WI crush Irish
The West Indies, riding on the back of a superb batting display by former captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul,wrapped up their first round assignments in the Cricket World Cup in style at Sabina Park yesterday when they defeated...
England, Kenya clash for Super Eights place
GROS ISLET, St Lucia (Reuters):England battle Kenya for a place in the Super Eights today with both sides hoping their troops can remain focused after the tragic news that Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer had been murdered.England captain Michael Vaughan is...
India all but crash out
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters):India virtually crashed out in the first round of the World Cup after they suffered a shattering 69-run defeat in their crunch Group B match against Sri Lanka yesterday.A stunning batting collapse on a good Queen's Park...
'We need to build this team'
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida:Bora Milutinovic was in an upbeat mood following Jamaica's 2-0 defeat to Switzerland here on Thursday night, pleased with the Reggae Boyz's effort, while insisting they will benefit from playing against...
Veteran coach for 'Fighters'
GEORGE McFarlane, father of Jamaica's World Seido Champion, Bruce McFarlane, has been summoned by Jamaica's Combined Martial Arts Team to prepare a special three-man unit to compete in the...
UTech, GC Foster lead
University of Technology (UTech) and G.C. Foster College are the respective overall male and female leaders going into today's final day of the Jamaica Inter-collegiate Sports Association Athletic Championships, this at the end of day one action at G.C. Foster College yesterday.
Jockeys take spotlight
Today has been designated Jockeys' Guild Day at Caymanas Park, the 10-race programme paying homage to jockeys past and present.Among the trophy races are the Brian Harding Trophy over 1820 metres in honour of the reigning...
Let's finish the Cup for Bob
SO WHERE do we go from here? This was supposed to be the region's grandest showcase, the Caribbean's chance to reveal to the world it could not only host one of sport's greatest events but also hold it with such a calypso beat that tourists would dance...
Finally, a heavyweight showdown
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Reuters): After a series of tedious preliminary bouts World Cup heavyweights Australia and South Africa meet on the final weekend of the group stages in the biggest match of the tournament so far.
WI building towards the bigger games
West Indies skipper Brian Lara believes that the team will be able to give a concrete performance against world champions Australia when the teams meet in next Tuesday Super Eight showdown, following what he has described as a consistent overall performance by the team in a tough group stage.
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