Wasteful Rusea's win 3-0
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE SQUANDERING a spate of easy chances, former champions Rusea's High School started their 2007 ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup campaign in fine style yesterday, blanking Green Island 3-0 in their Zone B fixture in Lucea....
Mourinho leaves Chelsea
LONDON (AP): JOSé MOURINHO quit as manager of Chelsea yesterday, one day after the club was held to a 1-1 draw by Rosenborg in the European Champions League."Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have agreed to part company today by mutual consent," the English team ...
Singh's smashing sixes eliminate England
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters):INDIAN BATSMAN Yuvraj Singh smashed six sixes in an over against England in their Twenty20 World Cup match yesterday. Yuvraj belted fast bowler Stuart Broad for 36 runs in the 19th over to become the first player to achieve...
United off to winning start
LONDON (AP):MANCHESTER UNITED, Arsenal, FC Barcelona and AS Roma opened their Champions League campaigns with victories yesterday. United won at Sporting Lisbon 1-0 with a goal by Cristiano Ronaldo, while Arsenal beat visiting UEFA Cup champions Sevilla 3-0. ...
Pagon is raring to return
MELBOURNE MIDDLE-order batsman Donovan Pagon is looking to get back into the Jamaican set-up ahead of the regional KFC limited-overs tournament. Pagon, who last represented Jamaica against Guyana in the four-day Carib Beer Series last year, missed most of this local season ....
Tough road ahead for federation's top man
Kwesi MugisaStaff ReporterTHE NEWLY elected president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) will have to hit the ground running faster than Asafa Powell if the Reggae Boyz are to be rescued from what appears to be a badly derailed journey to the 2010...
Inside the BPL - Carib connections in abundance
I DON'T know about you but whenever a Caribbean athlete or sportsperson makes it to the highest level, I'm overwhelmed with pride.Just knowing that their sporting talent originated from our bloodline is an inspiration and further proof that this region really is special....
Reggae Boyz equal all-time low
JAMAICA'S NATIONAL men's football team continues to fall down FIFA's world rankings and this month has hit an equal all-time low of 96 - one place below its August mark. In December 1994 the Jamaica team also dipped to that ignominious mark of 96 before starting its rise up the charts...
Delay in World Cup matches causes problems for teams, fans
SHANGHAI, China (AP):TWO WOMEN'S World Cup matches set yesterday were pushed back 24 hours at the last minute, creating problems for teams and confusion for fans. FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, made the announcement 10 minutes after one of the games - Australia vs Canada...
Morkel gets kudos for job well done
DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters):FAST BOWLER Morne Morkel earned Captain Graeme Smith's praise after he set up South Africa's six-wicket win over New Zealand in a Twenty20 World Cup Super Eights match yesterday. Morkel took four for 17 to restrict New Zealand to 153 for eight....
US company pays millions in drug scandal
BOSTON (AP):A COMPANY that distributed human growth hormone to "well-known athletes and entertainers" has agreed to pay a US$10.5 million (euro7.6 million) penalty and cooperate with law enforcement in ongoing investigations, federal prosecutors said...
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