A popular Caribbean magazine here has named Grenada's Olympic 400-metre champion, Kirani James, as the "Caribbean Person of the Year."

With today's resumption of the 2012/2013 Red Stripe Premier League following the Christmas break, the challenge facing most coaches is to have their players return focused and match fit to renew the charge.

ChDemba Ba's debut double helped Chelsea make a perfect start to its FA Cup defence with a 5-1 rout of Southampton in the third round, while Robin van Persie scored an injury-time equaliser to salvage a 2-2 draw for Manchester United at West Ham and earn a replay.

World Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman says his organisation has had no approach from cyclist Lance Armstrong that would indicate he is about to admit using performance-enhancing drugs.

Second-seeded Richard Gasquet won the Qatar Open for his eighth career title yesterday, coming from a set down to beat Nikolay Davydenko 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Jetsetters B registered a nail-biting come-from-behind 15-14 victory over Job Lane B in their opening match of the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA)/Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Sunshine Open League, which started at the Leila Robinson Courts yesterday.

A full house is expected to watch hosts Trinidad and Tobago launch the defence of their Caribbean Twenty20 title when the championship bowls off here today.

Returning champion trainer Wayne DaCosta highlighted yesterday's 10-race programme at Caymanas Park with three winners to take an early lead in the championship as usual.