Johnson wins all-Jamaican battle
TWO JAMAICANS went to war in the ring on Friday night. And when referee Frank Santori separated the combatants at the final bell, signalling the end of 12 brutal rounds of boxing, Glen Johnson had been crowned the new International Boxing Association...

Jacobs at the double against Manchester
LUCAS, MELBOURNE, KINGSTON AND St Elizabeth held the upper hand as day one of the 2006 Supreme Venture Super Cup cricket competition bowled off yesterday.

Cordite obliges in CTL Claiming Series
STREAKING CLEAR from early in the straight, CORDITE romped home in yesterday's Caymanas Park feature over 1500 metres, race No. 2 in the highly popular CTL Claiming Series.

Hillel retain swim title
HILLEL ACADEMY retained their title as champions at the Mayberry Investments Prep/Primary Schools swim meet at the National Stadium pool yesterday.

Another tough task for Waterhouse
FORMER CHAMPIONS Waterhouse last week squandered an excellent opportunity to overtake leaders Harbour View and put themselves in pole position for the 2005-2006 Wray and Nephew National Premier League when they lost to Tivoli Gardens...

Arsenal go down 1-0 to Blackburn
ARSENAL LOST 1-0 at Blackburn yesterday to slip to sixth in the English Premier League and dent their chances of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

Woeful Windies tumble again
NATHAN ASTLE smashed an unbeaten hundred to lead New Zealand to a 21-run victory over the West Indies in a limited-overs one-day international at Christchurch yesterday to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

Do-or-die for men's senior tennis team
JAMAICA'S SENIOR men's table tennis team faces a do-or-die situation to level its two-Test series against Barbados at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) today at 4:00 p.m.

Commentary - Cricket's minnows send a warning
OVER THE years, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has been strongly criticised for not spreading the game - so much so that in the 129 years since the first Test match was played, only 10 countries have been exposed to that level.