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Simmons warns against writing off young Windies

December 04, 2015 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_8916" align="alignleft" width="300"] Coach Phil Simmons chats with his troops during a training session in Australia[/caption] BRISBANE, Australia (CMC) – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons said Thursday he was not too worried by his side’s ongoing challenges in the ongoing tour match against Cricket...

More FIFA officials arrested as scandal widens

December 03, 2015 in Sports

ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) – The unprecedented corruption scandal engulfing FIFA widened Thursday with the arrests of two more top officials in another dramatic dawn raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich. Swiss authorities again acted on a request from the US justice department, a repeat of...

Bolt in the running for BBC award

December 03, 2015 in Sports

LONDON, England (CMC) -- Usain Bolt's impressive performance in track and field this year has landed him yet another international sports nomination. The Jamaican super star is one of six athletes nominated for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC's) Overseas Sports Personality of the Year 2015. The award...

Sixers glad to have one, want to ‘get greedy’

December 03, 2015 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_8893" align="alignleft" width="300"] The 76ers celebrated a regular-season victory for the first time since March 25, a span of 252 days.[/caption] PHILADELPHIA -- Nerlens Noel smiled. "Finally," he told reporters. Minutes later, future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant walked through the Philadelphia 76ers locker room en route...