CARIBBEAN TODAY


 GORDON WILLIAMS

Jamaican-born O'Neil
 "Supernova" Bell will
 defend his undisputed world
cruiserweight boxing crown
against Jean-Marc Mormeck in
Paris, France this month.
 Bell, with a ring record of
26 wins with 24 knockouts,
wrapped up the bulk of his
training in California late last
month and returned to his
Atlanta, United States home
confident that he is in the best
shape to defend the World
Boxing Council and World
Boxing Association titles he
took from Mormeck when the
two first met in Jan. 2006.
 "I couldn't be more ready,"
Bell told Caribbean Today.
 The much-anticipated Mar.
17 rematch in the 200-pound
weight class will be Bell's first
bout since knocking out
Mormeck in New York's
Madison Square Garden. He
has since been stripped of his
International Boxing Federation
belt for failing to defend that
title last year. Bell said he was
unable to make the mandatory
IBF fight against American
Steve Cunningham because of a


medical problem.

FIT, READY
 However, he claimed he is
now fit and ready for Mormeck.
Bell stepped up preparation dur-


ing a month-long training stint at
Big Bear, California where he
also had to overcome a legal
problem. Last month the cham-
pion was charged with assaulting
one of his sparring partners, but


the charge was later dropped.
Bell claimed the incident has
only served to rev him up for the
Mormeck fight.
 "It was definite motivation
for me," he said.
 Bell's camp said he sparred
more rounds for the rematch
than when he first fought
Mormeck. With the physical
aspect of his training now com-
plete, the champion, who plans
to leave the U.S. for France
around Mar. 12, said he is cur-
rently working on sharpening
his mental approach.
 "It's just to focus, make sure
everything is perfect," he said.
 For the return fight Bell
told Caribbean Today he
expects Mormeck to be in much
better physical shape, but he
does not see the Frenchman
changing ring tactics. Neither
does he plan to change his own
approach.
 "It will be like two freight
trains clashing head on," Bell
said. "I don't expect him to box
and I don't want to box him."

Gordon Williams is Caribbean
Today's managing editor.


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 Jamaica's O'Neil 'Supernova' Bell


defends cruiserweight crown Mar. 17


 soccer
 GORDON WILLIAMS

Two more Caribbean-
 born soccer players are
 hoping to boost their
professional careers with
Miami EC., a Florida-based
club which competes in the
United Soccer Leagues (USL)
in the United States.
 Club sources confirmed to
Caribbean Today late last month
that Jamaican Sean Barrett and
Gerghiny Obas of Haiti were
among less than a dozen players
who survived the cut at open
tryouts with the club last month.
Beginning this month, they will
train with the team with the
hope of making Miami F.C.'s 22-
player official roster for opening
day in mid-April.
 Barrett, a forward, and
midfielder/defender Obas
competed for the coveted non-
contract "walk-on" spots with
more than 300 players at the
tryouts. They are hoping to
emulate the feats of country-
men Sean Fraser and Stephane
Guillaume, who were both
signed by Miami EC. based on
their performance at tryouts
last season.
 Fraser, from Jamaica, and
Guillaume of Haiti both had


USA Cricket Association suspended by world body


CAPE TOWN, South Africa,
CMC The International
Cricket Council has suspend-
ed the membership of the
United States of America
Cricket Association
(USACA).
 An ICC release said the
suspension was as a result of
the USACA's failure to meet


"the agreed and subsequently
extended deadlines for the
adoption of the new USACA
constitution and the holding
of Ln.IIIII .
 The West Indies Cricket
Board, the only full member
in the ICC Americas region,
has been asked to monitor the
progress of the USACA and


subsequently make a recom-
mendation on the lifting of
the suspension.
 "It gives the ICC Board
no pleasure to re-enact this
suspension but given the lack
of progress towards a func-
tioning administration of USA
Cricket it has been left with
little alternative," ICC Chief


Executive, Malcolm Speed
said.
 Under the suspensions,
the USACA will be hit by
several sanctions. The team
will be withdrawn from the
World Cricket League
Division Three Series sched-
uled for Australia in May and
relegated from that division.


 Additionally, the grant
used to prepare for that event
will be withheld along with the
direct funding support from
the ICC Americas Region
Development Program. The
USACA will also miss out on
the annual ICC grant due on
April 15.
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ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 match schedule


The following is a listing of matches to be
played during Cricket World Cup 2007, Mar.
13-28, in the Caribbean. All matches start at
9:30 a.m. local time.
GROUP STAGE GAMES
Group A St. Kitts and Nevis
Mar. 14 Australia v. Scotland
Mar. 16 South Africa v. The Netherlands
Mar. 18 -Australia v. The Netherlands
Mar. 20 South Africa v. Scotland
Mar. 22 Scotland v. The Netherlands
Mar. 24 -Australia v. South Africa
Group B Trinidad and Tobago
Mar. 15 Sri Lanka v. Bermuda
Mar. 17 -India v. Bangladesh
Mar. 19- India v. Bermuda
Mar. 21 Sri Lanka v. Bangladesh
Mar. 23 India v. Sri Lanka
Mar. 25 Bermuda v. Bangladesh
Group C St. Lucia
Mar. 14 Kenya v. Canada
Mar. 16 England v. New Zealand
Mar. 18 England v. Canada
Mar. 20 New Zealand v. Kenya
Mar. 22 New Zealand v. Canada
Mar. 24 England v. Kenya
Group D Kingston, Jamaica
Mar. 13 -West Indies v. Pakistan
Mar. 15 Zimbabwe v. Ireland


Mar. 17 Pakistan v. Ireland
Mar. 19 -West Indies v. Zimbabwe
Mar. 21 Zimbabwe v. Pakistan
Mar. 23 -West Indies v. Ireland
SECOND STAGE SUPER EIGHT. TOP TWO
TEAMS FROM EACH GROUP ADVANCE
MARCH
Mar. 27 Second place in Group D v.
winner of Group A in Antigua and Barbuda.
Mar. 28 Second place in Group A v.
winner of Group B in Guyana.
Mar. 29 Second place in Group D v.
winner of Group C in Antigua and Barbuda.
Mar. 30 -Winner Group D v. second place in
Group C in Guyana.
Mar. 31 -Winner in Group A v. second place
in Group B in Antigua and Barbuda.
APRIL
April 1 Second place in Group D v. winner
of Group B in Guyana.
April 2 Second place in Group B v. winner
of Group C in Antigua and Barbuda.
April 3 -Winner of Group D v. second place
in Group A in Guyana.
April 4 Second place in Group C v. winner
of Group B in Antigua and Barbuda.
April 7 Second place in Group B v. second
place in Group A in Guyana.
April 8 Winner of Group A v. second place
in Group C in Antigua and Barbuda.
April 9 -Winner of Group D v. winner of
Group C in Guyana.


April 10 Second place in Group D v.
second place in Group A in Grenada.
April 11 Second place in Group C v.
second place in Group B in Barbados.
April 12 -Winner of Group B v. winner of
Group C in Grenada.
April 13 -Winner of Group A v. winner of
Group D in Barbados.
April 14 Second place in Group A v.
winner of Group C in Grenada.
April 15 Second place in Group B v.
winner of Group D in Barbados.
April 16 -Winner of Group A v. winner of
Group B in Grenada.
April 17 Second place in Group A v.
second place in Group C in Barbados.
April 18 -Winner of Group D v. winner of
Group B in Grenada.
April 19 Second place in Group D v.
second place in Group B in Barbados.
April 20 -Winner of Group A v. winner of
Group C in Grenada.
April 21 Second place in Group D v.
second place in Group C in Barbados.
SEMI FINAL ROUND
JAMAICA
April 24 Second v. third
St. LUCIA
April 25 First v. fourth
FINAL
April 28 BARBADOS


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players
 fairly successful seasons play-
 ing alongside Brazilian World
 Cup greats Romario and
 Zinho at Miami EC., which
 advanced to the play-offs in its
 first USL season. Both players
 started numerous games and
 later received contract exten-
 sions at Miami F.C. They were
 also selected for their national
 team to play in the Digicel
 Caribbean Cup.
 Fraser's career earned an
 added boost when he was
 selected for a loan spell with
 top Brazilian club Boavista. He
 is set to rejoin Miami F.C. for
 the start of the USL season.

 TRIAL
 According to club sources,
 Barrett and Obas will be on
 trial when they participate in
 pre-season training, which was
 scheduled to start earlier this
 month.
 "The pre-season is an
 excellent opportunity to further
 analyze the players who
 already signed with Miami EC.
 and also the ones chosen at the
 tryouts, especially the latter,"
 said Chiquinho de Assis, head
 coach for Miami EC.
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Miami F.C. boosts Caribbean


March 2007