FROM THE BOUNDARY - India yes, but place a bet on the West Indies
THE WEST Indies and India square off in the first Test of their four-match series in Antigua today and although the odds appear in India's favour, the promise is for a close and exciting encounter.

I opted to leave, King states
REGGAE BOY Marlon King has insisted that it was his choice to leave the Jamaican training camp just ahead of the nation's friendly football match against England at a sold out Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester tomorrow.

Dutch beat Mexicans
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP): A BACK-UP Dutch team came from behind to beat Mexico 2-1 yesterday in a warm-up between two teams expected to reach at least the second round of the World Cup.

Jamalco take on Tivoli in best-of-three finals
DEFENDING BERGER Paints Super League netball champions Jamalco will have revenge in their hearts when they take on perennial rivals Tivoli 'A' in the first game of the best-of-three finals at the Leila Robinson Courts today.

Asafa among favourites for US$1m jackpot
OSLO (Reuters): JOINT 100 METRES world record holder Asafa Powell is one of the favourites for a slice of the US$1 million Golden League Jackpot, which begins its six-meeting series with the Bislett Games today.

13 for Digicel Derby
TOMORROW'S MASSIVE 14-race programme at Caymanas Park will be highlighted by the 86th running of the Digicel Jamaica Derby to be contested by 13 native bred three-year-olds over 2400 metres.

Grooms take industrial action
RACEHORSE GROOMS at Caymanas Park took strike action yesterday to back demands for a pay hike and the fate of tomorrow's big Digicel Derby meet hangs in the balance. Over 300 members of the Paul Pancho-led Grooms' Association of Jamaica stopped working...

West Indies, South Africa to meet in US$5m 20/20 match
DURBAN (Reuters): A TEXAN-born billionaire is financing a world record US$5 million Twenty20 international between West Indies and South Africa in Antigua this November, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said yesterday.