Although this year’s edition of the CARIFTA Games is scheduled for August 13-15, the August dates are “under threat.” Bermuda is currently experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases. At an information session on Saturday hosted by the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) for the member federations as well as chairs of […]
The third edition of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament has been shifted to Malaysia this summer because of pandemic-related restrictions. The tournament will take place in June-July. Organizers say it will return to Canada in 2022. “Cricketers and fans of cricket within Canada will naturally be disappointed that this year’s third edition of our […]
Three-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse will not be with Canada’s sprint team when it races on the global stage for the first time in more than a year. Canada is sending a team of 24 athletes to the World Athletics Relays next month in Poland in the quest for Tokyo Olympic berths, but De […]
NORTH SOUND, Antigua – Ten wickets proved too tall an order for West Indies on a placid strip as captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Oshada Fernando hit half-centuries to earn Sri Lanka a draw on the final day of the second Test here on Friday. Starting the day requiring a massive effort in order to win […]
Retired Jamaican sprinter Usain St. Leo Bolt says he intends to “compete and defend” his Olympic 100m and 200m titles this summer at the Tokyo Games In a news release, Bolt made the surprise announcement that he is coming out of retirement for one last showdown. An eight-time Olympic gold medallist, Bolt is the only […]
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Canada faced a mammoth task in its bid for its first Olympic men’s soccer berth in nearly four decades — it needed to beat Mexico on their home soil. But Uriel Antuna and Johan Vasquez scored to lift Mexico to a 2-0 victory over Canada in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Men’s […]
Bonner, Mayers personify new culture, says Brathwaite NORTH SOUND, Antigua – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite has pointed to Nkrumah Bonner and Kyle Mayers as the new talismen of the West Indies Test squad, and believes they embody the vibrant culture permeating the unit in recent months. Bonner struck his maiden Test hundred and Mayers chipped in […]
Nova Scotia adds $5 million to sports budgets to increase access, diversity HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Liberal government is investing $5 million in measures aimed at making sports more inclusive, as well as more accessible to people with disabilities. Premier Iain Rankin announced the investment includes $2 million in added funding for KidSport, a program […]
MUNICH — Canadian Alphonso Davies has been suspended for two games in the wake of his red card in Bayern Munich’s 4-0 win over VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. The 20-year-old fullback from Edmonton was yellow-carded in the 11th minute after catching Wataru Endo’s foot with a challenge at Allianz Arena. But that was upgraded to […]
Under-19-million-dollar injection for host economies as ICC bid process opens ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Cricket West Indies said Caribbean countries hoping to host matches in next year’s ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup stood to benefit from an estimated US$10 million injection into their economies, as the governing body on Friday announced the opening of the […]
