Tigers maul the Windies
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CMC): THE WEST Indies were humiliated when Bangladesh completed a six-wicket victory to eliminate them from the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday. The West Indies failed to defend a respectable target of 165 as Aftab Ahmed and Mohammad Ashraful carved up...
Hot England batter Zimbabwe by 50 runs
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP): KEVIN PIETERSEN'S 79 off 37 balls helped England defeat Zimbabwe by 50 runs yesterday at the Twenty20 World Cup. In Durban, India's start to the tournament was spoiled by rain as they were forced to accept a single point....
Asafa Powell to ignore his rivals
THE WORLD'S fastest man, Asafa Powell, believes if he is to win next year's Olympic Games 100m title, he will have to stop focusing on his opponents. While blaming lack of focus on his own race for his downfall at the 11th IAAF World Championships,...
Mclaren fined US$100m, loses points in spy scandal
PARIS (AP):THE MCLARENteam was fined US$100 million and stripped of all of its points in the constructors' standings, yesterday, in the spy scandal that has rocked the sport.Team drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, who are currently 1-2 in the...
Seprod 'adopts' national coach
THE JAMAICA Netball Association (JNA) has received another major financial boost ahead of this year's World Championships through the adopt-a-player programme.The latest addition to the programme is national senior coach Connie Francis, who will receive $300,000...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Henin was not lucky; she was simply brilliant
THE 2007 U.S. Open tennis championship is over and Roger Federer is still the king. In reaching his fourth Grand Slam final of the year, Federer predictably won his fourth U.S. Open men's singles title in a row to become the first man to do so since Bill Tilden...
England improvise for crucial clash with Springboks
PARIS (AP):TWO FLY halves or two inside centres? Take your pick. England will field Mike Catt and Andy Farrell as rotating midfielders against South Africa at the Rugby World Cup today, their biggest game since they won the title in Sydney four years ago.
Germany chase berth in quarters
SHANGHAI, China (AP):DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Germany can become the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals at the women's World Cup with a win over England today. After an 11-0 waltz past Argentina in the first game in Group A, another win will...
Kerr wants to be the best
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE HE did not come back from last weekend's Caribbean Junior Cycling Championship in Barbados with a medal, 16-year-old Ricardo Kerr is nonetheless elated with his fourth-place finish in the eight-mile...
Double Bow fancied in the 9th
Both the Pick-9 and Super-6 were caught at Caymanas Park start on Wednesday and start anew with guaranteed minimums. The Pick-9, embracing races three to 11, starts anew with $1 million. The Super-6 commences with $500,000 and will be conducted from race six through to 11.
Bianca Fedele wins FEI World Challenge
BIANCA FEDELE, riding her horse Dusty, turned in a flawless display to win the FEI World Show Jumping Challenge at the Kingston Polo Club, Caymanas Estates, last Sunday.The 17-year-old Hillel student completed an amazing four clear rounds to win the title...
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