England coach Fabio Capello named midfielder David Beckham as captain on Saturday for Sunday's friendly international against Trinidad & Tobago.
Reader Leslie Cornelius sent us this picture from Tobago.
Sven-Goran Eriksson's Mexico slumped to a 1-0 defeat in Jamaica in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday while the United States routed Cuba 6-1.
Usain Bolt collected his third Olympic gold medal when he helped Jamaica smash the world record to win the men's 4x100 meters relay on Friday.
A fine all-round bowling display saw Trinbago Knight Riders win the battle of the unbeaten teams and go to the top of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) table. Glenn Phillips was the only standout for the Jamaica Tallawahs as the power-hitters struggled for fluency, and Sunil Narine's second consecutive 50 did the bulk of the work even as the Knight Riders took their time about the chase.
Trinidad & Tobago might have notched up a convincing 25-run win over Brisbane Heat on Sunday, but captain, Denesh Ramdin is not satisfied with the performance of his batsmen.
Thirty-two teams that qualified for the 2006 Football World Cup Finals in Germany were on Friday drawn into eight groups.
Verma wins compound individual gold, opens tally for India.
Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce broke the 40-year-old Pan Am Games 200 metres record on Friday. The twice Olympic 100 metres champion clocked 22.43 seconds to win gold on Friday.
Essar group is in talks with international bankers to raise about $5 billion (over Rs 20,000 crore) by leveraging its 33 per cent stake in Hutch-Essar, the country's fourth-largest mobile player in which UK's Vodafone recently acquired majority stake
Former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner, who has been accused of soliciting bribes as part of a vast corruption case against senior soccer officials, left jail in Trinidad and Tobago via ambulance on Thursday after he was granted bail, according to local media.
A favourable draw has picthed England with Sweden, Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago in Group B
"The unprecedented ban disrupted a 20-year old tradition of celebrations and amounts to blatant discrimination in violation of people's constitutional rights to equality and freedom of religious observance," GOPIO said in a statement.
They did not win a game or score a goal but Trinidad & Tobago still left their mark on the World Cup finals.
Paraguay claimed their first points in a 2-0 win over debutants Trinidad & Tobago.
England struggled to get another Group B victory that put them through to the second round.
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson though was not sure whether the striker would play against Trinidad & Tobago
At the same time, Malaysia should not win or draw against Pakistan on a crucial day in the men's hockey tournament at the Commonwealth Games.
On a day dominated by bowlers, Gowtham (6/67) foxed the opposition batsmen as West Indies A were bowled out for 194 in the first innings, which left them trailing by seven runs.
John Terry predicted that England would be knocked out unless they improved on their group stage performances
Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is counting on Wayne Rooney to end England's 38-year wait to beat his native Sweden
'The medical people say he can play more than 45 minutes,' said England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Goals from Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard gave England a 2-0 victory over Trinidad & Tobago in their second Group B match.
A separate poll showed that more than a third of Britons did not know where Trinidad and Tobago is.
The veteran striker will no doubt relish a final chance to dazzle a global audience with some of his silky skills in front of goal.
A record-smashing Mirabai Chanu and a perseverant P Gururaja claimed gold and silver respectively as weightlifters lived up to to the pre-event hype and delivered opening day medals for India at the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, on Thursday.
India will start their World Cup campaign against Bangladesh on March 17
