United States’ Tina Charles (14) celebrates after three point basket during women’s basketball preliminary round
game against France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. Associated Press/
Charlie Neibergall
Caribbean L 46 ife, OCTOBER 15-21, 2021
By Azad Ali
West Indies Women have completed
their preparation for the ICC Women
‘s World Cup Qualifier 2021 to be held
in Zimbabwe from Nov. 21 to Dec. 5.
The 10-team tournament decides
three qualifiers for the Women’s
World Cup to be held in New Zealand
from March 4 to April 3, 2022.
The three qualifiers will join the
five teams — Australia, England,
India, South Africa and hosts New
Zealand- who have already qualified
through the ICC Women’s Championship.
By Azad Ali
Trinidadian Joel Wilson will be the
only West Indian member of the panel
of 16 umpires and four match referees
that will oversee matches in the ICC
Men’s Twenty 20 World Cup from Oct.
17 to Nov.14 in the United Arab Emirates
and Oman.
The International Cricket Council
(ICC), the sport’s governing body,
announced last week the match officials’
appointments for the qualifying
round of matches and the group stage
of the global showpiece.
The ICC said the appointment of the
umpires and referees meant that for
the first time since the beginning of
the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be
neutral umpires for all matches.
Wilson, 34, is the only West Indian
on the 11-member ICC elite panel of
umpires, arguably the best in the sport
around the world and he has officiated
in 36 Tests, 101 One-Day Internationals
and 42 Twenty Internationals.
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three years after Carter lost his appeal
at the Court of Arbitration for Sport
(CAS) against the International Olympic
Committee’s decision to strip him
and the rest of the Jamaica men’s sprint
relay team, comprising Bolt, Asafa Powell
and Michael Fraser, of their gold
medals from the 2008 Beijing Games.
In August, 35-year-old Carter issued
a news release saying he had retired due
to private medical condition, which had
hindered him from training and competing
since March 2021.
Lunch at the Kia Oval, on the occasion
of CWC (Cricket Writers’ Club)
75 Anniversary and were voted on by
a pool of more than 450 media representatives.
to Queens,” added Richards, who traces
his roots to Jamaica.
The Queens Borough President also
presented the Olympic duo with proclamations
declaring Oct. 1, 2021 as
both Dalilah Muhammad Day and Tina
Charles Day in the Borough of Queens.
Muhammad and Charles received
City Council proclamations from the
ceremony’s co-sponsor, Council Member
Adrienne Adams, in recognition of
their achievements as well.
Notable attendees of the ceremony
included students from Charles’ alma
mater, Christ the King High School in
Middle Village, and Bayside’s Benjamin
Cardozo High School, which Muhammad
attended, as well as 2021 Junior
Olympians from the Metro Eagles youth
track and field team.
A native of Rochdale Village and a
childhood member of the New York
Novas youth running club, Richards
said Muhammad first earned Olympic
glory in 2016 when she became the first
American woman in history to win a
gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles.
Richards said she would go on to
break the 16-year-old world record time
in that event at the 2019 USA Outdoor
Track and Field Championships, before
breaking her own world record at the
2019 World Championships later that
year.
At the 2021 Olympics, Richards said
Muhammad would again beat the world
record time in the 400-meter hurdles in
an effort that earned her a silver medal,
finishing behind fellow American Sydney
McLaughlin.
Muhammad won her second career
gold medal later in the 2021 Games as
part of Team USA’s victorious 4×400-
meter relay team, alongside McLaughlin,
Athing Mu and Allyson Felix, Richards
said.
The 2021 Olympics were the third
Summer Games in the illustrious
career of Tina Charles, a native of East
Elmhurst, the borough president said.
After winning gold as part of Team
USA’s women’s basketball squad in the
London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics,
he said Charles returned in 2021 to help
lead the team to its seventh straight
Olympic gold medal.
The WNBA’s reigning scoring champion
and an eight-time All-Star, Charles
is one of the most decorated professional
basketball players of her generation,
Richards said.
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Former West Indies cricketer, Michael
Holding. Associated Press /
Lefteris Pitarakis
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OLYMPIANS GET KEYS TO QUEENS
Holding gets
cricket award
Lone West Indian to officiate at World Cup
Umpire Joel Wilson in Kolkata, India,
Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Associated Press/
Bikas Das/File
World Cup
Qualifier