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Dancehall reggae artist Beenie Man, one of the headline acts at the Cup Match Summer Splash, has reportedly fallen ill with the Zika virus. The diagnosis was reported in Rolling Stone, which added that the Jamaican artist had called off a concert set...

Four people were injured in two incidents as holiday celebrations turned violent over the weekend. Two men suffered wounds that were said not to be life-threatening when they were stabbed in the men’s bathrooms of Somerset Cricket Club on Friday, bet...

A 31-year-old visitor who streaked across the Somerset Cricket Club field on Friday has been released without charge. According to a police spokesman, officers responded to a “a male spectator running across the field of Somerset Cricket Club in a h...

A colourful band of revellers armed with satire and swizzle took to the waters at Mangrove Bay, bidding farewell to Cup Match with the traditional Non-Mariners Race. Among those hammering and spray-painting makeshift entries on the beach yesterday mo...

Whether you are red and blue or blue and blue, the true spirit of Cup Match is about more than just cricket. And so it proved once again over the past two days, as revellers from near and far put their worries aside and crammed into the grounds of So...

Revellers continued to enjoy fun in the sun as Cup Match petered out to a draw at Somerset Cricket Club today. The heat appeared too much for one individual midway through the afternoon: a streaker brought cheers from the crowd and applause from play...

The cricket may still be up for grabs in the West today, but at the other end of the island Somerset is already toasting victory in another sport. While the eyes of many were fixed on Somerset Cricket Club yesterday morning, the annual Cup Match Pilo...

One of the most anticipated events of the Cup Match holiday weekend is celebrating its tenth anniversary today. Soca vs Reggae Champion of Champions will be taking place at The Lawn in Dockyard at 10pm — so whether you’re celebrating or drowning your...

“King of Dancehall” Beenie Man is promising “nothing but the best” when he helps to get the Cup Match party started tonight. The Grammy-winning Jamaican reggae artist is headlining the second instalment of the Cup Match Summer Splash at Par-la-Ville ...

Damon DeGraff remembers watching from across the street while clubgoers queued to get into New York’s Palladium. He’d moved to the city “to be in the music business” and admired Angie Martinez, the radio personality who hosted huge parties there. ...

On the eve of Cup Match, Michael Weeks of the Progressive Labour Party is issuing a call for the community to stay safe — and to spare a moment to reflect on the holiday’s meaning. Amid the festivities and cricket rivalries, Mr Weeks said we should n...

Popular weather girl Llarisa Abreu has been interviewed by satirical website Bermemes about why it always rains on at least one day during Cup Match. Ms Abreu has built up a huge fanbase since she started broadcasting to the island in January last ye...