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Former West Indies cricketer Ezra Moseley dies tragically in Barbados
Former West Indies cricketer, Ezra Moseley died tragically in his native Barbados this morning. He was killed when he was hit from his bicycle by an SUV being driven by a teenager. The 63 year old former pacer played two tests and nine One Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1990 and 1991. Police…
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Sammy signs agreement to launch new apparel line
Daren Sammy, former captain of the West Indies Cricket team and the first and only captain in history to win the T20 world cup championship twice has signed a new licensing agreement with Bandana, an apparel company for athletic and casual clothing founded in Lahore, Pakistan for a collection of apparel for men and women…
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National Sports Honours 2021 Postponed
The Ministry of Education, Sports and the Creative Industries wishes to announce that the 2021 National Sports Honours Awards Ceremony has been postponed until further notice. Last year, the Ministry announced that due to the challenging effects of COVID-19, sporting activities in Antigua and Barbuda were affected immensely, and as a result, competitive sports was…
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Team Antigua Pairs finish TWAC2020
Team Antigua Pairs – Atlantic Rowers has completed the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, The World’s Toughest Row! The team of Travis Weste and Joseph ‘JoJo’ Nunes completed the race on Thursday afternoon, arriving at Nelson’s Dockyard in English Harbour to a rousing welcome of family members and well-wishers, including senior government officials. Team Antigua Pairs…
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Joseph relishing leading the attack
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Just 13 matches into his One-Day International career, fast bowler Alzarri Joseph has found himself carrying the burden of the West Indies attack. The 24-year-old is just one of two seamers in the 15-man touring party with any ODI experience, with the other – left-armer Raymon Reifer -having played only three matches.…
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Joseph welcomes new responsibility as bowling leader
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Just 13 matches into his One-Day International career, fast bowler Alzarri Joseph has found himself carrying the burden of the West Indies attack. The 24-year-old is just one of two seamers in the 15-man touring party with any ODI experience, with the other – left-armer Raymon Reifer -having played only three matches.…
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‘Walsh likely caught virus in Caribbean’
Dr Akshai Mansingh, a member of Cricket West Indies’ medical advisory committee, believes leg-spinning all-rounder, Hayden Walsh Jr, contracted COVID-19 before he left the Caribbean. The Jamaican, also a CWI director, said the incubation period for the novel coronavirus was between five and seven days, and pointed out that Walsh tested negative before departing the…
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ABBA Recognizes the Country’s Most Recent Junior Basketball Scholarship Recipient
The Antigua and Barbuda Basketball Association (ABBA) is pleased to announce the achievement of the country’s most recent Junior Basketball Scholarship recipient, 15-year-old, Shamoi Tonge. Tonge, a member of the Wadadli Elite Basketball Club, accepted a scholarship to attend Olympus Basketball Academy in the United States of America (USA), through a strategic partnership between Wadadli…
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Cricket Kindness Project donates a quantity of gear and equipment to Antigua
A generous donation of quality cricket gear and equipment by an England-based charity has begun to roll out across schools and communities in Antigua &Barbuda. Cricket Kindness, the brainchild of Australian Tamara Lowe, who pioneered the Caribbean Children’s Cricket Charity, has sent a number of bats, balls, shoes, pads, gloves, kit, helmets, and other items…
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Former WI captain Sammy inks perfume deal
Former captain of the West Indies Cricket team Darren Sammy and the first and only captain in history to win the T20 World Cup championship twice has signed a new licensing agreement with Asgharali, a family-owned business based in Bahrain creating high-quality fragrances since 1919. Asgharali has won the hearts of consumers worldwide and laid…
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Hayden Walsh Jr unavailable for Bangladesh ODIs after positive COVID-19 test result
Following PCR tests administered on Wednesday, January 13, Cricket West Indies (CWI) can confirm that Hayden Walsh Jr has tested positive for COVID-19 and will now undergo a period of self-isolation. The Leeward Islands and West Indies leg-spinner, who is asymptomatic, first returned a negative test result on arrival into Bangladesh on the weekend, and…