Graham on scouting mission
Top Jamaican track and field coach Lennox Graham was seen for the first time, in over a decade, watching the annual Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships from the stands, an experience he described as relaxing.

Thieves target Holmwood again
Criminals targeted the athletic team of Holmwood Technical for the second consecutive night on Wednesday. The team, which is participating at the 2008 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships at the National Stadium...

English League best in the world - Sir Alex
LONDON (AP) Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes England has the strongest league in Europe. It's hard to argue with that when a record four Premier League clubs are in today's quarter-final draw of the Champions League.

Inter seek victory after turbulent week
MILAN, Italy (AP) Italian league leader Inter Milan went through a turbulent 24 hours this week, and the defending champions have little time to regroup. Inter got knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday, and coach Roberto Mancini...

'Golden Boy' recalled for Trinidad friendly
The inexhaustible Deon Burton, the English-born Jamaican footballer who led Jamaica's qualification to the 1998 World Cup, has been recalled for the Reggae Boyz friendly against Trinidad and Tobago on March 26 at the National Stadium.

Edwards says Girlz responded well to Brazil camp
Jamaica's senior women's football coach, Charles Edwards, expressed delight with the level of maturity shown by the Reggae Girlz during the three-week tour of Brazil. Edwards told StarSports in a telephone interview following the team's arrival...

Argentine boxer emulates Tyson's biting act
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) Barbadian Damian Sealy was a benefactor of a disqualification when his opponent went Mike Tyson on him in the first AIBA Americas Olympic qualifying tournament on Wednesday....

Rockets shoot into the record books
ATLANTA (AP) The Houston Rockets became the third team in NBA history to win 20 consecutive games, tying for the league's second-longest winning streak with an 83-75 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night.

Ganguly hoping Twenty20 success equals ODI recall
MUMBAI, India (AP) Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly said yesterday he hoped the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament would help him regain a place in the country's one-day team. Ganguly was dropped last month from the touring team...

Go with Royal Image
ANTHONY Nunes' ROYAL IMAGE should be a banker on every Super-6 and Pick-9 bet, chasing $2.3 million worth of guaranteed jackpots at Caymanas Park tomorrow afternoon. Smooth sailing in Wednesday's first five races had Super-6...

Will athletes have freedom of speech during Beijing Olympics?
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) European politicians want China to explain what restrictions, if any, athletes will face on discussing human rights during the Beijing Olympics. "Freedom of speech is something we hold dear at the Council of Europe...