T&T's Calypso Girls off to WNC
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Former champions Trinidad and Tobago are the first Caribbean team off to the World Netball Championship (WNC) in New Zealand. The contingent, along with their Australian technical director Sharon Finnan...

Grannum makes her mark
JAMAICA Tae Kwon Do produced a smashing perfor-mance at the International Tae Kwon Do Goodwill Championship in Connecticut on the weekend, winning gold medals in all five divisions entered. The tournament, which featured black belt fighters...

St James FA, referees settle impasse
Western Bureau: With the impasse between the St. James Football Association (StJFA) and the St. James Referees Group (StJRG) now settle, action will resume in the 2007 Hart & Sons Senior League this afternoon with four first round games .

Gloomy days ahead for 'Sammy' - WICB to probe bookmaker links
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will open an investigation on batsman Marlon Samuels for alleged links to an Indian bookmaker during West Indies tour of India earlier this year.

Smith makes belated return home
Jamaica's first global decathlon medallist, Maurice Smith, arrived in the island to a hero's welcome yesterday. Smith was a surprise silver medallist in the gruelling multi-disciplined event at this summer's World Athletics Championships in Osaka...

Tough Twenty20 group for WI
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): West Indies have been drawn in a tough Group C alongside Australia and Sri Lanka in the 2009 ICC Twenty20 World Cup in England. Interestingly, the West Indies will host Australia and Sri Lanka next year in the Caribbean

Kobe booed in Lakers season-opener
Los Angeles (Reuters): The Houston Rockets overcame a 45-point effort from Kobe Bryant to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 95-93 in their NBA season opener on Tues-day night. Rockets guard Tracy McGrady contributed 30 points and towering Chinese centre...