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Jamaicans Dwight Thomas and Mario Forsythe had to settle for second place at the 20th Fanny Blankers-Koen Games yesterday at the FBK Stadium in Holland.

JOHANNESBURG (AP): Brazil coach Dunga seems to already have decided on his starting line-up at the World Cup, with Elano getting a spot in midfield alongside Kaka.

SESTRIERE, Italy (AP):Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio is set to be the playmaker in Italy's World Cup team.

FORMER Kingston College outstanding quarter-miler, Leford Green, continued his rapid progress this season in the men's 400 metres hurdles, as he raced to a personal best of 48.67 seconds, to capture the event at the NCAA...

HENGELO, Netherlands (CMC): Churandy Martina came close to his best form this season when he won the men's 100 metres dash for one of two Caribbean victories at the 20th Fanny Blankers-Koen Games yesterday.Martina, the 2007 Pan Am Games 100m champion,...

Twenty-five players have been called-up to a camp in preparation for the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games football tournament, by national coach Theodore Whitmore.The squad includes 12 players who were part of the last camp, with an additional...

MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC): Carla Borrego damaged the chances of the Canterbury Tactix making a strong finish to the ANZ Championship, and then her knee, in a 58-34 victory for the Adelaide Thunderbirds yesterday.Jamaican Borrego scored 38 goals before...

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (CMC):Shaun Bridgmohan captured the headlines, when he won the feature US$107,900 Aristides Stakes with Riley Tucker and completed a double on Saturday at Churchill Downs.The 30-year-old Bridgmohan kept Riley Tucker, trained by...

JOHANNESBURG (AP):Several players are going all out against the new World Cup ball, with more than one comparing it to those bought at a supermarket.

LIFEISJUSFORLIVING, running as the 3-2 favourite with champion jockey Omar Walker riding for champion trainer Wayne DaCosta, stamped his class to win the $3.3-million Lotto Classic for the Governor's Cup over 2000 metres in...

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC):Chairman of West Indies selectors Clyde Butts says the door is still open to Jamaican batsman Marlon Samuels, who recently ended a two-year playing ban.

PARIS (AP):Four-time champion Rafael Nadal won in straight sets but still needed nearly 21/2 hours to eliminate feisty Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the French Open yesterday.