Lara: West Indies need lots of work
KUALA LUMPUR (CMC): Brian Lara is thrilled that a brief training camp has been scheduled for his West Indies side in the Malaysian capital before they depart for the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India.

Powell disqualified in final race of 2006
YOKOHAMA (Reuters): World record holder Asafa Powell's remarkable season ended on a flat note when the Jamaican was disqualified before his 100 metres race in Japan yesterday. Powell had been on a 23-race winning streak but was denied the opportunity...

Career-best win for Jamaica's Novlene Williams
SHANGHAI, (CMC): The vastly improved Jamaican Novlene Williams logged her third personal best time this year as she won the women's 400 metres at the annual Shanghai Golden Grand Prix meet at Shanghai Stadium on Saturday evening.

Central American and Caribbean (CAC) athletics boss hails Jamaica
President of the Central American and Caribbean Athletics Confederation (CACAC), Victor Lopez, has lauded the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) for its fantastic development programme.

Europe make it three straight in Ryder Cup
STRAFFAN (Reuters): Europe retained the Ryder Cup in emphatic style yesterday, beating the United States by a record-equalling 18.5 points to 9.5 at the K Club to claim the trophy for a third successive time.

Digicel supports U-19 netball
Local telecommunications company, Digicel, has made a three-year commitment valued at $5.5 million to the Inter- Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) schoolgirls under-19 netball competition.

Kingston boat tops Montego Bay Marlin tourney
WESTERN BUREAU:The sole Kingston entrant in the Montego Bay Yacht Club's Marlin Tournament walked away with the 2006 championship title and the Peter Charley Memorial Trophy for the boat with the most marlin, last weekend.

Talbert, Goule lead way in Foska 5K
Lion Heart Track Club's Wainard Talbert and Manchester High's Natoya Goule started the defence of their 2006 Foska/Jamdammers Road Race Grand Prix Series with victories at yesterday's Foska Oaks 5K.

Three in a row for Harbour View
Harbour View maintained their perfect start to the Wray and Nephew National Premier League season, snatching their third straight win with a 2-1 triumph over previously unbeaten Reno at the Harbour View Mini Stadium yesterday.

Boys' Town hit back to hold Arnett
Arnett Gardens registered their first points of the 2006-2007 Wray & Nephew National Premier season when they played to an exciting 1-1 draw with neighbours Boys' Town at Collie Smith Drive yesterday.

Big win for Barbados
ST JOHN'S, CMC: Barbados comfortably advanced to the next round of the Digicel Caribbean Cup as they trashed Anguilla 7-1 in their last Group B preliminary match at the Antigua Recreation Ground yesterday.