Premiership strugglers August Town yesterday hammered Sandy Bay of Hanover 8-0 at the UWI Bowl to advance to the third round of the COK Champions Knockout Cup.
Bahamian Rodney Carey got past Jamaican Brandon Burke yesterday and booked a spot in the last eight of the Boys’ Under-18 singles of the IBM/International Tennis Federation Junior tournament in Trinidad.
Pan American Games silver medallist Dorian Scott delivered a Jamaican national record throw to win the men’s shot put at the Florida State University Snowbird Invitational meet recently.
The West Indies chasing a world record victory target of 437 runs were 178 for four at Sports Time on the final day of the opening test against Sri Lanka at Guyana.
Trinidad and Tobago will have to do without West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin for its important final-round Carib Beer Cup match against Barbados at Guaracara Park starting Friday.
Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz and Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors will face off in a football friendly international tonight at the National Stadium, beginning at 7 p.m.
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has organised a series of Under-20 trials to select a squad to prepare for the Youth World Cup qualifiers later this year.
Several star athletes, headed by world 100-metre record holder Asafa Powell will be in action in Saturday’s inaugural University of Technology International University Track Meet.
Striker Deon Burton, who played a vital part in Jamaica’s historic qualification for the France 1998 World Cup Finals, has been included among 13 overseas-based players for next week’s friendly international against Trinidad and Tobago.
