Windies playing for pride
DURBAN, South Africa (CMC):Reduced yet again to playing for pride at the end of a tour, the West Indies are contemplating a bit of experimentation in the fourth one-day international against South Africa today.
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Tough luck, Maurice Smith
The sportsman and the sports-woman for 2007, according to the RJR Sports Foundation and their selectors, have been crowned, and congratulations to sprinters Asafa Powell and Veronica Campbell-Brown.The handclaps, the fanfare, and all the toasts,...
McCook expects big 2008 for juniors
Neville 'Teddy' McCook, chairman of the organising committee for the Gibson Relays, is expecting a wonderful 2008 for Jamaica's junior athletes. McCook, who is also the IAAF area representative for the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) region was speaking at yesterday's...
St Kitts stunned by USVI
COOLIDGE, Antigua (CMC):An unbeaten 43 from Sher-ville Huggins anchored the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) to a stunning four-wicket, upset victory over St Kitts in the fourth preliminary match of the Stanford Twenty20 Cup on Wednesday.Chasing 131...
RBTT chess at crucial KO stage
THE quarter-finalists of the rural and Corporate Area Divisions of the 2007/2008 RBTT Schools Chess Championships have now reached the critical knockout phase of the championship. The rural championship begins today at Belair in Manchester with the playing of three matches....
Tunisia, Angola in last eight
KUMASI, Ghana (AP):Angola and Tunisia both advanced to the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations yesterday after a 0-0 draw.The result was enough to send both teams into the last eight with five points, with Tunisia finishing at the top of Group...
Marlon King to fly in Sunday for friendly
Reggae Boy Marlon King will arrive with the rest of Jamaica's English-based players this Sunday, three days ahead of the February 6 encounter against Costa Rica at the National Stadium.King, along with Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnsley), Omar Daley (Bradford), Claude Davis (Derby County)...
Sponsorship boost for Santos
Santos Football Club received a well-needed boost in their finances this week. They have secured a sponsorship deal valued at $450,000 from Lascelles Wines & Spirits, under its Wincarnis Tonic Wine brand name. The funds will assist the team in offsetting off field challenges...
Harbour View lead the way
With only one set of matches left to be played before the end of the second round of the JFF/Coca-Cola Under -21 League, Harbour View United and Portmore United have safely booked their places in the end-of-round finals. Both teams are tied on 22 points.
Rigged To Win fancied
Both the Pick-9 and Super-6 start anew at Caymanas Park tomorrow, as despite a 19-1 upset by ROMEZ in the penultimate race, punters had the last laugh. Tomorrow's Pick-9 will embrace all nine races on the card, while the Super-6 will be conducted from race four to nine....
HORSE SENSE - Can local racing survive?
We have looked at the inability of our racing industry to attract new owners, and also the inability to retain the few current owners who used to invest their cash in the sport. The decreasing interest in the breeding industry is a direct reflection of this reducing ownership base.
False start investigation
The Commission on November 29, 2007, conducted an investigation under Section 25 of the Jamaica Racing Commission Act into a report concerning incidents which occured at the start of races seven and 12 on the November 10 programme.
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