Digicel Jamaica Derby - Royal Image, Alsafra set for huge showdown
TODAY is Derby Day, the mammoth 14-race programme at Caymanas Park featuring the 88th running of the Digicel Jamaica Derby, sponsored by the telecommunications giant for the fourth consecutive year.
Chanderpaul just bats on and on and on ...
THE ENERGISER Bunny just keeps on going and going and going … The Energiser Tiger just keeps on batting and batting and batting … Nicknamed 'Tiger' early in his career by Curtly Ambrose for some locker room flare-up, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has become the scourge of bowlers all around the world over the past year.
Dutch rout France, Italy draw
The Netherlands piled on the goals for the second straight match yesterday, routing World Cup runner-up France 4-1 only four days after embarrassing Italy at the European Championship.
Amazing rally by Celtics
Beating the team he grew up idolising, Paul Pierce celebrated leading Boston back from a 24-point deficit to a 97-91 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the NBA finals on Thursday night.
Shiv left stranded as WI fall for 216
DESPITE A valiant half-century from ever-reliable Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Australia claimed a handy first innings lead over the West Indies on the second day of the third and final Digicel Test at Kensington Oval, yesterday.
Fuller doubtful
Reggae Boy Ricardo Fuller is doubtful for the start of Jamaica's World Cup qualification campaign against the Bahamas tomorrow, after sustaining an injury in a bruising 1-2 loss to Grenada in their midweek friendly international.
Juniors hunt spots at World Champs
Starting today at GC Foster College in Angels , St Catherine, the island's top junior athletes face off for places on Jamaica's team to the 12th International Associations of Athletic Federations (IAAF) World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The two-day trials start at 10:30 a.m. with the boys' Under-17 discus final.
Top six face the crunch in MoBay
The quest to decide which teams will occupy slots in the six-team Western Basketball Association (WBA) Lucozade men's championship will take centrestage at the Montego Bay Cricket Club this evening, with the playing of a crucial triple-header.
Crystal, Angels the leaders
With the St James Hart & Sons Senior netball league now on in earnest, defending champions Crystal and Angels 'A' are the two zone leaders in the 11-team competition, which features six teams in one zone and five in the other.
The real journey begins
CAPTAIN Horace Burrell is at the helm of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF). His trusted lieutenant, Horace Reid, plays the same role as general secretary. René Simoes is still the team boss and Alfredo Montesso remains his right-hand man. Even some of the foot soldiers, Ian 'Pepe' Goodison, Andrew 'Bomber' Williams and Ricardo Gardner, still number among the party.
Final word - Are we killing cricket with an overdose of Twenty20?
THERE ARE a couple of things you just don't tell rich dudes. First, don't, in a moment of brethrenship, reveal to him that his bride's not the prettiest thing going around. Second, never beg him a quid or two, that's just bad form.
In Your Neighbourhood
Local boys and girls, ages 8-18, will benefit from the Winston Chung Fah Summer Football Camp, scheduled for St Andrew from June 30 to July 18. The camp which will be hosted at Campion College will feature local and international coaches, football scouts from European clubs and college scouts from the USA.
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