Sports

Trainer Ray Phillips, who notched his first career win when BDELLIUM won on the previous Saturday, posted the 76-1 outsider HIGH SOCIETY to a stunning upset in the James B. Dawes Memorial Trophy (claiming $450,000 - $400,000) over 1,300 metres, feature event at Caymanas Park yesterday.

Carla Borrego and the reigning Adelaide Thunder-birds will feature in the opening match of the new ANZ Championship when they face favourites New South Wales Swift today at Olympic Park Sports Centre.

Andre Russell and Kemar Roach followed Ramnaresh Sarwan's 123 with penetrative fast bowling to carry West Indies to a confidence-boosting, 61-run victory over Kenya in an "official" World Cup warm-up match yesterday.

Tiger Woods overcame a poor start in windy conditions yesterday to shoot a par 72, one shot behind leader Rory McIlroy and two others going into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic.

Racers Track Club's Edino Steele stole the spotlight yesterday in the men's 400 metres at the Camperdown Classics as he clocked 46.16 seconds to get the better of teammate Yohan Blake who was second in 47.03 at the UWI/Usain Bolt Track in Mona.

Carla Borrego and the reigning Adelaide Thunderbirds will feature in the opening match of the new ANZ Championship, when they face favourites New South Wales Swift on Sunday at Olympic Park Sports Cen

The track and field season heats up today with the 33rd renewal of the Milo Western Relays which makes a return to the west after being staged outside of the region for the past two years.

Jamaica and Zimbabwe will contest the final of the Tri-Nation Ladies Polo Tournament at the St Ann Polo Club, Drax Hall, this afternoon at 4:30.

Jamaica have been drawn in Group ‘A’ alongside hosts Guatemala and Honduras for the Caribbean Under-20 Boys’ Championship in Guatemala City from March 28 to April 10. The draw took place on Friday.

Meadows and Young City will play in the 3:00 p.m.

Andrew Boland, coach of the 'Yellow Team' of the Jamaica Boxing Board of Control (JBBC)-sanctioned J. Wray and Nephew Contender boxing series, says he is happy that such a series exists as it has raised the interest level in boxing locally.

Boxing is often laced with controversy and the J. Wray and Nephew Contender boxing series, one of the most popular programmes now on local television, has had its fair share.