Powell nominated for Laureus Award
Jamaica's Asafa Powell has been nominated for the 2007 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award.After winning the 100m gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne last March, he twice equalled his own World Record of 9.77 seconds...
Boys' Town, Harbour View hunt Jackie Bell KO title
Defending champions Boys' Town put their Western Union/KSAFA Jackie Bell title on the line tonight when they tackle Harbour View in the final at the National Stadium at 7:00 p.m. Boys' Town, winners on one occasion, will have their hands full in denying Harbour View...
August Town brace for tough Reno match
August Town, Wadadah and Village will try to book their place in the quarter-final of the Red Stripe all-island Champions Cup Knockout following first-leg successes. August Town and Wadadah hold slender leads after defeating Reno and Montpelier 1-0 and 2-1 respectively last week...
A matter of priority
PRIORITY, IN many cases, is really what each individual makes it out to be. For instance, two Jamaica football teams were involved in international competition within the past week. And there is only one technical director, the recently acquired Velibor 'Bora' Milutinovic,....
Champions St Andrew clip Papine
Defending champions St. Andrew High made a winning start in defence of the 2007 Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Jamaica Hockey Federation (JHF) Girl's Under-16 title by edging Papine High 1-0 at the Mona Hockey field yesterday.
Nadal eliminates Baghdatis in thriller
DUBAI (Reuters): Rafael Nadal claimed a thrilling 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, victory over Cypriot Marcos Bagh-datis to reach the second round of the Dubai Open yesterday.In a match worthy of the final, both players produced some spectacular tennis as Baghdatis threatened ...
Simmons to coach Ireland
DUBLIN, Ireland (CMC): Former West Indies all-rounder Phil Simmons has been appointed Ireland's coach, ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean.The 42-year-old Simmons, who played 26 Tests and 143 One-Day Internationals for the West Indies...
Goule, Plummer for top showdown
The 3000m clash between Manchester High's Natoya Goule and Holmwood's Petrene Plummer is shaping up to be the hottest event at the two-day Milo-sponsored Central Athletic Championships, which opens today at G.C. Foster College...
A new 'Version 2 Cricket'
If one entrepuneral Jamaican has his way, the game of cricket will be more intriguing.Canute Parkes, an ardent cricket fan and traffic Superintendent at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company has invented a revised form of cricket dubbed Version 2 Cricket....
Olympian finds father
SEOUL (Reuters):United States Olympic freestyle skiing medallist Toby Dawson said yesterday he had found his biological father and would be meeting him 25 years after going missing as a toddler in a busy market street in South Korea.
Knicks cool Heat
NEW YORK (Reuters): The New York Knicks outgunned the Heat in the closing seconds for a 99-93 win on Monday night that further tightened the ferocious battle for Eastern Conference playoff berths. With the Knicks leading 94-93, Miami's Udonis Haslem tipped away a pass...
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