Aussies crush Proteas
GROS ISLET, St. Lucia: AUSTRALIA, THE mighty men in gold from Down Under and the defending champions, underlined their claim as favourites to win the 2007 Cricket World Cup title when they stormed into the final with a devastating bowling performance in the Beausejour Stadium...
West Indies to announce new captain Sunday
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters): THE WEST Indies will announce a new captain, to replace the retired Brian Lara, when their board meets on Sunday.The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said the squad for next month's tour of England would be finalised...
West Indies captaincy row brewing?
EVERYBODY HAS been talking about who should be the West Indies' next captain and while I would prefer to see Ramnaresh Sarwan in the position, there is another issue that should be highlighted. Brian Lara relinquished his hold on the West Indies' captaincy on April 19...
Chelsea squeeze past Liverpool
LONDON (Reuters): A FIRST-half goal from Joe Cole gave Chelsea a 1-0 win over Liverpool in a tightly-fought first leg of their all-English Champions League semi-final at Stamford Bridge yesterday. An entertaining first half gave way to a scrappy second...
Portmore United clinch runners-up spot
PORTMORE UNITED officially claimed the Wray and Nephew National Premier League runners-up spot following a 1-0 win over Boys' Town at the Collie Smith ground yesterday.Reno, who began the day just two points adrift of the St. Catherine team, fell out of contention...
Nestl ftesU-17 Reggae Boyz
THE NATIONAL Under-17 Reggae Boyz were yesterday fted by Nestl and given a motivational talk by Dr. Kingsley 'Ragashanti' Stewart at the Alhambra Inn as they embark on their World Cup qualifiers starting on Saturday. The young Reggae Boyz host Group B of the 2007 CONCACAF tournament...
Javour in fine fettle at Caymanas Park
TOP APPRENTICE Javour Simpson maintained his splendid form at Caymanas Park yesterday thanks to two winners on the eight-race programme including 7-1 shot DON DON in the CTL Claiming Series No. 4 over 1400 metres. Four-year-old DON DON, the youngster vying for the trophy in a field...
All eyes on Blake as Penn Relays begin
PHILADELPHIA: ACTION AT the 113th Penn Relays gets under way at the Franklyn Field stadium this morning, but the real focus will be on St. Jago's Yohan Blake, come tomorrow. According to a report on the Penn Relays website, Blake, who ran 10.21 for the boys Class One 100m at Champs...
England's new coach endorses Vaughan
LOUGHBOROUGH, England (Reuters): NEW ENGLAND coach Peter Moores gave a ringing endorsement of captain Michael Vaughan yesterday and confirmed the batsman would lead the team into the first Test of the new season.Moores was appointed last week to replace Duncan Fletcher...
Mahela hands credit to attack
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters): SRI LANKAN captain Mahela Jayawardene scored a match-winning century but handed the credit to his bowling attack after Tuesday's 81-run victory over New Zealand in their World Cup semi-final. Offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan took four wickets...
Ireland home to hero's welcome
DUBLIN (Reuters): IRELAND'S GIANT-killing cricket team has arrived home from the World Cup to a hero's welcome, a diary-full of celebrations and hints that a new international cricket ground may be built in Dublin. The World Cup debutants were expected to play three group games...
Fleming proud of one-day record
STEPHEN FLEMING'S pronouncement that Sri Lanka often struggle in the last 10 overs came back to haunt him in Tuesday's World Cup semi-final. The 1996 champions smashed 102 in that time to take the game away from New Zealand, with captain Mahela Jayawardene hitting an unbeaten 115.
Bulls use speed to beat the Heats
CHICAGO (Reuters):THE CHICAGO Bulls used speed and crisp passing to run by the Miami Heat 107-89 on Tuesday night in the NBA Eastern Conference play-off to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Bulls guard Ben Gordon led all scorers with 27 points...
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