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ST JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies have identified winning as their main priority ahead of the their three-match Twenty20 International series against Sri Lanka starting Wednesday, with captain Kieron Pollard pointing to recently recalled senior players as crucial to these plans.Selectors last week handed a shock recall to 39-year-old fast bowler Fidel Edwards who has not played a single international in nearly a decade, and also summoned 41-year-old opener Chris Gayle who has not featured for...

James Harden had 23 points and 11 assists and Joe Harris scored 21 points as the Brooklyn Nets beat the host Los Angeles Lakers 109-98 on Thursday night.Kyrie Irving contributed 16 points and seven rebounds for the Nets, who captured their fifth consecutive victory. Reserve Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot scored 15 points while making 5 of 8 3-point attempts. Harris was 6 of 7 from 3-point range.Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant (hamstring) missed his third straight contest.

When the moment came, the ball that took the outside edge of Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s bat had only one destination. Rahkeem Cornwall pouched it at slip, having dived to his right, and remained on his haunches. It was Brett Lee/Andrew Flintoff in reverse. Mehidy the batsman stood quietly, the fielder who took the catch luxuriated on the ground.The West Indies players, led by a storming Jomel Warrican, headed towards deep third-man to celebrate. The one or two who remained near the pitch jumped on t...

Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson opened her long- course season this past weekend in Plantation Florida, winning two gold and a silver medal at the Florida Gold Coast Senior qualifier.Swimming for South Florida Aquatics, the 32-year-old Atkinson, preparing for what will most likely be her final Olympic Games, this summer, won the 100-metre breaststroke in 1:12.18. She would also win the 50-metre backstroke in 31.66. She was second in the 50-metre freestyle, touching in 26.78.

Ezra Moseley was a man who used as few words about himself or his predicament in life as he used steps to the bowling crease. Ten running strides were all that were needed for the bantamweight Bajan to generate serious pace. Ezra tormented the best batsmen of his generation - he broke Graham Gooch’s hand at Port-of-Spain as England were on course for a Test victory.He nearly decapitated Jimmy Cook in a ‘rebel’ Test at Newlands, Cape Town, in 1982. The bantamweight punched so far above his ...

Former Barbados and West Indies cricketer Floyd Reifer has expressed concerns over recent claims of sexual harassment in sports in Barbados. Over the past couple days, it has come to light that a senior member of the national women’s football team was allegedly harassed by a member of the Barbados Football Association staff.Reifer, the losing Democratic Labour Party candidate in last year’s St. George North by-election and recently appointed head coach of the West Indies Under-19 team, said...

Missing man warned against going into water Article by February 2, 2021 Beach-goers at a St James beach were thrown into a state of shock on Sunday when they witnessed a 61-year-old British national disappear at sea. One of the eyewitnesses told Barbados TODAY that he was still in disbelief about the events that led to Mark Smith’s disappearance. Opting not to give his name, the eyewitness explained that he and two other men were standing in the area when they saw the man...

Four-year-old Skai Greenidge is on the mend, her father Rommel Greenidge has reported. Since an appeal was launched three days ago her condition has significantly improved as she fights dengue haemorrhagic fever. Earlier this week, the infant was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where she lay unconscious, needing a second blood transfusion after being diagnosed with the mosquito-borne illness. Greenidge told Barbados TODAY that his daughter is now out of intensive care and is resting o...

Get the Apps Home / Top Featured Article / LIAT Administrator warns of possible legal action if regional gov’ts do not come to employees’ aid LIAT Administrator warns of possible legal action if regional gov’ts do not come to employees’ aid Article by January 29, 2021 Another 103 employees of the collapsed regional airline LIAT are to be terminated, joining close to 600 already on the breadline following the demise of the carrier. This has been revealed by Clevelan...

Symmonds urges small biz owners register for help Article by January 29, 2021 Government said Thursday it will pump $3 million in stimulus for the roughly 3,000 registered shop owners and vendors whose operations are to be closed for two weeks from next Wednesday. And millions more in financial assistance are to be made available for a range of other registered small business operators as well as unregistered entrepreneurs. Providing the update on the new lockdown policy for...