Central, George'sjoin elite
SPORTING CENTRAL Academy and St. George's realised their dreams of playing in the top tier of local football as the Wray and Nephew National League play-offs came to close yesterday. For Sporting Central, a 0-0 draw against Granville was good enough to secure their spot...
WICB stumps move to make Gayle skipper
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): A RECOMMENDATION from the West Indies selection panel for seasoned batting all-rounder Chris Gayle to captain the team for the series of two Twenty/20 and three one-day international (ODI) matches against England has been rejected by the board...
Bora lauds Phillips for a superb performance
JAMAICA'S TECHNICAL director, Velibor 'Bora' Milutinovic, lauded winger Demar Phillips for his outstanding performance against South American side Chile at the National Stadium on Tuesday night. "He played a very good game," said Milutinovic, who took over the reins...
Is this the best deal, ISSA?
EVEN AFTER ISSA announced the realisation of its $24 million budget for the Manning and daCosta cups - largely due to Pepsi's sponsorship - I still have to question the wisdom and the rationale of the organisation's choice not to go with WIsynco.
Beckham bends it for England in 3-0 victory
LONDON (AP): DAVID BECKHAM returned to international competition yesterday and led England to a 3-0 win over Estonia in European Championship qualifying. World Cup finalists Italy and France also won. Beckham, returning after 10 months away, set up two goals at Estonia.
Ex-players came to the party - Ganga
MANCHESTER (Reuters): STAND-IN captain Daren Ganga said yesterday that support from former West Indies players has given the team a much-needed boost after coming off their heaviest Test defeat of all time. West Indies, 1-0 down, started the third and penultimate Test...
Vaughan chasing history
MANCHESTER, England (AP): MICHAEL VAUGHAN is on the verge of becoming England's most successful cricket captain.E ngland can secure the series against the West Indies with a win in the third Test at Old Trafford starting this morning.
Team NZ gains rematch with Alinghi
VALENCIA, Spain (AP): EMIRATES TEAM New Zealand completed the first 5-0 sweep in the Louis Vuitton Cup final yesterday, beating Luna Rossa to set up a rematch with Alinghi in the America's Cup.The Kiwis won by 22 seconds over the Italian boat in the...
Cavaliers put faith in Gooden
WASHINGTON (Reuters): THE TITLE-starved Cleveland Cavaliers know their chances of beating the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA finals rest largely on the broad shoulders of Drew Gooden.Cleveland will get their scoring from LeBron James and their rebounding...
Nadal closes on hat-trick
PARIS (AP):RAFAEL NADAL moved closer to a third straight French Open title yesterday, beating 1998 champion Carlos Moya 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 in the quarter-finals. The second-seeded Spaniard, who is 19-0 in his career at the French Open, has not dropped a set...
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