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Published:Saturday | May 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BANGALORE, India:Chris Gayle hit his second century in four matches to power Royal Challengers Bangalore to an 85-run victory over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

Published:Saturday | May 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Another massive crowd is expected at the National Stadium this evening, as the upgraded JN Jamaica International Invitational track and field meet makes its eighth stop, with a battery of international athletics stars and...

Published:Saturday | May 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Several of the island's top junior tennis players will compete for championships honours at the third staging of the Hi-Lyte Sport Mixx Open Junior Tennis Championships.At the official launch on...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 11:59 AM

Another fluent innings from Lendl Simmons followed tidy bowling – led by Ravi Rampaul – to coast West Indies to a commanding 10-wicket victory over Pakistan in the final One-day International.

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Two-time defending Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA)/Sagicor National Primary, All-Age and Junior High Schools Athletics Championship, St Andrew, will look to continue their dominance at the meet, which runs from May 12-13 ...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Sports minister Olivia 'Babsy' Grange has given Independence Park Limited (IPL) two months to prepare a maintenance-strategy report, outlining how it plans to ensure that the facilities that it manages are kept at optimal levels.This, she believes...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

With the day's five-star banker BURST OF ENERGY biting the dust, the Pick-9 had no takers at Caymanas Park on Wednesday and the carryover to tomorrow's meet stands at $1.48 million. The Pick-9 embraces races four to 12...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) and the Jamaica Jockeys' Guild have expressed sadness at the tragic death of jockey Kemar Lynch and have extended condolences to his family.Lynch, 28, was shot and killed by gunmen shortly...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WARRNAMBOOL, Australia (AP): Seven people have been taken to a hospital after a horse jumped over a high fence into a crowd of about 50 spectators during the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool race track...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Tomorrow's 400 metres showdown against Christine Ohuruogu will be her biggest test since she won a long-overdue gold medal in her 400m pet event at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Young footballers who fail to alert the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) when declining national call-ups will, in future, be sanctioned by the governing body. In a joint release yesterday, the JFF and the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Former national netball captain Simone Forbes has filed an appeal to the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) disciplinary against her three-month ban from the sport.The 28-year-old Forbes received the suspension last Friday, after...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): Another fluent innings from Lendl Simmons followed tidy bowling - led by Ravi Rampaul - to hand West Indies a commanding 10-wicket victory over Pakistan in the final one-day international (ODI) yesterday.Simmons struck seven...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport Olivia 'Babsy' Grange has defended the time it has taken for the completion and presentation of the much-talked-about National Sports Policy.

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

KARACHI, Pakistan (CMC):Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has lamented his exclusion from the Pakistan 15-man squad for the Test series against West Indies starting later this month.The 30-year-old was part of a police investigation into spot-fixing during a...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

It was one of the goals of the season, and one that certainly deserved to settle what was a tense Digicel Premier League title race between eventual victors Tivoli Gardens and Boys' Town, during their clash at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex on Sunday....

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP):Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks let loose with a few primal howls as they left the court, cutting through the scattered boos and gloomy silence at Staples Center.After back-to-back wins over the Los Angeles Lakers, the Mavericks...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP): Nobody wanted to be No.1. No. 20 wasn't too popular, either.
Dialed In managed to avoid both - the inside rail and far outside - at Wednesday's post-position draw for the Kentucky Derby...

Published:Thursday | May 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): With a whitewash avoided, West Indies will be looking to wrap up an otherwise disappointing one-day international (ODI) series against Pakistan, with a win in the fifth and final match starting today. The regional side lost the first three games...

Published:Thursday | May 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo has had a great time so far in the Digicel one-day international (ODI) series against Pakistan.He has bowled with superb control and troubled the Pakistan batsmen with turn and bounce.

Published:Thursday | May 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Last year's 100m showdown between Olympic and World silver medallist Kerron Stewart and American Carmelita Jeter was one of the highlights of the JN Jamaica International Invitational track meet at the National Stadium....

Published:Thursday | May 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

President of the Jamaica Boxing Board of Control (JBBC), William Tavares-Finson, admits that his organisation was, to some extent, taken off guard by the immediate success of the J. Wray & Nephew Contender Series, but were pleasantly surprised by the public's response. ...

Published:Thursday | May 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

LADY ALISON, running as the even-money favourite with five-time champion jockey Trevor Simpson aboard, romped the season's first two-year-old race for the Starters' Trophy over 400 metres straight at Caymanas Park...

Published:Thursday | May 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

After an outstanding season for Championship division club Coventry City, Reggae Boy Marlon King is out of a contract this summer and carefully weighing his options.But fans of at least one club rumoured to be interested in his...

Published:Thursday | May 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI, Florida (CMC):Caribbean football strongman Austin 'Jack' Warner says he has a renewed motivation to serve after he was confirmed on Tuesday as CONCACAF president for a sixth term.The FIFA vice-president was earlier this year nominated unopposed...

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