Calabar, Holmwood firm favourites
Defending boys champions Calabar High and Holmwood Technical High's girls will start as the firm favourites when the 2008 GraceKennedy/ISSA Boys' and Girls' Championships begins at the National Stadium thi morning. Both schools registered emphatic victories at the four-day meet last year...
Samuels in, Ganga, Parchment axed from Windies squad
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):West Indies selectors have dumped Jamaican opener Brenton Parchment and batsman Daren Ganga, but have rewarded spinners Sulieman Benn and Amit Jaggernauth with places in the Windies 15-man squad for the opening Test against...
Powell to headline UTech International
World 100m record holder Asafa Powell will be the star attraction at next Saturday's inaugural University of Technology (UTech) International University Track Meet, which will be held at the National Stadium. Meet organiser Anthony Davis, director of sports at UTech...
Nijinsky's War goes for Long Shot
ONE OF the longest standing trophy races on the calen-dar, the Long Shot Trophy over 1300 for bottom of the barrel claimers ($170,000), is the feature event at Caymanas Park today. Run in honour of the celebrated '60s F Class campaigner Long Shot, who once held the record ...
Chelsea set sights back on premiership
LONDON (AP): Chelsea is turning its focus back to the Premier League after another cup disappointment. Chelsea manager Avram Grant is under pressure after the Blues were beaten by lower-league Barnsley 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on Saturday...
Umpires threaten Carib Beer boycott
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC):The sixth round of matches in the Carib Beer Series regional series could be in jeopardy following a threat by the West Indies Cricket Umpires' Association (WICUA) to withdraw the services of its members for the remainder of the competition...
Pakistan bombing blows up Aussie tour
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP):Cricket Australia postponed its cricket tour to Pakistan just hours after two bombs killed at least 15 people and injured many more in the eastern city of Lahore. The tour, which had been scheduled to start March 29...
Jamaica focused on winning title
JAMAICA's senior cricket team coach, Junior Bennett, is confident they will return to winning ways following their 17-run defeat to Barbados in their fifth-round Carib Beer match that ended at Kensington Oval on Monday. Bennett told The Gleaner in an interview...
Harbour View seek advantage
Jamaican outfit Harbour View must shake off a recent run of indifferent form if they are to pose any significant threat to United States Major League Soccer (MLS) team DC United, when the teams meet 7:00 p.m. tonight at the Harbour View Mini Stadium in the quarter-final round...
August Town, Reno in all-Premiership KO opener
AUGUST Town and Reno will be involved in the only all-Premiership first round match-up of the national knockout football competition - the COK Cooperative Credit Union Champions Cup - when the newly sponsored competition kicks off next week Tuesday...
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