Key WI players to face Aussies - WICB
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC):THE WEST Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday allayed fears that key West Indies players aligned to the Indian Premier League (IPL) would miss matches in the 2008 Digicel Home Series against Australia. Chris Gayle, appointed captain of the Sri Lanka leg...
Ricketts calls for more camps
THE JAMAICA Foot-ball Federation's (JFF) head of delegation to Brazil, Michael Ricketts, hopes the organisation will be able to put on similar excursions in the future as he believes that will go a long way to improving the local talent base....
NSW trounce Victoria in final
SYDNEY, Australia (AP): SPINNER BEAU Casson took 4-126 as New South Wales (NSW), with seven Test players in their line-up, beat Victoria by 258 runs yesterday to win the Australian first-class cricket final.Chasing an almost impossible target of 629 runs...
Jamaica and the defensive game
After a 1-1 draw with D.C. United at the Harbour View Mini-Stadium, many were expecting Harbour View to lose the return-leg CONCACAF Champions Cup game in Washington on Tuesday night. However, a 5-0 thrashing was more than many, yours truly included, bargained for.
Harbour View trounced!
WASHINGTON D. C.: PLAYING CONDITIONS were excellent. So, too, was the pre-game mood in camp. All available players were fit, rested and ready to go. But it all went horribly wrong for Harbour View in one blinding stretch on Tuesday night in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup...
August Town advance
PREMIER LEAGUE strugglers August Town lifted their spirits with a 1-0 win over Reno to progress to the second round of the COK Champions Cup at the UWI Bowl yesterday. A 43rd-minute strike by Mitchly Waul, which saw him outjump a defender, made the difference in the closely...
Man U go three clear
LONDON (AP):CRISTIANO RONALDO scored twice to give Manchester United a 2-0 victory over Bolton and a three-point lead atop the Premier League.In yesterday's other game, Robbie Keane equalised two minutes from the end and Tottenham held...
The silence of the Rams
IN THE pantheon of the pathetic, the drum roll of the dysfunctional, Derby County - nicknamed the Rams - are on course to enter history's abattoir as the Premiership's poorest performers to date.With 30 of 38 games already contested this season, Derby have only managed...
Diack goes to St Kitts
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): ORGANISERS OF the 2008 CARIFTA Games this weekend in St Kitts are preparing to welcome the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack. By virtue of its standards, the CARIFTA Games is a world-class event and Diack...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - A step in the right direction
THE JAMAICA Cricket Association's (JCA) top competition bowls off on Saturday and, like so many times in the past, it does so with a new format. Unlike the previous changes which were basically for change sake and which did nothing for the development of the game or for the improvement...
Celtics end Rockets' run
HOUSTON (AP):THE SHOTS stopped falling, Boston's stars took over and just like that, the Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak was history.Kevin Garnett scored 22 points and Paul Pierce added 20 as the Celtics beat the Rockets 94-74 on Tuesday night,...
Pick-9 payout could hit $3 million mark
With the Pick-9 boasting a $1.68 million carryover at Caymanas Park on Saturday, a payout of close to $3 million looks a real possibility.The Pick-9 embraces races three to 11, while the Super-6 runs from race five to 10 on the 11-race programme....
HORSE SENSE - Claiming system needs to be re-examined
The recent adjustment in purses did not address the needed adjustment in the claiming tag. Low claiming tags are having a disastrous effect on the breeding industry and the economic viability of trainers. The system, as currently practiced, has dramatically changed the profile...
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