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CARDIFF, Wales (AP): The Pakistan batsman who was secretly filmed claiming that his teammates threw matches for money, said yesterday he had only been repeating allegations he had read in newspapers.Yasir Hameed was filmed by the tabloid News...

CARDIFF, Wales (AP):Former West Indies bowler, Ian Bradshaw, doubts his team's win in the Champions Trophy semi-finals in 2004 was fixed in the latest allegation of corruption to hit the Pakistan...

Ryan Johnson provided the lone spark in what was a fairly dull contest between Jamaica's Reggae Boyz and Costa Rica, inside the National Stadium last night....

NEW YORK (AP): Venus Williams struggled to a 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory over 16th-seeded Shahar Peer, while No. 2 Kim Clijsters cruised to a comfortable fourth-round win against Ana Ivanovic on the second straight windy day at the US Open yesterday....

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): Nesta Carter brought his calendar of events for the season to a close last week and has described his performance as 'fantastic'.The Jamaican sprinter ran an impressive 9.78 seconds two Sundays ago in Rieti, Italy...

LONDON (AP):The captain of Pakistan's limited-overs teams has apologised to cricket fans for the controversy that erupted after three of his teammates were suspended on suspicion of fixing.Shahid Afridi said yesterday that the players in the squad for...

A few Saturdays ago, Manchester successfully defended the Super League title when they ended the competition one point ahead of Melbourne and St Catherine, and on August 28, St Ann won the limited-overs title when they defeated Melbourne in the final...

POSSESSION and stifling defence are elements Jamaica's Reggae Boyz are aiming to perfect, when they challenge Costa Rica's Ticos in an international friendly football match at the National Stadium that is slated to kick off at 6 p.m. today.

Jamaican striker Luton Shelton is eagerly awaiting today's friendly international inside the National Stadium and has set his sights on adding to his 28 Reggae Boyz goals, as the Costa Ricans come to town, aiming to spoil...

NEW YORK (AP):American upstart Beatrice Capra was blown away by the excellence of Maria Sharapova yesterday in blustery conditions caused by the remnants of Hurricane Earl.Next up for the Russian former world...

Leading all-time trainer Philip Feanny attained a personal milestone at Caymanas Park yesterday when he saddled his 1,800th winner, SHE SELL OFF, in the third race over the round-five course for maiden two-year-olds.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on Thursday labelled former captain Ramnaresh Sarwan's attitude towards fitness as "extremely indifferent" as it launched a staunch defence of its decision not to award him a central retainer contract.