England scrape by
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP): ENGLAND RODE through another batting collapse to keep their World Cup hopes alive yesterday with a four-wicket Super Eight win over Bangladesh. England won the toss and an effective combination of seam and spin reduced Bangladesh to only 143 in 37.2 overs.
Naggo Head upstage Wadadah out west
WESTERN BUREAU: BOTTOM-PLACE Naggo Head demonstrated that they are not ready to roll over and die when they battled back from a goal down to beat second-from-bottom Wadadah 4-3 in their Wray and Nephew National Premier League...
Tivoli Gdns hold Portmore
PORTMORE UNITED'S championship hopes all but disappeared at home yesterday in a 2-2 draw with Tivoli Gardens, causing them to fall eight points behind leaders Harbour View with five games left in the race for the Wray and Nephew Premier League title....
Harbour View close in on crown
HARBOUR VIEW opened up an eight-point lead atop the Wray and Nephew National Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win over Boys' Town at Collie Smith Drive yesterday. Goals by captain Donald Stewart in the 20th and Fabian Taylor in the 58th earned Harbour View their 18th win..
August Town clip Reno
RENO ALL but waved the white flag on their title hopes following a 1-0 defeat to August Town in Wray and Nephew National Premier League action at the Barbican Complex yesterday.The loss put third-placed Reno, who were legitimate title contenders when they beat Harbour View...
England face Brazil in Wembley opener
LONDON (Reuters): ENGLAND WILL face five-time world champions Brazil in their first match at the new Wembley Stadium, the English FA said yesterday.The friendly will be played on June 1, five days before England's Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia...
Liverpool advance to semi-finals
LONDON (AP):LIVERPOOL BECAME the third English team to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League yesterday, and AC Milan claimed the final spot in the last four.Liverpool, five-time European Cup champions, got a goal from Peter Crouch to beat PSV...
Walter happy with Jamaica's performance
JACKIE WALTER, the technical director of the national swimming programme, said she was pleased with the country's performance at this year's Carifta Championships, which ended at the National Stadium pool on Tuesday night. Jamaica finished fourth in the medals standings...
Broderick defends women's crown
FORMER NATIONAL representative Alana Broderick made it back-to-back wins when she successfully defended the Couples Swept Away Clay Court women's title at the resort in Negril on Monday. Broderick, who now lives abroad and last represented Jamaica in the 2002 Federation Cup...
Lack of sponsorship holds back shot put ace
DORIAN SCOTT broke the national shot put record twice in a fortnight but says he doesn't know how far he can take the record without financial support. Last Saturday, at the Pepsi Florida Relays, held at the Percy Beard Track in Gainesville...
Seeds of WI failure sown long ago
SO, HOSTS the West Indies are on the verge of crashing out of Cricket World Cup before the semi-final stage and the tournament so far has been beset with a myriad of other problems.Well, don't you dare blame the ICC, the LOCs or even the players...
Malinga to miss key Kiwi clash
ST.GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP): SRI LANKA are set to start the most crucial part of their Cricket World Cup campaign so far, against New Zealand today without their most formidable strike bowler. Lasith Malinga, who made one-day cricket history with four wickets....
WA wait on move to get Moody
SYDNEY (Reuters):WESTERN AUSTRALIA will not continue their bid to recruit Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody until after the Cricket World Cup, the Australian state said in a statement on its website yesterday. Moody has been strongly...
'Stamp out player-power' - Miandad
KARACHI (Reuters): FORMER PAKISTAN captain Javed Miandad said yesterday that cricket authorities needed to stub out player-power in the national team or no lessons could be learnt from their early Cricket World Cup exit.Miandad, who coached the Pakistan...
Serena withdraws because of injury
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP): SERENA WILLIAMS retired with a groin pull against Chan Yung-jan in her opening match at the Family Circle Cup on Tuesday.Taiwan's Chan was up 5-3 when Williams withdrew, apologising to the crowd before she left stadium...
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