Pollard only WI surprise
TRINIDAD AND Tobago's exciting young batsman, Kieron Pollard, is seen by local experts as the only surprise selection in the West Indies' World Cup squad which was released yesterday. Pollard, 19 and in his first season at the regional level...
Tivoli turn back Naggo Head
FORMER CHAMPIONS, Tivoli Gardens, arrested the progress of a surging Naggo Head, turning back the St. Catherine team 3-1 in Wray and Nephew National Premier League action at the Edward Seaga Stadium, yesterday. Coming off back-to-back wins...
Boys' Town hold Reno to a draw
RENO COMPLETED their second round yesterday when they drew 1-1 with Boys' Town in a rescheduled Wray and Nephew National Premier League match, at the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex. The match, which lasted 43 minutes...
Papine take girls' U-19 crown
PAPINE WON their first Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Asso-ciations (ISSA)/Jamaica Hockey Federation (JHF) girls' Under-19 title, yesterday, when they defeated Excelsior 1-0 in sudden-death extra time at the Mona hockey field.
Unbeaten T&T through to KFC final
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): TRINIDAD AND Tobago secured a place in the KFC Cup final with a hard-fought five-wicket semi-final win over Guyana, at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex ,yesterday. Unbeaten Trinidad and Tobago...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Let's move on it
WHO IS Mukesh Kochar? According to the police in the Indian city of Nagpur, he is a known bookmaker; according to Jamaica and West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels, he is a friend; and, according to the man himself, he is simply a businessman...
Take Wild At Heart
Tomorrow's nine-race programme at Caymanas Park offers a Pick-9 carryover of $2.2 million, a situation that could result in a payout in excess of $3.5 million. The Pick-9 embraces all nine races beginning at 12:45 p.m....
HORSE SENSE - The thrill of ownership
This week, we continue our series on the publication put out jointly by the Breeders' Association and the Racing Association of South Africa. The joys of ownership and the excitement of participation are covered in a series...
Hunt boosted by top Jamaica performance
AFTER holding world champions Mexico to a morale-boosting 1-1 draw on Wednesday night, Jamaica's national Under-17 coach David Hunt is quietly confident his charges will make Jamaica proud after the qualifiers in April. "They are the world champions...
Johnson seeks to fight Dawson
HOLLYWOOD, Florida (CMC): JAMAICA'S FORMER world light heavyweight boxing champion Glen Johnson is issuing a challenge to new World Boxing Council (WBC) title-holder Chad Dawson. The undefeated 24-year-old American handed Poland's Tomasz Adamek...
Richards shares from the heart
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): OVERCOME WITH emotion and fighting back tears, Sir Vivian Richards played another great innings last Saturday, even though long in retirement. His epic 291 at The Oval in England and his world record...
Streak snapped!
BOSTON (Reuters): THE BOSTON Celtics finally snapped their franchise record 18-game losing streak on Wednesday night with a 117-97 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks. Paul Pierce scored 32 points to lead the Celtics, who had not won a game...
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