Shiv's still skipper
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): DESPITE POOR results in his first year at the helm, West Indies cricket captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has backed himself to battle to lift the team and improve his returns.

St George's beat KC by four wickets
ST. GEORGE'S College, Norman Manley and St Catherine recorded opening round victories in yesterday's Urban Grace Shield schoolboy cricket competition. At Melbourne Park, St. George's defeated Kingston College by four wickets.

Reno turn back Cavalier
PREMIER LEAGUE strugglers Reno FC registered a comfortable 2-0 first-leg win over Cavalier FC during their Red Stripe Champions Cup Knockout match at the Constant Spring Sports Complex yesterday.

Jamaica, England showdown
JAMAICA, BUOYED by the return of defender Kasey Evering, will get a good opportunity to analyse the state of their rebuilding process when they take on England in the first game of a Tri-Test Series at the National Indoor Sports Centre...

FROM THE BOUNDARY - World Cup 2007 could all depend on Smith and Samuels
THE WORLD Cup of cricket is less than 15 months away and although it has never happened before, the West Indies are dreaming of becoming the first home team to win it.

Boyz still top Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rankings
ZURICH, Switzerland (CMC): THERE IS no positional change in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rankings for January following world governing body FIFA's release yesterday of its first ratings list for the new year.

Campbell, Williams psyched-up for 60-m showdown
NEW YORK CITY, New York (CMC): ORGANISERS OF next month's 99th Millrose Games are building up the sprint bang between Jamaica's Olympic champion Veronica Campbell and World Champion Lauryn Williams, of the United States, as the major attraction...

Williams displays ominous form
MELBOURNE (Reuters): DEFENDING CHAMPION Serena Williams issued an ominous warning to her Australian Open rivals as the tournament's big names started flexing their muscles yesterday.

Sprint Capitol's superstars just love Jamaica
MEMBERS OF the crack Sprint Capitol Track Club from the United States have expressed great satisfaction with the hospitality received here during their one-week training stint in Kingston.

Wizards outfox Panthers
THE DENHAM Town Wizards shot their 2005-2006 KFC/bMobile-sponsored National Basketball League (NBL) pre-season off in impressive fashion when they trounced Blazing Panthers 68-33 at Tivoli Gardens hard court on Tuesday night.

Meadowbrook repel Campion challenge
MEADOWBROOK HIGH survived an early scare to eventually bash Campion 37-20 in the lone Southern Conference game of the KFC-sponsored ISSA High School league yesterday at Meadowbrook High.

Miracle Man on top
INDICATIONS ARE that Derby and Superstakes winner MIRACLE MAN was voted 2005 'Horse of the Year' at the annual balloting for top horse and other awards not determined by statistics in the Director's Room at Caymanas Park on Tuesday.