Young Reggae Boyz in the game of their lif
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Coach Wendell Downs-well has promised a more offensive approach when Jamaica's Young Reggae Boyz take the field against Ecuador at the Maracana Stadium today at 3 p.m. (1 p.m. Jamaiaca time) in their first-ever appearance in the final...
Marvin Anderson poised for 200m victory
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Jamaica will be looking to mine more gold when the Pan American Games track and field competition resumes today at the Joao Havelange Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.Going into the rest day Jamaica had a tally of five medals - two gold,...
Not enough money for a Powell-Gayclash
If you want to see Asafa Powell face Tyson Gay, the price has to be right, according to Powell's agent Paul Doyle. And the right price was not forthcoming, which forced the cancellation of the Norwich Union Super Grand Prix showdown in Crystal Palace, London on August 3.
Pistorius agrees to IAAF testing
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters): Sprinter Oscar Pistorius will cooperate with an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) analysis to decide whether he gains an advantage from using specialised equipment. An IAAF statement yesterday said...
Fan-favourite Sanchez says he's back to his best
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP): For Olympic champion Felix Sanchez, the flight to Rio was long and drawn out. His first race at the Pan American Games? That was a smooth stroll. Shortly after landing in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, Sanchez was on the track...
Take Absolute Stormer
Tomorrow's programme at Caymanas Park offers nine races, all embracing the Pick-9 which proved elusive on Wednesday. Thanks to a stunning upset by the 41-1 outsider SIR CHARLES in the fifth race, the Pick-9 managed to survive, as only one punter was good enough to spot...
HORSE SENSE - When less means more
This article was written some six years ago and it is worth repeating.From the days of racing at Knutsford Park (now the New Kingston business district) to the newer generation Caymanas Park, horse racing - the Sport of Kings - has been deeply...
WI name World Cup Twenty20 squad
The selection panel of the West Indies Cricket Board yesterday named a preliminary 30-member West Indies squad to contest the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa from September 11 to 24.The International Cricket Council (ICC) and Cricket...
Banks may land deal with Somerset
TAUNTON, England (CMC):The Leewards and West Indies off-spinning all-rounder Omari Banks is hoping to secure a contract with English county cricket side Somerset, Sky Sports has reported.Banks has been given a trial by Division Two leaders Somerset at...
Disciplined T&T batting deny Jamaica victory in TCL group west indies u-19
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):Defiant batting by Trinidad and Tobago's last pair of Vishan Ramroop and Jervon Charles denied Jamaica an outright win on the final day of the opening round match in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Cricket Challenge at Cayon in St. Kitts yesterday....
FROM THE BOUNDARY - South Africa getting it right - just as Australia did some years ago
A new day is dawning for cricket in South Africa, and as one who has been among a number of people in this region talking about changes and suggesting changes mirroring those now taking place, or about to take place in South Africa, I wonder when will the West Indies...
Lara keeping fit ahead of 20/20 league
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Fitness will not be an issue for West Indies batting star Brian Lara when he turns out in the Indian Twenty20 league later this year.The prolific left-handed batsman, who quit international cricket in April, said he had...
CWC has benefitted Jamaica, says Coley
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):André Coley, the former Jamaica and West Indies youth wicket-keeper and current Under-19 team coach, believes the recent Cricket World Cup has led to an injection of enthusiasm into the game in Jamaica."We have seen a shift in the team...
McLaren escape penalty in spying saga
LONDON (Reuters): Formula One leaders McLaren emerged unpunished yesterday from a hearing into a spying controversy that threatened to wreck their title hopes.The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a state-ment tha McLaren had Ferrari...
French president backs Tour
PARIS, FRANCE (Reuters): French media mourned the Tour de France yesterday after the expulsion of race leader Michael Rasmussen but President Nicolas Sarkozy said organisers were finally tackling the scourge of doping."The death of the Tour," Liberation...
New arrangement made
SportsMax, though an agreement between parent company International Media Content Limited (IMC), and Fox Sports International (FSI), has renewed its agreement for the exclusive live television broadcast rights to the English Premier League, now titled...
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