St Jago make impressive start
HOSTS ST. Jago High made an impressive start to their Inter-Secondary Sports Association (ISSA)/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup campaign with an 11-0 thrashing of St. Mary's College yesterday. André Vernal and Marcel Baker each scored a brace to help guide St. Jago...
Munro, STETHS on target
WESTERN BUREAU: ZONE E big guns Munro College and St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) started their campaigns in the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup with 1-0 and 3-1 wins over Lacovia and Newell, respectively, yesterday. However, it was Clarendon College...
Level of discipline impresses Bennett
NATIONAL senior team cricket coach Junior Bennett yesterday expressed satisfaction with the discipline level of the players taking part in the current trial matches in Kingston. "It is very good, and I am very impressed with that aspect of the cricket," said the coach...
AC Milan down Benfica 2-1
LONDON (AP): AC MILAN opened the defence of their Champions League title with a 2-1 win over Benfica yesterday and Chelsea and 10-man Liverpool had to settle for 1-1 draws.Nearly four months after beating Liverpool to win their seventh European Cup,...
Sunshine Girls keen to rebound
CONNIE FRANCIS, coach of Jamaica's Sunshine Girls, says she is optimistic her team can bounce back from its humiliating defeat to England on Monday night. The world number three-ranked Jamaicans were thrashed 52-32 by England in game one of their three-Test series...
Facelift for race series
A NEW-look Foska Oats/ Jamdammers Grand Prix Road Race Series is set to run off from September 30. Several changes have been made to this year's series, the seventh since Jamdammers Running Club started its long and middle-distance races in 2000....
Kiwis get by England
DURBAN, South Africa (AP): CRAIG MCMILLAN hit four sixes in his 57 to help New Zealand to a five-run win over England yesterday at the World Twenty20 tournament. New Zealand, sent in to bat by England captain Paul Collingwood, reached 164-9 in their 20 overs after smashing 124...
Sri Lanka tame the Tigers
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters): SRI LANKA restricted Bangladesh to 83 all out to win their Twenty20 World Cup Super Eights match by 64 runs in Johannesburg yesterday. Chasing 148 for victory, Bangladesh's batsmen froze on a sluggish pitch and were swept away in 15.5 overs in the Group F match. ...
Pakistan rock Aussies
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters): SHOAIB MALIK and Misbah-ul-Haq shared a record partnership to lead Pakistan to a memorable victory over Australia in their Twenty20 World Cup Super Eights match yesterday. Captain Shoaib, who shared a fourth-wicket stand of 101 with Younis Khan...
Dhoni takes charge
MUMBAI (Reuters): INDIAN SELECTORS appointed wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as one-day captain yesterday after Rahul Dravid abruptly quit the job last week, marking a generation change in the team's leadership."Dhoni has been appointed the captain ...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Afridi's spin leaves Australia dizzy
THE ICC World Twenty20 championship is far from over an any team, of those left in contention, can still win it, Australia, the early favourites, the world Test and 50-overs champions from Down Under, are in trouble, and mainly so because of Pakistan's spin ...
Is there better to come from Tiger?
ATLANTA (AP): FOUR VICTORIES in his last five starts is proof enough that Tiger Woods is more dominant than ever, especially considering he won those four tournaments by a combined 20 shots and shattered tournament scoring records in consecutive...
Redskins upset Eagles
NEW YORK (Reuters):THE WASHINGTON Redskins ground out a 20-12 upset road victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night to improve their season record to 2-0. Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell completed 16-of-29 passes for 209 yards, including a 16-yard...
US, NorthKorea in quarter-finals
SHANGHAI, China (AP): THE UNITED States and North Korea progressed to the quarter-finals of the women's World Cup yesterday, completing half the line-up of the final eight. The United States will play England, and North Korea will meet defending champions Germany ...
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