FROM THE BOUNDARY - Take a bow, Maurice Smith
THE 11th IAAF World Championships came to an end in Osaka, Japan, on Sunday and Jamaica did well. In fact, Jamaica, little Jamaica, 'tallawah' Jamaica, did exceptionally well. In finishing in fourth position in total medals, ahead of bigger countries like Britain, China, Italy....
Tour cyclists have bigger hearts, studies reveal
VIENNA, Austria (AP): RIDING THE gruelling Tour de France bike race takes strength, stamina - and perhaps a heart nearly 40 per cent bigger than normal. Researchers who examined the hearts of former Tour bikers found that the athletes' hearts were from 20...
Heat turned up on José
LONDON (AP): THE BALL had barely flown into the back of the Chelsea net.Owner Roman Abramovich had seen enough. The Russian oil tycoon, whose millions turned the Blues into two-time Premier League champions, knew his team did not have the talent on the field ...
Lescott called in as Campbell replacement
LONDON (AP):EVERTON DEFENDER Joleon Lescott was called into the England squad for the first time yesterday as a replacement for the injured Sol Campbell.The 25-year-old Lescott, who scored his second goal of the season on Saturday to give Everton a 2-1...
New coach is full of confidence
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): NEWLY APPOINTED West Indies assistant coach, David Williams, says he is confident the regional side will give a good account of themselves at the Twenty/20 World Cup in South Africa next week.
Kuznetsova, Roddick on to quarters
NEW YORK (Reuters): SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA reached the U.S. Open's last eight for the first time since winning the event in 2004 when the fourth seed overcame Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-2, 6-3 yesterday. The 22-year-old Russian needed only 74 minutes to clinch...
Pick-9 close to $12m
The Pick-9 eluded punters for the 10th consecutive raceday at Caymanas Park on Saturday and the carryover to this Saturday's race meet stands at a whopping $9.8 million. With Pick-9 fever having intensified since last Wednesday, a payout in excess of $12 million looks a mere formality...
Allan 'Billy' Williams: Trainer extraordinaire
After 50 years in the training profession, Allan 'Billy' Williams has no intention of calling it quits any time soon. Now 76 years old, the legendary 'Hall of Fame' trainer, who conditions two-time 'Horse of the Year' MIRACLE MAN, has done it all...
Clarke selected to act on IAAF Athletes' Commission
OSAKA, Japan: JAMAICAN DAVIAN Clarke will be acting as an athletes representative for the next four years.Clarke, 31, who has won several relay medals for Jamaica at major championships, was on Saturday elected among 12 persons to serve on the IAAF Athletes' Commission....
South African skipper says bowlers will have big role to play at cup
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters): South African captain Graeme Smith believes bowlers could play as big a role as batsmen at the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup his nation is hosting from September 11."I'm unsure whether batsmen are going to totally dominate.
Family issues keep Ponting back home
MELBOURNE (Reuters): CAPTAIN RICKY Ponting was absent from the Australia squad that headed to South Africa for the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday, with Cricket Australia citing "family reasons" for his absence. CA Chief Executive James Sutherland said "a private family issue" had arisen...
UK track boss seeks Games reprieve for Ohuruogu
LONDON (Reuters): WORLD 400 METRE champion Christine Ohuruogu should be reprieved from a lifetime Olympic ban, UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner said yesterday. The British athlete returned from a one-year ban for missing three doping tests to claim gold in Osaka ...
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