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Last Tuesday morning, having stayed up all night watching the Test match between the West Indies and India in Kolkata at the Eden Gardens and its empty stands, I called a friend of mine, a former West Indies player, to talk about the match, and I was...

LONDON (AP):Manchester City maintained their relentless title charge atop the English Premier League by condemning Newcastle to their first defeat while second-place Manchester United kept up their mean streak by edging past Swansea with a third...

JOHANNESBURG (AP):Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers put South Africa in control of the decisive second Test against Australia at Wanderers yesterday, pushing the Proteas toward a series win with an unbroken 139-run stand on day three.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP):Barcelona cruised to a 4-0 win over Zaragoza yesterday, provisionally drawing level with Spanish leader Real Madrid before their visit to third-place Valencia.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):The fate of Trinidad and Tobago head coach Otto Pfister will be known before year end, acting Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation president Lennox Watson has said.

Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) president, Lyndel Wright, hopes the reintroduction of a national Twenty20 tournament will go a long way in renewing interest and participation in the sport.

CAPTAIN Jason McKay will be attempting the ultimate gamble at the November 26 Tri-Asian Championship in Manila, Philippines, when Jamaica's combined martial arts team embarks on its most ambitious mission to date - taking on a select team from Pacific-Asia led by New Zealand's world champion, Carl van Roon.

Australia were bowled out for 296 under an onslaught from South Africa speedster Dale Steyn to throw away a 174-run opening partnership and a dominant position in the decisive second Test at Wanderers yesterday.

The top seeds on both the men's and women's side booked their places in the semi-finals of the NCB Capital Markets Tennis Open after registering straight set wins on yesterday's third day of the five-day tournament being staged at the Liguanea Club.

Overseas-based professional Peter Horrobin and defending men's and ladies champions Wesley Brown and Jodi Barrow, headline a stellar field in the 2011 Panasonic Classic which tees off today at the Sandals Golf and Country Club.

A brilliant first-half goal from Kendon Anderson carried St George's College (StGC)to a 1-0 victory over Wolmer's Boys' and a place in this year's final of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Gatorade/ Digicel Manning Cup schoolboy football competition at the Constant Sports Complex yesterday.

RBC Royal Bank (Jamaica) Limited hopes to score high in support of children at the Bustamante Hospital for Children at the Jamaica Open Tournament 2011, which is set to run from November 30 to December 3 at the Half Moon Golf Course, Montego Bay.