Windies 'pumped' for ODI
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):AFTER THEIR outstanding Test-series levelling victory, the West Indies are 'pumped up' for the Digicel one-day international (ODI) series against Sri Lanka, starting this morning at the Queen's Park Oval.The two teams meet...
Shiv moving up among WI greats
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):WEST INDIES batsman Shiv Chanderpaul is beaming after becoming the fourth highest runscorer on the all-time West Indies batting list.He achieved the feat after his unbeaten 86 in the second innings of the second Test...
Rogge, Wen Jiabao discuss preparations
BEIJING (AP):IOC PRESIDENT JACQUES Rogge met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday to discuss preparations for the Beijing Games, which have been overshadowed by protests over China's human rights record and disruptions of the Olympic torch relay...
Officials re-route Olympic torch
SAN FRANCISCO (AP):THE OLYMPIC torch was re-routed away from thousands of demonstrators and spectators who crowded the city's waterfront to witness the flame's symbolic journey to the Beijing Games yesterday.The first torchbearer took the flame from a lantern brought to the stage...
IOC prepares to disqualify Jones' teammates
BEIJING (AP):NEARLY EIGHT years after the Sydney Olympics, the IOC is prepared to disqualify Marion Jones' United States relay teammates because of her doping history. Any reallocation of the medals, however, is expected to be postponed again.
Improving the Girlz
NOT MANY people have been paying attention to women's football here in Jamaica.The sport, complete with a semi-professional league, is fast rising among the girls of our country and whatever the ladies endeavour to accomplish, I am of the belief, we should support....
Eltham High make it four in a row
ELTHAM HIGH defeated St Catherine High by an innings and five runs yesterday to secure their fourth hold on the Grace Shield Premier League, the symbol of Urban Area schoolboy cricket supremacy.In doing so, Eltham became the first school to win four consecutive Grace Shield titles since...
Reggae Boyz lose ground to T&T
JAMAICA'S REGGAE Boyz remain stagnant in the latest version of the FIFA world rankings, losing ground to regional rivals Trinidad and Tobago's Soca Warriors, who moved up eight places.While the Boyz remain at 103rd, a position they fell to last month...
Young netballers march on
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): JAMAICA COASTED to their fourth consecutive victory and Trinidad and Tobago matched them with another fine win as the Caribbean Netball Association (CNA) Under-16 tournament continued on Tuesday evening. Six-time champions Jamaica knocked off St Lucia ...
Man U through to semi-finals
LONDON (AP): MANCHESTER UNITED became the third English team to reach the Champions League semi-finals yesterday, and the two-time champions will face FC Barcelona in the next round.United advanced by beating AS Roma 1-0 and 3-0 on aggregate, with Carlos Tevez scoring the only goal...
South Africa Kallis is Wisden's top cricketer for 2007
LONDON (AP): SOUTH AFRICA all-rounder Jacques Kallis was named the world's top cricketer for 2007 after scoring more Test runs than anyone else in the year.The 32-year-old Kallis hit 1,210 runs at an average of 86.42 and took 20 wickets for just 25.75...
Wanliss and Barrows strike for combined team
THE TWO-DAY Jamaica Busta Tae kwon do Open ended at the UTech Auditorium on Sunday, with members of the combined martial arts team dominating the male black-belt division. Montegonian Alrick Wanliss upset combined teammate Nicholas Dussard in the lightweight final...
Top cyclists set for Challenge
WESTERN BUREAU:A TOP-CLASS field including Pan-Am Games gold medallist O'Neil Samuels, national junior champion Ricardo Kerr and road race master champion Donald Hall are slated to face the starter this Sunday when the inaugural High Cadence Cycling Club...
Tiger chasing major slam
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP): SEVEN PLAYERS stood on the first tee in the morning chill of Augusta National on Tuesday, a half-dozen more waiting on the practice green behind them.They had about 10 minutes before the course opened for practise at 8:00 a.m....
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