The first race of this year’s edition of the Birkirkara St Joseph Open Sea Swimming Series was held recently and was hosted by the Bognor Regis Sports Club of Bugibba....

At the end of highly successful season in the local junior Hockey Association competitions, a group of Sliema Hs H.C. juniors embarked on a well deserved and equally successful hockey tour in the UK....

A heavily depleted Hibernians opened their commitments in the tournament with a 1-0 win over Pieta Hotspurs yesterday. In the other match, Marsaxlokk and Valletta, both also missing several top players, fought out a 1-1 draw....

Sirens ASC have announced that their sponsorship with local leading software company 2X has been extended for another year. ...

The Ladies’ Running Club will be holding the 16th edition of its annual 6-mile road race on Friday 15 September at 6pm. A successful innovation in last year’s edition was a 4-mile walk held at the same time, and this will take place again....

Although the local athletics season came to an end last week with the Summer Track and Field meeting, the MAAA now turns its attention to participation in the two major international championships of the 2006 season. ...

It was very disheartening to read a few days ago that the MBSA has decided to pull out the Maltese national team from the upcoming World Snooker Team Championships due to lack of funds....

The draws were made yesterday for the Preliminary Groups of the Quick-KENO Division II and III KO, the competition sponsored by Maltco Lotteries Ltd....

Chetcuti in bad form Malta’s Double Trap champion William Chetcuti was in bad form in Zagreb, Croatia, yesterday as he could only finish a distant 33rd in the world championship....

A fine 5-1 win over Marcus Campbell yesterday landed Valletta-born cueist Tony Drago in the Last 48 in the Northern Ireland trophy....