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Published:Monday | July 11, 2016 | 8:21 PMCMC

CRICKET: ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Discarded West Indies wicketkeeper, Denesh Ramdin, has been penalised by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for his Twitter rant last week announcing his sacking from the Test squad. The WICB said...

Published:Monday | July 11, 2016 | 12:00 AM

All four Jamaican athletes who submitted medical exemptions during the recent national championships have been included in Jamaica's 63-member team for next month's Rio Olympic Games. They are: triple Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt,  Hansle...

Published:Sunday | July 10, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Santokie fined GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): St Kitts & Nevis Patriots left-arm seamer, Krishmar Santokie, will part with 75 per cent of his match fee after breaching the Caribbean Premier League’s Code of Conduct. The Jamaican was fined...

Published:Sunday | July 10, 2016 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters

Jamaica added 50 medals to their tally at the International Sports Karate Association’s US Open World Martial Arts Championships on Saturday, ending the world’s biggest open tournament with 80 medals, eight shy of last year’s...

Published:Sunday | July 10, 2016 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Andy Murray's first Wimbledon championship was for his country.This one was for Andy Murray.Dulling big serves with quick-reflex returns, conjuring up daring passing shots and playing impressively mistake-...

Published:Sunday | July 10, 2016 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

National men's under-17 football team head coach Andrew Edwards is confident the team will win its group and advance to the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-17 Championship.However, he says the disappointing first-round exit...

Published:Sunday | July 10, 2016 | 7:15 PM

Portugal overcame the loss of injured captain Cristiano Ronaldo to beat France 1-0 in the European Championship final yesterday, with a goal in extra time from substitute Eder securing their country's first football title.Just as the final looked...

Published:Sunday | July 10, 2016 | 7:21 PMHubert Lawrence

With an Olympic team spot secured at the recent National Senior Championships, discus thrower Federick Dacres is focused on August 12. That's when the best throwers in the world will gather in Rio de Janeiro to earn the right to fight for the gold...

Published:Sunday | July 10, 2016 | 7:46 PMRaymond Graham

THE country's top young athletes will be seeking glory at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.Jamaica's athletes are scheduled to depart on Thursday for the championships, which gets under way next week Tuesday.It will be the...

Published:Sunday | July 10, 2016 | 12:00 AMJermaine Lannaman

Three from four. That will be the mindset of the Jamaica Tallawahs as they head into their showdown with Barbados Tridents in the HERO Motocorp Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament at Kensington Oval in Barbados today.The contest,...

Published:Sunday | July 10, 2016 | 8:14 PM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):West Indies right-handed batsman Shai Hope stroked a superb unbeaten hundred as the two-day tour game against the touring India finished in tame draw at Warner Park here yesterday.The Barbadian hit an unbeaten 118 to help...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Once upon a time, at least in 1975 when I toured outside the West Indies to cover the series in Australia, West Indies players were told to keep their mouths shut, certainly as far as the media were concerned.The only player allowed to speak to the...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 3:17 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin has been called up by the Trinbago Knight Riders for the remainder of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), after allegedly being excluded from the West Indies squad for the upcoming...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Serena Williams insisted she was not focused on No. 22. Said she wouldn't discuss it.Kept coming close without quite getting it.Now she finally has it. And so she can flaunt it.Williams lifted both arms overhead and raised two fingers on...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP):Eight months after a wave of attacks brought death to the streets of Paris, France's national team takes on Portugal in a European Championship final with more than just a silver trophy at stake.The stadium hosting today's...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP):Portugal defender Pepe is fit and ready for another duel with France's top forward Antoine Griezmann on the European Championship final today."I feel great. I'm fully fit and can be chosen to play," Pepe said at a news...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ORLANDO, Florida:Two generations of Jamaican female fighters, Sheckema Cunningham and Subrina Richards, on Friday outclassed rivals to repeat as continuous-sparring champions at the International Sports Karate Association (ISKA) US Open World...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMAinsley Walters

ORLANDO, Florida:Jamaica started their medal charge at the International Sports Karate Association's US Open World Martial Arts Championships on Friday, blazing to 30 medals - 14 gold, eight silver and eight bronze - after two days of action at the...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 6:07 PMHubert Lawrence

Winthrop Graham, Jamaica's finest 400-metre hurdler, has praised 2016 National champion Annsert Whyte for his race strategy. He also has words of advice for Jaheel Hyde.Speaking at the recent National Senior Championships, Graham said he wasn't...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):Guyana Amazon Warriors installed themselves as hot favourites to book the first play-off spot in the Caribbean Premier League when they brushed aside the luckless St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by four wickets yesterday.The...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 6:18 PM

Track: Good Weather: FineRace 1 1000 M (S) (Purse $768,000) IMP3YO...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):West Indies left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican made a definite impression, but India still gathered precious batting practice on the opening day of their two-day tour match against the West Indies Cricket Board President's XI...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMOrville Clarke

Reigning 'Horse of the Year' SEEKING MY DREAM confirmed his status as the country's best thoroughbred with an empathic victory in stakes record time in the Eros Trophy grade one feature over 1,400 metres at Caymanas Park yesterday.Installed a 1-4...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Milos Raonic is as good a server as there is in tennis nowadays.Andy Murray is one of the top returners.How that matchup plays out in the Wimbledon final today (8 a.m. Ja time on ESPN) could go a long way in determining who wins the...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

Jamaica's team to the IAAF World Junior Championships has suffered a big setback four days before the athletes depart for Bydgoszcz, Poland.National junior 400 metres record holder, Kingston College's Akeem Bloomfield, is out with an injury.Head...

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