The Minister will be hard to beat
THE MINISTER ran an encouraging race at 1700 metres last time out, beaten seven and a half-lengths fourth behind SOY MUJER, and should go all the way in tomorrow afternoon's seventh event, Race Four of the CTL Claiming Series over 1400 metres.

Jockeys, trainer banned over inside information
london (reuters) Four journeymen jockeys and a trainer were found guilty last Thursday of passing on inside information for reward to Ajaz Khan, a financial adviser and punter. Britain's Horseracing Regulatory Authority (HRA)...

Intriguing battle for top scorer
Waterhouse midfielder Irvino English disrupted the top-scorer race on Sunday when he scored five times to become the leading marksman in the Wray and Nephew National Premier League with 16 goals. English, who wasn't considered a real contender...

Coach King is out, says WICB
st. john's, antigua (cmc) The West Indies Cricket Board has formally announced the resignation of Australian Bennett King as coach of the West Indies team. Following newspaper reports early yesterday, the WICB said it could neither confirm nor deny...

Hayden sets the pace
castries, st. lucia (reuters) Two balls short of a World Cup record on his return to the Australia team, Matthew Hayden patted a delivery from Graeme Smith back down the pitch. The next he struck over the South African captain's head...

Soutn Africa to aim at Aussie top order
gros islet, st. lucia: South Africa will take aim at Australia's strongest area by targeting their top order batsmen in their World Cup semi-final tomorrow, skipper Graeme Smith said. Australian opener Matthew Hayden has hit three hundreds...