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FIREARM CHECKS
THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS are a must before you can possibly get a firearm licence. Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin stressed this point yesterday as he responded to critics...
T20 FINALE
by HAYDN GILLFOR THE second time in three years, the eyes and ears of the cricket world will be on Barbados and Kensington Oval.A packed ground of 14...
Obama rooting for LeBron
WASHINGTON, DC – Include President Obama as another Chicago Bulls fan rooting for LeBron James to move to Chicago, Illinois.“He doesn’t want to tamper,” senior adviser to the president – and former Bulls season-ticket holder – David Axelrod said.“But as a Chicago fan, the president thinks LeBron would look...
Jackson fires first Lakers salvo
EL SEGUNDO, California – When the Los Angeles Lakers clinched a berth in the Western Conference finals on Monday, Lakers coach Phil Jackson had nothing but praise for his team’s upcoming opponents, the Phoenix Suns, saying that the Suns are playing their best basketball of the season.On Friday, Jackson...
Cavs shake-up looming
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Cavaliers are keeping coach Mike Brown – for now.Team owner Dan Gilbert refuted a report on Friday that Brown had been fired.“That’s not true,” he said during a news conference. “We are right now just going through the evaluation process.”He said the team expected...
Aussie teen youngest to sail world
SYDNEY – An Australian teen completed her around-the-world trek yesterday, becoming the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world after a seven-month journey.Thousands cheered as 16-year-old Jessica Watson manoeuvred her pink 34-foot yacht into Sydney Harbour, the finale to an adventure in which she overcame...
COZIER ON CRICKET: Aussies, Brits most worthy
ONCE they hit the back straight, the feature event, for the ICC Twenty20 Trophy, was purely a two-horse race.After jostling for positions out of...
Ruling on SA runner by July
DOHA, Qatar – A solution to the controversy over the gender of South African runner Caster Semenya will be reached by the end of June, says president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, (IAAF) Lamine Diack.The 19-year-old Semenya has not run competitively since winning the women’s 800 metres...
Drogba delights Chelsea
WEMBLEY – Didier Drogba scored his 37th goal of the season yesterday to give Chelsea a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth in the English FA Cup final and complete the Premier League champions’ first domestic double.Chelsea hit the frame of the goal five times and Portsmouth missed a penalty before...
Bryant upsets sibling
DYNAMIC former Barbados and Caribbean Junior Squash Champion Bryant Cumberbatch produced a significant upset at the semi-final stage of the 36th annual National Squash Championships on Friday night at Marine Gardens in Hastings, Christ Church.The talented Cumberbatch, 21, the No. 3 seed, put his charismatic older brother Gavin Cumberbatch,...
FACT FILE – WOMEN’S FINAL
• Australia are five-time winners of the Women’s World Cup, with the most recent victory in 2005.• New Zealand were runners-up in the 2009 World Twenty20 after making just 85 against England in the final.• Australia had a disappointing campaign in the 2009 Women’s World Cup, where they finished...
A crowning glory
FOR MANY, the women’s World Twenty20 final is nothing more than a side attraction to the main event.For those involved, however, it will be just as special as the men’s final.Trans-Tasman rivals Australia and New Zealand will meet at 4 p.m., an hour and a half after the scheduled...