Track team performed beyond expectations - Graham

GUADALAJARA, Mexico:Raymond 'KC' Graham, head coach of Jamaica's track and field squad to the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, has declared that his under-strength team performed beyond expectations in the athletics competition here.

Mexican Memoirs: Adiós, Guadalajara!

GUADALAJARA, Mexico:Mis maletas están empacadas, estoy listo para salir (translation below).

Cuff guides JDF to Limited Overs title

A Man-of-the-Match per-formance from former national batsman Wayne Cuff yesterday guided the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to a 71-run win over Melbourne in the final of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Captain's Bakery Limited Overs Championship at Kensington Park.

I'm All Wright pushes Cardenas out front

Cecil Charlton III (left) along with Veronica Charlton jointly present the Cecil C.

NBA cancels November games

NEW YORK (AP):As NBA players and owners wait to see who will blink first, fans are stuck staring at a blank calendar.NBA Commissioner David Stern cancelled the rest of the November games on Friday, saying there will not be a full NBA season "under any...

Hamilton fifth on Indian GP grid

GREATER NOIDA, India (CMC/IANS):Lewis Hamilton will attempt to win the inaugural Indian Grand Prix today from fifth place on the starting grid.The British race-car driver with Grenadian heritage finished second behind World champion Sebastien Vettel in...

Denbigh clobber Clarendon

Denbigh High School put on a five-star performance at home to rout Clarendon College 5-1 in the ISSA/Busta rural Under-16 football competition.

Super50 kings! Jamaica roll over T&T to claim Clive Lloyd Trophy

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC):Jamaica were crowned Regional Super50 kings yesterday after an unbroken 45-run stand between Tamar Lambert and Shawn Findlay ushered them to a five-wicket victory over...

STETHS retain Ben Francis Cup title

WESTERN BUREAU:St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) retained their Ben Francis KO title in dramatic fashion yesterday afternoon, when they scored a hard-fought come-from-behind 2-1 win against Manchester High School at...

Wolmer's, Ascot make winning start

Former champions Wolmer's Boys recorded an exciting 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Jose Marti in the opening game of yesterday's double-header at Spanish Town Prison Oval, in the second round of the Inter-Secondary...

Spence looks to 400m

Guadalajara, Mexico:Pan American Games 200 metres silver medallist Lansford Spence said yesterday that he will campaign in the 400 metres next year in a bid to be on the plane to London for the 2012 Olympic...

World-class athletes: are they born or made? - Asafa Powell's shortcomings linked to psychological process

Former World-record holder, Asafa Powell, has oftentimes betrayed his first name, which means to 'rise to the occasion', as he has repeatedly come up short on those big occasions.

T&T FF president resigns in scandal row

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):The game in Trinidad and Tobago was thrown into further turmoil last Thursday, when Oliver Camps resigned as president of the T&T Football Federation (T&TFF).

First-day flourish for WI young 'uns

MIRPUR, Bangladesh (CMC):Kieran Powell, Kirk Edwards and Kraigg Brathwaite, all playing in their third Test, collected half-centuries to give West Indies a solid, if not spectacular start to the second Test against Bangladesh on Saturday's first...

England beat India by six wickets

KOLKATA, India (AP):Kevin Pietersen returned from injury to hit 53 yesterday and give England their only tour victory, with a six-wicket win against India in their one-off Twenty20 match.

India's spinners mesmerise England's batsmen

The late, great Sir Neville Cardus, famous for his days at the Manchester Guardian and as a cricket scribe in the first half of this century, once sent a staff member to Old Trafford to cover a Lancashire county match and when he returned and wrote his...

City stay clear of United - Van Persie hat-trick floors Chelsea

LONDON (AP):Manchester City stayed five points ahead of Manchester United at the top of the English Premier League yesterday, while Chelsea lost ground on the leaders with a 5-3 defeat against visiting Arsenal.

Messi leads rout

MADRID (AP): Lionel Messi ended a brief goalless run with his 13th career hat-trick as Barcelona beat Mallorca 5-0 yesterday to provisionally move top of the table.

Marchisio goal helps Juventus beat Inter

MILAN (AP):Claudio Marchisio was again on target to help fire Serie A leader Juventus to a 2-1 win at struggling Inter Milan in the Derby d'Italia yesterday.The victory puts Juventus two points clear of AC Milan, which won 3-2 at Roma earlier.

Campbell 'feels good' over basic-school funding provided by Bell-Ziadie Memorial

Weise Road Basic School, along with Albert Street, Franklin Town, Paradise Street, Reita Jane Thomas and Life Tabernacle basic schools, was the recipient of cash donations from this year's staging of the Bell-Ziadie...

Sporting face crucial test

Sporting Central Academy will have their toughest challenge of the National Premier League (NPL) season when they play away to defending champions Tivoli Gardens in the top-of-the-table clash at the Edward Seaga Sports...

Ashwin in, Harbhajan out India squad for first WI Test

The Indian selectors yesterday inducted young off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and picked several youngsters in the squad, while seasoned pro Harbhajan Singh would have to sit out the first Test against West Indies on November 6 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi.

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