The race for World glory begins - Powell favoured to win first medal at champs
World record holder Asafa Powell will be the star attraction as far as Jamaicans are concerned when the 2007 IAAF World Championships begins tomorrow in Osaka, Japan. The nine-day spectacular actually begins tonight, Jamaica time. With Osaka 14 hours ahead of Jamaica...
IAAF wants tougher bans for doping
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters): Track and field's ruling body, IAAF, has called on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to impose stronger penalties for drug offences, including a four-year ban for serious first-time violations. "We want a minimum of four years...
Bell's future uncertain after three-week sabbatical
Promoters of former world champion O'Neil 'Supernova' Bell are concerned about the boxer's career after they claimed the Jamaican-born cruiserweight 'disappeared' prior to a scheduled bout earlier this month and had to be removed from a nationally televised fight card in the United States....
Fans not keen on int'l competition
LAS VEGAS (AP):NBA star Kobe Bryant regards Las Vegas as Lakers country. So where were all his fans on opening night of the Americas championship? Not at the Thomas and Mack Center, where the Americans debuted before a crowd that was less than half of what they drew last month...
Khari scores for AIK
Jamaican international Khari Stephenson continues to make a solid impression for Swedish top division (Allsvenskan) club AIK Stockholm, netting out of central midfield in a 4-1 victory against Orebro over the weekend. Stephenson who was also named man of the match...
Spencer is lone St Lucian
Castries, St. Lucia (CMC): Female high jumper Levern Spencer is St. Lucia's only representative for this weekend's start of the International Amateur Athletics Federation World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan.
Swallowfield United blank Rockfort 2-0
Swallowfield United recorded their second consecutive victory in Zone One of the Lucozade Kingston and St. Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Fitz Ramsay Under-13 competition, with a 2-0 victory over Rockfort at the Stadium East yesterday. In the day's other matches ...
'Dean' a 'terrible setback' for Tivoli
Struggling to secure funding one month ahead of the tentative date set for the Wray and Nephew National Premier League kick-off, former champions Tivoli Gardens were dealt another severe blow by the passage of Hurricane Dean. Half-eaten billboards...
Xavier Marshall gets second chance
It looks like Xavier Marshall is out to make his way back into the national cricket team set-up as he was named in a squad for a development match on Sunday at Melbourne Oval. Marshall, who fell out of favour with the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) for disciplinary...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - The way to go
For 10 years and more West Indies cricket has been suffering. In fact, since 1995 the West Indies team has been the beating stick of the top seven teams in the world. It has been able to flex its muscles only against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh - the bottom two - and the question...
Restoration work under way at Caymanas Park
Nine crews are working at Caymanas Park to repair stables ravaged by the winds of Hurricane Dean which struck the island on Sunday. This disclosed yesterday by CTL's racing secretary Denzil Miller Jr. who added that things seem on target for a resumption of racing next Wednesday...
HORSE SENSE - Racing survives 'Dean'
We should all be grateful that we have been saved from what was described as the most dangerous hurricane of this century. To have been in the path of a category 5 monster of a hurricane is beyond comprehension in terms of the disaster and destruction which would have been the result.
Troubled Real face Atletico in opener
MADRID, SPAIN (Reuters):Under pressure after failing to impress in pre-season, Real Madrid kick off their defence of the league title against reinvigorated city rivals, Atletico Madrid, tomorrow. Having sacked championship-winning coach, Fabio Capello,...
Madrid paying for not planning, says Capello
MADRID, SPAIN (Reuters): Former Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello has criticised the club for its lack of planning and said they have ended up paying exorbitant fees for new players. Capello steered Real to their first major trophy in four years when he led...
Henman retiring next month
NEW YORK (Reuters): British tennis player, Tim Henman. said yesterday he would retire from the sport after the Davis Cup world group play-off against Croatia next month. In a press conference at Flushing Meadows, where he will play in the U.S. Open next week, the Englishman...
Rasmussen in talks with Italian team
MILAN, Italy (AP): Michael Rasmussen is intalks with an Italian team and is hoping to start cycling again, about a month after he was ousted from the Tour de France. Rasmussen met for half an hour with Acqua and Sapone team director Palmiro Masciarelli...
Coulthard needles Massa over Ferrari fuel gaffe
ISTANBUL, TURKEY (Reuters): Brazilian Felipe Massa bristled yesterday at a suggestion that Ferrari might have sacrificed his Formula One title hopes in favour of teammate Kimi Raikkonen. Red Bull's David Coulthard needled the Brazilian at a Turkish Grand...
Australia depart for World Cup with eyes on trophy
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (Reuters):The Wallabies flew out of Sydney yesterday bound for the World Cup in France, knowing that anything less than winning the tournament will amount to failure. Australia are already the most successful country in the World Cup's short history...
Coltart equals European record
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands(Reuters):Briton Andrew Coltart equalled the European Tour's record for nine holes when the Scot came home in 27 shots in the Dutch Open first round yesterday.Coltart's run of seven birdies from the turn, in a round of 65 that left...
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