Jose Marti, Mona draw
SPANISH TOWN: JOSE MARTI Technical and Mona High played to a 1-1 draw in their ISSA/Pepsi-Jamaica National Manning Cup encounter at the Jose Marti playfield yesterday afternoon.

Henry scores hat-trick for Brown's Town
WESTERN BUREAU: RUSHANE HENRY of Brown's Town scored the season's first hat-trick yesterday to guide his school to a 5-0 thrashing of Aabuthnott Gallimore in their ISSA Pepsi/JN daCosta Cup Zone D game in Alexandria, St. Ann.

St Andrew lift first national U-15 crown
ST. ANDREW became the inaugural champions of the Pepsi Under-15 Confederation play-off competition after clinching an exciting sudden death penalty shoot-out over Clarendon in the final at Tony Spaulding Sports Complex on Sunday.

H View hammer Wadadah
FORMER CHAMPIONS Harbour View were in spanking form on the opening day of the 2005-2006 Wray and Nephew National Premier League (NPL) season with a 5-1 hammering of Wadadah at Jarrett Park.

Mixed results for Gayle and Breese
LONDON, England, CMC: WEST INDIES batsman Chris Gayle slammed a typical whirlwind knock but Worcestershire were condemned to their eighth loss in the National Cricket League Division One, a five-wicket defeat at the hands of Nottinghamshire on Sunday.

Pietersen stands tall as England regain Ashes
LONDON (Reuters): KEVIN PIETERSEN defied his close friend Shane Warne to score an outrageous maiden Test century and seal England's first Ashes triumph for almost two decades yesterday.

Burton strikes purple patch
LONDON, England, CMC: JAMAICAN INTERNATIONAL Deon Burton has struck a purple patch of form since joining Rotherham United from Brentford at the end of last season.

FROM THE BOUNDARY - Get rid of the blinkers
THE WEST Indies cricket team is no longer the best in the world, it is numbered among the weak, and apart from all the other problems, including the attitude of so many of its players, one reason for that - probably the main.

Simpson confident of topping title-chasing duel
ALTHOUGH SECURING less appealing rides than his arch-rival, champion jockey Trevor 'Slicer' Simpson upstaged seven-time Trinidadian champion Brian Harding in their intriguing tussle for the 2005 jockeys' championship, at Caymanas Park...