Sherone, Brigitte left to ponder - JAAA to announce final decision by Monday
Commonwealth Games champions Sherone Simpson and Brigitte Foster-Hylton, along with 2005 silver medallist Michael Frater, were left out of Jamaica's squad announced yesterday for the 11th IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. However, according to a special notation...
Summer league clampdown - Several top NPL clubs restrict players from participating in US off-season competitions
Local clubs are trying to stop the flow of their top footballers towards overseas summer leagues, fearing their time away from Jamaica could damage the clubs' preparation for upcoming competition. Defending National Premier League (NPL) champions Harbour View and runners-up...
Brown now Cayman's technical director
According to an article carried in the Cayman Compass, the Cayman Islands' national newspaper, former national technical director Carl Brown has signed a contract in a similar position with that country's football association. The article states that Brown...
Confident Jamaica hunt outright victory
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (CMC): Team-of-the-moment Jamaica are banking on an outright win against struggling Windward Islands to place themselves in line for championship honours in the 2007 TCL West Indies Under-19 Challenge series. Their fifth and final round clash...
'I'm ready' - Sarwan admits being dropped from Pakistan Test as most painful moment of career
TORONTO, Ontario (CMC): West Indies cricket captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has declared that he is match fit and ready to return to the international stage after injuring his right shoulderjust over two months ago in the second Test of the West Indies' tour of England...
Malawi upset South Africa
DURBAN, South Africa (CMC):Unheralded Malawi served notice this past week that they should not be under-rated at the 2007 World Netball Championship (WNC) by playing to a 1-1 tie with South Africa in a three-match series in South Africa...
Vaughan warns team about swearing
LONDON (Reuters):Captain Michael Vaughan warned his England team yesterday to refrain from swearing at their India opponents in the third and final Test starting at The Oval today.England, who have not lost a home series since 2001, trail 1-0 after losing ...
Referees ready again
The Kingston and St.Andrew (KSAFA) referees are now expected to return to football pitches following a fruitful meeting with the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) yesterday. The officials withdrew their services last week following what they described as troubling trends...
Heavyweights 'not as exciting' - Lewis
Western Bureau; Former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion, Lennox Lewis, whose enviable reign as world champion lasted from 1999 until 2004 when he retired, believes the division has lost the lustre which made it the most exciting category in boxing ...
Pan Am silver: No testament to youth development
Running around to have roads patched, promises being made left, right and centre all remind us that the election season is upon us. With their special general meeting just months away, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) look keen to get in on the high-wire act.
Women's KO tournament abandoned
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Persistent rain forced organisers to abandon the West Indies women's cricket knockout semi-finals that were scheduled for yesterday and this entire phase of the tournament has been annulled. Organisers agreed to abandon the rain-hit knockout...
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