Ten top-class horses are slated to contest the 41st running of the CTL Gold Cup over 1400 metres at Caymanas Park today, and with the very best on show, it's a race worth going miles to see.

Peruvian World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight champion, Kina Malpartida, is confident that she will successfully defend her title when she faces Marylin Hernandez from Dominica Republic in the Wray & Nephew 'Rumble on Jamrock' boxing card at the National Indoor Sports Centre tonight.

Women's open second seed, Khalilah Johnson, expressed disappointment at the absence of cash incentives for females participating in the fourth Jamaica National (JN) Open Tennis Championship being staged at the Liguanea Club.

The new Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) executive, led once again by Dr Warren Blake, has had a moment to breathe. Its campaign to win last week's election ended in a resounding victory and taught some lessons that simultaneously confirm and oppose conventional wisdom. It was as decisive a victory as any Jamaican has won on the field of play.

The 2012 Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Gatorade/Digicel-sponsored daCosta Cup, the symbol of rural school football supremacy, began with great anticipation among the 70-odd participating schools and ended with great jubilation for the Patrick 'Jackie' Walters-coached Glenmuir High School, following their 1-0 win in the final over St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS).

Professor Reed Sunahara, the coach from the United States who was sent by the NORCECA Volleyball Confederation to assist the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) with its programmes, concluded his visit with a bang when he assisted the coaching staff of the national women's team to secure victory in Group E of the 2014 Women's World Volleyball Championship qualifier at the Alfred Sangster Auditorium at the University of Teachnology from November 29-30.

An inspiring all-round performance from captain Darren Sammy powered a resurgent West Indies to a convincing 75-run win over Bangladesh, levelling the five-match rubber at 2-2 and setting up today's final game as the series decider.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PBC) is happy with the security arrangements being made for a tour of India that will revive cricketing ties between the two neighbouring countries.