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Sammy Inspires Late Rally As Windies Win

March 14, 2016 in Sports

KOLKATA, India (CMC) – Captain Darren Sammy’s aggressive, unbeaten half-century led a determined lower order rally as West Indies beat Australia by three wickets with one ball spare in their final official warm-up game of the Twenty20 World Cup here yesterday. Rocked by seamer Josh Hazlewood’s...

Windies batting fails in loss to India

March 11, 2016 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_10125" align="alignright" width="300"] West Indies’ Chris Gayle looks back towards his shattered stumps after his dismissal during a warm-up match between India and West Indies ahead of the World T20 cricket tournament at The Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium in Kolkata, India, yesterday. India won...

Bolt preparation for Rio Games on course

March 11, 2016 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_3946" align="alignleft" width="300"] Bolt has won 100m gold at the World Championships in 2009, 2013 and 2015[/caption] Sprint icon Usain Bolt says his preparations for Rio’s Summer Olympics are on track, despite an ankle injury which kept him out of training recently. The 29 year old...

Sharapova says she failed drug test; penalty unknown

March 09, 2016 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_10093" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tennis star Maria Sharapova speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday, March 7, 2016. Sharapova says she has failed a drug test at the Australian Open[/caption] LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Sharapova's tennis career and Olympic hopes are in...