Trinidad & Tobago’s $2m fund to track talent for Rio
August 17th, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain (Trinidad), Aug 17 (IANS/CMC) A $2 million Athletic Development Programme has been unveiled in Trinidad and Tobago, targeting promising athletes likely to represent the country in the next ... Read more...
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Inclement weather forces cancellation of Caribbean T20 Big Swing
December 25th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, Dec 25 (IANS/CMC) Inclement weather has forced the organisers to call off a four-team Twenty20 Festival here Dec 28-30.Dubbed the Big Swing, it was scheduled to be held ... Read more...
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No plot against Daren Ganga: Trinidad board
December 13th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, Dec 13 (IANS/CMC) Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) president Azim Bassarath responded with incredulity to claims that there is a plot to remove Daren Ganga from the ... Read more...
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Former T&T; captain Daren Ganga dropped for domestic T20
December 9th, 2011 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, Dec 9 (IANS/CMC) Former Trinidad & Tobago (T&T;)captain Daren Ganga has been dropped from the team for next year's Caribbean Twenty20 Championship beginning Jan 9 in Antigua.The T&T; ... Read more...
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Windies assistant coach Williams appointed national selector
December 9th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, Dec 9 (IANS/CMC) West Indies assistant cricket coach David Williams has been made a senior national selector.The 48-year old Williams, a former Trinidad & Tobago (T&T;) captain and ... Read more...
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Dwayne Bravo to take part in Big Bash
November 28th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Port-of-Spain (Trinidad), Nov 28 (IANS-CMC) All-rounder Dwayne Bravo, who was recently sidelined with an ankle injury, is to play in the Australia Big Bash Twenty-20 League next month.Bravo took part in ... Read more...
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West Indian Joel Wilson on ICC umpires panel for ODIs
November 1st, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
St. John's (Antigua) Nov 1 (IANS/CMC) Joel Wilson can now umpire One-day Internationals around the world after the International Cricket Council approved his appointment to its international panel.The 44-year-old from Trinidad ... Read more...
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Offie Sunil Narine in Dwayne Bravo captained West Indies A
November 1st, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
St. John's (Antigua) Nov 1 (IANS/CMC) Off-spinner Sunil Narine has been included in the West Indies A team, recognising his potential and his impressive bowling in recent weeks for Trinidad & ... Read more...
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FIFA bribery probe: Trinidad and Tobago football chief quits
October 29th, 2011 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Port Of Spain (Trinidad), Oct 29 (IANS/CMC) Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF;) president Oliver Camps has resigned after FIFA, the sport's world governing body, announced he was one of ... Read more...
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Ravi Rampaul has much to celebrate over the weekend
October 17th, 2011 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
Chittagong, Oct 17 (IANS/CMC) West Indies fast bowler Ravi Rampaul had much to celebrate over the weekend.It started Friday with news that he had been voted Trinidad & Tobago's International Player-of-the-Year ... Read more...
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Bangladesh series can be challenging, says Ramdin
October 7th, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 7 (IANS/CMC) After coach Ottis Gibson and captain Darren Sammy, now wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin says the West Indies' tour of Bangladesh can be challenging.Ramdin joined the West Indies team ... Read more...
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Sammy expects a tough series in Bangladesh
October 5th, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 5 (IANS/CMC) West Indies cricket captain Darren Sammy said his side's month-long tour of Bangladesh will be quite challenging.Sammy and the rest of the West Indies side minus five ... Read more...
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Gayle could return as Jamaican captain
October 5th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), Oct 5 (IANS/CMC) Explosive opener Chris Gayle could be back in charge of the Jamaica national team for this month's WICB Regional Super50 Championship in Guyana.The Jamaica Observer newspaper ... Read more...
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Cobras to bat against T and T
October 4th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 4 (IANS) Cape Cobras won the toss and decided to bat against Trinidad and Tobago in a Champions League T20 Group A fixture at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium ... Read more...
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This one for the Mahatma
October 3rd, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) The strong ethnic link between India and Trinidad&Tobago; surfaced during a late night post-match media conference on Sunday when skipper Daren Ganga paid obeisance to Mahatma ... Read more...
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Super Kings fancy themselves against Trinidad & Tobago
October 1st, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 1 (IANS) With the semifinals spots still up for grabs, the Chennai Super Kings and Trinidad and Tobago would be pulling out all stops when they clash Sunday ... Read more...
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Rain-hit Mumbai-Cobras match abandoned
October 1st, 2011 - 1:50 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 1 (IANS) Heavy and unabated rain late Friday washed out an exciting contest between spirited Mumbai Indians and South African Cape Cobras in the ICC Champions League Twenty20 ... Read more...
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Mumbai sweat to beat Trinidad in a thriller
September 27th, 2011 - 3:00 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 27 (IANS) In a thriller that went down to wires, spirited Mumbai Indians (MI) late Monday laboured hard to beat a defiant Trinidad & Tobago (T&T;) by ... Read more...
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Mumbai recover to beat Trinidad by one wicket
September 27th, 2011 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sept 26 (IANS) Mumbai Indians (MI) late Monday survived a near collapse to beat underdogs Trinidad & Tobago (T&T;) by one wicket in an exciting Champions League T-20 tie ... Read more...
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Gibson believes West Indies can overcome England
September 20th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bridgetown (Barbados), Sep 20 (IANS/CMC) West Indies coach Ottis Gibson feels his inexperienced side has to overcome two major challenges when it faces England in two Twenty20 Internationals this weekend at ... Read more...
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CL T20 qualifier: T&T; to bat against Leicestershire
September 20th, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to bat against Leicestershire in a Champions League T20 qualifier at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here Tuesday.Teams: ... Read more...
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Ruhuna to bat against T&T; in CL T20 qualifier
September 19th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 19 (IANS) Ruhuna won the toss and decided to bat against Trinidad and Tobago in the opening match of the Champions League T20 qualifiers at the Rajiv Gandhi ... Read more...
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Bolt’s peerless victory in Zagreb 100 metres
September 14th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Zagreb (Croatia), Sep 14 (IANS/CMC) Usain Bolt continued to rebuild his air of invincibility with a peerless victory in the men's 100 metres in an IAAF World Challenge meet here Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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SRK named face of Nokia Champions League T20
September 9th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been named the face of the Nokia Champions League T20 commencing Sep 19. His IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders would ... Read more...
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Leicestershire, Somerset complete Champions League line-up
August 28th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 28 (IANS) Leicestershire and Somerset have joined the Nokia Champions League Twenty20 field after winning their respective England domestic T20 semifinals at Edgbaston Saturday.
On a remarkable day ... Read more...
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Windies Players’ Association sues Board for $20 million
August 27th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, Aug 27 (IANS/CMC) The West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has sued the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for $20 million for refusing to issue unconditional no objection certificates ... Read more...
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Final squads of 11 teams for Champions League named
August 22nd, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The final squads of 11 of the 13 teams for next month's Nokia Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) tournament in India have been announced.
Eight ... Read more...
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India lose 0-3 to Trinidad and Tobago in football friendly
August 22nd, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, Aug 22 (IANS) Riding on Darryl Roberts' brace, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T;) defeated India 3-0 in an international football friendly at the Hasely Crawford Stadium here SundayThe ... Read more...
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India’s football friendly against Barbados cancelled
August 17th, 2011 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Indian football team's international friendly against Barbados slated for Wednesday in Bridgetown had to be cancelled after coach Armando Colaco was upset with the ... Read more...
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Indian football team to leave Saturday for Caribbean tour
August 12th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Indian football team will leave Saturday night from Kolkata for its maiden Caribbean tour via London.Unrest in London, which has been wrecked by riots ... Read more...
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Chanderpaul’s son Taignarine follows in his footsteps
July 5th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Roseau (Dominica), July 5 (IANS) As Shivnarine Chanderpaul faces the Indians in the final Test here, his elder son Taignarine Chanderpaul will battle it out for Guyana in the West ... Read more...
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India, Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen tourism ties
January 17th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) India and Trinidad and Tobago Monday discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the tourism sector, a statement said. The Caribbean nation's tourism minister ... Read more...
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Moods among top three condom brands in UAE
January 6th, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 6 (IANS) Premium condom brand Moods, manufactured by city-based mini-ratna company HLL Lifecare Ltd, has become one of the top three premium condom brands in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), ... Read more...
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CWG Medals table
October 13th, 2010 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Medals tally Tuesday on the ninth day of competitions at the Commonwealth Games:Australia continued to top the leaderboard, while India is at second position.Rank Nation Gold Silver ... Read more...
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CWG athletics: Harminer springs a surprise, bags bronze (Roundup)
October 10th, 2010 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
By Sirshendu Panth
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India's Harminder Singh sprang a pleasant surprise bagging a bronze in the 20-km walk as four Games records tumbled with Kenya and Australia sharing ... Read more...
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