Australians predict tough series
Norma Plummer, coach of Australia's netball team, expects a pulsating series between her national outfit and Jamaica's Sunshine Girls, who meet in the opening game of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Sunshine Series on Saturday...

Football family moved by Simpson's passing
As family members, friends and teammates of the late Tivoli Gardens defender, Oraine Simpson, struggle to come to grips with his tragic death on Tuesday night, there remains a thick cloud of misery and despair....

Determined KC face tough Manley
Kingston College (KC) will be looking to make off with all three points when they travel to Tinson Pen to play Group C leaders Norman Manley in their ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup match this afternoon. The match is slated to start at 3:30 p.m...

'Dream big, work hard' - Foster-Hylton gives encouragement, books to students at her former school
"Stay in school and dream big" was the message world 100m hurdles champion, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, brought to students of her former school, Prospect Primary, in Manchester, on Tuesday. Foster-Hylton, 34, the fastest ever sprint hurdler in Jamaica's track... ...

PCB hopes Khan resumes captaincy
ISLAMABAD (AP): Pakistan cricket chief Ijaz Butt will attempt to persuade Younis Khan to reconsider his resignation as captain in protest at match-fixing allegations."I have planned a meeting with him in a couple of days and I hope to convince him,"...

Bolt for Pro 15/15 cricket
Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, will join the star line-up of cricketers for Chris Gayle's Pro 15/15 cricket tournament, which takes place at the Kaiser Sports Club in Discovery Bay on Sunday. The one-day tournament, which has attracted main...

Manning's among latest qualifiers
Western Bureau: Manning's yesterday afternoon made their coach, former Reggae Boy Aaron Lawrence, a very happy man when they spanked Petersfield 3-0 to join the latest group of qualifiers for the inter-zone round of the 2009 ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup schoolboy football...

Bravo delivers for T&T in thriller
HYDERABAD, India (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago's cricketers held their nerve and delivered the knockout punch to the fancied Deccan Chargers in their Champions League Twenty20 match yesterday, winning by three runs.Needing to win to avoid elimination,...

Nagamootoo recalled for President's Cup
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):Guyana's selectors have made a surprise move to recall the veteran leg-spinner, Mahendra Nagamootoo, to prepare for the 2009 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President's Cup limited overs tournament starting later this...

Creary heads WI U-19 squad
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Jamaican all-rounder Andre Creary is the only survivor from the 2008 squad in a 12-man unit set to represent West Indies Under-19s at the upcoming WICB President's Cup and ICC 2010 Youth World Cup in New Zealand...