Urban Knights lauded by their sponsors with breakfast celebration at knutsford court
PLAYERS, COACHES and directors of the victorious National Basketball League (NBL) Urban Knights team were yesterday lauded for their stellar performance in the league at a breakfast hosted in their honour by sponsors, National Supply Company, at the Knutsford Court hotel...
Tough return for Portmore
FIRST-ROUND champions Portmore United could experience a strange homecoming today when they journey to Clarendon, their former home, to play new Clarendon darlings, Sporting Central, in the start of the second round of the Cash Plus Premier League (CPPL)...
Gallavanter fancied for feature
ANOTHER MIDWEEK meet is on at Caymanas Park today, the 10-race programme featuring the three-year-old restricted allowance II for the Joseph Armond Memorial Cup over the circular nine course. This non-winners of two race confined to three-year-olds, has attracted 12 starters...
Ambassadors secure title
WESTERN BUREAU: GULLY AMBASSADORS captured the St.James/ Steve Bucknor Knockout football title on Sunday when they scored an emphatic 3-1 win over Seaview FC in the competition's final at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay. "We started out quite well but after we went up 3-0 our intensity...
Seba, Granville through to finals
WESTERN BUREAU: REIGNING CHAMPIONS Seba United and Western Confederation champions Granville earned the right to contest the final of the St. James/Captain's Bakery Knockout on Sunday when they emerged victorious in their semi-finals against Mt. Salem and Wadadah at Jarrett Park.
West Indies keeping eye on Steyn
EAST LONDON, South Africa (CMC): DWAYNE BRAVO stated the obvious on Sunday night when he noted "we have to watch Dale Steyn" after West Indies' victory over South Africa in the opening Twenty20 International. Bravo was responding to a question about the new South Africa...
Wins the key in Cash Plus Premier League (CPPL)
GIVEN THE amount of bungling taking place between clubs positioned from second through to 10th in the Cash Plus Premier League (CPPL), first-round champions Portmore United could be said to have opened daylight between themselves and the pack chasing...
WIPA scholarships for 25 young cricketers
THE WEST Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has organised scholarships for 25 young cricketers in the region to attend the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UT&T).Speaking at WIPA's third annual event to say thank-you to its many sponsors, president Dinanath Ramnarine ...
Peterson leads Vikings to fifth straight win
NEW YORK (Reuters): MINNESOTA'S ROOKIE running back Adrian Peterson scored two second-half touchdowns to rally the Vikings to a 20-13 win over the Chicago Bears on Monday night, their fifth victory in a row. The Vikings (8-6) trailed 13-6 before Peterson...
LeBron passes Kobe milestone
NEW YORK (Reuters): LEBRON JAMES became the youngest player in NBA history to score 9,000 career points in helping the Cleveland Cavaliers edge the Milwaukee Bucks 104-99 in double overtime on Monday night. The 22-year-old registered 31 points to boost his career total to 9,028...
Harmison's strikes peg back Lankans
GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters):ENGLAND PACE bowler Steve Harmison claimed two late wickets to leave Sri Lanka on 147 for four at the close on the opening day of the third and final Test, yesterday.Harmison trapped Upul Tharanga (16) in the morning and then...
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