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LIVERPOOL, England (AP): Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina accidentally pushed the ball into his own net to hand Arsenal a 1-1 draw at Anfield in their Premier League opener yesterday.The ball rebounded off Reina after Marouane Chamakh's header hit...

Manchester Lions' coach Barry Barnes is continuing to heap praises on members of his team, days after their narrow three-wicket win over title favourites St Catherine Saints in the quarter-finals of the Jamaica Cricket...

BROADBEACH, Australia (CMC):Jamaica were swept, when Australia crushed them 71-40 to win the third and final Test yesterday at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and St Vincent & the Grenadines (SVG) all confirmed their places in the semi-finals of the West Indies women's limited overs competition yesterday.

Jamaica's hope for a positive start at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore failed to materialise yesterday following below-par performances from swimmer Kendese Nangle and badminton player Dennis Coke.Nangle, who was the country's flag-bearer...

Boys' Town put in a brilliant first-half performance yesterday at Collie Smith Drive to defeat Harbour View 3-1 and top Zone B in the Claro Champions League. Despite the result, both teams have progressed to the semi-finals...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC):Both Jamaican teams were dumped from the 13th Caribbean Volleyball Championship after losing tense five-setters in their quarter-final encounters on Friday evening.While the Jamaican men were beaten 25-14, 17-25, 23-25, 25-16,...

LONDON (AP):Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says his team is ready to challenge for the English Premier League title.The Gunners have failed to compete seriously since they went unbeaten through the 2003-04 season but Wenger thinks that another year's...

In the recent Test series between neighbours India and Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, in a three-match series which ended in a 1-1 draw, India's veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh finished with two wickets for 304 runs off 87.5 overs at an average of 152, and...

When Yohan Blake stormed to a second-place finish in the men's 100-metre finals at the Aviva Grand Prix Diamond League meet on Friday, August 13, he helped create a new piece of history in Jamaican track and field.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York (CMC):Jamaican reinsman Rajiv Maragh produced similar rides to carve out two wins on the nine-race card at Saratoga Racetrack on Friday.Maragh opened the day's proceedings with a win aboard Matt's a Giant and then returned in...

Tivoli Gardens and arch-rivals Arnett Gardens featured in a dull 0-0 draw in their Claro-KSAFA Champions League match at the University of the West Indies Bowl yesterday.Both teams began the game shakily and thus failed to...