Stadium shutdown
THE NATIONAL Stadium, the venue for the 2006 VMBS/ISSA Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships, will be locked down this morning. As of 8:00 a.m., the entire Independence Park complex will be shut down while security features are tested for Champs.

St Catherine players hurt in car crash
FOUR PLAYERS from St. Catherine High School's basketball team were in a three-car accident yesterday, forcing a postponement of their KFC/ISSA national basketball championship quarter-final clash with Jamaica College (JC).

Henry making serious bid for title
TITLE-CHASING jockey Wesley 'Callaloo' Henry highlighted last Satur-day's 11-race programme at Caymanas Park with three winners to join long-time leader Charles Hussey at the top of the standings with 19 winners.

Village break Montego Bay jinx
WESTERN BUREAU: VILLAGE UNITED, which returned home empty-handed after their three previous visits to Jarrett Park, ended their pointless jinx in the western city on Sunday night when they battled to an exciting 2-2 draw against Seba United...

More rain increases frustration
NAPIER, New Zealand (CMC): MORE CONTINUOUS rainfall today resulted in the complete washout of the scheduled fourth day of the final Test between New Zealand and the West Indies, the second consecutive day in which not a single ball has been bowled.

FROM THE BOUNDARY - Jamaica parade its class
THE COMMONWEALTH Games is not the Olympic Games, and neither is it the World Championships. However, Jamaica's performance in Melbourne was awesome. In winning 10 gold medals and 22 medals over-all, Jamaica sur-passed the pre-vious best...

Bell controversy
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CMC): THE CAMP of undefeated American boxer Steve Cunningham is expressing deep "disappointment" that Jamaica's undisputed world cruiserweight champion O'Neil has withdrawn...