Month: December 2010

December 16, 2010

India, China sign $16bn business deals during Wen visit

Indian and Chinese companies have signed business deals worth $16bn (£10.2bn) on the opening day of Chinese PM…

December 16, 2010

Celtics escape NY with Paul Pierce

Paul Pierce thought it was good. So did the fans who roared in celebration at what appeared to be…

December 16, 2010

WICB exec comfy with Bravo, Pollard choice

A West Indies Cricket Board director says he has no qualms with the decision by Dwayne Bravo and Kieron…

December 16, 2010

Aussies ponder four quicks for 3rd Test

Captain Ricky Ponting says Australia may play four fast bowlers, and bowl first if it wins the toss, in the third Ashes Test against England which starts in Perth tonight. Those steps would mark a departure from regular Australian policy, but…

December 16, 2010

Postponed WI series a blow, says de Silva

Sri Lanka Cricket's chairman of selectors Aravinda de Silva says the postponed One-Day…

December 16, 2010

Bolt, Blake for Jago Twenty20 : Sport : December 15, 2010

World and Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion, Usain Bolt, will take a…

December 16, 2010

Barbados defeats T&T to hoist Malcolm Marshall Memorial Trophy once again

BARBADOS retained the Malcolm Marshall Memorial Trophy after they defeated their host Trinidad by seven wickets in a rain affected limited overs yesterday. It was the second and final one-day 40-over match between the Barbados and Trinidad…

December 15, 2010

Internal police investigation under way over students protests

Aninternal police investigation is under way after one protester alleged officers pulled him from his wheelchair. Jody McIntyre, who has cerebral palsy, is considering a formal complaint. A video of Mr McIntyre apparently being wrenched from his…

December 15, 2010

Oprah impresses Sydney during Australia visit

US chat show host Oprah Winfrey has taped two shows for her 25th - and final - series in front of thousands of screaming fans in Sydney, Australia. The shows were taped next to the city's landmark opera house, re-named the "Oprah House" for the…

December 15, 2010

Hostage drama ends safely

Half a dozen children and their teacher were released safely yesterday after being held hostage for four hours by a teenager, armed with two swords at a nursery in the eastern French city of Be-san-con. Officials said the man, whom one person…