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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):West Indies will have to improve significantly if they are to preserve some degree of pride and prevent South Africa from winning the second Test, which opens today at Warner Park.West Indies trail 0-1 in...

Chelsea will begin the defence of their English Premier League title with a home match against newly promoted West Bromwich Albion on Saturday August 14.

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque saluted Switzerland for their solid work in defence against his team yesterday, but insisted they did not deserve victory.

The NBA champion will be crowned tonight at Staples Centre in Los Angeles as defending champions Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics face off in Game 7.

Diego Forlan scored two goals to help give Uruguay a 3-0 victory over South Africa yesterday and push the World Cup host team closer to becoming the first to go out in the first round.

A maximum field of 16 was declared at the overnight stage yesterday for Saturday's 90th running of the LIME-sponsored Jamaica Derby at Caymanas Park, including Triple Crown hopefuls MARK MY WORD and AL FOUZIA.

Switzerland pulled off a shock victory at the World Cup yesterday, beating European champion Spain 1-0 in their opening group match. Gelson Fernandes bundled the ball into the net in the 52nd minute in one of Switzerland's few attacks, ending Spain's 12-match winning streak and handing the Spanish team only its second loss in 50 games.

Greece and Nigeria are in the same predicament ahead of their World Cup Group B match today: lose and they are almost certain of a first-round exit. But Otto Rehhagel's Greek line-up's position is even more grim.

West Indies selectors have kept faith with the same side for the second Test against South Africa which starts tomorrow, despite the first Test mauling at the Queen's Park Oval last week.

The much-anticipated staging of the second annual Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) fund-raising activity, 'Sunshine Evening', will now be held at the Campion College Auditorium on Friday, July 2. The event was postponed last month because of the civil unrest in Tivoli Gardens and the state of emergency which followed.

West Indies have named an unchanged squad for the second Test against South Africa at Warner Park in St Kitts, despite losing the opening game in Trinidad heavily by 163 runs.