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It is one of the hardest games in football to prepare for. Just days after suffering the bitter blow of missing out on the World Cup final, Uruguay and Germany have to lift themselves for one final effort in today's third-place match at Port Elizabeth's Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.

Kieron Pollard still harbours the dream of playing Tests for West Indies, despite being pigeon-holed as a Twenty20 firebrand-for-hire. Pollard has spent the last month in Britain playing for Somerset in the English Twenty20 Championship.

Spain aim to create a football dynasty in tomorrow's World Cup final against a Netherlands team trying to emulate their opponents by finally shrugging off a long history of chronic underachievement.

Forty-eight students from 21 schools which entered the National Health Fund (NHF) Hula Hoopers competition will participate in the finals, which will be held today at the Old Library at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, starting at 1 p.m.

Leroy Keane, one of Jamaica's most versatile athletes, died in Toronto on Saturday, July 3, at age 73.

After neutralising Germany, Spain are now focusing on stopping the Netherlands' attack in the World Cup final and are narrowing in on key playmaker Wesley Sneijder.

Humiliated and heartbroken, the fans in Cleveland turned their backs on LeBron James as suddenly as he had abandoned them for the Miami Heat on national television.

penetrative spell from Derone Davis triggered a Jamaica batting collapse that swept Trinidad & Tobago to a valuable first-innings lead over the defending champions, in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.

Defending champion Nia Rose will meet third-seeded Sicquena Sinclair in tomorrow's Under-18 singles final at the PanCaribbean All-Jamaica Junior Championships, at the Tennis Jamaica, starting at 10 a.m.

Asafa Powell is promising a fast time when he runs against Tyson Gay in the 100 metres at today's Diamond League meet in Gateshead.

Goal-line technology is back on the agenda after FIFA says the World Cup in South Africa is set to be the last tournament under the existing refereeing system.

GREENWICH, Connecticut (AP):LeBron James will join fellow NBA stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh with the Miami Heat.Ending weeks of silence and drama, the two-time MVP said on his ESPN television special from Greenwich, Connecticut,...