Walcott stars in England rout
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) Theo Walcott scored a hat-trick and Wayne Rooney ended his international scoring drought as England beat Croatia 4-1 in a World Cup qualifier yesterday, avenging two recent defeats against the Balkan nation...

Barbican crowned mid-season champs
Barbican ruled supreme in the Sherwin Williams-sponsored mid-season final, thanks to a Chevanneese Clarke hat-trick, which led them to a 4-2 victory over arch-rivals Portmore Strikers at the UWI Bowl yesterday.

FIFA's Warner blasts Keane
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC: FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has delivered a caustic attack on Sunderland's manager Roy Keane, for refusing to allow Trinidad and Tobago's Dwight Yorke to represent his country against the United States....

Paralympic athlete fails doping test
German wheelchair basketball player Ahmet Coskun was sent home from the Paralympic Games yesterday after failing a pre-games doping test. German officials said Coskun's urine test on August 23 showed the presence ...

Shiv, Cricketer of the Year
West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul has become the fifth player to win the coveted Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named as the 2008 Cricketer of the Year at the LG International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards...

Ayre wins in Italy
Former national 400m champion Sanjay Ayre was a winner at the Palio della Quercia EAA Permit meeting in Rovereto, Italy, yesterday. Arye, who won the national 400m title, three years ago, took yesterday's event in 45.67 seconds.