Cook carves up West Indies
LONDON (CMC): SHOWING OBVIOUS rust, the West Indies failed to make the most of ideal bowling conditions and Alastair Cook collected his fifth Test hundred to give England a strong hand before bad light stopped play on the rain-affected opening day of the...
Lara may return
LONDON, England (CMC): JUST UNDER a month after his dramatic retirement from international cricket, West Indies star batsman Brian Lara has hinted at a return to the game.Speaking on Wednesday at Lord's to launch an exhibition celebrating his illustrious...
Johnson stops Griffin in 11th round
HOLLYWOOD, Florida (AP):GLEN JOHNSON stopped Montell Griffin in the 11th round of a title-fight eliminator between former light-heavyweight champions on Wednesday night.Johnson, a Jamaican now living in Miami, pressured Griffin throughout the scheduled...
Spurs' comeback eclipses the Suns
PHOENIX (AP):BRUCE BOWEN made a three-pointer with 36 seconds to play on Wednesday night and the San Antonio Spurs beat the short-handed Phoenix Suns 88-85 to go up 3-2 in the Western Conference semi-finals. The Spurs can close it out in Game Six tonight at San Antonio....
UWI Games begin today
THE 2007 University of West Indies (UWI) Games bowl off this morning with hosts Mona and Cave Hill the first to take to the Mona Bowl field at 9:00 a.m. Also on today at the Games, sponsored by The Gleaner, Pegasus, Colgate, Cooyah, Supreme Ventures,...
Jetsetters, Skibo in final match-up
JETSETTERS B and Skibo A will contest this year's final of Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) Western Union Division B League following semi-finals victories over Eden Strikers and Ocho Rios Magics respectively on Tuesday at the Leila Robinson...
ON THE BOUNDARY - Interesting start to Super Cup
THE JAMAICA Cricket Association's Super Cup competition is under way after a late start due to Cricket World Cup and so far there have been some interesting results and individual performances. After two rounds of action, the Jamaica Defence Force and Westmoreland...
'Inzy' cops Cup blame
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP): A PAKISTAN Cricket Board committee blamed former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's "autocratic" leadership and the failure of its chief selector to stand up to him for the team's shock exit from the World Cup. "Inzi failed to lead from the front,"...
Bangladesh struck by illness
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP): THE BANGLADESH cricket team has been struck by illness ahead of the first Test match against India, captain Habibul Bashar said yesterday. Top-order batsman Tushar Imran will miss the match because of a fever, Bashar told reporters ...
All tests negative from Cricket World Cup
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): ALL DOPING tests from the Cricket World Cup came back negative, the sport's governing body said yesterday.A total of 68 samples were checked during the 16-team tournament between March and April in the Caribbean.
Street Sense hot favourite for Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner STREET SENSE has been quoted a 7-5 favourite for tomorrow's Preakness Stakes, the second jewel in the American Triple Crown, at Pimlico racetrack in Maryland. Nine three-year-olds have been declared and STREET SENSE will be running from the number eight...
Don't oppose Splashin River
Both the Pick-9 and Super-6 offer carryovers at Caymanas Park tomorrow.At last Saturday's big Lotto Day race meet comprising 13 races, outsiders such as IL CAIMANO at 14-1 in the Lotto Classic and KING AL at 12-1 in the 11th race...
Top two apprentices suspended
Top apprentices, Javour Simpson and Omar Walker, have been suspended arising from disciplinary actions taken by the Stewards from inquires at the Winchester Road offices of the Jamaica Racing Commission, recently. Walker, who rode disqualified winner...
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