NEW YORK: World and Olympic 400 metres silver medallist, Shericka Williams, was in a relaxed mood yesterday after finishing second in the women's one-lap event at the Adidas Grand Prix Diamond League in New York.Her...

World Junior 100m champion, Dexter Lee, and Sedaith Palmer captured the boys' and girls' Under-20 100m events, respectively, on yesterday's opening day of the two-day National Junior Track and Field Championships at the...

NEW YORK: Double Olympic 200 metres champion, Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown, clocked an impressive world-leading 21.98 seconds to defeat her arch-rival, American Allyson Felix, at the Adidas Grand Prix Golden League meet in New York yesterday.

LEICESTER, England (CMC):Young pacer Andre Russell's five-wicket haul failed to overshadow another dour batting display, as West Indies A were left staring defeat on the penultimate day of the opening four-day 'Test' against India A yesterday.The...

The local bodybuilding and fitness fraternity lost one of its stalwarts with the passing of Frederick SmithSmith died after a long illness last Thursday night at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).

On Tuesday night in Washington, a rookie, one Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals, walked up to the mound at Nationals Park for his first outing in Major League baseball.

HALLE, Germany (AP):Top-ranked Roger Federer will seek his sixth Gerry Weber Open title against Lleyton Hewitt today.The No.1-seeded Swiss beat Germany's Philipp Petzschner 7-6 (3), 6-4 in a semi-final yesterday to win his 29th consecutive match at the...

Hopefield Prep 'A' scored a perfect 18 points from 18 games to secure their first hold on the National Primary and Prep Schools' Chess Championship, which concluded on Friday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotelThirty teams...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP):Fast bowler Dale Steyn grabbed 5-29 and pace mate Morne Morkel took 4-19 as South Africa blew away West Indies for 102 and took a firm grip of the opening Test on day three yesterday.

The impressive American filly, RONRON, raced to her fourth consecutive win at Caymanas Park yesterday, capturing the 15th running of the Hall of Fame Stakes Trophy open allowance feature over 1200 metres, in a new stakes...

DURBAN, South Africa (AP):Australia are bracing for a tough start to their World Cup campaign when they take on three-time champions Germany in their Group D opener today."Is there ever a good time to play Germany? I don't think so," defender Lucas...

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP): Serbia will make their World Cup debut today as an independent nation when they face a Ghanaian team eager to make an impact despite the absence of injured star Michael Essien.It's a special moment for Serbs, who have a rich...

POLOKWANE, South Africa (AP):Slovenia and Algeria will already be playing for World Cup survival when they meet in their opening Group C match today.After reaching South Africa 2010 via continental play-offs, Slovenia and Algeria are underdogs in a...

RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP):The United States held England to a 1-1 draw in World Cup Group C opener yesterday, with a stunning blunder by English goalkeeper Robert Green costing his team victory.An apparently harmless 25-yard left-foot shot from...

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP): South Korea eased to a 2-0 win over a lacklustre Greece side in yesterday's first Group B match of the World Cup.Lee Jung-soo tapped in unmarked to open the scoring in the seventh minute at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium...