Schoolboys ready to fire
THE INTER-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) is expected to ring in a number of changes when schoolboy football's premier competitions, the Manning and daCosta Cups, kick off, to the tune of $30.5 million sponsorship from Pepsi and newcomers Digicel, in just over a week....
Hilaire favoured as next WICB CEO
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): ST. LUCIAN Dr. Ernest Hilaire is being tipped to become the West Indies Cricket Board's (WICB) next chief executive, following the recent resignation of Bruce Aanensen. Though applications for the position close on September 15, CMC Sports understands...
Roper Cup derailed
THE 43rd RENEWAL of the Roper Cup competition between North Street rivals Kingston College (KC) and St. George's College, which was set for tomorrow at KC field, has been cancelled. Ian Phillpotts, secretary of the St. George's College Old Boys' Association, told The Gleaner yesterday...
ON THE BOUNDARY - Chanderpaul well set for top prize
THE ICC Awards for 2007 will be announced at a gala function in the luxurious Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Monday, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the former West Indies captain, is among those in the running to win the Sir Garfield Sobers...
Federer, Williams advance
NEW YORK, (Reuters): TRIPLE CHAMPION Roger Federer and two-times winner Venus Williams took different paths to the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday night. World number one Federer stopped American Andy Roddick 7-6, 7-6, 6-2 in business-like fashion while Williams...
Germany left to eat Nigeria's dust
SUWON, South Korea (AP):GERMANY WERE left to rue goalkeeping errors as Nigeria won 3-1 yesterday to progress to the final of the Under-17 World Cup. Nigeria will play Spain in Sunday's final.The Africans took the lead in the 10th minute when a fierce...
Taiwanese show Bryant love
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP):NBA STAR Kobe Bryant received a tribal headband from a Taiwanese teenager yesterday, and was told his gift of a basketball court to a mountain village lifted the boy from also-ran to local hero. Xiao Fen from Wufeng township in the northern county of Hsinchu...
Official defends relay picks
POOR BATON changes by the men's sprint relay team in the World Championships' final and its subsequent finish behind the United States; and Danny McFarlane's omission from the mile relay team for the final, are the hottest topics in track and field...
Harbour View too strong for Maverley
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Harbour View recorded a hard-fought, come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Maverley/Hughenden in the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF)/Sherwin Williams' Women's League on Wednesday at the Harbour View Mini-Stadium. In the day's other games, Portmore United defeated Meadhaven...
Sunshine Girls squad selected
CONNIE FRANCIS, coach of Jamaica Sunshine Girls netball team, has expressed satisfaction with the 12-member squad selected on Wednesday evening by the Jamaica NetballAssociation for the upcoming three-Test series against England later this month....
News agencies suspend Cup coverage
PARIS (Reuters): LEADING INTERNATIONAL news agencies suspended coverage of the rugby World Cup yesterday in a dispute with the tournament's organisers. Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press and Getty Images announced they were suspending text,...
Take Bella In Bloom
The Pick-9 eluded punters for the 10th consecutive raceday at Caymanas Park last Saturday and the carryover for tomorrow's meet stands at a whopping $9.8 million. With the pot having grown enormously and the big spenders now taking dead aim, Pick-9 activity should intensify tremendously.
HORSE SENSE - 'Behold, I saw a new Earth and a new heaven'
"BEHOLD, I saw a new earth and a new heaven for the old earth and the old heaven have passed away".This is indeed the opportunity for a new approach, not only for the racing sector but for the entire gaming portfolio. We need now a clear policy on the way forward.
It's crunch time for the Italians
MILAN (Reuters): ITALY MUST beat France when the World Cup finalists meet again tomorrow if they are to maintain a strong chance of qualifying for Euro 200 England and Spain are in even stickier situations. Injury-hit England, who may be forced to play midfielder Steven Gerrard...
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