LONDON, (Reuters) – Arsenal have twice looked dead and buried in the Premier League title race this season yet a healthy home win against Burnley on Saturday (1500GMT) could see them back on top with just nine games remaining.
(BBC) Scott Styris blasted a quickfire 49 to propel New Zealand to a two-wicket win over Australia in Napier in the first of their five-match one-day series.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Australia’s netball coach Norma Plummer is wary of the shooting threat the Jamaican world star Romelda Aiken poses to them in clashes later this year.
By Marlon Munroe
With a question mark constantly lingering over what the West Indies team will do next, the team’s coach Ottis Gibson is adamant that it is in no position to take any team for granted while Zimbabwe’s Captain Prosper Utseya has implored his players not to get ahead of themselves.
– Ali sweeps junior category
Taffin Khan was Sunday crowned champion of the Topco Juice Mashramani Chess Tournament organized by the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF).
LONDON, England, CMC – Guyana’s international squash star Nicolette Fernandes jumped two places up the world rankings this month to 60th, her highest rating in almost 2-1/2 years.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry led a second-half charge to help the Dallas Mavericks continue their unbeaten run over the Charlotte Bobcats with a 89-84 victory on Monday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia Prime Minister John Howard has been nominated by the Australian and New Zealand boards to serve as International Cricket Council (ICC) president from 2012.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Eoin Morgan became the first player to hit centuries for two countries, guiding England to a two-wicket win over Bangladesh in the second one-day international yesterday.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Jamaica captain Tamar Lambert says his side never doubted they would win the 2010 WICB regional first class championship even though they faced a must-win scenario in the final round last weekend.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Organisers of the 2012 Olympics will be hoping to emulate the street-party atmosphere of Vancouver now that the curtain has come down on the Winter Games and all eyes turn to London.
PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – All-Star guard Allen Iverson will miss the remainder of the season for personal reasons, the Philadelphia 76ers said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Robinho made a productive return to England ysterday, scoring one goal and setting up the other to guide five-times world champions Brazil to a 2-0 win over Ireland in a friendly at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton is looking for a new manager after he and his father Anthony decided to call time on one of the closest partnerships in Formula One.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods is hitting golf balls again and working out at his home in Florida, a source close to his camp told Reuters yesterday.