It was oh, so close! - 'It was one of my longest moments'
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters): Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele motored away to a third straight 10,000 metres title while only a freeze-frame could separate Veronica Campbell from her 100m rivals on a dramatic night at the world championships yesterday. The Japanese crowd roared Bekele...
Novlene Williams sounds ominous warning
Osaka, Japan: Jamaica's Novlene Williams, the leader following the first round, sent another powerful message to her rivals yesterday when she clocked a season-best 49.66 seconds in the semi-finals of the women's 400 metres at the 11th IAAF World Championships in Osaka...
Sarwan, Gayle retain top spots
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Predictably, Ramnaresh Sarwan has been retained as captain and Chris Gayle has been named his deputy for the ICC Twenty20 World Championship to be contested next month in South Africa. Sarwan will be making a return to the side...
Nominations 'extremely good', but ...
Although electricity was yet to be restored at Caymanas Park yesterday morning when nominations for tomorrow's race meet were taken, support for the meeting was described as extemely good by CTL's racing secretary Denzil Miller Jr...
Darby Sr riding crest of a wave
Robert Darby Sr. has experienced the peaks and valleys of racing at Caymanas Park, but the good times far outnumber the bad. The 63-year-old trainer is enjoying a wonderful season, having saddled 31 winners so far to occupy fourth in the standings with $10.28 million.
FROM THE BOUNDARY - So close, so sweet
Jamaica picked up its first gold medal at the World Athletic Championships in Osaka, Japan, yesterday with Veronica Campbell, the Olympic 200 metres champion, winning the women's 100 metres. In one of the closest finishes in the history of the championships ...
Rematch may come next month
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters): New 100 metres world champion Tyson Gay and world recordholder Asafa Powell are likely to meet again as early as next month in Brussels, Powell's manager said yesterday."Asafa is definitely running Brussels (on September 14) and that's where they will likely...
Quick start for top seeds
NEW YORK (AP):Top seeds Roger Federer and Justine Henin quickly won their first matches at the United States Open yesterday, posting straight-set victories to advance to the second round of the final Grand Slam event of the season...
England take lead
BIRMINGHAM (Reuters):England made short work of a long India tail at Edgbaston yesterday to win the third one-day international by 42 runs and take a 2-1 lead in the seven-match series. India, chasing 282 to win, matched the required strike rate...
Portmore win
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): Jamaica's Portmore United retained their Warriors Cup title when they overcame a determined 10-man Antigua & Barbuda national Under-23 team 2-0 in the final at the Antigua Recreation Ground (ARG) Sunday night.
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