Tour champ Landis caught in doping war
PARIS (Reuters):American Floyd Landis became the latest casualty in the war against doping after a second drugs sample confirmed a positive test for excessive amounts of the male sex hormone testosterone on the Tour de France.

Old-fashioned ICC
Once upon a time cricket was almost as big a sport as football. Today, however, football is bigger, much bigger than cricket.- Tony Becca

Dom Rep bag Hoerman Cup
THE DOMINICAN Republic were crowned the kings of Caribbean golf yesterday after they won the prestigious Hoerman Cup for a third time at the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships (CAGC) at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club.

National U-19 team flies out today
Jamaica's Under-19 team will depart the island today for the 2006 TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Cricket Challenge, which bowls off on August 8 in Guyana.

Top drivers ready for Dover
The 'big guns' are ready for tomorrow's Independence Day race meet at the Dover Raceway in St. Ann, where hundreds of motorsport fans are expected to turn out.

Alpha Lupa upsets in feature
Closing widest of all in deep stretch, the 23-1 outsider ALPHA LUPA got up in the nick of time to score an upset win in the inaugural running of the Worldphone Cup (overnight allowance) over 1400 metres at Caymanas Park yesterday.

Lara wants harmony ahead of tri-nations
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):West Indies captain Brian Lara says he wants to play in the tri-nation series in September and has urged the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to reach an agreement on the tr

Bryan: Ja's World Cup venues back on stream
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):Both the Sabina Park and Trelawny stadium venues in Jamaica are on course for a timely finish as the country prepares to fulfill its obligation of hosting matches in next year's Cricket World Cup.

Justin Gatlin's mom enters doping debate
RALEIGH (Reuters):Justin Gatlin's mother has denied reports her son was asked by U.S. athletics officials to pull out of June's national championships after a positive test for the male sex hormone testosterone.

Strong reply by Pakistan
LEEDS, England (AP):Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan hit un-beaten half centuries to steady Pakistan after a shaky start in their reply to England's first innings of 515 in the third Test at Headingley yesterday.