Wednesday 11th April, 2007

 
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Bangladesh Tigers

Come Of Age

A West Indian World Cup that has been short on fun was revived by a massive shock as Bangladesh completed a 67-run Super Eight win over world number one South Africa on a steamy day at the Providence stadium, Guyana...

Cricket

Cricket win prompts Dhaka parties

Jubilant cricket fans in Bangladesh have taken to the streets of the capital, Dhaka, to celebrate a World Cup victory over South Africa...

Pakistan religon cricket controversy

Mir blasts overdose of religion in team

PJ Mir, Pakistan's media manager during the World Cup, has blamed the influence of religion in the dressing room for Pakistan's disastrous performance in the Caribbean...

Bangladesh gives Windies lifeline

Wonder of all wonders, the West Indies cricket team has been handed a life-line, not due to its own team efforts, but by the efforts of the “Boys from Bangladesh,” who, I might remind all, have done exactly as I had continuously suggested, even as they qualified for the Super 8’s, that they would have done; they beat another highly rated team, this time the No 1 rated team in the world, South Africa...

Crushing the essence of the Caribbean

Ian S Mohan, a teacher from Trinidad, was one of many volunteers who are helping out at World Cup venues. He outlines his experiences during the first-round matches...

Stepping up and doing the job

for Sri Lanka

CRICKET lovely cricket. In the last ball of the last over, with England needing three runs to win, Sri Lanka’s Dilhara Fernando bowled Ravi Bopara who had already scored 52 runs in an exciting chase on April 2...

 

Football

Footballers needed oxygen

ABrazilian football club says it will never again play at high altitude after 'inhumane' conditions in the mountains of Bolivia...

Wenger cannot explain Gunners loss

Arsene Wenger struggled to explain how Arsenal slipped to a first defeat at the Emirates Stadium as relegation-battlers West Ham picked up three crucial points...

 

Other

Junior golf on the right track

It was a beautiful sight. Dozens of youngsters sitting quietly, listening attentively and applauding loudly as the Master of Ceremonies announced the names of the various winners of the just-concluded tournament...

Amazing sequel to Belfort horrors

Organiser Touze appeals 5-year ban

JEAN-PAUL TOUZE, chess events organiser of Belfort, France, has to be an amazingly arrogant man. After the horrors he created for players at the World Youth Championships in 2005 - including the contingent from Trinidad and Tobago - Touze is now appealing the decision banning him from organising any FIDE event for five years...

Downfall of the ‘royal game’?

A DIFFERENT kind of “struggle” has developed over the chess board, particularly at international contests where the prize money is now quite attractive. On one side are those players using sophisticated communication technology to get expert advice. On the other are tournament organisers determined to catch the cheaters...

Sports is an investment like any business

At the risk of appearing to be a basket case of contradictions...

T&T’s Gillian Goring aiming for WNBA star status

IT’S no surprise that Trinidad and Tobago’s woman basketball star Gillian Goring got drafted by the Washington Mystics on April 4, 2007...

 

 

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