Vere chalk up massive win
SHELDON CRAWFORD and Omelie Forde cracked centuries to help Vere Sports Club to beat Lionel Town by 270 runs in the South East Clarendon Community Cricket League.

Brazil travelling to tackle St George's
THE SMIRNOFF Ice-sponsored Eastern Confederation Super League continues today with five matches. Second place Brazil of St. Ann on 24 points and fourth place St. George's on 16 points face-off at Lynch Park.

Leaders face off
JOINT LEADERS Masemure and Frome will face-off in tomorrow's feature match of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ)/Westmoreland domestic cricket league at Little London High School.

Progressive, Boundbrook favoured for finals slot
THE SECOND leg semi- finals of the Portland Football Federation Under-15 competition will be played today.

Vikings, Venus win rally
VIKINGS AND Venus All-Stars came away winners in last week's volleyball rally played at the G.C. Foster College. The Vikings men's team came from a set down, 22-25, before winning the next two sets, 25-18 and 16-14, to beat University of the West Indies.

Snow Hill searching for a draw
SNOW HILL need only a draw against Manchioneal in today's Portland Western Union-sponsored Major League match at Jones Park, to secure a place in the mid-season final. Match time is 3:00 p.m.

Spills, thrills at Champs
IN A bid to repeat his 2005 National Open Surfing Series Championship run, Icah Wilmot got off to a slow start last weekend when he competed in the first of the five-event tournament at the Lighthouse Surfing Beach.

Tomlin returns to High Mountain Coffee 10K and 5K
Michael Tomlin, darling of the annual High Mountain Coffee 10K and 5K road races, will be among the stars vying for the $30,000 cash award at the 24th renewal of the spectacular High Mountain Coffee Road Races ...

Ponting, McGrath still on top
LONDON, England (CMC): AUSTRALIANS RICKY Ponting and Glen McGrath have retained the number one spots in the world cricket rankings this week after the latest adjustments from the second test between India and Pakistan in Faisalabad.

Legends comment on the pros and cons
PROS GOES A LONG WAY TO FULFILLING THE NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

Slow first day at Chedwin Park
For cricket fans who love exciting stroke play, Chedwin Park was not the place to be yesterday.

Stanford Twenty/20 The man behind the money
ALLEN STANFORD is a Texan businessman who has been captivated by the relationship between Caribbean people and cricket.

Players excited
A NUMBER of leading Jamaican cricketers, including national captain Wavell Hinds and hard-hitting opening batsman Chris Gayle, believe Twenty/20 cricket has a role to play in the sport's development in the region.

How the JCA will use its money
JUST OVER a week ago Texas billionaire Allen Stanford presented the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) with US$100,000 (J$6,498,000.00), the first tranche of the US$280,000 (J$18,152,400.00) earmarked for the country's cricket development.

Hinds hits exciting ton
CHARLOTTE AMALIE CMC: AN AGGRESSIVE century by captain Ryan Hinds and all-round attacking batting by his team spurred Barbados to 360 all out in their first innings against the Leeward Islands on the opening day of the Carib Beer Series match at the...

Maverley look to extend Super League lead
MAVERLEY/HUGENDEN WILL look to extend their lead atop the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association's (KSAFA) Super League with a win over struggling Rae Town in one of six games today.

Powell on show at Queen's meet
WORLD 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell will put his fitness to the test today when he opens his 2006 season at the Queen's/Grace Jackson Track & Field Meet at the National Stadium East complex.

Mohammed rocks Windwards
SCARBOROUGH, CMC: LEFT-ARM CHINAMAN bowler Dave Mohammed brightened up a gloomy afternoon for title-chasing Trinidad & Tobago, when he grabbed two wickets on a rain-shortened opening day in their Carib Beer Series match against Windward Islands...

Hat-trick Reggae Girl
WITH FOUR goals in three games including a hat-trick this week, Venecia Reid has performed more than admirably for Jamaica's Under-20 women in their failed World Cup qualification bid.

Samuels making the link for young 'ballers
YOUNG, TALENTED footballers in Jamaica are getting another route towards achieving scholarships to United States institutions via Corner Kick Scholarship programme.

Simpson's spectacular goals
THERE HAVE been 330 goals scored in the Wray and Nephew National Premier League this season.