'A draw is better than losing' - Battling qualities please Dyson
NAPIER, New Zealand (CMC): West Indies coach, John Dyson, has hailed the regional side's fighting qualities following their drawn second Test against New Zealand yesterday and says the result was a better one than losing the match. West Indies set New Zealand 312 to win...
Bolt sprints away with T&F News' top award
While triple Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt waits to see if he will be named the 2008 World Sportsman of the Year, he has been named Track and Field News' Male Athlete of the Year.Track and Field News is widely considered...
West Indies stay seventh in ICC rankings
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): West Indies have retained the No.7 spot while India jumped to second position in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship team ratings after both sides completed their latest series yesterday in New Zealand and India...
Unlucky Gayle misses double
NAPIER, New Zealand (CMC): The decisive second Test between New Zealand and West Indies finished in a tame draw here yesterday, after neither team could produce the brilliance needed on the final day to carve out a result. Set 312 to win after the West Indies were bowled out ...
Bruisin' Gym the most outstanding at nat'l champs
A bold gamble by Jamaica Boxing Board president William Tavares-Finson to stage an open national championships, anchored by novice class boxers, paid rich dividends last weekend, as 65 boxers from six gyms competed and produced two exciting nights of competition...
Johnson angry over rematch
MIAMI, Florida (CMC): Jamaica's former world light heavyweight boxing champion, Glen Johnson, is furious that current International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Chad Dawson has agreed to meet fellow American Antonio Tarver in a rematch....
Weinbeer gets Tryall send-off
Western Bureau: National youth tennis player, Winfried Weinbeer, bade farewell to Tryall Cub on Saturday at a presentation session held at the Hanover-based hotel, on whose courts he honed his skills over the past five years...
National coach smashes JTTA boss
National table tennis coach, Collin McNeish, has lashed out the Jamaica Table Tennis Associatioon (JTTA), after being asked by the local governing body's president, Keith Garvey, to resign with immediate effect.In lieu of Jamaica's performance...
A time for decision-making
Right on the heels of the Caribbean Region Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) Championships in which hosts Jamaica won one individual title and placed third overall, president of the Jamaica Tennis Association (JTTA), Keith Garvey, announced that all its...
Draw ensures India win series
MOHALI, India (AP): India clinched the two-Test series 1-0 against England yesterday after Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh batted the tourists out of the contest on the last day of the second match.Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni belatedly declared...
Selfish play irks August Town coach
Despite registering their third consecutive victory in the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA)/Claro Super League competition, August Town's coach, Calvert Fitzgerald, was displeased about how his team went about its task...
Rockets blast away Nets
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP): While Yao Ming won the showdown with fellow Chinese Olympian Yi Jianlian, the smallest player on the court stole the show from the seven-footers.Yao had 24 points and 16 rebounds and Aaron Brooks tied his career-high...