Gayle best spinner - Moore
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC: WEST INDIES coach David Moore said offspinner Chris Gayle is perhaps the Caribbean's best spinner at the moment.When regional selectors picked the 15-man squad for the England tour last week, no specialist spinner was included, sparking criticism...
Stick with Flintoff, says Botham
LONDON (Reuters): FORMER ENGLAND all-rounder Ian Botham believes Andrew Flintoff should still be vice-captain and ready to step in as skipper if Michael Vaughan fails to make the first Test against West Indies, starting next Thursday. Vaughan is a major...
Earnhardt Jr to leave family firm
NEW YORK (Reuters): DALE EARNHARDT Jr. said yesterday he will be leaving the company founded by his late father and looking to join another NASCAR team next year. After contract negotiations collapsed between the popular driver and Dale Earnhardt Inc....
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Stanford's legends bring back memories
ON SUNDAY evening last, Sir Allen Stanford, the man who many in the streets, in the trenches, believe should be the next president of the West Indies Cricket Board, gathered his group together at the beautiful Stanford Cricket Ground. At the magnificent Sticky Wicket complex...
200 vie in amateur series titles
THE ISLAND'S top amateurs will battle to dominate the local tennis arena when the Llocket McGregor Tennis Series serves off with the Mercedes Benz Amateur Tennis Classic tomorrow at the Liguanea Club courts. The series, which takes over from the Trafalgar Travel amateur series...
Pegasus trounce Liguanea
PEGASUS HOTEL were crowned kings of the corporate court when they pounded rivals Liguanea Club 73-47 in the Gore Homes National Team Tennis League at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre recently. In singles action,Adam Harris got the ball rolling for Pegasus...
Inspirational Fisher leads Jazz to 127-117 win
NEW YORK, (Reuters): DEREK FISHER capped an emotional day on which his daughter underwent cancer surgery by scoring five points in overtime to lead the Utah Jazz to a 127-117 win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night. Carlos Boozer contributed...
Aussie Gov't out to stop tour
SYDNEY (Reuters);THE AUSTRALIAN Government is considering legal action to prevent the country's national cricket team from touring Zimbabwe, later this year. Australia's foreign minister, Alexander Downer, said the Government was determined to scrap the tour...
Special honour for Aboriginal team
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP):CRICKET AUSTRALIA will pay tribute today to an indigenous cricket team which toured England in 1868, nine years before the first official Test match. The Aboriginal cricketers arrived in England, on May 13, 1868, after a voyage...
Federer's Masters dreams smashed
ROME, (Reuters): ROGER FEDERER'S dreams of winning his first Rome Masters title ended when he slumped to a 6-2, 6-4 defeat against Italian wild card Filippo Volandri in the last 16 yesterday. The world number one, who finished runner-up in Rome in 2003 and 2006...
Angry Newcastle boss calls out Owen
LONDON, (Reuters):MICHAEL OWEN should show loyalty to Newcastle United, the Premier League club's chairman Freddy Shepherd said after a newspaper report suggested the England striker could move on at the end of the season. The former Liverpool player joined for £17 million...
Injuries bench Ballack, Carvalho
LONDON, (Reuters): MICHAEL BALLACK has no chance of playing in the FA Cup final for Chelsea, while central defender Ricardo Carvalho will almost certainly miss the Wembley showpiece against Manchester United on May 19. "Carvalho one per cent,...
Another Meadhaven, Tivoli face-off
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Meadhaven United will once again face off against Tivoli Gardens, this time in the Supligen/KSAFA Under-20 League final, following semi-final wins over Waterhouse and Bull Bay at the Barbican field on Wednesday. The final, which will take place at the same venue...
Henry banned for six months
ACE lightweight jockey Wesley 'Callaloo' Henry was yesterday slapped with a six-month ban by theJamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and will not be able to ride competitively, locally or overseas, until October 27. Henry, a former champion jockey...
Bullet Train fancied
Tomorrow being Lotto Classic Day at Caymanas Park, a feast of racing is in store for punters. The mammoth 13-race programme, which gets under way at 11:45 a.m., features the 67th running of the Lotto Classic for the Governor's Cup over 2000 metres...
HORSE SENSE - What went wrong?
The opening of the Caymanas park racing facilities in August of 1959 was heralded as "the greatest forward step that has ever been taken in horse-racing or, indeed any sport in this country. "Herewas a facility which was slated to become the home of the greatest horse...
It's first blood to Indians
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP): MAHENDRA DHONI and Dinesh Karthick scored unbeaten half-centuries to guide India to a five-wicket victory over Bangladesh yesterday in their rain-shortened first limited-overs international. The win serves as some revenge for India...
Pakistan in talks with Bangladesh coach
KARACHI (Reuters): PAKISTAN ARE talking to Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore about their national coaching post left vacant following Bob Woolmer's death at the World Cup. Woolmer, who took over as Pakistan coach in 2004, was murdered in Kingston, Jamaica,...
Sri Lanka drop Atapattu from limited-overs squad
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters):SRI LANKA have dropped former captain Marvan Atapattu from their one-day squad for a three-match series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi. Atapattu, 36, was part of the squad at this year's World Cup in which Sri Lanka lost...
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