Alliedforce rebounds in St Leger
THE LOTTO Classic (Governor's Cup) winner ALLIEDFORCE humbled his Derby conqueror RANSOM MAN at Caymanas Park yesterday, thanks to a convincing win in the $2.75 million Jamaica St. Leger over 2000 metres, the season's final classic.

Sri Lanka whitewash England
LONDON (Reuters): SANATH JAYASURIYA and Upul Tharanga produced the most spectacular opening partnership in one-day history to complete Sri Lanka's 5-0 series whitewash over England yesterday.

'Fiery Fred' Trueman dies
LONDON (Reuters): FRED TRUEMAN, regarded as England's finest fast bowler, has died at the age of 75.

Taylor thanks Walsh and Collymore for technical help
KINGSTON (CMC): JEROME TAYLOR has identified West Indies' most successful Test fast bowler Courtney Walsh and current seamer Corey Collymore as inspirational personalities in his brief cricketing career.

Portugal overcome 10-man England in penalty s hoot-out - Cristiano Ronaldo scores decisive goal
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters): PORTUGUESE GOALKEEPER Ricardo saved three penalties to give his side a 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over England in the World Cup quarter-final yesterday after a goalless 120 minutes.

Eriksson blames Rooney's red card and penalty misses for loss
GELSENKIRCHEN (Reuters) SAD ENGLAND coach Sven-Goran Eriksson blamed Wayne Rooney's red card and poor penalty-taking for their World Cup quarter-final exit by Portugal yesterday.

Penalty scouting proves beneficial for the Germans
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters): GERMANY'S PAINSTAKING preparation for their World Cup quarter-final against Argentina gave goalkeeper Jens Lehmann a crucial advantage in the penalty shootout.

Germany striking fear in opponents
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters): GERMANY'S RUN to the World Cup semi-finals has made people scared of the team again, manager Oliver Bierhoff said yesterday.

Maradona misses Argentina defeat in row over entourage
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters): DIEGO MARADONA was not in Berlin's Olympiastadion to see Argentina's World Cup quarter-final defeat to Germany because a member of his entourage was not allowed in, FIFA announced yesterday.

Henry's goal knocks out Brazil
FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters): A FRANCE team reminiscent of a previous vintage knocked out holders Brazil 1-0 with a Thierry Henry goal yesterday to reach the World Cup semi-finals.

Tell us why, coach Pekerman
AFTER A first round of 48 matches and 115 goals, a second round of eight matches and 15 goals, and a quarter-final round of four matches and six goals, the World Cup has reached its semi-final stage, and that means that of the 32 teams that started the...

Goal hero Toni hits back at critics
DUISBURG, Germany (Reuters): AFTER SCORING twice in Italy's 3-0 World Cup quarter-final win over Ukraine on Friday, striker Luca Toni fired some volleys in the direction of his critics.

Ronaldo's future at Man United in doubt
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters): CRISTIANO RONALDO's days at Manchester United appear to be numbered after his bust-up with teammate Wayne Rooney in Portugal's World Cup quarter-final win over England yesterday.

Ja finish sixth at Carib champs
DESPITE FOUR medals and a valiant attempt, Jamaica failed in its last-ditch attempt to steal fifth place from the Netherlands Antilles on the final night of the Caribbean Island Swimming Championships in Puerto Rico on Friday. The four medals on the...

In memory of Neville Alexander
THE HISTORY of Jamaica's swimming is a long and, more times than not, an unnoticed one. However, that history would probably be non-existent without the efforts of pioneers like Neville Alexander.