Sports

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- A new executive director is to be appointed to the embattled Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission, (JADCO) nearly nine months since the last permanent holder of the position was fired.

Defending champion Carlton Simon will be going all out to defend his International 100 squares title when the annual national draughts championships gets underway this Saturday from 10am at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Like its oft advertised logo, the second annual Cancer Awareness Cycle Road race just got bigger and better….and

The West Indies U19 cricket team returns to the scene of their first victory in the seven match One Day International series against the  visiting Bangaldesh U19 cricketers knowing that only a win will keep the series alive and interesting.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- West Indies defeated New Zealand by 23 runs to win the first match of the Women’s Twenty20 International Tri-Series on Monday night at Kensington Oval.

MUMBAI, India, CMC- West Indies will play India in two test matches at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the Indian Cricket Board announced yesterday.

Shemroy Barrington’s half-century led Bermine to a 16-run win over Rose Hall Town Gizmos in their semi-final match of the 2013 Universal DVD first-division T20 cricket competition Sunday at the Port Mourant ground.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC– Barbadian Dwayne Smith demonstrated his ability as one of the world’s leading allrounders by winning the Caribbean Singlewicket Tournament here over the weekend.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC– Solid batting from the top order, led by opener Adrian Barath, put the Sagicor West Indies High Performance within sight of a first innings lead over Jamaica’s Under-23s in their four-day match yesterday here.

MIAMI, CMC- A keynote speech from a revolutionary who served time in an isolation cell at the height of South Africa’s apartheid era will kick-off a landmark summit by CONCACAF in the Cayman Islands next week.

(Reuters) – First-timers Bosnia joined holders Spain, England and Russia in grabbing Europe’s remaining automatic spots for the 2014 World Cup finals yesterday as the last round of group matches ended in joy, despair and shattered nerves.

The West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Stag Beer Senior League continues today with a double header at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground.

The semi-final round of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA)/Trophy Stall Championships will commence today at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Hard court.

HILLSBOROUGH, Carriacou, CMC- Grenada and Windward Islands Under-15 cricket captain Emmanuel Stewart is taking his talents Down Under.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Three foreign coaches have paid the price for Australian humiliation on the international sporting stage this year and the search for a new soccer coach is taking place against a backdrop of hostility to “mercenaries” from overseas.

(Reuters) – Khurram Manzoor scored a maiden test century as Pakistan overhauled South Africa’s total on the second day of the first test in Abu Dhabi for the loss of three wickets yesterday.

The semifinal round of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Players Cup will commence today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda.

Multiple title holder, Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell (12(7)-0-1) has once again proved to the public that he is capable of living up to the hype in the fistic sport.

Bangladesh Captain Mehedi Hasan Miraj’s five-wicket haul along with Nazmul Shanto’s half-century sank an out-of-sorts West Indies UI19 team  who went under to the visitors by four wickets yesterday who  moved to within one game of winning the seven match One Day International series.

Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United edged New Amsterdam (NA) United 2-1 when action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continued at the Georgetown Football Club, Bourda on Sunday.