Javier Culson was the toast of the Caribbean when he split the American dominance in the 400M Hurdles to cop the silver medal. A spirited run by Culson saw him putting out a personal best as well as a national record when he clocked 48.09s in the event.

Young Jehue Gordon showed maturity beyond his years as he clocked in a personal best of 48.26s, a new national record, to place fourth in the recently concluded 400M at the World Championships in Berlin. Gordon who was just pipped on the line by Bershawn Jackson, beat the likes of Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic and Danny McFarlane of Jamaica, a previous Olympic Silver medalist.

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Several years before establishing himself as one of Mexico’s finest youth baseball pitchers, Cesar Cebreros was a talented hitter and outfielder.

Given a chance to play the field Saturday afternoon when teammate Jorge Hernandez was ejected after a collision at the plate with Puerto Rican catcher Richard Gonzalez, Cebreros hit a game-winning, two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning in Mexico’s 6-5 Colt World Series victory.

Puerto Rico (2-1) pulled within one run in the bottom of the 10th and had the potential tying run at third with two outs, but Mexican relief pitcher Cristian Osuna struck out Angel Flores to end the four-hour game.

The marathon included 22 hits, 10 walks, eight hit batsmen, four wild pitches, four errors, a balk, 25 runners left on base, an ejection, five discussions at the plate and countless trips to the mound by the respective coaches.

In the end, a two-out, 10th-inning walk to Magdiel Valenzuela set the stage for Mexican pitching ace Cebreros, who hit a two-strike fastball over the wall in left field. Until his home run, Cebreros was 0-for-3

He had nine strikeouts in a CWS victory against Germany.

"It was just a struggle getting there to the last inning," Cebreros said through an interpreter. "Thank God, everything worked out all right. I was trying to hit a line drive … just figure something out. I hit a fastball that was in the middle of the plate.

"When I hit it, I thought it was gone. It felt good off the bat. That was one of the most emotionally charged games I’ve played in."

Puerto Rico, which finished second in the 2008 CWS, trailed 4-2 entering the bottom of the seventh but tied it on Thomas Nido’s RBI single and a wild pitch. Angel Flores represented the winning run in the bottom of the eighth, but Christian E. Rivera grounded out with two outs.

When the game went to the 10th, Mexico manager Alvaro Castro thought his team might win it.

"Cebreros was a tremendous outfielder and hitter before he was a pitcher," Castro said. "He is a tremendously diverse player. He was holding back on the bat, and I kept on telling him to let it go. Eventually, he let it go, and that’s what happened.

"That definitely was one of the most emotional games I’ve been involved in during my 34 years of coaching. I’ve seen a lot of things in this game. It wasn’t the wildest game ever, but it ranks right up there."

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Former light heavyweight champion Jose Torres has died in his native Puerto Rico. He was 72. His widow, Ramonita Ortiz, says Torres died Monday of a heart attack. Torres won the world light heavyweight title in 1965 by beating Willie Pastrano at Madison Square Garden in New York. He made three title defenses before losing to Dick Tiger in 1966. Torres began fighting when he joined the U.S. Army as a teenager, and won a silver medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics competing for the United States. After retirement, he became an author, chaired the New York State Athletic Commission in the 1980s and served as supervisor for the World Boxing Organization. Ortiz says Torres will be buried Thursday in Ponce.

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15.10.08       CFU Championship
Grp F     Grenada – Cayman Islands    4:2
Grp F     Guadeloupe – Martinique    3:1

U-20 CFU
Rnd 2     Netherlands Antilles – St. Vincent and the Grenadines    0:0

World Cup
Grp C     Costa Rica – Haiti    2:0
Grp C     El Salvador – Suriname    3:0
Grp B     Canada – Mexico    2:2
Grp B     Jamaica – Honduras    1:0
Grp A     Cuba – Guatemala    2:1
Grp A     Trinidad & Tobago – USA    2:1

13.10.08       CFU Championship
Grp F     Guadeloupe – Grenada    2:1
Grp F     Cayman Islands – Martinique    0:1

U-20 CFU
Rnd 2     St. Kitts and Nevis – St. Vincent and the Grenadines    0:1
11.10.08       CFU Championship
Grp F     Guadeloupe – Cayman Islands    7:1
Grp F     Martinique – Grenada    2:2
U-20 CFU
Rnd 2     Netherlands Antilles – St. Kitts and Nevis     4:4
World Cup
Grp C     Suriname – Costa Rica    1:4
Grp C     Haiti – El Salvador    0:0
Grp B     Honduras – Canada    3:1
Grp B     Jamaica – Mexico    1:0
Grp A     USA – Cuba    6:1
Grp A     Guatemala – Trinidad & Tobago    0:0
9.10.08       Futsal
Rnd 1     Argentina – Guatemala    2:1
Champions League
Grp B     Luis Angel Firpo – Pumas UNAM    1:1
Grp A     Deportivo Saprissa – D.C. United    2:2
8.10.08       Futsal
Rnd 1     Brazil – Cuba    9:0
Champions League
Grp D     CSD Municipal – Tauro FC    2:2
Grp D     Club Santos Laguna – Puerto Rico Islanders    3:0
Grp C     CD Olimpia – Atlante    1:1
Grp C     Joe Public – Impact de Montreal    1:4
7.10.08       Futsal
Rnd 1     China PR – Guatemala    1:10
Champions League
Grp B     Houston Dynamo – San Francisco FC    2:1
Grp A     Cruz Azul – CD Marathon    1:1
6.10.08       Futsal
Rnd 1     Portugal – USA    8:1
Rnd 1     Japan – Cuba    4:1
5.10.08       U-20 UNCAF
Rnd 2     Panama – Honduras    1:2
(3:7 agg)
4.10.08       Futsal
Rnd 1     Thailand – USA    5:3
3.10.08       U-20 UNCAF
Rnd 2     Honduras – Panama    5:2
Futsal
Rnd 1     Ukraine – Guatemala    6:2
2.10.08       Futsal
Rnd 1     USA – Italy    1:6
Rnd 1     Russia – Cuba    10:5
Champions League
Grp D     Tauro FC – Club Santos Laguna    2:0
Grp C     Atlante – Joe Public    0:1
1.10.08       Futsal
Rnd 1     Guatemala – Egypt    1:0
Champions League
Grp B     Luis Angel Firpo – San Francisco FC    1:0
Grp A     D.C.United – Cruz Azul    0:1
Grp D     CSD Municipal – Puerto Rico Islanders    2:2
Grp C     CD Olimpia – Impact de Montreal    1:2
30.9.08       Futsal
Rnd 1     Paraguay – USA    5:0
Rnd 1     Cuba – Solomon Islands    10:2
Champions League
Grp A     Deportivo Saprissa – CD Marathon    2:1
Grp B     Pumas UNAM – Houston Dynamo    4:4
28.9.08       CFU Championship
Grp D     St. Kitts & Nevis – Barbados    1:3
27.9.08       U-20 UNCAF
Rnd 1     Belize – El Salvador    0:3
Rnd 1     Guatemala – Panamá    1:2
26.9.08       CFU Championship
Grp D     British Virgin Islands – Barbados    1:2
25.9.08       U-20 UNCAF
Rnd 1     Guatemala – Belice    1:1
Rnd 1     El Salvador – Panamá    2:1
Champions League
Grp D     Tauro FC – CSD Municipal    2:1
24.9.08       Champions League
Grp B     Pumas UNAM – Luis Angel Firpo    3:0
Grp A     CD Marathon – D.C. United    2:0
Grp C     Impact de Montreal – Atlante    0:0
Grp C     Joe Public – CD Olimpia    1:3
CFU Championship
Grp D     St. Kitts & Nevis – British Virgin Islands    4:0
23.9.08       U-20 Qualifying
Rnd 1     Guatemala – El Salvador    2:1
U-20 UNCAF
Rnd 1     Panamá – Belice    3:0
Champions League
Grp A     Cruz Azul – Deportivo Saprissa    4:0
Grp B     San Francisco FC – Houston Dynamo    0:0
Grp D     Puerto Rico Islanders – Club Santos Laguna    3:1
21.9.08       U-20 UNCAF
U20 M     Honduras – Costa Rica    1:2
19.9.08       U-20 UNCAF
U20 M     Honduras – Nicaragua    7:0
CFU Championship
Grp E     Martinique – Anguilla    3:1
18.9.08       Champions League
Grp C     Atlante – CD Olimpia    1:0
17.9.08       U-20 UNCAF
Rnd 1     Nicaragua – Costa Rica    0:4
Champions League
Grp A     CD Marathon – Cruz Azul    2:0
Grp D     Club Santos Laguna – CSD Municipal    3:2
Grp C     Impact de Montreal – Joe Public    2:0
CFU Championship
Grp E     St. Vincent & The Grenadines – Anguilla    3:1
16.9.08       Champions League
Grp B     San Francisco – Pumas UNAM    1:1
Grp A     D.C. United – Deportivo Saprissa    0:2
Grp D     Puerto Rico Islanders – Tauro FC    2:1
10.9.08       World Cup
Grp C     Haiti – Costa Rica    1:3
Grp C     Suriname – El Salvador    0:2
Grp B     Mexico – Canada    2:1
Grp B     Honduras – Jamaica    2:0
Grp A     Guatemala – Cuba    4:1
Grp A     USA – Trinidad & Tobago    3:0
6.9.08       World Cup
Grp C     Costa Rica – Suriname    7:0
Grp C     El Salvador – Haiti    5:0
Grp B     Canada – Honduras    1:2
Grp B     Mexico – Jamaica    3:0
Grp A     Cuba – USA    0:1
Grp A     Trinidad & Tobago – Guatemala    1:1
4.9.08       Champions League
Rnd 1     Pumas UNAM – Harbour View    3:0
Rnd 1     San Francisco FC – Deportivo Jalapa    5:0
(5:1 agg)
3.9.08       Champions League
Rnd 1     CD Marathon – AD Isidro Metapan    2:1
(4:3 agg)
Rnd 1     Hankook Verdes – CD SC Cruz Azul    0:6
(0:12 agg)
2.9.08       Champions League
Rnd 1     Real Esteli – Impact de Montreal    0:0
(0:1 agg)
Rnd 1     Chivas USA – Tauro FC    1:1
(1:3 agg)
Rnd 1     New England Revolution – Joe Public FC    0:4
(1:6 agg)
31.8.08       CFU Championship
Grp C     Cayman Islands – Bermuda    0:0
30.8.08       CFU Championship
Grp C     Cayman Islands – Antigua & Barbuda    1:1
Grp C     St. Martin – Bermuda    0:7
Grp C     Antigua & Barbuda – St. Martin    3:2
28.8.08       Champions League
Rnd 1     Deportivo Jalapa – San Francisco FC    1:0
27.8.08       Champions League
Rnd 1     AD Isidro Metapan – CD Marathon    2:2
Rnd 1     Impact de Montreal – Real Esteli    1:0
Rnd 1     LD Alajuelense – Puerto Rico Islanders    1:1
CFU Championship
Grp C     Cayman Islands – St. Martin    3:0
Grp C     Bermuda – Antigua & Barbuda    0:4
26.8.08       Champions League
Rnd 1     Tauro FC – Chivas USA    2:0
Rnd 1     CD SC Cruz Azul – Hankook Verdes    6:0
Rnd 1     Joe Public FC – New England Revolution    2:1
21.8.08       Women’s Olympic
Final     Brazil – USA    0:0
( 0:1 aet )
20.8.08       World Cup
Grp C     Haiti – Suriname    2:2
Grp C     Costa Rica – El Salvador    1:0
Grp B     Mexico – Honduras    2:1
Grp B     Canada – Jamaica    1:1
Grp A     Guatemala – USA    0:1
Grp A     Cuba – Trinidad & Tobago    1:3
18.8.08       Women’s Olympic
SF     USA – Japan    4:2
15.8.08       Women’s Olympic
QF     Canada – USA    1:1
( 1:2 aet )
13.8.08       Men’s Olympic
Grp D     Korea Republic – Honduras    1:0
Grp B     Nigeria – USA    2:1
12.8.08       Women’s Olympic
Grp E     Sweden – Canada    2:1
Grp F     USA – New Zealand    4:0
10.8.08       U-17
Final     Trinidad & Tobago – Cuba    1:2
CFU U-15 Women
Final     Trinidad & Tobago – Jamaica    2:3
CFU Championship
Grp B     Guyana – Suriname    1:1
Men’s Olympic
Grp D     Cameroon – Honduras    1:0
Grp B     USA – Netherlands    2:2
9.8.08       Women’s Olympic
Grp E     Canada – China    1:1
Grp F     USA – Japan    1:0
8.8.08       CFU Championship
Grp B     Dominica – Suriname    1:3
U-17
SF     Cuba – Haiti    1:1
( 1:1 aet, 5:4 pen )
SF     Trinidad & Tobago – Jamaica    1:1
( 2:1 aet )
CFU Championship
Grp B     Guyana – Dominica    3:0
7.8.08       CFU U-15 Women
SF     Trinidad & Tobago – Haiti    4:1
SF     Bahamas – Jamaica    0:6
Men’s Olympic
Grp D     Honduras – Italy    0:3
Grp B     Japan – USA    0:1
6.8.08       U-17
QF     Trinidad & Tobago – Dominican Republic    3:0
QF     Haiti – St. Vincent & The Grenadines    6:0
QF     Jamaica – Guadeloupe    3:1
QF     Cuba – Bermuda    2:1
Women’s Olympic
Grp E     Argentina – Canada    1:2
Grp F     Norway – USA    2:0
5.8.08       U-17
Grp B     Bermuda – Guyana    0:0
( 1:1 aet, 6:5 pen )
CFU U-15 Women
Grp B     Trinidad & Tobago – Dominican Republic    6:1
Grp A     Jamaica – Haiti    3:0
Grp A     Bahamas – Anguilla    4:0
4.8.08       U-17
Grp F     Suriname – Guadeloupe    0:6
Grp A     St. Vincent & The Grenadines – Cuba    0:10
Grp E     Jamaica – Dominican Rep.    1:0
Grp E     Netherlands Antilles – Antigua & Barbuda    2:2
Grp D     Trinidad & Tobago – Aruba    9:0
Grp C     Cayman Islands – St. Kitts & Nevis    0:2
Grp A     Turks & Caicos Islands – Dominica    0:2
3.8.08       CFU U-15 Women
Grp B     Haiti – Aruba    3:1
Grp A     Bahamas – Dominican Republic    1:0
Grp A     Trinidad & Tobago – Anguilla    6:0
U-17
Grp B     Guyana – Barbados    0:0
2.8.08       CFU U-15 Women
Grp B     Jamaica – Aruba    13:0
U-17
Grp D     Bermuda – Aruba    6:0
Grp C     Haiti – Cayman Islands    4:0
Grp E     Antigua & Barbuda – Dominican Rep    1:1
Grp E     Netherlands Antilles – Jamaica    0:6
Grp F     Guadeloupe – US Virgin Islands    10:1
Grp A     St. Vincent & The Grenadines – Dominica    3:1
Grp A     Cuba – Turks & Caicos Islands    7:0
1.8.08       U-17
Grp B     Barbados – Guyana    0:0
31.7.08       U-17
Grp D     Trinidad & Tobago – Bermuda    1:1
Grp E     Dominican Rep – Netherland Antilles    2:1
Grp E     Jamaica – Antigua & Barbuda    5:1
Grp F     Suriname – US Virgin Islands    9:0
Grp C     Haiti – St. Kitts & Nevis    2:0
Grp A     Cuba – Dominica    7:0
Grp A     St. Vincent & The Grenadines – Turks & Caicos Islands    4:1
CFU Championship
Grp A     Netherlands Antilles – Grenada    2:0
29.7.08       CFU Championship
Grp A     Grenada – Aruba    3:1
27.7.08       CFU Championship
Grp A     Netherlands Antilles – Aruba    0:0
U-20 Qualifying
Grp B     Puerto Rico – Bermuda    1:2
Grp B     Cayman Islands – Jamaica    0:3
26.7.08       U-17 Women
Final     Costa Rica – USA    1:4
3rd     Canada – Mexico    1:0
25.7.08       U-20 Qualifying
Grp B     Cayman Islands – Puerto Rico    2:3
Grp B     Bermuda – Jamaica    0:4
24.7.08       U-17 Women
SF     USA – Mexico    1:0
SF     Canada – Costa Rica    0:2
23.7.08       U-20 Qualifying
Grp B     Cayman Islands – Bermuda    0:0
Grp B     Jamaica – Puerto Rico    1:0
22.7.08       Beach Soccer
Grp D     Brazil – Mexico    7:1
U-17 Women
Grp A     Trinidad & Tobago – USA    1:9
Grp A     El Salvador – Costa Rica    1:8
Champions League Qualifying
Men     Toronto FC – Impact de Montreal    1:1
21.7.08       Beach Soccer
Grp B     El Salvador – Solomon Islands    3:6
U-17 Women
Grp B     Canada – Mexico    4:1
Grp B     Jamaica – Puerto Rico    1:2
20.7.08       U-17 Women
Grp A     USA – El Salvador    9:0
U-20 Qualifying
Grp C     Aruba – Suriname    2:2
Grp C     Dominica – St. Kitts    1:4
Beach Soccer
Grp D     Spain – Mexico    2:1
U-17 Women
Grp A     Trinidad & Tobago – Costa Rica    0:0
19.7.08       Beach Soccer
Grp B     El Salvador – Italy    1:4
U-17 Women
Grp B     Canada – Jamaica    4:3
Grp B     Mexico – Puerto Rico    4:0
18.7.08       U-17 Women
Grp A     Costa Rica – USA    0:6
Grp A     Trinidad and Tobago – El Salvador    5:1
U-20 Qualifying
Grp C     Aruba – Dominica    1:0
Grp C     St. Kitts – Suriname    1:1
Beach Soccer
Grp D     Mexico – Japan    4:3
17.7.08       Beach Soccer
Grp B     Portugal – El Salvador    8:2
U-17 Women
Grp B     Mexico – Jamaica    6:0
Grp B     Puerto Rico – Canada    0:3
16.7.08       U-20 Qualifying
Grp C     Aruba – St. Kitts    2:3
Grp C     Suriname – Dominica    1:1
Friendlies
Women     USA – Brazil    1:0
13.7.08       Friendlies
Women     USA – Brazil    1:0
10.7.08       Friendlies
Women     Canada – Brazil    1:1
9.7.08       Champions League Qualifying
Men     Vancouver Whitecaps – Toronto FC    2:2
8.7.08       Friendlies
Men     Trinidad & Tobago – Guyana    2:0
Champions League Qualifying
Men     CD Olimpia – CD Marathon    3:1
6.7.08       Champions League Qualifying
Men     CSD Municipal – Deportivo Jalapa    2:1
5.7.08       U-20 Qualifying
Grp E     Netherlands Antilles – St. Martin    3:1
Grp E     Antigua & Barbuda – Anguilla    15:0
Friendlies
Women     Sweden – USA    0:1
3.7.08       U-20 Qualifying
Grp E     Netherlands Antilles – Antigua & Barbuda    0:1
Grp E     Anguilla – St. Martin    0:7
2.7.08       Champions League Qualifying
Men     Deportivo Jalapa – CSD Municipal    1:1
Friendlies
Women     Norway – USA    0:4
1.7.08       U-20 Qualifying
Grp E     Netherlands Antilles – Anguilla    8:0
Grp E     Antigua & Barbuda – St. Martin    3:0
Champions League Qualifying
Men     Toronto FC – Vancouver Whitecaps    0:1
28.6.08       U-20 Women
Final     USA – Canada    0:1
3rd     Mexico – Costa Rica    1:1
( 2:2 aet, 3:2 pen )
25.6.08       U-20 Women
SF     Canada – Mexico    2:1
SF     USA – Costa Rica    4:0
Champions League Qualifying
Men     Vancouver Whitecaps – Impact de Montreal    0:2
22.6.08       World Cup
Rnd 2     Netherlands Antilles – Haiti    0:1
Rnd 2     El Salvador – Panama    3:1
Rnd 2     Guyana – Surinam    1:2
Rnd 2     Bermuda – Trinidad & Tobago    0:2
Rnd 2     Barbados – USA    0:1
U-20 Women
Grp A     Mexico – USA    0:3

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