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Aussie teen youngest to sail world
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 pink 34-foot yacht into Sydney Harbour, the finale to an adventure in which she overcame...
COZIER ON CRICKET: Aussies, Brits most worthy
ONCE they hit the back straight, the feature event, for the ICC Twenty20 Trophy, was purely a two-horse race.After jostling for positions out of...
Ruling on SA runner by July
DOHA, Qatar – A solution to the controversy over the gender of South African runner Caster Semenya will be reached by the end of June, says president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, (IAAF) Lamine Diack.The 19-year-old Semenya has not run competitively since winning the women’s 800 metres...
Drogba delights Chelsea
WEMBLEY – Didier Drogba scored his 37th goal of the season yesterday to give Chelsea a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth in the English FA Cup final and complete the Premier League champions’ first domestic double.Chelsea hit the frame of the goal five times and Portsmouth missed a penalty before...
Bryant upsets sibling
DYNAMIC former Barbados and Caribbean Junior Squash Champion Bryant Cumberbatch produced a significant upset at the semi-final stage of the 36th annual National Squash Championships on Friday night at Marine Gardens in Hastings, Christ Church.The talented Cumberbatch, 21, the No. 3 seed, put his charismatic older brother Gavin Cumberbatch,...
FACT FILE – WOMEN’S FINAL
• Australia are five-time winners of the Women’s World Cup, with the most recent victory in 2005.• New Zealand were runners-up in the 2009 World Twenty20 after making just 85 against England in the final.• Australia had a disappointing campaign in the 2009 Women’s World Cup, where they finished...
A crowning glory
FOR MANY, the women’s World Twenty20 final is nothing more than a side attraction to the main event.For those involved, however, it will be just as special as the men’s final.Trans-Tasman rivals Australia and New Zealand will meet at 4 p.m., an hour and a half after the scheduled...
FACT FILE – MEN’S FINAL
AUSTRALIA reached the semi-final of 2007 World Twenty20 tournament despite having lost to Zimbabwe in the Group Stage.• Since losing in the 1992 World Cup final, England have only appeared in two semi-finals of ICC events – at the Champions Trophy in 2004 and 2009.• Australia failed to qualify...
Heavyweights going toe-to-toe
IN THE yellow corner is a multiple champion that has won every belt barring one.In the blue corner is an uncrowned contender that has looked ominous in search of its first belt. They have thrown punches with ominous power over a series of preliminary bouts.Now, they come face-to-face in...
Lara favours England to win
LEGENDARY West Indies batsman Brian Lara expects the World Twenty20 Championship final to be a cracker but says England could tear up the form books by beating the imperious Australians.Lara, who quit international cricket in 2007 following the Cricket World Cup, said the final might represent a change of...
Hussey: Tests my first love
TWENTY20 cricket is fast and sweet but Test matches are the real deal!Even after playing what he calls “probably his greatest innings” on Friday to put Australia in today’s World Twenty20 final against England at Kensington Oval, Test cricket’s former No.1-ranked batsman Michael Hussey says his first love will...
Golden girl Burrowes
JALISA BURROWES won two gold medals to make a great start for the tenth anniversary of the Austin Sealy Invitational Trac Classic yesterday afternoon at the National Stadium.Burrowes, a member of host club BC Trac, won the Under-15 Girls’ 300 metre hurdles in 49:37 seconds from clubmate Danielle Scantlebury...