France end barren run - ... First Cup victory since '98, sets up clash with Spain
BERLIN (Reuters): France rediscovered a little of the magic that made them world champions eight years ago, beating Togo 2-0 yesterday in an energetic World Cup performance that set up a tantalising second round clash with Spain.

Three locals in 'A' Team
THREE JAMAICAN fast bowlers, Jerome Taylor, Daren Powell and Andrew Richardson, were named by the West Indies Cricket Board yesterday in a 16-man West Indies 'A' Team for the Digicel tour of England in July and August this year.

Celebrities swing iron for charity
WESTERN BUREAU: INTERNATIONAL GOLFERS are teeing it up at the elegantly manicured White Witch Golf Course in Rose Hall, Montego Bay to assist with local charities.

Frater lashes out - Sprinter says some athletes are 'dissing' the National Champs
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 100m silver medallist Michael Frater has expressed disappointment with the 'below par' 100 metres field at the National Track & Field Athletics Championships at the National Stadium.

Hamilton heads Ja swim team
BRAD HAMILTON will lead Jamaica's contingent to the Caribbean Island Swimming Championships (CISC) in Puerto Rico tomorrow.

Water polo team bumped due to lack of funds
THE 16TH Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships (CISC) splashes off in Puerto Rico tomorrow, but Jamaica's water polo teams will be making no waves.

KFC to the rescue - Female basketballers get required funding for tourney
AN ELEVENTH-HOUR intervention by long-time supporters Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) ensured that Jamaica's women's basketball team will be able to take part in this years, Centro-basket Championships, which tips off tomorrow in Mexico City.

Loss costs Jamaica women's title
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC): ST. VINCENT and the Grenadines (SVG) pulled off an emphatic 85-run victory over Jamaica at the Mindoo Philip Park Thursday evening to recapture the League Championship at the annual West Indies Women's Cricket series.

Uncertainty abounds in racing industry
SIX MONTHS of this year have sped by and the way things are going it looks almost a certainty that the second half of 2006 will rush by and at December 31 nothing will have changed in any significant way for the industry and development will still be...

Houdini Again to romp feature
OVERNIGHT ALLOWANCE horses take the spotlight at Caymanas Park today with a field of 12 down to face the starter in the L.C. McKenzie Memorial Trophy over 1400 metres. Also on the 10-race card which commences at noon is the 2000-metre...

Tough luck, captain Lara
BRIAN LARA loves to have his way, everyone knows that, and almost everyone believes he does have his way ­ to the extent that when Dave Mohammed was left out of the West Indies team for the second Test against India, cricket fans around the region...

Cumberland lift Portmore Under-15 football crown
CUMBERLAND ARE the champions of the Senator Arthur Williams/Port-more Under-15 football league. Cumberland lifted the Arthur Williams Trophy with a 3-2 victory over Hamilton Gardens in the final played at Passagefort playing field.

Argentina back on goal trail
LEIPZIG (Reuters): ARGENTINA NEED to rediscover their goal power when they take on Latin American rivals Mexico in the second round of the World Cup at the Zentralstadion today.

Klinsmann cautious before Sweden clash
BERLIN (Reuters) JUERGEN KLINSMANN is basking in the affections of a nation but the coach knows a slip against Sweden today would make him responsible for one of the least successful World Cup campaigns in German history.

Down to the NITTY-GRITTY
I DON'T know about you, but my World Cup brackets have been pretty much shot to pieces.

Nothing could stop T&T's party
EXACTLY THREE hours before Trinidad and Tobago kicked off in the biggest match in their history the bells of the local church began to ring out; it was if divine intervention was required to see the self-styled Soca...