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Pau Gasol scored 19 points and Andrew Bynum added 13 as the Los Angeles Lakers used their two big men to dominate the Oklahoma City Thunder, winning 87-79 last night in the opener of their NPL playoff series.

Shane Shillingford continued to impress, but half-centuries from Andy Blignaut, Craig Ervine and Tatenda Taibu saw Zimbabwe fight back in their four-day, first-class match against West Indies ‘A’ at the Queen’s Park Stadium in Grenada yesterday.

Papine Girls and Tivoli Boys will go for their second straight win from as many matches when the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association/ Jamaica Hockey Federation Under-16 school competitions continue this afternoon at the Mona turf.

The husband and wife team of Omar Brown and Veronica Campbell-Brown slammed their field in the 200 metres to be the leading lights for the Caribbean in the invitational event at the weekend at the Kansas Relays in the USA.

True to form, Jamaica remained unbeaten as they successfully retained their Jean Pierre Memorial Caribbean Under-16 title with a 35-19 victory over hosts Barbados on Saturday at the National Netball Stadium....

Jamaica's Young Sunshine Girls returned to the island yesterday in a jubilant mood, after successfully defending their title at the Caribbean Netball Association (CNA)Under-16 Jean Pierre Caribbean Netball Championship, which...

LIME has joined forces with SportsMax, the exclusive broadcaster of the Barclay's Premier League (BPL) for most of the English-speaking Caribbean, to bring all the action of the world's most competitive football league to soccer fans across...

The husband and wife team of Omar Brown and Veronica Campbell-Brown slammed their fields in the 200 metres to be the leading lights for the Caribbean in the invitational events on Saturday at the Kansas Relays.

Thursday, April 15 carries bitter-sweet memories for William Porterfield. The captain of Ireland's cricket team played his 100th one-day international that day, but apart from the personal milestone he had little to celebrate, as they lost by six wickets to the West Indies at Sabina Park.

Waterhouse Football Club will oppose a Haitian All-Stars team in a benefit match today in Nassau, The Bahamas.The match, to be played at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, is in aid of victims of the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti.A strong...

NEW DELHI (AP):Two small bombs exploded outside a Bangalore cricket stadium as fans were heading to an Indian Premier League match yesterday, injuring 10 people.City police commissioner Shankar Bidari said four officers and a security guard were among...

KOLKATA, India (CMC):West Indies captain Chris Gayle continued his erratic preparation for the World Twenty20 Championship later this month when he made a two-ball duck for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League...