Big battles ahead for promoted NPL teams
WHAT DO ARLINGTON and Invaders Football Clubs have in common? Very brief stints in the Premier League, which August Town and Naggo Head have no intention of emulating this coming season.
Windies coach downplays controversy
ST JOHN'S, (Reuters) West Indies coach Bennett King yesterday refused to be drawn into the incident in which his captain Brian Lara snatched the ball from an umpire on the fourth day of the first Test against India in St John's.
Walker, Stewart set to shine at NCAA
THE 2006 DIVISION 1 men's and women's outdoor National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships will come to a climax this week in Sacramento, California. The four-day championships starts tomorrow and will see some 21 Jamaicans....
Refs will clamp down on serious foul play
FRANKFURT, (Reuters) REFEREES WILL CLAMP down on elbowing, dangerous tackles and diving to allow World Cup matches to flow, they said yesterday. Sometimes criticised for failing to adequately punish serious foul play....
Johnson putting himself in the shop window
HAMBURG, (Reuters) STRIKER EDDIE JOHNSON says it is hard to be a professional football player in the United States, where the world's most popular sport is a poor cousin to American football, basketball and baseball.