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Nine horses from the open allowance group, including last year's winner HOMBRE, are slated to contest the annual renewal of the Nigel B. Nunes Memorial Trophy over 1820 metres, feature event at Caymanas Park today.

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by three wickets with nine overs to spare in the one-day international tri-series at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium yesterday.

Manchester City signed Italy forward Mario Balotelli from Inter Milan on a five-year contract yesterday, moving a step closer to completing their summer transfer spending.

Newly appointed Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) CEO Robert Bryan is fully aware of the challenges that he will face in his new role, but has already chalked out his course of action, with a restructuring of the local cricketing framework ranking high on his to-do list.

Tyson Gay ran the fastest time in the world this year to win the 100-metre final at the Diamond League meet yesterday, finishing in 9.78 seconds to blitz a field missing injured Jamaican rivals Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell.

Jamaican midfielder Khari Stephenson is set to join Major League Soccer (MLS) California-based outfit San Jose Earthquakes, on a mid-season loan deal from the Norwegian Premier League club Aalesund FK, where he is on contract until the end of December next year.

The bridge fraternity recently welcomed visiting United States player Joyce Currie to its ranks and, in her first full week of competitive bridge in Jamaica, she registered two top-three finishes - second in Monday's leg of the Horace Payne Memorial and third in Wednesday's leg of the David Levy.

Hosts Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by three wickets with nine overs to spare in the second tri-series one-day international at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium today.

Arsene Wenger is close to signing a new contract with Arsenal to extend his stay as coach of the Premier League club past the end of this season.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer enjoyed straight-sets victories today to ensure the top four seeds reached the Rogers Cup quarterfinals in Toronto.

LONDON (AP):Tyson Gay heads into the Diamond League meeting at Crystal Palace today insisting his breakthrough win over Usain Bolt in Stockholm last week was a breath of fresh air for athletics.American sprinter...

With DI-LAW and RIVER STYX scoring notable upsets at Cay-manas Park last Saturday, the Pick-9 had no takers and the carryover to tomorrow's 10-race programme stands at $1 million.Meanwhile, two new exotic bets, the Pick-4 and...