Gayle expects thrilling finish
BIRMINGHAM, England (CMC): WEST INDIES captain Chris Gayle agrees that the three-match one-day international series with England is set for a thrilling finish tomorrow at Nottingham. Gayle was speaking against the backdrop of his side winning the second...
ON THE BOUNDARY - West Indies in with a big chance
THE CURTAIN comes down on the three-match one-day series between the West Indies and England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham tomorrow and, believe it or not, the West Indies are in with a chance of winning it. After two matches the score is 1-1 and, with a little luck, with some better...
Anderson fined for clash with Morton
BIRMINGHAM, England (CMC): RUNAKO MORTON escaped censure, but the England fast bowling pair of James Anderson and Stuart Broad were disciplined for separate breaches of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Code of Conduct during the second one-day...
Stanford talks dollars
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): LARGE SUMS of money will not be simply pumped into the Stanford Twenty20 without some long-term return on the investment. The tournament's financier, Texan billionaire Allen Stanford said on Wednesday, while Caribbean cricket was dear to him...
Robinho's penalty strike sinks Ecuador
PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela (Reuters): DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Brazil beat Ecuador 1-0 to complete the quarter-final line-up at the Copa America on Wednesday after Chile had also advanced to the last eight by holding Mexico to a goalless draw. The results mean that the United States and Colombia...
Walsh bats for Cuba
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (Reuters): FORMER WEST Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh believes that Cuba has natural cricketing talent and could become a force in the game. Walsh said yesterday he had visited the communist country several times and had been amazed...
What has 'Bora' been teaching the youngsters?
JAMAICA'S TECHNICAL director of football, Velibor 'Bora' Milutinovic, has been getting local players the kind of experience it takes to develop a nation's football. The latest result of this has been an embarrassing 8-1 thumping from Iran, who are by no stretch of the imagination...
Presentation ceremony for squash sponsors
THE JAMAICA Squash Association (JSA) yesterday hosted a presentation ceremony in honour of the sponsors of its junior national team, which will depart the island on July 18 for the Junior Caribbean Squash Championships (JCSC) in Tortola, British Virgin Islands....
Nadal battles to next round
WIMBLEDON, England (AP):ERASING A two-set deficit despite playing on a fourth consecutive day, Rafael Nadal came back to beat Mikhail Youzhny in five sets yesterday and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Nadal, the 2006 runner-up, picked up early service breaks...
Top seeds advance in junior champs
The top seeds got the day off with byes to the second round, but their was still plenty of action as the Pan Caribbean Jamaica Junior Tennis Championships served off with first round action at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre yesterday. In Boy's Under-18 action...
Sunshine Girlz go down in thriller
The Sunshine Girlz lost 66-62 to Australia in an exciting encounter in their opening game of their two-test series against the host yesterday in Melbourne. The Jamaicans, who are ranked at number three in the world, are using the Oceana tour as part of their preparation...
Mullings slapped with two-day ban
IN-FORM JOCKEY Oneil Mullings on Tuesdayhit a bump in his title chase after being handed a two-day ban by the stewards of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) for interference in the eighth race on June 23. Mullings was aboard first past-the-post HEZA RANKING...
Bomber flying at exercise
DERBY winner THE BOMBER has impressed most at exercise in recent weeks, leading up to tomorrow's 10-furlong Jamaica St.Leger. Patrick Lynch's bay colt, who streaked away from rivals down the backstretch on his third outing to win the Jamaica Derby on June 2...
Clock Work on a hat-trick
DESPITE BEING slapped with top weight 60.5 kilos, champion trainer Wayne DaCosta's CLOCK WORK should win tomorrow's co-feature, the 1100-metre She's On Wheels Trophy. American-bred CLOCK WORK is on a hat-trick of Graded Stakes victories after landing May's Lotto Sprint...
HORSE SENSE - Developments summarised
THERE HAVE been a number of requests for a summary of the evolution of the racing industry as detailed in the recent series: WHAT WENT WRONG.It is accepted that the industry has failed to achieve its true potential as an important source of entertainment, employment...
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