Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:41 PM
West Indies made a timid start to their tour of Sri Lanka, suffering a familiar batting collapse on the opening day of their three-day tour game against Sri Lanka Cricket President’s Eleven today.
The final set of inter-zone games in the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association/Pepsi/Digicel rural area football competition will take place this afternoon with 12 games.
Eltham High remain on course to qualify for the quarterfinals of the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel urban area Manning Cup competition after defeating St Catherine rivals Waterford 1-0 yesterday.
Santos and the University of the West Indies (UWI) battled to a 2-2 draw in their Confederation Qualification Final Round match of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association/Claro Jackie Bell Knockout competition yesterday.
Tivoli Gardens and Humble Lion will face off in a rescheduled Digicel Premier League game at Effortville Community Centre in Clarendon this afternoon at 3 p.m.
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
LONDON (AP): Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider retired from international cricket yesterday and sought political asylum in Britain amid alleged threats from match-fixers.Haider left the Pakistan team in Dubai on Monday and flew to London after...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
LONDON (AP): Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has had treatment for malaria, but will be fit to face Fulham today in the Premier League.The Ivory Coast striker complained of a fever on the eve of Sunday's match against Liverpool and only came on as a...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
TORONTO (AP):Stephen Curry scored a season-high 34 points, Monta Ellis added 28 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors 109-102 on Monday night.Ellis, the NBA's leading scorer, fell heavily after a collision under Toronto's basket...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
PERTH, Australia (CMC):Western Australia Warriors are keeping their fingers crossed that Chris Gayle will link up with them for the upcoming Big Bash series.Media reports indicate that the deposed West Indies captain is keen to return to the state side...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Stephen Francis, head coach of MVP Track & Field Club, an association responsible for the development of several of the country's top athletes, has been given a strong reprimand by the Jamaica Amateur Athletics...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CMC):West Indies captain, Darren Sammy, has described as crucial the three-day tour match against a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI starting today.The game bowled off at 10 a.m.
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Eltham and Charlie Smith High improved their stocks of qualifying for the semi-finals of the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup urban area schoolboy football competition, after recording 1-0 and 2-0...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): Kirk Edwards' brilliant unbeaten 89 almost took West Indies A over the line, but it was Ravi Rampaul's last ball heroics that earned them a thrilling tie with Pakistan A in the opening game of the three-match one-day series...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Western Bureau: Rusea's, Glenmuir, Garvey Maceo and Lennon High, who all have maximum six points from two games, will only need to avoid defeat in this afternoon's final round of games in the inter-zone phase of the daCosta Cup...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
MANCHESTER, England (AP):Manchester City have the chance to show they are a serious threat to crosstown rivals Manchester United when the two sides meet at Eastlands today.United have long overshadowed their neighbours, but City manager Roberto Mancini...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The three schoolboy footballers who were chosen to embark on an all-expense paid one-week trip to view action in Group G of the Digicel Caribbean Cup (DCC) in Antigua, left the island yesterday, along with national senior...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Tivoli Gardens can continue an impressive run of form by moving to the top of the Digicel Premier League (DPL), if they manage to beat Clarendon team Humble Lion in today's rescheduled game at Effortville Community Centre ...
St John's, Antigua: Group G of the Digicel Caribbean Cup will kick off tomorrow to determine the final two teams to qualify for the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals in Martinique from November 26-December 5. Hosts Antigua and Barbuda will take on Group C runners-up Suriname...
CARSON, California (AP): David Beckham set up goals by Edson Buddle with a corner kick and Omar Gonzalez with a free kick in an eight-minute span of the first half, to lead the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 2-1 victory over Seattle Sounders in Major League...
Former champions Excelsior High and Norman Manley registered exciting victories over Tivoli Gardens (TG) and Wolmer's, respectively, in the opening matches in Group Three of the second round in the Inter-Secondary Schools...
Danza Hyatt's status message on his Blackberry Messenger is: "I stop worrying about what I can't control."On Saturday evening with the West Indies A struggling badly at 39 for five, chasing 118 to win, Hyatt was at the wheel.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP): FIFA President Sepp Blatter has praised South Korea's bid to host the 2022 World Cup, saying yesterday that the sporting event has the power to bring divided North and South Koreans closer together....
