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West Indies pacemen Jayden Seales (left) and Matthew Forde have a conversation during the team’s final training session ahead of today’s first T20 International against New Zealand in that country.
December 9, 2025

West Indies confident ahead of New Zealand series - Hope

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CMC): WITH A win over Bangladesh in their last T20I series, West Indies white-ball captain, Shai Hope, says his troops are bursting with confidence ahead of their matchup with…
Kemar Roach in action
December 9, 2025

Roach called to training camp ahead of New Zealand Test series

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): VETERAN FAST bowler Kemar Roach is among nine players who have been invited by Cricket West Indies (CWI) to take part in a two-week High-Performance preparation camp as part…
Glenn Phillips is set to miss the T20I series against the West Indies with a groin injury.
December 9, 2025

Black Caps missing key players from T20I squad to face Windies

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CMC): SEVERAL KEY players are missing from New Zealand’s squad, which will face West Indies in a five-match T20I series beginning today. Injuries have ruled out Finn Allen…
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Mixed Sale still on at Caymanas Park

THE THOROUGHBRED Owners and Breeders Association of Jamaica (TOBA) yesterday announced Sunday, December 7, as the new date for its annual Mixed Sale, allaying fears that the event would have been…
Shamar Apple
December 9, 2025

Harpy Eagles name 16-year-old in Super50 Cup squad

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): SHAMAR APPLE has been rewarded for his impressive performances at the Regional Under-19 and Under-17 level by being included in Guyana’s Harpy Eagles squad for the upcoming…
Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé reacts during the Champions League football match against Liverpool at Anfield yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Mbappé struggles again at Anfield as Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0

LIVERPOOL, England (AP): KYLIAN MBAPPÉ has been near-unstoppable this season. At Anfield yesterday, he hit a roadblock. Again. For the second year running, the Real Madrid forward had a night to…
Sir David Beckham (right) is made a Knight Bachelor by Britain’s King Charles III during an Investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England,
December 9, 2025

Arise, Sir David

LONDON (AP): WHEN IT came time to receive his knighthood, football great David Beckham knew what to do. He bent his knee like, well, Beckham. King Charles III tapped his shoulders with the blade of a…
BALCO founder Victor Conte holds up an autographed photo of track star Marion Jones addressed to him in his office in Burlingame, California, on October 21, 2003.
December 9, 2025

BALCO founder Victor Conte dies at 75

AP: VICTOR CONTE, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes including baseball stars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi and Olympic track…
Coco Gauff of the United States plays a shot against Jasmine Paolini of Italy during their women’s singles match at the WTA tennis finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Gauff revives chances of advancing by eliminating Jasmine Paolini

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP): DEFENDING CHAMPION Coco Gauff revived her chances of advancing at the WTA Finals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Jasmine Paolini yesterday. Gauff also improved her serving, hitting…