Port-au-Spain, Trinidad (1650- )
Port-au-Spain is the capital and third largest city of the island nation Trinidad and Tobago in the southwestern West Indies and north of the South American nation of Venezuela. The city, which is only about 5 square miles, had a population of 37,074 people in 2011 but its surrounding metropolitan
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England’s Bairstow keen to reclaim test wicketkeeper’s role
LONDON, (Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow says he wants to return to the England test squad for next month’s home series against West Indies as the designated wicketkeeper, not a specialist
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Simmons unfazed by Windies T20 rankings slide
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies’ slump in the world Twenty20 rankings is of little concern to head coach Phil Simmons, but believes it can work to his side’s advantage if the T20 World Cup comes off in Australia this
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Derek Walcott
Derek Alton Walcott is a Nobel Prize winning poet and playwright. He was born in January 1930 in Saint Lucia, West Indies. He is of African and European descent. His father died while his mother was pregnant with him and his twin brother Roderick. He has an older sister named
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Black Lives Matter: Director of Cricket Smith on the spot over BLM logo
CSA Director of Cricket Graeme Smith revealed this week that the shirts for the upcoming exhibition 3TC match have already been printed without the Black Lives Matter logo.
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England to join Windies in wearing ‘Black Lives Matter’ logo - Stabroek News
LONDON,  (Reuters) England will join West Indies in wearing a “Black Lives Matter” logo on their shirts during the three-match test series, the England Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said
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Captaining England would be ‘huge honour’, says Stokes - Stabroek News
LONDON, (Reuters) England’s talisman Ben Stokes says captaining his country even just once in his career would be a “huge honour” but admits it was never a massive ambition. The article Captaining England would be ‘huge honour’, says Stokes appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Confident Shepherd ready for CPL 2020
West Indies fast-bowling all-rounder, Romario Shepherd, is brimming with confidence heading into the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 competition with an eye on a spot in the T20 World
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Belle, Dido Elizabeth (1761-1804)
Dido Elizabeth Belle is best known for the 1779 painting of her alongside her cousin, Lady Elizabeth Murray, the great-niece of William Murray, The First Earl of Mansfield. The Earl, also known as Lord Mansfield, was at the time the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the highest ranking
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Windies ‘splendid examples of Caribbean civilization’: Gonsalves - Stabroek News
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies will take the knee prior to the start of the opening Test against England starting in England yesterday, in a symbolic gesture of their support for the Black Lives Matter
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West Indies to wear Black Lives Matter on Test shirts - Stabroek News
MANCHESTER, England – West Indies players will wear the Black Lives Matter logo on their playing shirts when they face England throughout the upcoming #RaiseTheBat Test Series, starting July 4, as part of the Sandals Tour of England
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Jamaica
Jamaica is an island in the West Indies, 90 mi (145 km) south of Cuba and 100 mi (161 km) west of Haiti. It is a little smaller than Connecticut. The island is made up of coastal lowlands, a limestone plateau, and the Blue Mountains, a group of volcanic hills, in the
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Fitness critical as Simmons eyes England tour
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has identified fitness as a key component during the ongoing lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and is hopeful the Test squad will be at an acceptable standard of readiness if the proposed tour of England goes
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Sir Everton Weekes - Stabroek News
By Rudi Webster Sir Everton Weekes, the last surviving member of the legendary “Three Ws” Worrell, Walcott and Weekes died on Wednesday, July 1st at his home in Barbados at the age of 95. The article Sir Everton Weekes appeared first on Stabroek News.
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‘Complete nonsense’ - cricket analyst Mohammed dismisses comparisons between current bowlers and greats - Stabroek News
Regional cricket analyst Fazeer Mohammed has taken exception to recent comments made by Windies coach Roddy Estwick, who recently compared the current bowling unit to the famed West Indies pace attack of the
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English County Championship can begin on Aug. 1, says ECB
LONDON, (Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday gave the go-ahead for professional men’s county cricket to start its season on
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Yarmolenko earns West Ham vital win over Chelsea
LONDON, (Reuters) – Substitute Andriy Yarmolenko marked a rare West Ham United appearance with a dramatic late goal to earn his side a priceless 3-2 Premier League win over Chelsea
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OMINOUS! Caribbean side will be bigger threat in England than before — Estwick | New York Carib News
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Assistant Coach Roddy Estwick believes West Indies are better poised now than three years ago to carve out a positive series result on their proposed tour of
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Geography of Jamaica
Population: 2,847,232 (July 2010
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Latest sports news headlines, results and fixtures: Thursday 9 July
The latest from the world of sport. On 9 July, we bring you the latest sports news headlines, results and fixtures from all over the world.
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Da Silva stakes test claim with unbeaten century - Stabroek News
Fresh off an unbeaten century in the second warm up match, wicket-keeper/batsman Joshua Da Silva is ready for whatever role is required of him. The article Da Silva stakes test claim with unbeaten century appeared first on Stabroek News.
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New England seamen enter slave trade when Capt. William Pierce sails to the West Indies and exchanges enslaved Native Americans for Africans.
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Elgar eyes South Africa test captaincy
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Dean Elgar would be willing to become South Africa’s next test captain as speculation about who will replace Faf du Plessis gathers
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WI’s BLM gesture meaningful in more ways than one - Stabroek News
The gesture by the West Indies cricket team to wear a Black Lives Matter emblem on the collars of their shirts during the upcoming Test series against England represents a largely significant move not only for the movement itself but also for the Caribbean side which would have experienced the
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Knights of St. Peter Claver (1909- )
The Knights of Peter Claver organization was founded in 1909 in Mobile, Alabama. It is the largest African American Catholic lay organization in the United States. The organization was founded by the Josephites, a Catholic order whose mission was to serve Catholic African Americans. Josephite
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Wells, Nathaniel (1779 – 1852)
Nathaniel Wells, a former slave, plantation owner, and businessman who lived during the 18th and 19th centuries, was also the first person of African ancestry to become a High Sheriff in England. Wells was born on September 10, 1779 on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean to William
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Newcastle bounce back to draw 2-2 with West Ham - Stabroek News
NEWCASTLE, England, (Reuters) Newcastle United twice came back from a goal down as they grabbed a 2-2 Premier League draw with West Ham United yesterday, robbing the visitors of the chance to put some more daylight between themselves and the relegation
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Brooks, Dowrich tune up with fifties - Stabroek News
MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Shamarh Brooks and wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich redeemed themselves with timely half-centuries on the final day of the three-day warm-up match here yesterday, to taste form ahead of the opening Test against
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Rain hurts preparation for opening Test - Stabroek News
MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Rain forced the abandonment of the opening day of the West Indies’ final ‘inter-squad’ warm-up contest here Monday. The article Rain hurts preparation for opening Test appeared first on Stabroek News.
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