Padraig makes himself at home

BARBADOS is a home away from home for Padraig Harrington.
The Irish legend has returned to the island for this week's World Golf Championship Barbados World Cup where he will be...

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Young golf champs debunk elitist notion

Among many Guyanese, the perception is that golf is the sport of the elite and only those with the financial wherewithal and the right contacts can become involved in this sport.

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Akhtar, Asif cleared

RAWALPINDI (Reuters): A PAKISTAN tribunal has cleared cricket fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Moham-mad Asif of doping offences and lifted their long-term bans. Akhtar had been banned for two years and Asif for one year in early November...

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Rain ruins ODI opener in Pakistan

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (CMC): WEST INDIES captain Brian Lara said his side was already looking ahead to the second one-day international (ODI), after the opening game of the five-match series was rained out yesterday.

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Bajan team for Jamaica rally

TREVOR MANNING AND JAMES BETTS will lead a strong eight-member team to Kingston, Jamaica, to contest this year's Petcom International All Stage Rally from Friday until Sunday.

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US$40m from ticket sales

THE NINE local organising committees preparing for the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC) have projected US$40 million in revenue from the sale of tickets.

Speaking to the media yesterday, Ken Gordon, chairman of the board, said that this was a "comfortable estimate".

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Racing fall-out!

STOP HORSE RACING RIGHTAWAY, and establish a Barbados Racing Authority!

These were two of the suggestions made by a former Barbados Turf Club (BTC) Track and Paddock manager and a race fan after yesterday's racing was surprisingly called off after the running of the second race at the Garrison Savannah.

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Records tumble at GASA C/ships

Records continued to tumble at the Castellani Pool when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) 2006 national swimming championships continued yesterday from last weekend with day one of the two-day event.

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Nascimento tips West Indies Side to win rugby sevens

President of the North American and West Indian Rugby Association (NAW-IRA) Kit Nascimento has tipped the West Indies side, which has five of Guyana's top players as the hot favourites to win the Trinidad and Tobago Enthusiast Carib Invitational Sevens tournament this week-end.

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Windies on familiar barren ground

Brian Lara's expression, both visual and oral, revealed the extent of the captain's despair following the West Indies' latest capitulation, in Karachi on Friday.

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Young Sunshine Girlz return home with the trophy

JAMAICA'S UNDER-16 netball team returned home yesterday to a hero's welcome upon their arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport. The young Sunshine Girlz recaptured the regional Under-16 netball championship in Trinidad and Tobago...

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Young Boyz tackle T&T for final-round spot

JAMAICA'S UNDER-20 footballers hunt a spot in the 2007 CONCACAF U-20 final round when they tackle Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) in a first-leg game at the Harbour View Mini-Stadium today at 4:00 p.m.

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Gutzmore, Josiah-Tanne rule

JAMAICA'S ANDREW Gutzmore and Guyana-born United States-based Euleen Josiah-Tanne emerged the toast of yesterday's sixth renewal of the Reggae Marathon in Negril when they ran away with the male and female categories, respectively.

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New Reggae Boyz coach has discipline in focus

New coach of Jamaica's national soccer squad, Velibor Milutinovic, believes the Reggae Boyz need to work on "tactical discipline and their attitude on the pitch."

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Greenlight for CWC 2007

The nine Caribbean venues to host Cricket World Cup 2007 have been given the greenlight to host the games although the ICC Inspection Team was not 100 per cent happy with progress at some of the venues.

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Former Barbadian cricketer and diplomat dies

The cricketing fraternity in Barbados is mourning the death of Ricky Craig, 53, the former chief executive officer of the Barbados Cricket Association and Counsul General to New York. He was found dead at his home on the weekend.

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Grenadian roots of first black F1 driver

The first black driver named to race in Formula One next season has a Caribbean background.

Twenty-one year Lewis Hamilton of Britain will partner the reigning world champion Fernando Alonzo at MacLaren next season.

He has Grenadian roots - his father's parents are from the Caribbean Spice Isle.

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Sarwan rested, Afridi dropped

West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of the one-dayers against Pakistan after breaking his foot in the third Test in Karachi.

Sarwan was struck on his right instep by a yorker from Umar Gul and X-rays revealed a hairline fracture.

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Barbados' Netball team faces Jamaica

Defending champions Barbados have one more hurdle to clear today to retain the Caribbean Under-16 Netball title.

They take on Jamaica at the Jean Pierre Complex at 6.15 . The Bajans are unbeaten, with victories over Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua/Barbuda, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.

The Jamaicans have also brushed aside all their opponents. The girls from the Land of Wood and Water are the tournament favourites and they have dismissed opponents with no less than four victories over the 50-goal scoreline.

There are three other encounters tonight, Grenada plays St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines battles Antigua/Barbuda and Trinidad will have their hands full when they come up against Dominica.

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Even Lara finds Yousuf’s form hard to believe

KARACHI: Brian Lara on Thursday saluted the “commitment and consistency” of a man who seems to be heading towards replacing him as the world’s top batsman - Mohammad Yousuf, writes Khalid Hussain.

“It is an excellent performance, nine centuries in a year and so many runs,” said Lara regarded by most as the best batsman of the modern era. “Yousuf is very, very committed and is a role model not just for Pakistani youngsters but for all young cricketers around the world,” added the West Indian captain who knows what it feels like to break batting records having done that on several occasions.

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Lara looks to World Cup despite series loss in Pakistan

KARACHI, Dec 1: West Indian captain Brian Lara put on a brave face after losing the Test series to Pakistan, saying his team's main focus now was on next year's one-day cricket World Cup in the Caribbean.

“Our performances in Test matches need improvement but in the one-day arena we played very good cricket and our main focus is now on the final at Barbados in the World Cup,” said Lara.

The West Indies, who play Pakistan in a five-match one-day series with the first match in Rawalpindi on December 5, have lost 39 of their 45 Tests abroad against major Test playing countries.

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