May 4, 2022
Cuba’s Olympic wrestling champion defects
Borrero, who won gold in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, abandoned the Cuban delegation while they were in Mexico for the Pan-American Wrestling Championships, a Cuban official said.Cuban athletes have a long history of defecting while competing…
May 4, 2022
West Indies hold steady in rankings in Cricket
West Indies have held steady in the ICC Men’s World Rankings across all three formats of international cricket after the annual update carried out on Wednesday. The ICC (International Cricket Council), the sport’s world governing body, revealed in a…
May 2, 2022
Haiti, Dominican Republic secure knockout round berths in Women’s U-17 Championship
The group stage of the 2022 CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship closed here on Thursday with Haiti and hosts the Dominican Republic advancing to the knockout round. All eyes were on the Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez in Santo Domingo where the…
April 29, 2022
Fraser-Pryce eyeing world-record as World title defence looms
Superstar sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce believes she can break the world 100 metres record this season as she prepares for her World title defence, and continues to take aim at the Paris 2024 Olympics. At age 35, Fraser-Pryce is in the twilight…
April 29, 2022
CRISTIANO RONALDO SCORES 17TH GOAL OF THE SEASON
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 17th goal of the season to earn Manchester United a point after David de Gea had frustrated Chelsea with several superb saves. The visitors were thoroughly dominant in the first half at Old Trafford but were unable to…
April 25, 2022
CWI thanks retired Pollard for “outstanding” contribution to West Indies cricket
Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Wednesday afternoon thanked white-ball captain Kieron Pollard for his “outstanding service” as a player and captain of the regional side, after the all-rounder called time on his 15-year international career. CWI, which…
April 20, 2022
Hamstring puts Roach on sidelines with Bangladesh series on horizon
Ace West Indies seamer Kemar Roach will play no further part in the English County Championship for Surrey, after picking up a hamstring injury last week against Hampshire. Surrey said Tuesday the 33-year-old had returned to his native Barbados to…
April 19, 2022
Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving fined for obscene gestures and bad language
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has been fined $50,000 (£38,000) by the NBA for "making obscene gestures on court and directing profane language to the stands" in their opening play-off game. The incidents occurred during the Nets' 115-114 defeat…
April 16, 2022
Is Corey Anderson underestimating Vadim Nemkov
In Corey Anderson's office there is an exercise bike, a projector, an editing hub, sponsor flags from his biggest fights and the head of the first deer he killed with a bow. The Bellator light-heavyweight title challenger has had a long fighting…
April 16, 2022
The Olympic champion who turned his back on the Russian regime
Aleksander Lesun doesn't remember much about the Soviet Union, but that's where he was born in 1988, three years before its collapse. It's still the country listed in his passport. Growing up in Belarus in the 1990s, much of his formative years was…