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NEW DELHI, India (CMC):West Indies coach Ottis Gibson admitted yesterday that his team can ill afford to slip-up against ICC Associates Netherlands in the World Cup tomorrow.

LONDON (AP):Javier Hernandez helped Manchester United re-establish a four-point lead over Arsenal in the Premier League title race by scoring twice in a 4-0 victory at Wigan yesterday.

Western Bureau:Responding to stinging criticisms that players from western Jamaica were slighted in the selection of Jamaica's squad for the 2011 CONCACAF Under-17 Champion-ship, national coach Wendell Downswell, who is also from the west, said he is...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CMC):Another impressive spell from Shahid Afridi helped Pakistan formalise an 11-run victory over Sri Lanka in the World Cup yesterday

Western Bureau: North American neighbours, tournament favou-rites United States and the fancied Canada, who emerged victorious from Friday's semi-final double-header, ...

Defending champions Edwin Allen and St. Jago High scored runaway victories to retain their titles at the two-day Milo-sponsored Central Championships, which ended yesterday at GC Foster College in Spa

Marlon Samuels enhanced his chances of a recall to the West Indies side when he scored his third hundred for Jamaica in the West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional first-class championship against Leewar

Reigning champions Cavalier and August Town will face off in a crucial top-of-the-table clash as the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association/Claro Super League continues this afternoon.

Western Bureau:The tournament is still ongoing and the champions are yet to be decided, but, for many, the 2011 CONCACAF Under-17 championship has lost its sting.

WESTERN BUREAU: Harbour View climbed into second place in the 2011 Digicel Premier League on Thursday afternoon, when they blanked Village United 2-0 in their rescheduled football game at the Elliston Wakeland Youth Centre in Falmouth.

Leighton Brown drained a game-winning three-pointer to lead former champions St Georges Slayers to a nail-biting 60-59 victory over last year's runners-up, Majesty Gardens Legends, in the Flow/National Basketball League (NBL)...

NAGPUR, India (CMC): Shane Watson scored a run-a-ball 62, and Brad Haddin followed suit with 55 to formalise a seven-wicket victory for Australia over Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in the World Cup yesterday.