St Catherine, Kingston in final battle
THE THREE-DAY Supreme Ventures Challenge final between St. Catherine and Kingston bowls off today at Kensington Park starting at 10:00 a.m. League winners St. Catherine will be aiming for the League and Cup double while Kingston target their first...

Caribbean Basketball Championships (CBC) budget still $7m short
THE LOCAL organising committee of the 18th Caribbean Basketball Championships (CBC) finds itself about $7 million short with just 18 days left to go until the scheduled start of the tournament.

St George's set up showdown with Knights
ST. GEORGE'S Slayers eventually put away the Denham Town Wizards, 80-77, to advance to the KFC/bmobile National Basketball League (NBL) final in a nail-biter at the National Stadium Courts on Wednesday night, but the determined Wizards fought them...

Top refs get fine World Cup send-off
THE JAMAICA Referees' Association in cooperation with the Kingston and St. Andrew Referees' Association and Cable and Wireless (C&W), yesterday gave Peter Prendergast and Anthony Garwood heartfelt send-offs before the two left...

JAAA National Championships kick off June 23
THE JAMAICA Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) will stage its National Track and Field Championships on over three days, June 23-25, at the National Stadium. Athletes will compete for selection to the following Championships/Games:

Kumble ready for West Indies challenge
NEW DELHI (Reuters): LEGSPINNER ANIL Kumble is hopeful India can atone for previous near misses by scoring a rare overseas victory in their Test series in the West Indies.

Lady Pooja to go all the way
SATURDAY'S well supported 12-race card will ensure that there are two bites of the cherry for players of the popular Pick-6 exotic bet. Feature event on the card will be the Jamaica Thoroughbred Hall of Fame Stakes Trophy over 1200 metres...

Campbell hangs up her spikes
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS sprint relay bronze medallist Juliet Campbell has announced her retirement from athletics after spending 21 years on the track. "I have had a wonderful career," Campbell said. "I ran for 21 years, I made my first team and represented..

Australia defeat Greece - Losses, setbacks for other teams
LONDON (Reuters): AUSTRALIA DEFEATED European champions Greece 1-0 before a record crowd for a soccer match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday in a rousing send-off to their first World Cup finals for 32 years.

Spearmon, Bolt set for 200m showdown
JAMAICA'S WORLD Junior 200m record holder, Usain Bolt, and American Wallace Spearmon will face-off next Saturday at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York. The race between Bolt, who ran 20.08 this season, and Spearmon, the world leader with 20.06...

FROM THE BOUNDARY - Let's go with Samuels, Bravo, Smith
THE FOURTH match of the Digicel one-day series between West Indies and India takes place at Queen's Park Oval in Port-of-Spain today and, after starting as the underdogs, the home team can wrap up the five-match...