Sports

Despite bothered by troublesome hamstring, West Indies' Kieron Pollard fired the Mumbai Indians into the Indian Premier League (IPL) final with a sizzling all-round display that shocked Royal Challengers Bangalore and sent them crashing to a 35-run defeat yesterday.

The Jamaican pair of Stafanie Taylor and Shanel Daley turned in good performances today to lead West Indies Women to a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka Women in the opening of three 20/20 Internationals at St Mary’s Park in St Kitts.

The semifinals of the South Central Confederation Super League will take place on Sunday with a double header at Spanish Town Prison Oval.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has scrapped plans to fly up to seven teams from Dubai to the World 20/20 Championship in the West Indies, after restrictions on flights were eased across Europe after a volcanic ash cloud decreased considerably.

Lendl Simmons reminded West Indies selectors of his immense talent in the shortest form of the game, slamming a cameo to fire Trinidad and Tobago to a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Ireland in a warm-up 20/20 game at Queen’s Park Oval last night.

The Los Angeles Lakers lost the lead three times in the fourth quarter before beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 95-92 to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Western Conference playoff series.

Six FIFA referees from Jamaica will participate in a Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Elite Referees Course to be held in Trinidad from April 23 to 27.

St Andrew’s High blanked St Hugh’s 5-0 at the Mona Hockey turf yesterday to join Alpha Academy top of the Girls’ Zone ‘A’ table of the ISSA/Jamaica Hockey Federation Under-16 competition.

MILAN (AP): Inter Milan snagged Barcelona's seemingly inevitable run to another Champions League crown, with a resounding 3-1 win over the title-holders in the first leg semi-final yesterday."We have beaten the best team in the world," Inter coach Jose...

Jermaine Lannaman, Gleaner WriterInnswood High's magnificent season continued yesterday, when they toppled Kingston College by four wickets in the final of the urban area ISSA/Jamaica International Insurance Company (JIIC) Limited Overs Knockout...

LONDON (CMC): Shelly-Ann Fraser antici-pates stiff competition when she races against her female counter-parts this season."2010 is going to be an exciting year for women's sprinting, as there are so many talented athletes out there...

Western Bureau: Montego Bay's Leighton Anderson emerged the toast of the 10th Rotary Club of Montego Bay East Bikeathon 2010 Jamaica Challenge, when he won the 90km Pro-Am event from Ironshore in Montego Bay to Duncans in...