Woeful Windies crumble
CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (AP): LEFT-ARM SPINNER Monty Panesar took five wickets to lead England to a seven-wicket win against West Indies in the fourth Test and a 3-0 series victory yesterday. Panesar took 5-46 as West Indies collapsed to 222 all out in their second innings...
'Stop investing in a dying sport'
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC: CARIBBEAN GOVERNMENTS have been chastised for their over-obsession with cricket while allowing football to suffer without providing much-needed funding. Austin 'Jack' Warner, the Caribbean Football Union's (CFU) president, told CMC Sports...
You reap what you sow
WHAT YOU put in is what you get. People marketing sporting events for the National Stadium need to do much more in terms of promotion to ensure that the performers and the events are supported to the maximum. Take for instance, this weekend when the cream of the crop...
Chemistry lesson for Slayers
ST. GEORGE'S Slayers coach, Lamar Dixon, says he is still searching for the right combination of players that will ensure a successful defence of their title. The reigning KFC National Basketball League champions played their third game of the season on Tuesday...
Athletes best ambassadors - George
PRESIDENT AND CEO of Supreme Ventures Limited, Brian George, yesterday singled out track and field athletes as the greatest sports ambassadors for the country. George made the comment at the handover function of $1.5 million to the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association ...
Meadhaven take major trophies
MEADHAVEN UNITED swept all of the major trophies up for grabs at the St.Andrew Football Association (KSAFA)/Supligen Under-20 awards ceremony held at the Pollyanna restaurant on Monday night. Meadhaven United, who defeated archrivals Tivoli 3-2 in the league...
Nasty undercurrent at Cup
MADRID (Reuters): DESPITE EVERYBODY'S best efforts to let history be history, strains of an ugly campaign against New Zealanders who switched over to Alinghi for the 2003 America's Cup have started wafting around again. Alinghi owner Ernesto Bertarelli...
Kewell new forward for Aussies
SYDNEY (Reuters):HARRY KEWELL says he is relishing the prospect of playing as a central striker for Australia in next month's Asian Cup. Kewell has played most of his international football as a left-sided midfielder but has been given free rein...
Riders to sign off on doping
GENEVA (Reuters): THE INTERNATIONAL Cycling Union (UCI) has asked all ProTour cyclists to sign an anti-doping charter including promises to submit DNA samples to Spanish authorities investigating the Puerto affair. The document, handed out by the UCI at a...
Henman advances at Open
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP): TIM HENMAN won just his second ATP Tour match this year yesterday, beating Michael Russell of the United States 6-1, 7-6 (5) at the Nottingham Open. Henman struggled to hold serve in the second set before advancing to the second...
Shahar pulls through at Eastborne
EASTBOURNE, England (Reuters): SIXTH SEEDED IsraeliShahar Peer battled through a tough first match at the Eastbourne International yesterday against an injured but determined Elena Likhovtseva.Peer won 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in a first-round match that lasted 2 1/2 hours....
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