Asafa Powell urged to hang tough
CANADIAN OLYMPIC gold medallist and former world 100-metre record holder Donovan Bailey believes it would be easier for Asafa Powell to win Olympic gold if he only thinks about himself."If Asafa gets in and runs his race and does not worry about where he is - the Olympic Games...
Twenty20 tourney for Montego Bay
WESTERN BUREAU: IN A move aimed at reviving cricket in western Jamaica, a group of enterprising St.James-based sports enthusiasts are now fine-tuning plans to stage a major two-week 20/20 tournament, which will be played at nights under floodlights at Jarrett Park....
Meadhaven in charge of Super League
MEADHAVEN UNITED strengthened their chances of advancing to this year's Premier League play-offs with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Cavalier in the Kingston and St.Andrew Football Association (KSAFA)/Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) Super League competition...
Jamaica scrape by T&T for second win
JAMAICA RECORDED their second straight victory at the CLICO West Indies Under-15 tournament in Dominica yesterday. However, the side, under the guidance of coach Terrence Coke and manager Ephraime McLeoxd, had to fight hard to secure victory at 103 for eight...
WIPA boss hopeful
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): WEST INDIES Players Association (WIPA) boss Dinanath Ramnarine believes the West Indies team will be at full strength when Australia visits the Caribbean in May this year.Ramnarine was responding to reports that top batsmen captain...
CWJ, St Ann Bauxite take top honours at cricket presentation
CABLE AND Wireless Jamaica (CWJ) and St Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners won the bulk of the awards at the 70th anniversary presentation dinner of the Business House Cricket Board on Saturday night at the Knutsford Court hotel, New Kingston. The teams shared the Digicel 20/20 trophy...
Waulgrovians continue winning streak
WAULGROVIANS 'A' recorded their second consecutive victory in this year's Jamaica Netball Asso-ciation (JNA)/Berger Paints competition with a comfortable 52-41 over Windalco on Sunday at the Leila Robinson Courts. In the day's other game, Jetsetters...
'Bull' to challenge hot Gore at Dover
WHILE DAVID Summer-bell and the other Kingstonians will not be able to match the powerful Mitsubishi Evolution engine of Doug Gore on Easter Monday, the man everybody is looking at to take on the MoBay team is Peter Thompson. The 12-race card is expected to get under way at noon...
Well done, Calabar, Holmwood
THE GRACEKENNEDY Boys and Girls Athletics Championships, arguably the premier sporting event in this country, ended at the National Stadium on Saturday after four days of action that gripped the nation. Defending champions and favourites Calabar High, in the boys' category...
Hair is ready to umpire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):DARRELL HAIR has been reinstated as a Test match umpire by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Hair had been banned since November 2006 because of his conduct during a Test between Pakistan and England that led to the first forfeit...
US rejects Olympics boycott
DENVER (AP): STICKING WITH a stance its taken all along, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) reiterated that an American boycott of the Beijing Olympics is not an option. "Put together a ranking of the worst ideas ever conceived and 'Olympic boycott' would be at the top...
Manchester United, Chelsea set sights on Arsenal
LONDON (AP): MANCHESTER UNITED and Chelsea can make Arsenal pay for their poor form in the Premier League.With the Gunners on a run of four straight draws, defending champions United can move three points clear at the top of the standings by beating...
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