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Former champions Wolmer's Boys' recorded a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Hydel High to secure their spot in the semi-finals of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Gatorade/Digicel Manning Cup schoolboy football competition at the Spanish Town Prison Oval in St Catherine yesterday.

It is third time lucky for London officials after the city yesterday staved off a strong challenge from Doha, Qatar, to land the right to host the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships.

While Village United, Montego Bay United and Reno FC continue to face scathing criticism from western fans for their inauspicious start to the 2011-12 Red Stripe National Premier League (NPL), at least one prominent coach from the regions thinks lack of corporate support is to be blamed.

Neville 'Teddy' McCook was clearly a man shaken yesterday, fighting back tears as he struggled to reflect on the loss of a dear friend of his, former Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association president Howard Aris, who died on Thursday night from a suspected heart attack.

The beautiful game was yesterday marred by questionable officiating and unruly spectators, as St George's College emerged from a heated battle with Calabar High 2-0 winners in their Group H encounter at the Constant Spring playing field, to progress to the semi-final of the 2011-12 Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Gatorade/Digicel Manning Cup competition.

National representative and Manchester Rifle and Pistol Club's (MRPC) chief coach, Orville Henriques (right), helps David 'Bull Dog' McMorris take aim during practice this week.

Defending champion MARK MY WORD and his three-year-old rival COMMANDING CHIEF will feature in a big rematch at Caymanas Park today in the 33rd running of the Caymanas Track Limited Superstakes over 2000 metres, to be contested by 11 starters.

'He was a super chairman', 'a man who cared, 'a great son of Jamaica', were some of the expressions that were used by members of the sporting fraternity to describe the late president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Howard Aris, who died on Thursday night.

Defending champions Cavalier hope the third time will be the charm as it relates to their bid to earn promotion to local top-flight football, but admit the 2011-12 Super League season could be a tough one, with several teams improving their squads.

The back-to-back race meets scheduled for Caymanas Park today and tomorrow are in limbo following industrial action by employees of Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) yesterday over what they described as issues affecting their...

NEW DELHI, India (IANS/CMC):Top off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been ignored again as India on Thursday named an unchanged 15-man squad for the second Test against West Indies starting in Kolkata on Monday.Harbhajan was overlooked during the four-match...