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Horse-of-the-moment RONRON bids for her sixth consecutive victory at Caymanas Park today, when she takes on five opponents in the $1.1 million grade-one feature for the L.R. 'Bob' Mayall Memorial Trophy over 1600 metres.

Digicel yesterday officially launched the Digicel Caribbean Cup (DCC) 2010 at a glittering press conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Trinidad. The Digicel Caribbean Cup 2010 kicks off in Puerto Rico on October 2 and then travels to St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and the Dominican Republic to complete the first stage of the tournament.

With Portland's St Georges Sports Club steadily establishing themselves as a serious Digicel Premier League outfit and St Ann's Benfica joining the country's heavyweights this season, a rabid rat race is expected in the Eastern Confederation as teams jostle for the top spot and a chance for top-flight qualification.

It should be excitement galore in the 2010 ISSA/Pepsi/ Digicel daCosta Cup when action continues this afternoon, as fans are poised to witness the renewal of some of the oldest and most talked-about rivalries in the annals of the 60-year-old competition - symbol of rural schoolboy football supremacy.

Last year’s beaten finalists, Manchester High School, hold on to their perfect win record by defeating Knox College 2-0 in their Zone ‘G’ top-of-the-table match as the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup competition continued yesterday.

The members of the West Indies Women's cricket team will assemble in Barbados today to start a preparation camp ahead of their tour of South Africa.

KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia (CMC): Barbados had an outstanding day at the 39th World Chess Olympiad on Wednesday, as both their men's and women's teams claimed impressive victories.Behind Sheena Ramsay's outstanding win, the women's team beat Tajikistan 2...

NEW DELHI (AP):Workers sprayed for mosquitoes, mopped up the just-opened athletes' village and planted flower beds yesterday as India rushed to complete long overdue work less than two weeks before the Commonwealth Games are to begin....

The Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) is today expected to either ratify or refuse the recommendation of the national selection committee, for Chris Gayle to be named captain of Jamaica's team...

Jamaica's national football coach, Theodore Whitmore, has convened a 27-man squad to commence preparation for the October 10 international friendly against Trinidad and Tobago at the National Stadium.The Major League Soccer (MLS) duo - Columbus Crew...

Penwood continued their impressive run in this season's Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup urban area senior schoolboy football competition, as they got by Holy Trinity 2-0 in their Group D encounter at Cling Cling Oval yesterday....

LONDON (AP): English Premier League leaders Chelsea should be given their toughest test yet this season, when they visit big-spending Manchester City tomorrow, three days after both teams were knocked out of the League Cup.The reigning champions have won...