England deflate WI
LONDON (CMC): A LUKEWARM performance let the West Indies down and handed England a five-wicket win in the second Twenty20 international yesterday at the Oval. The West Indies failed to defend a target of 170, as England hit the jackpot with three balls to...
Junior Ja team named for Champs
THREE NATIONAL junior record holders, Yohan Blake, Keiron Stewart and Raymond Brown, have been included in Jamaica's squad for next week's Pan American Junior Championships in Fortaleza, Brazil.The impressive Blake, who ran 10.11 seconds for the 100m...
SunshineGirlz fly Down Under
A CONFIDENT 12-member Sunshine Girlz team left the island yesterday for Oceania where they will participate in two double-Test match series against world number one and number two-ranked sides, New Zealand and Australia.
Young Nangle topples age group record
JAMAICA'S KENDESE Nangle toppled yet another national age group record and boosted her individual medal tally to four when she snatched bronze in the girls' 100 metres butterfly at the Central American and Caribbean Swimming...
Rockers douse Flames 71-58
ARNETT GARDENS Rockers didn't lookas if they had come to play a game when they took the National Stadium court on Thursday night against Portmore Flames in the KFC National Basketball League.Only about half of their team...
WI cricket facing big chill
GLOBAL WARMING, or the concept thereof, doesn't seem to have reached England yet.Heck, if that is summer, I'd hate to see their winter.However, if things are chilly in the Old Dart right now, they are downright frigid between the West Indies Crony Board...
Power of Faith lift church title
POWER OF Faith Seniors are the 2007 Dr. Delford Davis Twenty20 Portmore Church League cricket champions follow-ing their 66-run win over their Junior counterparts at Lime Tree Oval last Saturday.
Melbourne, 'St Bess' in final Cup showdown
IN WHAT can best be described as the unofficial final, Melbourne will entertain St. Elizabeth in this weekend's Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Championship decider at Melbourne Oval.
Another milestone for the 'Little Master'
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP):SACHIN TENDULKAR passed a record 15,000 runs in one-day cricket in his 93 and India beat South Africa by six wickets at Belfast, yesterday.India reached 227 for four with five balls remaining.
ICC returns to rotating presidency
LONDON (AP): DAVID MORGAN of England will be the next president of cricket's world governingbody in 2008 and will be succeeded two years later by Sharad Pawar of India.The International Cricket Council (ICC) has returned to its policy of rotating the...
Blazers and Sonics on the move
NEW YORK (Reuters): THE PORTLAND Trailblazers and Seattle SuperSonics ushered in a changing of the guard in the NBA's Pacific Northwest while Milwaukee gambled on the promise of China's Yi Jianlian at the 2007 NBA Draft.Portland welcomed aboard Ohio...
Paraguay whip Colombia 5-0
PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela (Reuters): PARAGUAY, INSPIRED by a Roque Santa Cruz hat-trick, thumped Colombia 5-0 while Argentina overpowered the United States 4-1 in a glut of goals at the Copa America on Thursday night.
Alinghi back in the lead
VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters): ALINGHI BEAT Team New Zealand by 19 seconds in one of the most dramatic races of the America's Cup yesterday to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-nine series.The 32nd America's Cup has been one of the most exciting ever and...
Bolt sparkedtheChamps
A RELATIVELY low-key Puma/Supreme Ventures National Senior and Junior Championships came to life on the final evening when Usain Bolt shattered Donald Quarrie's near 36-year-old record in the men's 200 metres.
Take a chance on Chadman
CHADMAN HAS lowered his sights for a crack at Overnight Allowance after spending the mandatory eight months in the higher class and should land today's 1400 metre LC McKenzie Memorial Trophy race. As his time to return to...
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