'Sammy' just misses ton
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (Reuters): MARLON SAMUELS was dismissed six runs short of a century as the West Indies produced a resilient batting display on the first day of the first Test against South Africa ,yesterday.Samuels, who had enjoyed two let-offs, was out for 94...
NBL season ends on a high
THE 2007 KFC National Basketball League season came to a close with the playing of the All-Stars game, slam dunk and three-point shoot-out contests at the Stadium Courts on Saturday evening. The East, led by Majesty Gardens' Kemar McLeish game-high 26 points, defeated...
Lakers eclipse Suns
LOS ANGELES (Reuters): THE SURGING Los Angeles Lakers scored a 122-115 win over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, with Kobe Bryant knocking down 38 points and Andrew Bynum adding a career-high 28. The victory was the third in a row for the Lakers and their ninth ...
Struggling Bulls fire coach Skiles
CHICAGO (Reuters):THE CHICAGO Bulls, struggling near the bottom of the NBA's Eastern Conference after losing three of their last four games, fired coach, Scott Skiles, on Monday."This was a difficult decision to make but one that was necessary at this time....
Munro site's fate up in air
THE CURRENT administration of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has delayed any decision on whether the present site of the academy at Munro, the choice of the previous administration under Crenston Boxhill, will be maintained. The fate will be known...
Match evenly poised
poisedMELBOURNE (Reuters): AUSTRALIA OPENER Matthew Hayden scored his 28th Test century, while India captain Anil Kumble took five wickets to leave the first Test evenly poised after the first day's play yesterday. Hayden, who shared a 135-run opening...
Kumble's five-wicket haul 'very special'
MELBOURNE (Reuters): INDIA CAPTAIN Anil Kumble said his five-wicket haul on the opening day of the first Test against Australia yesterday was the best of his career. Kumble's five for 84 off 25 overs dragged his side back into the match after Matthew Hayden ...
New Zealand cruise to easy win against Bangladesh
WELLINGTON (Reuters):OPENER JAMIE How guided New Zealand to a comfortable six-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first match of their one-day international series in Auckland yesterday. How, who scored 90 on New Zealand's recent tour of South Africa....
Warne to play top role with Cricket Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters):FORMER TEST wicket record holder Shane Warne is to take a development role with Australia's promising spin bowlers, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday. Warne, who retired from Test cricket in January with a then record 708 wickets,...
Manchester United top league in style
LONDON (AP): MANCHESTER UNITED climbed atop the English Premier League yesterday, winning 4-0 at Sunderland while Arsenal drew 0-0 at Portsmouth. United's fifth straight win gave them 45 points, followed by Arsenal (44), Chelsea (38), Liverpool (36) and Manchester City (34)....
Josie Wales steals the show
JOSIE WALES yesterday shot down 1-9 favourite THE REAL STREAM to land the $3.25 million Supreme Ventures Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes over a mile under a smart ride from veteran jockey Charles Hussey, outfoxing Trinidadian Brian Harding...
I felt like a warrior against the Africans - Samuels
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (CMC): WEST INDIES batsman Marlon Samuels said he felt like a 'warrior' when he took on the South African bowlers on the first day of the first Test match at Sahara Oval, St.yesterday. In a knock that required great discipline and maturity...
Bermuda cricketers to make quick Jamaica stop
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC):BERMUDA'S CRICKETERS will be stopping over in Jamaica for a two-match, warm-up series next February, before contesting the Stanford Twenty20 series in Antigua and Barbuda, the Royal Gazette newspaper has reported....
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