Sports

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, (CMC): Skipper Travis Dowlin missed out on a century as West Indies 'A' fought back from early setbacks to take control of their four-day, first-class match against Zimbabwe on the second day at the Queen's Park Stadium yesterday.

Fast bowler Jerome Taylor is expected to be part of the West Indies' starting line-up for today's Supreme Ventures Sports Betting (SVSB) Twenty20 clash against fellow ICC World Twenty20 Championship qualifier Ireland at Sabina Park, beginning at 1 p.m.

Favourites and defending champions Jamaica will meet hosts Barbados in today's title decider of the Caribbean Netball Association (CNA) Jean Pierre Caribbean Under-16 netball championship, starting at 6:15 p.m. (5:15 p.m. Jamaica time).

De la Vega United hope to continue their dominance of Portmore's Dunbeholden when the teams meet in a Captain's Bakery & Grill-sponsored St Catherine Major League first-leg football semi-final at the Prison Oval tomorrow evening at 6.

JAMAICAN high schools will be well represented in individual events at this year's Penn Relays in Franklin Field, Pennsylvania. When competition in the 116th staging of the relay carnival starts next Thursday, there will be a record number of entries, 21 among the girls and 26 boys for a total of 47.

Former national representative, Altimont 'Freddie' Butler, could soon become the first home-grown Jamaican football coach to take charge of a team in Europe.

All is set for today's third staging of the University of Technology (UTech) Track and Field Classics at the National Stadium, with athletes from the island's two major clubs - Racers and MVP - getting ready to square off.

A battle over the money to build World Cup infrastructure brought down Nelspruit's municipal government and may have even led to the slaying of a politician. And then there were the crowds of angry children throwing rocks at construction workers, tired of waiting in vain for schools to be built after the community provided cheap land for the football stadium.

It will be a battle between two teams that are heading in opposite directions in local football, when Cavalier and August Town meet in the Claro Jackie Bell Knockout final at Waterhouse Mini Stadium today, starting at 6 p.m.

Defending champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) have retained the ISSA/Grace Headley Cup cricket title after the three-day final ended in a draw today at Alpart Sports Club in St Elizabeth.

Eight horses are down to contest the three-year-old and up open allowance race over 1500 metres for the Fontainbleu Trophy at Caymanas Park tomorrow.

Harbour View and Tivoli Gardens look set to surge ahead of leaders Waterhouse in the Jamaica Football Federation/Premier League Clubs Association National Under-21 League, which continues today.