The Pointe Michel Sports Council will now turn its attention to cricket action following a successful running of the D&D Hardware Supplies Football League. According to Member of the Pointe Michel Sports Council, Gerald George, the council will stage the first ever southern 20/20 cricket tournament. The T20, sponsored by Mr. Cecil Charles, will be called the Cecil Charles southern 20/20 tournament and is carded to take place on Sunday May 23^rd 2010.

Former Champions Harlem United will be aiming to stay at the heels of the defending champions when they come up against Dublanc Sports Club at the Dublanc playing field from 5.30 pm today.  At 6pm today as well, Quick Zone Cliff Top Icons will do battle with Sagicor South East at the Bath Estate Playing Field. PRO of the Dominica Football Association, Gerald George, lists other matches to take place over the weekend.

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Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt has ruled out competing for the rest of 2010 with a back injury. The Jamaican suffered only his second professional 100m defeat on Friday when he was easily beaten by Tyson Gay at Stockholm's Diamond League meeting. Manager Ricky Simms said Bolt had been examined by a doctor in Germany and the back problem "restricts his ability to generate power in his stride". Bolt will miss the remaining Diamond League meets in Zurich and Brussels. The world record holder in the 100m and 200m, along with American Gay and Asafa Powell - the three world's fastest 100m runners in history - had been scheduled to face each other at the year's final Diamond League meet in Brussels on 27 August.

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Australia have confirmed plastic bottles were thrown at their players after the 23-run Twenty20 defeat by Pakistan at Edgbaston on Monday. The incident occurred as about 13,000 Pakistan fans celebrated the victory which ended a 12-match losing streak against Australia in all cricket. "Yes some plastic bottles were thrown and yes one nearly hit a player," said a Cricket Australia spokesman. "But we have every confidence in the security for Tuesday's match." The sides meet again at 5 o’clock at the Birmingham Test venue and the England and Wales Cricket Board, which is in charge of security, said changes would be made to the on-field post-match interviews. They had to be moved 30 metres inside the boundary rope after the incident.

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has informed the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) that the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua may now be used for international cricket after it has passed an inspection by the ICC. In February 2009 the ground was the scene of a Test match between the West Indies and England that lasted just 10 balls before being abandoned because of an outfield that was described in the ICC’s report as unfit. The ICC told the WICB that the ground could not be used for international cricket for a period of 12 months and also gave the board an official warning for not preparing the ground effectively for the match. As per ICC instructions, over the past year, appropriate work was carried out and monitored by the WICB and an inspection of the ground was carried out by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.

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Stuart Broad has been fined 50% of his match fee for throwing the ball at Pakistan batsman Zulqarnain Haider during the second Test at Edgbaston. England seamer Broad hit Haider on the shoulder as England struggled for wickets during the third day. Haider had earlier survived a concerted caught-behind appeal by Broad and went on to hit 88 in Pakistan's 291-9. The 24-year-old Broad had pleaded guilty to a charge of "throwing the ball inappropriately". Broad's guilty plea meant there was no need for Sri Lankan match referee Ranjan Madugalle to hold a full hearing after stumps on Sunday. "The actions of Stuart Broad were unacceptable," Madugalle said in an International Cricket Council statement issued on Monday.

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Defender Wes Brown ends England career                                 By: bbcaribbean.com- Monday August 9th 2010

Manchester United defender Wes Brown has announced his retirement from international duty with England. The 30-year-old's announcement follows a similar one by Blackburn goalkeeper Paul Robinson earlier on Sunday. Both were selected in the England squad to face Hungary on Wednesday, having missed out on this summer's World Cup. But the Football Association confirmed Brown visited England's team hotel in Watford on Sunday evening to inform manager Fabio Capello of his decision. In a statement, Brown said: "After a lot of thought and with a very heavy heart, I have decided the time is right for me to retire from international football."At the age of 30, I feel it is right for me to stand aside and let younger players come through, which allows me to concentrate on my club career.”

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By: bbcaribbean.com- Wednesday August 4th 2010

World 800m champion Caster Semenya will return to the venue of her biggest win to date later this month when she competes at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. The South African teenager became world champion in the German city last year. But she was then unable to compete for nine months with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) demanding she take gender tests. She returned to action in Finland last month, winning two races, and will race at the Isaf meeting on 22 August. Semenya will use the race as part of her build-up to the Commonwealth Games in India in October.

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