Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Guyana Jaguars with six outright wins after the seventh round of the inaugural West Indies Cricket Board Professional Cricket League four-day tournament are certainly in control of the title. Guyana is at the top of the standings with 107 points, followed by Barbados Pride with 82 points and Windward Islands Volcanoes with […]
Ticket sales for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games will temporarily close for six weeks beginning next Monday (March 9. Organizers say the first round of sales saw spectators snap up all available tickets for popular events including the opening ceremony, men’s basketball and soccer gold medal finals, and track cycling. Canada is aiming to […]
Graeme Townshend, the first Jamaican-born player in the NHL and a former skating coach for the Maple Leafs, hopes to help Jamaica field an Olympic hockey team in the next eight to 20 years. A talent identification camp this weekend in Toronto is the first step to the Olympics for a country with no rinks. […]
Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Veerasammy Permaul, the Guyana and West Indies left-arm spinner, was named Sportsman of the Year by the National Sports Commission last week. The 25-year-old Albion cricketer is the leading wicket-taker in the Regional Four-Day competition. Permaul made his test debut for the West Indies against Bangladesh in 2012 and has played in […]
Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Christopher Gayle, the 35-year-old Jamaica and West Indies opening batsman, smashed the first double century in World Cup history as the West Indies defeated Zimbabwe by 73 runs (D/L method) in their third Pool B World Cup match last Tuesday at Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia. The burly left-hander scored 215 off 147 […]
Canadian School of Cricket Team 3 beat Markham Cricket Academy Team 1 in the inaugural Under-15 Kings Cup indoor cricket tournament at Sorkkam cricket centre on Feb. 14. Canadian SC Team 3 made 81 runs in the final to beat Markham CA Team 1 by 12 runs. Nine teams participated in the qualifying rounds of an […]
Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Guyana Jaguars continue to lead in the WICB four-day tournament after defeating Barbados Pride by four wickets in their seventh round match last Monday at Kensington Oval, Barbados. Guyana, chasing a victory target of 333, reached 335 for six wickets with half-centuries from Narsingh Deonarine, 90, Shiv Chanderpaul, 64 and opener […]
More than 180 celebrations are set to take place during the 41-day journey of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games torch relay. More than 130 Ontario communities and five communities outside the province will have the honour of hosting the Pan Am flame during community celebrations. As it makes its way to the opening ceremony […]
Shane Shillingford, the former West Indies off-spinner, captured a six-wicket haul and Andre Fletcher slammed a brilliant century 120 as Windward Islands Volcanoes crushed Jamaica Franchise by an innings and 22 runs inside three days on Sunday at Arnos Vale Stadium, St. Vincent, in the WICB Professional League four-day competition. Shillingford, the 31-year-old Dominican, grabbed […]
Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Scarborough Cricket Association held its annual general meeting recently at Agincourt Community Centre and elected the new executive. Executives for the 2015 cricket season are: Deo Samaroo, president; Bisham Singh, vice-president; Eon Gunraj, secretary; Mohammad Ahmed, assistant secretary / webmaster; Vish Jadunauth, treasurer; Shiv Persaud, registrar / statistician and Richard Ramlall, […]
