Vere take slim lead at Champs
VERE TECHNICAL High, helped by a one-two finish in the Class Three discus final, took a narrow lead after three girls' finals on day one of the GraceKennedy/ISSA Boys' and Girls' Championships at the Natio-nal Stadium, yesterday. Clarendon-based Vere lead with 25 points...
Prince's peace initiative kicks off
MINISTER OF Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, lauded the efforts of the Beacons of Peace and Achievement Initiative (BPA) and the Metropolitan Black Police Association (UK) for their efforts to utilise sports to bring peace to the youths of troubled communities ...
Windies umpire battle escalates
THE WAR of words between the West Indies Cricket Umpire Association (WICUA) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) intensified yesterday with the umpires poised to pull the plug on the regional Carib Beer Series while the board threatened to have regional umpires...
Regional cricket suffers from lack of 'class'
IN A time when regional cricket stutters and fumbles from a lack of quality, general all-round belief, and a sharp decline in interest from the young, the game needs a hero.Sadly, based on recent events and utterances, it seems a sad and likely...
Walker now the leading rider
CHAMPION JOCKEY Omar Walker assumed the lead from Shane Ellis in the jockeys' standings at Caymanas Park yesterday, thanks to his second triple in successive racedays. Walker, who celebrated his 25th birthday with three winners last Saturday, came back to win ...
Sri Lanka drop Jayasuriya and Muralitharan
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): SRI LANKA have dropped iconic stars Sanath Jayasuriya and Muttiah Muralitharan from their squad for the three-match limited-overs series in the West Indies next month, the sport's governing body said yesterday.Fast bowler Lasith...
Overseas players drafted into JSL
SIX OVERSEAS professional players have been drafted to boost Jamaica's top-flight cricket competition, the Jamaica Super League (JSL), which will bowl off on March 22.Barbadians Ryan Hinds, who, on Tuesday received another call-up to the West Indies...
Ascot High edge Tivoli
SECOND-HALF goals from Chentol Henry and substitute Ashley Smith carried Ascot High to a 2-0 victory over hosts Tivoli Gardens in the Inter-secondary Schools' Sports Association (ISSA)/ Malta schoolgirls' football competition on Monday. Despite the victory...
St Mary riding high
DEFENDING RURAL Under-19 champion boys, St Mary High, blanked Dinthill High 5-0 yesterday to complete their fixtures with a perfect win record and advance to the semi-finals of the Inter-secondary Schools' Sports Association...
South Africa breeze past Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP): A 119-RUN unbeaten partnership between AB de Villiers (69) and Jean-Paul Duminy (49) steered South Africa to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bangladesh that clinched their one-day series yesterday.Four wickets by Andre Nel had...
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