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Champions Tivoli Gardens were the toasts of the 2010-11 Digicel Premier League (DPL) awards ceremony inside the Courtleigh Auditorium on Thursday night, walking away with the $2.5 million cash prize as well as a 'goodie...

BALTIMORE (AP): Kentucky Derby runner-up Nehro will not run in tomorrow's Preakness.

Bath, Haydock, Yarmouth and Towcester are the courses active today, but there is also simulcast racing from Belmont Park and Finger Lakes in the United States on the UBA programme.

Members of the Barbadian and Guyanese contingents arrived in the island on Wednesday for the fierce battle expected with the Jamaicans, in the first leg of the 2011 Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC)...

The Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) yesterday rolled out a number of fund-raising initiatives, as they seek to raise more than $2 million to send the Sunshine Girls' team to this year's World Netball Championships (WNC),...

Jamaica's Under-17 footballers yesterday received a significant boost to their preparations for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup to be held in Mexico from June 18 to July 10.Telecommunication giants Digicel committed sponsorship...

ISLAMABAD (AP): Shahid Afridi has been dropped as Pakistan captain and replaced by Misbah-ul-Haq for the one-day internationals against Ireland later this month. The move comes after Afridi criticised team management...

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):West Indies captain Darren Sammy is confident his side can beat Pakistan in the second Test, starting today at Warner Park, and wrap up a rare series victory.The Windies previously won...

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC):Banker Jennifer Nero has become the first woman to be appointed a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) director.The Kittitian has been elected as a non-member director for a two-year term, having previously served as a board member...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has commended the new fighting spirit in the side and has hailed the resilience of the lower order, following their 40-run win over Pakistan in the first Test last Sunday."The way we batted...

Western Bureau: Danilo Barriga, the Peruvian coach who guided former national champions Seba United to championship honours in the 2011 Captain's Bakery Western Super Football League and a place in the 2011-12 Digicel Premier...

DALLAS (AP): Facing a long, boring wait for his next play-off game, Dirk Nowitzki did what he normally does.H e went to the gym. There were daytime sessions with his Dallas Mavericks teammates, of course, but also return trips at night.