South Africa bounce Ireland
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP): SOUTH AFRICA swept aside Ireland in a World Cup Super Eights match yesterday, passing the underdog's rain-affected target of 160 with seven wickets and 21 balls to spare. The victory keeps South Africa on track for a place in the semi-finals..
Clash of the heavyweights
WITH SIX points between them, leaders Harbour View and Portmore United will meet in rescheduled Wray and Nephew National Premier League game that could decide the title. Tonight's game starts at 7:00 at the Harbour View Mini-Stadium.
Liverpool take giant step towards semis with 3-0 win
LONDON (AP):LIVERPOOL WON their second straight away game in the Champions League, beating PSV Eindhoven 3-0 yesterday in the first leg of the quarter-finals.Bayern Munich twice came back with goals from Daniel Van Buyten to hold six-time European Cup...
Champions Cup gets a pot of gold
WESTERN BUREAU: THE 2007 St.James FA/Western Sports Champions Cup, which was launched in Montego Bay yesterday, is being sponsored to the tune of $500,000, and will be chock-full of incentives for the 31 competing football teams.
Fourth consecutive victory for Old Harbour
OLD HARBOUR High registered their fourth consecutive win in the Inter-Secondary School Association (ISSA) girls' Under-19 basketball competition when they whipped hosts Camperdown 48-15 on Monday. Old Harbour dominated the game from the opening whistle and led 32-0 at the half-time break.
Thomas punishes sorry JC
AN INDISCIPLINED Jamaica College (JC) team was put to the sword by Shacoya Thomas as defending champions Eltham took total control of the three-day Grace Shield Premier League final at Melbourne Oval yesterday yesterday.
Jamaica off to a flying start
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): JAMAICA STARTED the defence of their West Indies Under-15 title positively with a convincing win over Leeward Islands, while Windward Islands trounced hosts Trinidad and Tobago in the opening series of matches...
Australia hopeful Watson will recover in time for final
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP): AUSTRALIA ARE hopeful all-rounder Shane Watson will recover from his calf strain and return to action near the end of the World Cup. A scan on Watson's troublesome left calf showed no major damage...
Triumphant England tour fuels Lankans
ST.JOHN'S, Antigua (AP): MAHELA JAYAWARDENE says Sri Lanka's World Cup ambitions were fuelled by last year's 5-0 one-day series triumph over England. Sri Lanka's squad was going through a transitional phase with several youngsters making the one-day squad...
Poor performances put Windies in a Cup bind
THE WEST Indies are facing elimination in the Super Eights due to the fact that they have played some terrible cricket all round. None of the batsmen have put up a consistent run of scores in the six matches played and so, have failed.
Woods, Mickelson renew rivalry for jacket
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP): THEY WERE the two dominant figures in golf, oneof them inspiring adulation from his adoring army of fans, the other evoking awe and appreciation for his sheer skill and display of power.The green jacket fits both well.Arnold...
Jackson selected for US Basketball Hall of Fame
ATLANTA (AP): PHIL JACKSON, a winner of 10 NBA titles as a player and coach, and fellow coaches Pedro Ferrandiz of Spain and Mirko Novosel of Yugoslavia were selected for the U.S. Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday. Also selected were Roy Williams, who has taken two schools...
Back-to-back titles for Gators
ATLANTA (AP): WITH THE confetti still falling, some fans in the Florida section were already thinking ahead. "One more year," they chanted. "One more year." Nothing wrong with dreaming, right? In a way, though, the Gators lived out their dream this season.
Man United wary of 'dangerous' AS Roma
ROME (AP): MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson is not about to allow AS Roma to do what they did to Lyon against his team. Roma held Lyon to a scoreless draw at home in the first leg and then eliminated the favoured French champions with a 2-0 win on...
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