ATHLETICS-SLOVAKIA-Three Jamaican wins at Slovakia EAA Permit meeting DUBNICA, Slovakia, Sep 7, CMC -- Three Jamaican athletes secured victories at the 6th Athletics Bridge EAA Permit meeting in front of a record attending 5,500 supporting fans on Sunday afternoon.
ATHLETICS-RIETI-LEAD Powell fast but misses world record in Rieti RIETI, Italy, Sep 7, CMC – Jamaican Asafa Powell won the men’s 100 metres at Sunday’s Rieti Grand Prix international track and field meeting in a fast time but missed his world record target.
CRICKET-NAGICO-RESULT Antigua beat St Kitts by seven wickets - Final PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten, Sep 7, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda beat St Kitts by seven wickets to win the NAGICO Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA) limited overs championship at the Carib Lumber Ball Park...
HORSE RACING-TRINIDAD-Barbadian Jones to be honoured in T&T PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sep 7, CMC - Former Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago champion jockey Challenor Jones will be honoured when Trinidad and Tobago’s Arima Race Club hosts its pre-Royal Oak Derby Day gala...
HORSE RACING-USA-Galviz wins Seacliff Stakes at Calder MIAMI, Florida, Sep 7, CMC – Venezuelan ex-Trinidad and Tobago champion jockey Wilmer Galviz landed his biggest Calder win on Saturday when he captured the US$60,000 Seacliff Stakes.
HORSE RACING-TRINIDAD-Two Jamaica-bred horses win in at Santa Rosa ARIMA, Trinidad, Sep 7, CMC – Jamaica-bred horses El Paso City and Nature’s Reality picked up wins on Saturday’s Trinidad and Tobago eight-race card at Santa Rosa Park.
BASKETBALL-WNBA-Young’s Silver Stars clinch WNBA play-off spot SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sep 7, CMC – The San Antonio Silver Stars, with the St Vincent and the Grenadines forward Sophia Young, clinched a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) play-off spot with their...
FOOTBALL-TRINIDAD-TTFF get US$400,000 gift from FIFA PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sep 7, CMC - To commemorate the achievement of 100 years of organized football, FIFA has awarded the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) US$400,000 to go towards the further...
FOOTBALL-USL-Montreal Impact draw at home in USL MONTREAL, Quebec, Sep 7, CMC – The Montreal Impact’s new Antiguan signing Peter Byers earned them a penalty that led to a 1-1 draw with visiting Minnesota Thunder in their United Soccer Leagues (USL) Second...
CRICKET-ENGLAND-Hinds extends contract with Derbyshire DERBY, England, Sep 7, CMC – Former West Indies batsman Wavell Hinds has agreed a deal to remain with the English County Derbyshire next season, the club announced this weekend.
HORSE RACING-USA-Maragh wins Positive Gal Stakes at Belmont ELMONT, New York, Sep 7, CMC – Jamaica’s rising jockey star Rajiv Maragh picked up the first stakes win of the new Belmont season when he rode the four-year-old filly Diamondrella to victory in the Positive...
HORSE RACING-CANADA-LEAD Walcott wins Speed to Spare Stakes (adds details, quotes) EDMONTON, Canada, Sep 7, CMC – Barbadian jockey Rickey Walcott delivered a winning ride and a stunning upset by steering the five-year-old gelding Test Boy to victory in the Speed to Spare Stakes at Northlands...
ATHLETICS-RIETI-RESULTS from Rieti Grand Prix meeting RIETI, Italy, Sep 7, CMC – Selected results from the Rieti Grand Prix international track and field meeting on Sunday evening.
MOTORSPORT-F1-LEAD Hamilton disqualified at Belgian Grand Prix (adds details, quotes) SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, Sep 7, CMC – Britain’s Lewis Hamilton was disqualified after using his McLaren to win the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday.
URGENT MOTORSPORT-F1-RESULT Hamilton disqualified at Belgian Grand Prix SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, Sep 7, CMC – Britain’s Lewis Hamilton was disqualified after winning the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday.