GRENADA
RULES!
Grenada
are the new OECS/ECCB Netball Champions for 2008 as defending
champions St.Vincent and the Grenadines defeated St. Lucia
49-48 in the 28th game of the tournament at the new indoor
practice facility in Beausejour, Gros Islet on Thursday evening.
The Grenadians waited for the outcome of the final
match of the tournament to confirm their pre-tournament favoritism,

C&W
Wins TV Broadcast Rights for 2008 Olympics
Cable
& Wireless has been designated an official sponsor of
the 2008 Olympics and has also been granted exclusive local
TV broadcast rights for the Summer Games in Beijing. As
a result Cable & Wireless CableVision customers will enjoy
full coverage of the “world’s greatest sporting
event.” The TV broadcast rights were acquired from the
Caribbean Media Corporation. 
Digicel
And Sir Garfield Sobers Team Up
Digicel,
proud sponsor of West Indies cricket, launched the fifth Digicel
Sir Garfield Sobers International Cricket Tournament last
Sunday with 20 teams from the Caribbean and the UK competing
over a three-week period in Barbados for the Digicel Sir Garfield
Sobers Cup. The Digicel Sir Garfield Sobers Cricket
Tournament which is taking place in 17 venues around the island,
“Checkmate!”
Chess
Grandmaster Bobby Fisher was once quoted as saying “a
strong memory, concentration, imagination and a strong will
is required to become a great chess player. If this
is the case then Saint Lucia will benefit greatly from an
initiative developed by the National Community Foundation.
For the third year the National Community Foundation,
Digicel
Statement Re Proposed Stanford 20/20
Digicel,
proud sponsor of West Indies Cricket, welcomes the Stanford
20/20 initiative scheduled to take place in Antigua in November
between the West Indies and England. Digicel applauds
the various initiatives developed in 20/20 and recognizes
the great potential that this format provides to the development
of the game in the Caribbean.
Final
Daring Wheels for 2008
St.Lucia
Moto x Club at the weekend staged another in a series of races
at its elaborate site in Cul de Sac. Sunday saw a
number of riders participating in what has been dubbed an
exceptional afternoon of competition in two categories A and
B respectively. The many daring wheels fans that turned out
at Cul de Sac never regretted taking the afternoon off, 
Tokens
presented by the Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela
The
Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela H.E. Eduardo
Alfonso Barranco Hernandez handed over tokens in the name
of the Bolivarian Government, to Nadira Thomas, student of
the Leon Hess Comprehensive Secondary School, who has performed
exceptionally in soccer. His Excellency also donated
sports equipment to the school, 
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