Whirlwind victory for Ja
JAMAICA GOT off to a whirlwind start in the regional Stanford Twenty20 cricket tournament when they hammered Bermuda by nine wickets at the Stanford Cricket Ground in Antigua last night. Man of the Match Jerome Taylor bagged five for 10 from 3.4 overs...

Wynter misses another medal
FIFTEEN SECONDS separated Iona Wynter from another medal at the XX Central American and Caribbean (CAC)Games in Cartagena, Colombia, yesterday.

Rugby union set to get the boot - Association served evacuation notice by UDC
DESPITE THE Jamaica Rugby Union's (JRU) recent successes in competitions across the Caribbean and internationally, the JRU is faced with the situation of being booted off a section of the Caymanas Estate land which they use as their playing ground.

Melbourne face Kensington in feature showdown
DEFENDING champions Melbourne and Kensington face-off in today's feature match of the 2006 Capital & Credit all-island limited overs competition at Melbourne Oval, starting at 10:00 a.m. The Kangaroos have four points from their lone match while...

Ja's Phillips loses out in Under-12 final
DESPITE A valiant effort to reach the under 12 final, Jamaica's lone representative in the ITF Jamaica Junior Tournament latter rounds, Randy Phillips, came up just short at going down in straight sets to Belizean James Flynn at the NCB...

Prendy close to full fitness
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Football Referees Association (JFRA) and the country's top referee, Peter Prendergast, could be back to full fitness in another week.

Bobsled trials at GC Foster next Saturday
THE JAMAICA Bobsled Federation (JBF) will be conducting a one-day trial at the G.C. Foster College to select future bobsledders for training.

The jockey profession
"IN MY years of interacting with jockeys, I have tried, with little success, to convince them that they too are members of a profession." The foregoing is an extract from the speech given by Jeffrey Mordecai, attorney-at-law, in his capacity as guest...

Tiger roars into the lead with magical shot
HOYLAKE, England (Reuters): A MAGICAL eagle two at the 14th hole helped champion Tiger Woods fire a course record-tying 65 to finish one stroke clear of Ernie Els in the British Open second round yesterday.

BNS 'A' and General Accident shooting for title
GENERAL ACCIDENT and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) 'A' will meet in the final showdown in the Business House Netball Association's Open League today at the Leila Robinson Courts, in a repeat of last year's finals.

Bank on Quiet Strength
THE CRACK American bred sprinter QUIET STRENGTH goes for his ninth win from his last 10 starts at Caymanas Park today when he faces five opponents in the graded stakes feature for the She's On Wheels Trophy over 1100 metres.

NEW TEAMS IN BIG SHOW
WHAT DOES it take for a club to make it at top-flight football in Jamaica? It certainly isn't talent. Just like in other leagues around the world, when sides get promoted to the top-tier football competition they tend to struggle.

August Town in the limelight
A GOOD season in the Wray and Nephew National Premier League is made long before the teams take the field.

How they got there
STARTING SLOWLY with a draw, Naggo Head had to put pressure on their three opponents to make their way into the Wray and Nephew National Premier League. After a 1-1 tie with St. Georges, the team was in joint second place behind Negril F.C., who had...