Sri Lanka win thriller
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP): SRI LANKA edged England in a thrilling finish yesterday to win their Super Eights match by two runs and take a huge step towards the World Cup semi-finals. Sri Lanka spinners Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan...
Chappell quits as coach
MUMBAI, India (Reuters): INDIA COACH Greg Chappell handed in his resignation yesterday, two days before the Indian cricket board meet to analyse the team's poor World Cup performance in the Caribbean. "Today I informed the president of the BCCI that I would not seek an extension...
Easter showdown at Dover
AFTER A nine-year break, the regional motor racing championship returns to Jamaica's premier circuit racing track - the Dover Raceway in St. Ann on Easter Monday. The six-member Guyanese team, headed by the Caribbean's champion driver, Mark Vieira, is scheduled to have several practice..
Young Cuppers finish third
JAMAICA'S JUNIOR Davis Cup Under-16 team turned in a fine performance to snatch third place with a 2-1 victory over El Salvador on Sunday at the Complejo Deportivo Complex in San Salvador.The team, which comprised Brandon Burke, Adam Vaz and captain Llockett McGregor...
Guineas favourite scratched
THE SEASON'S first classics, the Jamaica Licensed Bookmakers' 1000 and 2000 Guineas to be run over 1600 metres at Caymanas Park on Saturday, have attracted maximum fields of 16 and both promise keen competition. However, the 1000 Guineas, confined to native bred...
Squad leaves for Turks and Caicos tonight
WORLD YOUTH silver medallist Natasha Ruddock, Taneisha Blair and Andrew Riley have been added to Jamaica's squad which departs tonight for the 36th CARIFTA Games in Turks and Caicos Islands. Blair, who broke the national javelin record at Champs...
Roma claim 2-1 edge over Manchester United
LONDON (AP): AS ROMA earned a 2-1 win over 10-man Manchester United in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals and Valencia held host Chelsea to a 1-1 draw yesterday.Roma got goals from Rodrigo Taddei and Mirko Vucinic at Stadio Olimpico,...
Woods and Mickelson set for battle
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP): DAYBREAK AT Augusta National brought together the two most prominent figures at the Masters, the first showdown of the week between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. It was brief. Woods showed up on the first tee and looked back toward the putting green...
Eltham clinch a hat-trick of crowns
ELTHAM SCORED a hat-trick of Grace Shield victories after completing a big 186-run win over Jamaica College (JC) in the final at Melbourne Oval yesterday. Final scores: Eltham 192 (Shacoya Thomas 98) and 279 (Thomas 145 not...
Jamaica U-15s fall to T&T
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: HOSTS TRINIDAD and Tobago defeated defending champions Jamaica by 79 runs in the second round of the CLICO West Indies Under-15 tournament yesterday. Meanwhile, the Windward Islands and Barbados completed their second wins...
ACS are kings of the hill
WESTERN BUREAU: ACS CONFIRMED their position as the St. James FA/ Sandals Division One League champions on Tuesday afternoon when they ended the season with an emphatic 3-0 blanking of Glendevon FC at the UDC field in Montego Bay. The ACS team, which ended the season...
Diplomacy went through the window
WHEN VIN Blaine resigned as head coach of the national female team citing that he was disrespected and undermined by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), it came across to me as petty with not enough reasons to call it a day.
Tendulkar hurt by comments
NEW DELHI (AP): INDIAN BATSMAN Sachin Tendulkar says he had been hurt by comments from the team's former Australian coach about the players' poor attitudes, a news report said yesterday. India's disastrous showing in crashing out of the World Cup in the first round...
Fans burn effigy of captain Bashar
DHAKA (Reuters): ANGRY BANGLADESH fans have burned an effigy of World Cup captain Habibul Bashar after his team fell to consecutive defeats in the Caribbean.It was the first time that Bangladeshi fans had burned effigies of the captain of their national...
Not-so-happy Jacques
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters): ALL-ROUNDER Jacques Kallis hit back at his critics after he led South Africa to victory with an unbeaten half century against Ireland in a World Cup Super Eight match on Tuesday. Kallis followed up his knock of 86 against Sri...
Friends and family remember 'great soldier'
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP): BOB WOOLMER'S family and friends gathered yesterday for a memorial service near the slain Pakistan cricket coach's home. The service in the Cape Town suburb of Pinelands was led by an Anglican priest, Jerome Francis, who was coached by Woolmer.
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