Harbour View winPORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):
Jamaican side Harbour View won the Caribbean Football Union Club title when they beat local Pro League club Joe Public, 2-1 in the final of the Championship at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya yesterday.
The National Premier League champions fought back from a goal down to beat the homesters, who took the lead at the 16th minute through Kerry Baptiste. Within five minutes, Fabian Taylor struck back to level the scores and within seconds, Fabian Taylor netted at the 22nd minute the goal that would mark the Jamaicans as Caribbean champions.
Equal dealST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC):
Grenada's Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell wants an equitable distribution of Tests and one-day internationals in the Caribbean so all venues can benefit from home series.
Mitchell, also the chairman of CARICOM's Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on cricket, made the call during a meeting with West Indies Cricket Board president, Julian Hunte, here on Thursday.
"Gone are the days when the big matches could only be held in a few countries," said Dr. Mitchell. "We all have invested heavily in our cricket facilities and we all will be expecting returns on this investment."
Speed search
DUBAI, (CMC):
The International Cricket Council is preparing to embark on a search for a new chief executive, with Malcolm Speed set to retire next July. Speed spent seven years in the role, during which time he oversaw the inaugural hosting of the World Cup in the Caribbean and the advent of the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.
Trinis lamentAUCKLAND, New Zealand (CMC):
Trinidad & Tobago were left to lament their shock loss to Botswana in the 16th section play-offs which relegated them to playing for 11th place at the Netball World Championships.
"[There were] too much unforced errors, too many mistakes. The team that makes the least amount of mistakes is the team that will eventually be the winner. We did not proceed to plan and that cost us," said T&T coach Grace Parkinson-Griffith.
Cheater and liar
NEW YORK (Reuters)
Baseball writers called Barry Bonds a cheater and a liar who might never hit another professional home run nor enter the Hall of Fame if he is convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice.
A San Francisco grand jury indicted Major League Baseball's all-time home run leader on Thursday, accusing him of lying under oath about using steroids, further rattling a sport that has yet to come to terms with past use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Kimi confirmed
LONDON (Reuters):
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was confirmed as Formula One world champion yesterday after a court rejected a McLaren appeal that could have handed Lewis Hamilton the title instead.