09 June 2006
Football World Cup craze begins

Football World Cup craze begins


For the next month, the football world reaches its zenith with the staging of the World Cup in Germany. There will be no shortage of action as the six...
02 June 2006
One swallow doesn’t make a summer

One swallow doesn’t make a summer


The cynics might say that the West Indies victory over India in the One-Day series is a fluke. The die-hard West Indian fans will look at it as the tu...
26 May 2006
Sporting facilities: No joking matter

Sporting facilities: No joking matter


It seems like a greater emphasis on the provision of sporting facilities is needed here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is only natural that the...
12 May 2006
Confusion in basketball camp

Confusion in basketball camp


A pungent smell of disunity is permeating the air of the local basketball fraternity.Evidence of this are the statements, overtures and innuendos made...
28 April 2006
Stop de nonsense!

Stop de nonsense!


Brian Lara is captain again, the contract dispute has been settled, Wow! We should celebrate aint? Yeah right!! Celebrate what? Quite frankly, I am ge...
21 April 2006
Plenty dollars but  little sense

Plenty dollars but little sense


The local Football Federation can be credited with giving proper account of US $250,000 received annually as part of the FIFA allocations. Congratulat...
13 April 2006
Ollivierre was first Vincentian to play for the West Indies

Ollivierre was first Vincentian to play for the West Indies


by Oscar RamjeetDid you know that a Vincentian was a member of the first West Indies cricket team?Well a Guyanese professor of Caribbean History has ...
24 February 2006
Bring back the crowd

Bring back the crowd


by Neil WilliamsMr Stanford’s bounteous injection of funds into the region’s barren cricket coffers is the impetus needed for cricket develo...
10 February 2006
‘If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!’

‘If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!’


By Neil WilliamsTo interfere or leave alone, that is the question. When it comes to certain techniques one of the main challenges that a coach faces i...
27 January 2006
Sports and golf tourism

Sports and golf tourism


By Garth SaundersThe Donald Trump “Best of the Best” Golf Tournament is scheduled for May this year at the idyllic Raffles Resort on the isl...