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12 Athletes chosen for 2017 FLOW CARIFTA Games**

Published 10 April 2017

12 Athletes chosen for 2017 FLOW CARIFTA Games**

The St. Kitts & Nevis Amateur Athletic Association (SKNAAA) is pleased to announce its National Representative Contingent for the 2017 FLOW CARIFTA Games scheduled for April 15th – 17th 2017, Curacao. Our young ambassadors shall be led by SKNAAA’s Games Secretary Mr. Corneil Williams, who will also be the delegate at the Games’ Congress.

The team and its officials shall comprise of the following:

Roatter Johnson - Head Coach
Hugh Matthew Jr- Assistant Coach

Jermaine Francis - Under 20 Male - High Jump
Kizan David - Under 20 Male - Long Jump
Shanice Elliott- Under 20 Female- 100m & 200m
Tajarie Arthurton - Under 18 Male - 100m / 4X100m
Dimetre Browne - Under 18 Male - 200m, Long Jump, 4X100m, 4X400m
Marcus Duberry - Under 18 Male – 100m, 4X100m
Craig Connor Jr - Under 18 Male `- 200m, 4X400m, 4X100m
Royden Peets - Under 18 Male - 4X100m
Jahnaza Francis- Under 18 Male - 400m, 4X400m
Leroy Chapman - Under 18 Male - 400m, 800m, 4X400m
Travis Warner - Under 18 Male - Shot Put
Namibia Clavier - Under 18 Female - 400m

SKNAAA President Mr. Glenville Jeffers commended the members of his Association’s Selection Committee for their vision. “I must commend my Selection Committee for identifying these young talented group of athletes who have stood out amongst their peers throughout the 2017 Athletic Season. My Executive Committee unanimously supported the selection of these athletes as they represent the next generation of athletics in the federation. Most showed their dominance and athleticism in the recently concluded scholastic championships and CARIFTA Trials over the past two (2) weekends and must be commended for their hard work that got them this far.”

The team is expected to depart the Federation in two (2) batches between Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th April 2017. Mr. Tajarie Authurton is the only overseas based athlete selected. Special mention must be made of Ms. Kieshonna Brooks who was selected based on her National Record Performance in the Women’s Heptathlon. Ms. Brooks however shall not be attending due to athletic commitments at her school, the University of Mississippi.

The SKNAAA extends heartfelt congratulations to the entire contingent and wishes them a successful FLOW CARIFTA Games campaign

International Sports, Sports

Sadio Mane: Liverpool forward is to miss rest of season with knee injury

Published 7 April, 2017

Mane suffered the injury in a challenge with Leighton Baines, having earlier scored the opening goal

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane is set to miss the last seven games of the season with a knee injury.

Mane, 24, was taken off after colliding with Leighton Baines in Saturday’s 3-1 home victory over Everton.

Manager Jurgen Klopp said he was “pretty sure” Mane needed surgery, leaving it “pretty much impossible for him to play again this season”.

The £34m signing from Southampton has started all but five of Liverpool’s league games this campaign.

Of those, three were drawn and two were lost. The Reds are third in the Premier League table with seven games left.

Klopp also said Adam Lallana was “much better but is not in training” as the midfielder continues his recovery from a thigh injury suffered on England duty in March.

Captain Jordan Henderson, who has been out since February, is “in a good way, but I don’t know when he can be part of training again”, the German added.

Mane starting	Liverpool over 2016-17	Without Mane starting
26	Games	5
17	Wins	0
6	Draws	3
3	Defeats	2
60	Goals scored	4
2.3	Goals per game	1
30	Goals conceded	7
1.2	Goals conceded per game	1.8
2.2	Points per game	0.5

Sadio Mane posted a photo of his knee on Instagram on Thursday

International Sports, Sports

Track & Field Travel To The George Mason Spring Invitational

Published 7 April, 2017

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Morgan State Track & Field teams will take part in the George Mason Spring Invitational this Saturday in Fairfax, Virginia.

In total, over 30 teams will take to the track on Saturday, including American, Bucknell, Coppin State, Davidson, District of Columbia, Fordham, George Mason, Georgetown, Howard, Johns Hopkins, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State, Mount St. Mary’s, Navy, Hagerstown CC, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, Saint Francis, UMBC, VCU, Virginia Lynchburg, VMI, West Virginia, William and Mary, Youngstown State,

Three field events will begin the meet on Saturday, which include the women’s hammer throw, men’s javelin and the men’s pole vault. The 100m dash will be the first running event of the day, with the first gun firing off at noon. The meet will run all day until the men’s 5K ends the meet at 9:40 p.m.

Live results will be available all day, by clicking here.

Mason Spring Invitational – Order of Events

Session: 1 Field Events, 10:00 AM
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10:00 AM Women Hammer Throw Finals
10:00 AM Men Javelin Throw Finals
10:00 AM Men Pole Vault Finals
10:30 AM Men and Women Long Jump Finals
12:00 PM Men High Jump Finals
12:15 PM Men Hammer Throw Finals
12:15 PM Women Javelin Throw Finals
2:00 PM Men and Women Triple Jump Finals
2:30 PM Women Pole Vault Finals
2:30 PM Men Discus Throw Finals
2:45 PM Women Shot Put Finals
3:00 PM Women High Jump Finals
4:45 PM Men Shot Put Finals
4:45 PM Women Discus Throw Finals

Session: 2 Running Events, 12:00 PM
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12:00 PM Women 100 Meter Dash Prelims
12:20 PM Men 100 Meter Dash Prelims
12:40 PM Women 4×100 Meter Relay Finals
12:55 PM Men 4×100 Meter Relay Finals
1:10 PM Women 100 Meter Hurdles Prelims
1:35 PM Men 110 Meter Hurdles Prelims
1:55 PM Women 400 Meter Dash Finals
2:20 PM Men 400 Meter Dash Finals
2:45 PM Men 110 Meter Hurdles Finals
2:55 PM Women 100 Meter Hurdles Finals
3:00 PM Men 100 Meter Dash Finals
3:05 PM Women 100 Meter Dash Finals
3:15 PM Women 400 Meter Hurdles Finals
3:40 PM Men 400 Meter Hurdles Finals
4:00 PM Women 200 Meter Dash Finals
4:25 PM Men 200 Meter Dash Finals
4:50 PM Women 4×400 Meter Relay Finals
5:15 PM Men 4×400 Meter Relay Finals
5:45pm George Mason Senior Recognition Ceremony
7:00 PM Women 800 Meter Run Finals
7:25 PM Men 800 Meter Run Finals
7:50 PM Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase Finals
8:05 PM Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase Finals
8:20 PM Women 1500 Meter Run Finals
8:45 PM Men 1500 Meter Run Finals
9:20 PM Women 5000 Meter Run Finals
9:40 PM Men 5000 Meter Run Finals

International Sports, Sports

Crooke Named MEAC Track Athlete Of The Week

http://www.morganstatebears.com/news/2017/4/5/womens-track-and-field-crooke-named-meac-track-athlete-of-the-week.aspx #

NORFOLK, Va. (Apr. 5, 2017)-Morgan State senior Shenel Crooke was selected as Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Track Athlete of the Week, as announced by the league office on Wednesday.

It is the third weekly honor this season for Crooke, who also earned the honor on Feb. 8, as well as co-track performer of the week accolades on Jan. 18 during the indoor season.

A native of Basseterre, St. Kitts, Crooke competed in five events last weekend at the Pepsi Florida Relays hosted by the University of Florida. She would place 17^th in the 100 meter dash in a time of 11.53 and came in 23^rd in the 200 meter dash with a time of 24.06. Her time in the 100m currently is the top time in the MEAC.

Crooke also joined her teammates in the 1600 meter sprint medley, the 4X100 meter relay and 4X200 meter relay teams.

The 1600 meter sprint medley team finished in a time of 3:57.97 to beat out State foe Maryland for fifth-place. As a member of the 4X200 team, the squad ran a time of 1:36.03 to place 13^th, while the 4X100 relay team ran a time of 46.46, which is the fastest in the MEAC.

Crooke and the Lady Bears return to action this Saturday, April 8 when they travel to Fairfax, Va. to compete in the George Mason Spring Invitational.

International Sports, Sports

Fifa loses nearly £300m in 2016 and scheduled to lose further £400m in 2017

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39533466 #

Published 7 April, 2017

World football governing body Fifa lost nearly £300m in 2016 and is scheduled to lose close to £400m in 2017.

Legal costs related to the corruption scandal which engulfed the organisation and “ill-considered previous investments” contributed to the losses.

The latest financial results follow a loss of nearly £100m in 2015.

Fifa forecasts a financial recovery in 2018, when Russia hosts the World Cup, and expects to finish the four years since 2014 with an £80m profit.

The governing body, which is still under criminal investigations in Switzerland and the United States, paid out nearly £50m to lawyers last year.

Former president Sepp Blatter’s investments in a football museum and hotel in Zurich have proved unsuccessful so far, too, and are referred to as “ill-considered”.