Windies all but out
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: THE WEST Indies hopes of winning the World Cup for a third time and becoming the first home team to win it on home soil went up in smoke before a near full house in the lovely Queens Park stadium here yesterday. Going into the match after three defeats...
Caribbean tennis journeymen find out it's a Tough road to the top
THE ROAD which leads the upper echelons of sporting success is long, hard and treacherous.A very low percentage, in any athletic pursuit, make it to the end of path and fame and fortune. For every Tiger Woods or Roger Federer there are thousands upon thousands...
Blake claims coveted award - Jamaica win record 76 medals
JAMAICAN ATHLETES at the 36th Carifta Games, which ended at the National Stadium in Providenciales, Turks & Caicos on Monday, established eight championship and two national records. The performances of Yohan Blake, who ran 10.11 to win the boys' Under-20 100m...
Harbour View remain cautious
WITH ONLY six sets of matches to go and six points ahead of their nearest rivals, leaders Harbour View could be forgiven for thinking that the 2006-2007 Wray and Nephew National Premier League title is theirs for the taking...
Man U, Chelsea through to semis
LONDON (AP):MANCHESTER UNITED and Chelsea advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League yesterday, putting at least two English teams into the last four of Europe's top club competition. United routed AS Roma 7-1 in the second leg of the quarter-finals to advance 8-3...
Academy funding in place - Gibson
CONSTRUCTION ON Jamaica's National Football Academy could resume as early as this week, according to general secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Burchell Gibson.The academy, which is being funded by the world's governing body for football, FIFA, was to have ...
Hamilton swims way into record books
JAMAICA SWIMMING sensation Brad Hamilton powered his way into the national record books on the third day of the four-day 35th CARIFTA Swimming Championships at the National Stadium pool on Monday evening. Hamilton captured the boys' 15-17 50m breaststroke...
Poor selection hurts Windies again
FOR ONE last time, the West Indies just could not get it right. Needing to win to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals of the World Cup they are hosting for the first time, the hosts were blown away yesterday by 67 runs against South...
ON THE BOUNDARY - Thank you, Dave Foster
MANY JAMAICANS today would not believe it, but there was a time in this country when table tennis was considered a major sport - right behind cricket, football and athletics. In those days, and especially so in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, young boys used to walk around with racquets...
England face tricky date with Bangladesh
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (Reuters): ENGLAND MUST avoid becoming another Bangladesh scalp today if they are to keep their World Cup semi-final hopes alive.Rank outsiders Bangladesh have already stunned India and South Africa in the tournament and a third...
Now's not the time for post-mortem - Mitchell
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): PRIME MINISTER Dr Keith Mitchell says while there are some problems with the Cricket World Cup (CWC), this is not the time for Caribbean people to be doing a post-mortem of the region's hosting of the global event.
Don't blame Lara, says Sobers
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC): WEST INDIES legend Sir Garfield Sobers says captain Brian Lara is not the reason behind the team's recent troubles, and has pointed to several administrative issues which he argues have affected the team's performance.
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