boyz on top in Caribbean Football Union rankings

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have leapfrogged Trinidad and Tobago to claim top spot in the Caribbean Football Union rankings, following their unbeaten run in the recently concluded Digicel Caribbean Cup. CANA news reported that in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday,...

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