D-Day for Windies - Hosts face do-or-die World Cup clash against South Africa
The West Indies resume their hunt for the World Cup cricket title when they take on South Africa in Grenada today and for the home team, for the two-time champions, for the once mighty Windies and probably also for their opponents, all their dreams and all their aspirations...
Lara looking to turn up pressure
ST.GEORGE'S, Grenada (Reuters): West Indies captain Brian Lara said he plans to turn up the pressure early on against South Africa with bat or ball in the hosts' must-win World Cup Super Eight clash today. Lara's team lost their first three Super Eight games with defeats...
Portmore champions Red Stripe Cup
Portmore United captured the all-island Red Stripe Champions Cup KO championship with a hard-fought 4-3 penalty-kick win over Boys' Town at the Harbour View Mini-Stadium on Sunday night. Both teams played to a 1-1 draw in normal and extra-time, and it took the dreaded penalty kicks....
Red-hot Seba humble tame Wadadah 4-2
Western Bureau: Seba United qualified for the finals of the 2007 St. James FA/Captain's Bakery Knock Out football competition on Sunday afternoon when a four-timer by Ricardo Geddes gave them a big 4-2 win over Wadadah in their semi-final clash at the Catherine Hall Stadium...
Retreat club take double
Retreat Cricket Club completed the double by winning the two Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Westmoreland Cricket Association (WCA) competitions. On both occasions, retreat defeated Paradise Cricket Club. When the Twenty-20 competition came to a close on Easter Sunday...
Fans call for Shelton
If the fans of English Premiership team Sheffield United have their way, national striker Luton Shelton could get his wish of more playing time.The young Jamaican striker who earned a 2 million from Swedish club Helsinborg...
Record medal haul - Jamaica end Carifta Games in style with mile-relay sweep
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Is.: Keiron Stewart established a new national junior record yesterday as Jamaica closed the 36th Carifta Games in impressive style. On wet and rainy condition, Jamaica won 25 medals on yesterday's final day to end the championships...
Hot Nangle
Jamaica's Kendese Nangle won her second record performance and won her second gold medal at the 2007 CARIFTA Swimming Championships on Sunday at the National Stadium pool. Despite this feat, defending champions the Antilles of French Guyana (AGF) maintained the leading position...
Windwards dethrone Jamaica in tense U-15 finale
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Windward Islands captured their first ever regional junior title in the CLICO West Indies Under-15 Championships when they defeated dethroned champions Jamaica by eight runs in the fifth and final round yesterday.
Diesel closes like a train to take Easter Sprint Cup
Finishing like a train, DIESEL ran through in the last furlong to win the Easter Sprint Cup overnight allowance feature by 2-1/2 lengths at Caymanas Park yesterday. Offering odds of 7-2 with in-form apprentice Omar Walker riding for 14-time champion trainer Philip Feanny...
Inzy says Woolmer death should have halted World Cup
KARACHI (Reuters): Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq has said the World Cup would have been halted anywhere else in the world other than the Caribbean after the suspected murder there of coach Bob Woolmer. In an interview with Geo Super sports channel yesterday...
Dehring dispels World Cup 'myths'
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): Cricket World Cup chief Chris Dehring has sought to dispel some of the "myths" which he says surrounds key regulations for the tournament. Speaking here on the weekend, Dehring said there was much mis-information relating to ticket prices...
Giant-killers Bangladesh practise six-hitting
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The Bangladesh batsmen had a unique training session yesterday morning as they prepare for their next Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 assignment. The Asians were trying their hand at six-hitting as coach Dav Whatmore used the last half of the early morning...
Kiwis brush Ireland aside
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters): New Zealand joined defending champions Australia on eight points at the top of the World Cup Super Eight standings after beating Ireland by 129 runs yesterday. New Zealand racked up 263-8 after a late innings rally of 45 runs from the last three...
England remain upbeat despite clear lack of class
JOLLY HARBOUR, Antigua (Reuters):England captain Michael Vaughan has said his side is almost the finished article but after another World Cup defeat to Australia on Sunday, it is hard for many observers to take him seriously.
Fans are making their absence felt
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (Reuters): Local fans, angered by high ticket prices and myriad restrictions, opted to stay away from the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium during the World Cup Super Eights in Antigua which concluded on Sunday. Visiting supporters from England, Australia...
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