SUPER SHOWDOWN - Stanford Superstars, England clash in richest cricket match
TONIGHT, around about dinnertime, 11 cricketers are going to have their bank balances boosted by a million US dollars for merely having played in a 20/20 match.
August Town, Bull Bay in top contest
Recently demoted top flight affiliates, August Town, will hope to continue a positive start to their season when they target fellow Super League team Bull Bay in the third round of the Western Union KSAFA Jackie Bell KO competition at the UWI Bowl at 3 p.m. today.
Burrell off to discuss debt
In an effort to settle the debt with the English FA., Captain Horace Burrell, president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), left the island yesterday for the United Kingdom to meet with a representative of the association.
Bolt, Anderson make grand donations to alma mater
Triple Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Usain Bolt, and Jamaican track team member Marvin Anderson, made a grand entrance and even grander presentations to the schools which helped to mould them on their journey to stardom.
Frank Urquhart passes on
Former national quarter-mile champion and athletic administrator, Frank Urquhart, died peacefully at his home on Monday. He was 95 years old.
Sehwag strikes, but Australia make steady progress
Part-time offspinner Virender Sehwag took three crucial wickets yesterday, as India maintained its dominance over Australia, which registered 338-4 at stumps on the third day of the third Test.
I'm confident, but not overconfident, says Gayle
RIVAL CAPTAINS Chris Gayle and Kevin Pietersen were, naturally, full of optimism yesterday as their respective sides rounded off preparations for this evening's 20/20 for 20 clash at the Stanford Cricket Ground.
Focus sights on National Gallery
With the Superstakes scheduled for next Saturday, today's racing at Caymanas Park progresses on a moderate note. The card features nine races, including the Grooms' Association Trophy (claiming $325,000-$295,000) to be contested by nine starters over the straight five course.
Walker Cup stalemate - Calabar, Excelsior replay for knockout crown
There was no result in yesterday's ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Walker Cup KO schoolboy football final between Excelsior and Calabar, as bad light forced the calling off of the game midway a tense penalty shoot-out, following a 1-1 draw in regulation and then extra-time.
St James, Dinthill in Ben Francis Cup face-off
Having successfully cleared Wednesday's semi-final hurdles, St James High School and Dinthill Technical will be gunning for the first title of the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel rural schoolboy season this afternoon when they square-off in the Ben Francis knock-out final, starting at three o'clock.
Smooth sailing in Manning, daCosta Cups
With the preliminary round completed, the twelve remaining Manning Cup teams - Jamaica College (JC), Kingston College (KC), Wolmer's Boys, St George's College, Calabar High, Excelsior High, St Andrew Technical, Norman Manley High, Tivoli Gardens, Bridgeport High, Waterford High and Eltham High - have been divided into three groups.
ISSA pleased, but ...
The general consensus coming out of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), organisers for the urban area Manning Cup and the rural area daCosta Cup competitions, is that they are satisfied with the staging of the first round of both competitions.
... But it's his yard and he can do as he pleases
SECTIONS OF the English press are outraged; utterly outraged I tell ya. You see, they have only just discovered that US$20 million is a lot of money to play for in a single match of no real consequence - outside of the booty.
In Your Neighbourhood
With the staging of the Clarendon Crime Prevention 10K run last Sunday in May Pen, Kellits High, little known before this year, maintain the lead position in the Burger King-sponsored Jamdammers road race Grand Prix series.
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