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Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 6:46 PM

Prolific batsman Sachin Tendulkar scored his 48th test century today and shared an unbroken 141-run partnership for the fifth wicket with debutant Suresh Raina to lead India's fightback in the second cricket test against hosts Sri Lanka in Colombo.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 6:41 PM

Christophe Lemaitre surged through the field to win the men's 100-metre final at the European Championships in Spain today, the Frenchman's first triumph in a major competition.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 6:37 PM

World Cup players Lionel Messi, Javier Macherano and Gonzalo Higuain have been included in Argentina's squad for next month's international friendly against Ireland, just hours after Diego Maradona was dropped as coach.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 3:00 PM

Usain Bolt and sprint rivals Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell are to meet for the first time in 2010 in the 100 metres at the Stockholm Diamond League on August 6.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 2:58 PM

Pakistan will begin a four-test series against England tomorrow in the belief that their young side is about to start a new era in the national game.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 2:57 PM

France coach Laurent Blanc says he will quit before the end of his contract if France fail to qualify for the 2012 European Championships.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 10:29 AM

Jamaica secured five gold medals on yesterday’s fourth day of athletics at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 10:19 AM

Adverse weather again threatens the Caribbean 20/20 Trophy, which moves from Barbados to Trinidad and Tobago for the final set of preliminary round games.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 10:18 AM

The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) will seek the intervention of FIFA for the release of overseas-based goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts for the upcoming international friendly against Trinidad and Tobago.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 10:16 AM

The head of FIFA’s Refereeing Department, Fernando Tresaco-Garcia and deputy general secretary of CONCACAF Ted Howard will lead a high level delegation which will conduct a Futuro Three Refereeing Course in Jamaica next month.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 10:14 AM

Diego Maradona has been axed as Argentina coach after refusing changes to his backroom staff.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 10:13 AM

USA Swimming says it has a second list of people who are under suspicion for unscrupulous behavior, having already banned 46 coaches and officials for life, mostly for sexual misconduct.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A controlled innings of 38 not out from Gregory Stewart guided Jamaica's Crusaders visually impaired (blind) cricket team to a series-winning nine-wicket win over the United Kingdom's Pirates in the LIME Disability Cricket Twenty20 Challenge...

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC):Adverse weather again threatens the Caribbean Twenty20 Trophy which is scheduled to bowl off here with a blockbuster encounter between pre-tournament favourites Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica....

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

It was a jubilant set of youngsters who touched down yesterday at the Norman Manley International Airport, as Team Jamaica did not only retain the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) championship trophy but also established...

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A brilliant all-round performance from Nicholas Walters propelled St Mary to a huge 201-run victory over Clarendon in the feature match of the third round of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Kingston Wharves Under-15 competition at Bushy Park last...

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): Kumar Sangakkara scored a classy 219 and Mahela Jayawardene struck 174 as Sri Lanka declared their first innings at 642-4 on day two of the second Test against India yesterday. Though the declaration came immediately...

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE WEST Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has congratulated the Windward Islands for their triumph in the TCL Group Under-19 Challenge three-day tournament.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP): Diego Maradona was removed as coach of Argentina's national team yesterday, ending an erratic 21-month stint that mirrored his own long personal history of unpredictable behaviour.The Argentine Football Association (AFA)...

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

TALLINN, Estonia (AP): Organisers say former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin will make his comeback from a four-year doping ban at the Bigbank Kuldliiga meet in Estonia next Tuesday.

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Leford Green broke compatriot Dinsdale Morgan's 12 year-old men's 400 metres hurdles meet record to highlight Jamaica's performance at the XXI Central American and the Carib-bean (CAC) Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico...

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Bobby Chung captured the two-day Stocks and Securities National Shotgun Championship at the Worthy Park, St Catherine, on Sunday.Chung, who was winning the title for the first time in his career, scored 16 points...

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

In what has been described as an action-filled, nail-biting event, the local pair of Jeffrey Panton and Michael Fennell Jr finished in a hard-fought third place in the Karcher Summer Stages Rally held in Barbados last weekend.Starting Saturday afternoon...

Published:Wednesday | July 28, 2010 | 12:00 AM

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, (CMC): Jamaica's men's team suffered a heavy loss at the hands of hosts Puerto Rico in preliminary round basketball action at the Central American and Caribbean Games on Monday.Trailing from the outset, the English-speaking...

Published:Tuesday | July 27, 2010 | 5:21 PM

Jamaica's delegation to the 13th World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada is scheduled to arrive at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston tonight at 9.

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