Simmons ends Pine slump

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SO MUCH FOR Ramon Simmons’ slump and any hopes Pinelands might fall into one.The national swingman had a Premier League basketball season high 28 points and added a game-saving block for good measure, as the Pine rebounded ...

Collingwood praises his men

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by HAYDN GILLA SPRINT among England teammates from the dug out to the middle to embrace captain Paul Collingwood told  the story.The capture of the  ICC World Twenty20 that won them their  first ever global title meant the ...

Forde misses out on medal

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Barbados’ top international cyclist, Barry Forde, did not medal in Friday’s sprint event at the 2010 Pan American Cycling Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico. But his coach Gary Neiwand, is not in the least concerned. I...

Gay breaks straight 200m record

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MANCHESTER  – American sprinter Tyson Gay broke a 44-year-old world mark for the 200 meters on a straight track yesterday.Gay ran 19.41 seconds into a slight headwind on a specially constructed track in Manchester, shaving ...

T20 FINALE

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by HAYDN GILLFOR THE second time in three years, the eyes and ears of the cricket world will be on Barbados and Kensington Oval.A packed ground of 14 000 and a global television audience of more than one million viewers wil...

Obama rooting for LeBron

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WASHINGTON, DC – Include President Obama as another Chicago Bulls fan rooting for LeBron James to move to Chicago, Illinois.“He doesn’t want to tamper,” senior adviser to the president – and former Bulls season-ticket holder – David Axelrod said.“But...

Jackson fires first Lakers salvo

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EL SEGUNDO, California – When the Los Angeles Lakers clinched a berth in the Western Conference finals on Monday, Lakers coach Phil Jackson had nothing but praise for his team’s upcoming opponents, the Phoenix Suns, saying that the Suns are playing t...

Cavs shake-up looming

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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Cavaliers are keeping coach Mike Brown – for now.Team owner Dan Gilbert refuted a report on Friday that Brown had been fired.“That’s not true,” he said during a news conference. “We are right now just going through the...

Aussie teen youngest to sail world

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SYDNEY – An Australian teen completed her around-the-world trek yesterday, becoming the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world after a seven-month journey.Thousands cheered as 16-year-old Jessica Watson manoeuvred her ...