February 2, 2014
Denver Broncos quarterback regains NFL record
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning broke the NFL record for touchdown passes in a season on Sunday. Manning, 37, threw four touchdowns in a 37-13 win against Houston Texans to take his total to 51 for the season with one game left to play. He…
February 2, 2014
Super Bowl XLVIII: New York ready for Denver and Seattle
New York is set to host the coldest Super Bowl in history on Sunday night when the Denver Broncos take on the Seattle Seahawks at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Sunday's match - the biggest sporting event in the United States - kicks off at…
February 2, 2014
Scotland wins ICC World Cup Qualifying tournament
Scotland captain Preston Mommsen made an unbeaten 139 yesterday to set up a 41-run win over the United Arab Emirates in the final of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) World Cup qualifying tournament. Scotland made 285-5 batting first in…
February 2, 2014
Sarwan leads Guyana to crushing win
Ramnaresh Sarwan returned to form to lead Guyana to a crushing 114-run victory in their first game of the Nagico Regional Super50 tournament at the Queen’s Park Oval on Friday night. That silky smooth batting returned from the little right hander as…
February 2, 2014
FIFA unveils base camps for WCup teams
FIFA yesterday unveiled the definitive list of base camps for the 32 nations participating at this year's World Cup in Brazil. Most teams — 24 in all — will be based in the south-east of the country, 15 of them in Sao Paulo state. Five will…
February 2, 2014
Actor Maximilian Schell Dies
Maximilian Schell, the Austrian-born actor who won an Academy Award for his performance in Judgment at Nuremberg, has died. Schell, who was 83, died Saturday in Innsbruck. The cast of Judgment at Nuremberg featured Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland,…
January 28, 2014
Carmelo Anthony, Knicks will miss Super Bowl XLVIII festivities in
Super Bowl Week finally is in full swing in New York, but the Knicks will be leaving town on Sunday before the big game. After the Miami Heat come to town for a game Saturday night, the Knicks will depart the next day for a game in Milwaukee on…
January 28, 2014
Barcelona president says Lionel Messi is not for sale, says
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is not for sale and the club plan to discuss a new contract with the Argentine, says president Josep Maria Bartomeu. Four-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi, 26, is reported to be a target for French side Paris St-Germain.……
January 28, 2014
Gayle a big loss to Jamaica squad
Jamaica senior team cricket coach Junior Bennett says the absence of Christopher Gayle from the 14-member squad for the NAGICO Super50 regional competition is a big blow. Gayle, still recovering from a hamstring injury sustained on the West Indies…
January 28, 2014
Quentin Tarantino sues Gawker over Hateful Eight script link
US director Quentin Tarantino has sued gossip website Gawker for contributory copyright infringement after it posted a link to a leaked screenplay. A link to The Hateful Eight script remained on Gawker's Defamer blog on Monday despite demands from…