Let the show begin - WI up against the odds
THE WEST Indies take on England at Lord's tomorrow morning (Ja time) in the first of the four-match Test series. Although there is a new captain, a new coach and a new manager on board, even though there is a lot of talk coming from almost everyone in the team about team spirit....
Gayle pours cold water on curfew
LONDON (Reuters): WEST INDIES opening batsman Chris Gayle expressed scepticism yesterday about a curfew which has been imposed on the team in an effort to instill some discipline after their disappointing World Cup performance...
Flintoff to test injured ankle ahead of Test
LONDON (Reuters): ENGLAND ALL-ROUNDER Andrew Flintoff will test his injured left ankle today before deciding whether to play in the first Test against the West Indies starting at Lord's tomorrow. "He didn't bowl today," team spokesman Andrew Walpole told reporters ...
Let's hope that Hunt wasn't forced into hiding
I HOPE David Hunt, the coach who resigned his duties with the national Under-17 football team following their failure to qualify for the Youth World Cup, is not in hiding. On Saturday, the Under 20-team from his club, Meadhaven United, played Tivoli...
Creary racks up ton
NATIONAL UNDER-15 captain Andre Creary was in top form for Holmwood yesterday at Chedwin Park, hitting the heat out of Old Harbour in their Grace Rural Area Under-16 cricket final. Old Harbour, replying to Holmwood's 383 for declared, were struggling...
Tivoli too strong for Jetsetters
TIVOLI are now the sole leaders of the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA)/Berger Paints Super League following a 67-22 thrashing of bottom-placed Jetsetters A at the Leila Robinson Courts on Sunday. Tivoli, lead the standings with 21 points, two more than defending champions...
Mavericks' Nowitzki is the Most Valuable Player
NEW YORK (Reuters): DALLAS MAVERICKS forward Dirk Nowitzki was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player yesterday, the first European player to win the award.The MVP award capped a roller-coaster campaign for Nowitzki, a versatile seven-foot German who...
Stoudemire leads Suns to victory
NEW YORK (Reuters): AMARE STOUDEMIRE scored 26 points to help the Phoenix Suns rally for a 104-98 road win over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night, the victory squaring their Western Conference semi-final series at 2-2. Stoudemire hit back-to-back field goals...
Sam's the man for Magpies
LONDON (Reuters): SAM ALLARDYCE became Newcastle United's fourth manager in three years yesterday when the club confirmed him as Glenn Roeder's replacement. The 52-year-old, who resigned as Bolton Wanderers manager with two games of the season remaining....
ManU seek to create history at Wembley
LONDON (Reuters): MANCHESTER UNITED can turn the clock back to the halcyon days of Eric Cantona on Saturday, when the champions bid to complete a Premier League and FA Cup double at the expense of Chelsea. Thirteen years after United did the double...
FIFA to examine West Ham transfers
ZURICH (Reuters): FIFA WILL investigate the controversial transfer to West Ham United of Argentines Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano, the world governing body's president, Sepp Blatter, said yesterday. Blatter told a media briefing at FIFA headquarters...
AC Milan's Kaka seeks to fulfil personal wish list
MILAN (Reuters): AC MILAN playmaker Kaka expects Liverpool to play a long ball game in the Champions League final next week when he will be bidding to complete a personal wish list of achievements. The Brazilian has been in outstanding form for Milan this season ...
Beckham first of many big names for Galaxy
BEIJING (Reuters): THE ARRIVAL of David Beckham is just the beginning for the Los Angeles Galaxy, who plan to match the revenue of English clubs over the next couple of years by luring more big names to California, the president of club owners AEG said...
Britain's Murray forced out due to injury
HAMBURG (Reuters): CARLOS MOYA sped into the second round of the Hamburg Masters with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Mardy Fish yesterday but Britain's Andy Murray had a 20th birthday to forget as he was forced out with a painful wrist injury. Murray looked well...
Lurking 'Lefty' out to catch Tiger by the tail
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters): PHIL MICKELSON'S superb victory at the Players Championship has raised the prospect of a mouth-watering rivalry between the American left-hander and world number one Tiger Woods at next month's U.S. Open....
Australia move unacceptable, says Zimbabwe Cricket
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters): ZIMBABWE CRICKET (ZC) described the scrapping of Australia's three-match tour as 'unacceptable' yesterday. The tour, which was scheduled for September, was effectively cancelled when the Australian government instructed the world champions...
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