Spirited display by West Indies
VThere are three kinds of cricket in today's world.For those who do not know, one is Twenty20 - the new craze with its exciting, bat-swinging action from start to finish. Another is the 50-over form with its explosive action, or its happy hour, towards the end of an innings.
Taylor leads wayfor Kiwis
England made inroads into New Zealand's top order yesterday with quick wickets on either side of lunch on the first day of the second Test.
Vox Pop - How do you think this Test series will go?
From 1983 when West Indies lost the Cricket World Cup, I have stopped making predictions in cricket, but I think that we will put up a good performance.
Commander Zero too light to lose
Fourteen native bred three-year-olds are down to face the starter in today's $2.5 million Lotto Classic feature for the Governor's Cup over 2000 metres at Caymanas Park and indications are that COMMANDER ZERO, now kindly treated, will justify favouritism.
Portmore, Harbour View bag major prizes
National Premier League champions Port-more United and Under-21 winners Harbour View claimed the major prizes at the Premier League Clubs Association awards cere-mony held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, St Andrew, on Wednesday evening.
Ellis wins feature
In a driving finish, JACK BE GOOD held on grimly by a neck from 4-5 favourite FUSILIER to win yesterday's holiday feature (claiming $470,000-$10,000) for the Labour Day Trophy over 1200 metres at Caymanas Park.
Sabina full of vibes
THE STADIUM may not have been packed to capacity as the first of the Digicel three-Test series got under way at Sabina Park on Thursday, but the vibes certainly weren't found wanting. Thousands of patrons around the ground waved vibrant flags as they spurred on the team of their choice.
Sport's version of walking the plank
IS THERE anything more cruel in sport than football's penalty shoot-out? Sport's version of walking the plank creates more goats than heroes and magnifies the disparity between the joy of victory and agony of defeat.
In Your Neighbourhood
Caribbean Classic from Portmore Lane dethroned defending champions Hurricane in the CTL-sponsored Portmore/St Catherine domino league at Caymanas Park last Sunday, winning the final 300-288.
Barrett has sights firmly set on Beijing
A number of outstanding 400-metre runners have been produced by Jamaica. Arthur Wint and Herb McKenley, who won gold and silver, respectively, at the 1948 London Olympics were the first really great Jamaican 400m runners.
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