Bajan wins Queen’s Plate- again By Gerald V. Paul When The Camera reached jockey Patrick Husbands in Barbados on Monday, he called his second career win of the Queen’s Plate “stunning”. “As I told Mark, my trainer, I will win the Queen’s Plate for him. It’s unbelievable – a dream come true.” Veteran trainer Mark […]
Cricket stadium gets $7M boost by Brad Savage The Canadian Premier League T20 has secured funding to the tune of $700 million via private donations for construction of a 35,000-seat covered stadium dedicated to international cricket. It’s the first purpose-built covered facility for cricket in the world and would boast a natural grass field. The […]
Germany faces Argentina for World Cup By Aldwyn McGill SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – With Germany waiting in the wings for Argentina, winner of yesterday’s semi-final match with Netherlands, I certainly hope that the technical staff of the these two semi-finalists have plenty of footage of Germany dismantling Brazil so we can watch a competitive final […]
Three giants humbled at FIFA By Aldwyn McGill MANAUS BRAZIL – The mighty have fallen at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Spain, Italy and England have been sent packing from the tournament after the group stage as the matchups get tougher and the games more meaningful. With 12 teams already assured of their spots in […]
Brathwaite Hits Maiden Test Century By Dalchand Bissoon Kraigg Brathwaite, the 21-year-old Barbados opening batsman, scored his maiden Test century – 129 off 258 balls with 13 fours- on the second day of the Second Test Match between the West Indies and New Zealand being played at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Brathwaite, […]
World Cup: Although Brazil’s team has many black stars, the fans in the stands are whiter than Norway. Note from BW of Brazil: So by now everyone knows that the long anticipated 2014 World Cup in Brazil has begun with the host team opening with a convincing 3-1 victory over Croatia in the Itaquerão stadium […]
The training shoes used by the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt at the 2013 World Championship Games in Moscow, will be auctioned in New York City, June 6. The shoes, which were handcrafted by Puma, will start at a bid set at US$18,000 at the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Education Foundation auction. With a bounce […]
Cricket with Dalchand. At the end of the second round of the West Indies Regional 4-Day Tournament which ended last Monday, Jamaica lead the points standings- Jamaica 35 points, Leeward Islands 20, Windward Islands 20, Barbados 19, Trinidad & Tobago 16, Guyana 06 and the Combined Campuses & Colleges 04. The results of round two […]
Cricket with Dalchand. The West Indies, defending champions for the ICC World T20 Tournamment opened a three day tour match of the visiting England team last Sunday, in Barbados, which England won by 27 runs The second match was scheduled to be played on last Tuesday, in Barbados and the final game on March, 13th […]
Cricket with Dalchand. Guyana and West Indies middle order batsmen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan who were the in-form batsmen in the recently concluded WICB Nagico Super50 tournament will not be available for Guyana”s second game against Barbados, in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-day tournament which starts this Friday, at the Guyana […]
