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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 top of Cornwall in joy.It was the release of a lot of pent-up nerves from the last 30 minutes of play...

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 weight, he was, according to Robin Smith, one of the game’s greatest players of fast bowling, “q...

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 in a press release that Barbados and the Caribbean should have a zero-tolerance policy when it come...

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 making his way towards the water. He said they repeatedly shouted, pleading with Smith to turn back...