Champs JDF host hot Melbourne
DESPITE facing tough defending champions and fourth place Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) in an away match at Up Park Camp, leaders Melbourne could confirm their semi-final spot in the Supreme Ventures Super Cup.

Pittacus to rebound in Owen Silvera Memorial
THE 2003 FIRST runner-up to the 'Horse of the Year', PITTACUS, will be gunning to atone for his recent defeat when he takes on eight opponents in the 3-y-o and up open allowance feature for Owen Silvera Memorial Cup over 1600 metres at Caymanas Park...

Zimbabwe, Australia Tests off
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP): THE TWO-TEST series between Australia and Zimbabwe was cancelled yesterday before a potentially damaging teleconference vote by the International Cricket Council on the status of the matches.

Chavez' last hurrah
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters): MEXICO'S VETERAN boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez vowed yesterday to win the final fight of his 24-year career against longtime rival Frankie Randall.

VERONICA CAMPBELL Ready for Athens 2004
FORMER WORLD Junior champion Veronica Campbell was in sizzling form at last weekend's South Eastern Conference (SEC) Championships in Mississippi where she copped the women's sprint double, which made her The Gleaner's Top Performer of the Week.

Wake up, West Indies
THERE ARE good sweeps, bad sweeps and some really ugly ones. The West Indies one-day sweep of Bangladesh, which was completed earlier this week, definitely fell into the latter category.