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AHMEDABAD, India (CMC): West Indies kept their five-match series with India alive when they beat the hosts by 16 runs in the third one-day international here yesterday. Defending 260 for five off their 50 overs, the Caribbean side made key strikes...

SAO PAULO (AP):On and off the field, former Brazil star Socrates stood out above the rest.His elegant style and his deep involvement with politics made him a unique figure in Brazilian soccer, setting him apart from the players of his time and even of...

Ten-year-old Justin Burrowes, who many believe holds Jamaica's golfing future in his hands, emerged as the most impressive young golfer at the 11th staging of the SANTA Charity Golf Tournament at the Constant Spring Golf Club yesterday....

AHMEDABAD, India (CMC): With West Indies under pressure to beat India and keep the five-match one-day international (ODI) series alive, team coach Ottis Gibson reckons there is some comfort in the fact that they have fought well against the world...

LIVERPOOL, England (AP):Stoke City avoided their regular Europa League hangover with a hard fought 1-0 English Premier League win at Everton yesterday.Defender Robert Huth's first goal of the campaign early in the game meant that Stoke recorded a...

ASTON VILLA 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 1GOAL:-UNITED: JONES 20th.Phil Jones scored the first goal of his career as Manchester United ground out their fourth 1-0 win in five Barclays Premier League games to beat Aston Villa.

Jamaica's Shantell Thompson (left) battling with Trinidad and Tobago's Khadisha Debesette during yesterday's final match in the Under-17 Women's Caribbean Football Union World Cup qualifiers at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex in St Andrew.

American Russ Cochran matched his first day four under 68 to top 48th LIME Jamaica Open at the Half Moon Golf Course in Montego Bay yesterday.

Another exhilarating Chris Gayle half-century proved in vain as his Matabeleland Tuskers missed out on a spot in the domestic Twenty20 final when they went down by 23 runs to Mashonaland Eagles in the play-off here yesterday.

Jamaica's Rupert Green and Jennifer Goebel of the United States emerged the toast of yesterday's 11th annual Jamdammers Running Club Reggae Marathon in Negril, when they ran away with the male and female titles.

The latest Test series between the West Indies and India ended in a draw in Mumbai two Fridays ago, a result that left the contest, after victories in Delhi and Kolkata, with a 2-0 victory for the home team but with the visitors celebrating what was, in their opinion, a fairly good performance.

The annual renewal of the Dye Job Sprint for native and imported two-year-olds over 1200 metres takes the spotlight at Caymanas Park today with 12 youngsters down to face the starter.