Bridgetown, Barbados – Sunday, May 10th 2009: Dr. the Honorable Esther Byer Suckoo, M.P. Minister of Youth, Family and Sports in Barbados and the main speaker at a Corporate Dinner sponsored by Digicel which was held at Thamnak Thai, Worthing, Christ Church, expressed her Government’s gratitude to Digicel and John […]
Cricket
GAYLE SAYS TEAM CAPABLE OF BOUNCING BACK FROM HEAVY LOSS
Friday 8th May 2009 – Skipper, Chris Gayle, has promised that his Digicel-sponsored West Indies team will not give up the Wisden Trophy without a fight despite the ten-wicket opening match defeat at the hands of England inside three days at Lords on Friday.
ENGLAND STORMS HOME DESPITE NASH, RAMDIN RESISTANCE
Friday, May 8th 2009: Brendan Nash and Denesh Ramdin stroked attractive half centuries in a boundary-studded 143-run partnership, but England still stormed to a ten-wicket victory over the Digicel-sponsored West Indies inside three days of the opening Test at Lords on Friday.
DIGICEL KICK START CLINICS A MASTER SHOT: CFU VICE-PRESIDENT BURRELL
Kingston, Jamaica – Friday, May 8th: President of the Jamaica Football Federation and CFU Vice President, Captain Burrell, has hailed the first leg of the Digicel Kick Start Clinics 2009 as a huge success.
DYSON: “TEAM MUST SHOW FIGHT TO AVOID DEFEAT”
Thursday 7th May, 2009. West Indies coach, John Dyson, is keen for his side to put Thursday’s calamitous second day behind them and fight hard to avoid defeat over the next few days of the opening Test against England at Lord’s.
Two Grenadians included in West Indies team to tour England
The West Indies selectors have included two Grenadians in a 17-man squad for the upcoming Test Series tour of England. The tour starts on April 21 and will include three warm-up matches and two Test matches.
National Senior Team leads in GFA Big Six Tournament
The National Football Stadium will again this weekend come alive as four teams will converge on the field of play to earn much needed points to advance to the semi finals of the GFA Big Six Tournament.
FLINTOFF HAT-TRICK SINKS WEST INDIES AS ENGLAND CLAIM DIGICEL ODI SERIES WIN
Friday, April 3 – Beausejour Stadium, St. Lucia: England’s effervescent all-rounder Andrew Flintoff claimed an emphatic hat-trick on his way to career-best five for 19 here Friday to help sink the West Indies and deliver a 26-run victory in a rain-abbreviated decisive 5th and final Digicel One-Day International at Beausejour […]
LATE BUT BEAUTIFUL START TO THE FINAL DIGICEL ODI
Friday, April 3 – Beausejour Stadium, St. Lucia: The ever popular coin toss which determines the team with decision control was done today by St. Lucia’s reigning Carnival Queen, Miss Cathy Daniel officially starting the 5th and final Digicel ODI. Four hours after the scheduled time, due to rain, Cathy […]
Grenada to play the United States in the Gold Cup
The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup will be played in a record 13 different U.S. cities including Seattle on July 4th. The tournament will use the same format as in 2005 and 2007, with the 12-team field divided into three, four-team groups. The top two teams from each group will advance […]
GAYLE SAYS WEST INDIES WILL BE FULLY FOCUSED ON SERIES WIN
Thursday, March 31 – Castries, St. Lucia: West Indies Captain Chris Gayle said Thursday his team is focusing only on winning the Digicel One-Day Series and not any off-field matters as the players anticipate the decisive 5th and final Digicel One-Day International at Beausejour Stadium on Friday.
WEST INDIES AND ENGLAND ARRIVE IN ST. LUCIA FOR FINAL DIGICEL ODI
Tuesday, March 31 – Castries, St. Lucia: The West Indies and England cricket teams landed in St. Lucia on Monday March 30th and are all set for the final Digicel ODI to be held at the Beausejour Stadium on April 3rd, 2009. The teams arrived Monday from an exhausting game […]
Windwards beat Jamaica to stay in second place
The Windward Islands bounce back to defeat Jamaica yesterday on the third day of their 12th round WICBC regional chanpionship cricket. After losing first innings points on Saturday at Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium.
STRAUSS GUIDES ENGLAND TO SERIES-LEVELING VICTORY
Sunday, March 29 – Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados: Andrew Strauss continued his prolific Caribbean tour with a sizzling, unbeaten 79 off 61 balls to rush England to a series-leveling nine-wicket victory over the West Indies in the rain-affected 4th Digicel One-Day International at Kensington Oval on Sunday.
GRENADIAN AND VINCENTIAN BOWLED OVER BY DIGICEL US$100K BOWL COMPETITION
Sunday, March 29 – Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados: Eric Mitchell from Grenada and Ketty Kydd from St. Vincent today bowled for the chance to win US$100,000 in Digicel’s US$100K Bowl competition during the lunch break at the 4th Digicel ODI at Kensington Oval, Barbados.