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Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Georgetown, Guyana: West Indies team manager, Richie Richardson, has praised the team for the fantastic showing in the First Digicel Test, which they won by 40 runs on Sunday at the Guyana National Stadium, to take a 1-0 lead over Pakistan...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

"I am fit and ready to start my season." That's the assurance from the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, in response to queries about his health in light of successive visits to German doctor Hans Muller-Wohlfahrt, for treatment and consultation on his well-documented scoliosis...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Tivoli Gardens 'B' and Boulevard Baptist captured the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) Supreme Ventures A and C League titles, respectively, following victories over Blades United 'A' and Skibo C in the finals at the National Indoor Sports Centre ...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

May 21, 2011 is deadline day for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to respond to the West Indies Players Association's (WIPA) calls for the immediate resignation or expulsion of director Hilary Beckles from the WICB, following his controversial...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica's World Cup bound national under-17 football team, in need of quality practice games, has been forced to decline an offer to play fellow qualifiers Canada - in the United States (US) later this month - citing commitment to upcoming examinations...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Georgetown, Guyana: Sunday's win in the First Digicel Test was special for the members of the West Indies team, but especially "sweet" for some of the younger players who were tasting victory in a Test the first time.

Published:Monday | May 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP): Coming off his worst performance in the playoffs, Kevin Durant couldn't get his shots to fall again.Then he caught a glimpse of his mother dancing around during a time-out and, like magic, the ball started going through the net....

Published:Monday | May 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP): West Ham became the first team relegated from the English Premier League, and need a new manager for next season, after squandering a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 at Wigan yesterday....

Published:Monday | May 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

ROME (AP): Novak Djokovic is just starting to get used to hearing his name mentioned in the same breath as the legends of the game.The seemingly unstoppable Serb stretched his unbeaten start to the season to 37 matches yesterday, with a 6-4, 6-4 win over...

Published:Monday | May 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): Under-fire West Indies captain, Darren Sammy, answered his critics in a forthright manner, taking a leading role in bowling his side to a memorable 40-run victory over Pakistan in the first Test which ended yesterday...

Published:Monday | May 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

JAMAICA's top heavyweight martial artist, Kenneth Edwards, made a smashing 2011 international debut, as the Manna Fighters, formerly Busta Fighters, won all three black belt divisions at Saturday's Red Tiger International in Philadelphia....

Published:Monday | May 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

SHANGHAI, China (CMC): A resounding victory for Kaliese Spencer overshadowed sprint wins for Asafa Powell and Veronica Campbell-Brown yesterday at the Inter-national Association of Athletics Association (IAAF) Diamond League meet....

Published:Monday | May 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

It is all square as the four teams vying to replace St Georges Sports Club and Benfica in the country's top flight next season are tied on one point, after the two matches ended in draws, as the Digicel Premier League play-off...

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill campus principal, Sir Hilary Beckles, has apologised for statements he made recently in reference to regional cricket and former West Indies and Jamaica captain Chris Gayle.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Some time ago, some five years or so back, I wrote that West Indies cricket could not get any worse than it was at the time. Since then, I have written the same thing over and over again because of one thing or another. This time, however, I really believe that things have got so bad with West Indies cricket that it just cannot get any worse.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Highgate Football Club will play Rivoli United at Gray's Inn, St Mary, in one of two matches today in the Jamaica Football Federation confederation play-off.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

West Indies cricket, depending on your age, can evoke a range of emotions - happiness, sadness, anger, etc. The West Indies cricket team, for Caribbean people, represents more than just a team they can cheer for. Unlike the other nations in the cricketing world, it represents a region made up of many countries.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Big-hitting opener Chris Gayle continued his sensational form, cracking a cameo 12-ball 38 to propel Royal Challengers Bangalore to a four-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders yesterday and into the play-offs of the Indian Premier League.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

An achievement 25 years in the making, Alex Ferguson's Manchester United finally became the most successful team in English league history yesterday with a 19th-title triumph that overhauled Liverpool's record.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Title-chasing jockey Dick Cardenas rode three winners at Caymanas Park yesterday, including 3-5 favourite WILD TRADITION in the Master Blaster Trophy co-feature over the straight and the progressive American colt RAISE A RUCKUS in the open allowance race over 1820 metres.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Willard Brown (left), vice-president of employee benefits, Sagicor Life Jamaica, is joined by Nadine Molloy Young (right), president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), in presenting the winning trophy to 2011 champions, Portland, at the 28th staging of the JTA/Sagicor All-Age, Primary and Junior High Schools Championship.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill principal Sir Hilary Beckles has defended his comments characterising Chris Gayle as a 'don', contending he was merely outlining a public perception that existed.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

West Indies snatched three wickets in 14 balls to blow the opening Test against Pakistan wide open, but then let the advantage slip as the match remained delicately balanced at the end of the third day yesterday.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Three years after his exceptional showing at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, sprint deity Usain Bolt has become much more than a name on a start list, and these days, fancies himself an author as well as a budding businessman.

Published:Sunday | May 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Manchester City ended their 35-year trophy drought yesterday winning the FA Cup on Yaya Toure's second-half goal in a 1-0 victory over Stoke.

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