Hyde and Duckie fired
IN A twist of fate, Lenny Hyde and Donovan Duckie, local coaches drafted as assistants to technical director Rene Simoes in the national programme, have been fired by their respective Premier League clubs, Harbour View and St Georges of Portland....
SDF decision criticised by Allen
FORMER CHAIRMAN of the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS), C. Lloyd Allen, has described the turning down of the National Premier League's (NPL) cries for emergency funding by the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) as a slap in the face for youth development.
Spaulding Cup in the balance
THE THREE-DAY Spaulding Cup All-island schoolboy cricket final between Eltham and St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) is interestingly poised at the end of yesterday's first day at Chedwin Park. Replying to STETHS' modest first innings score 125, Eltham were 73 for four when bad light...
West Indies into CLICO U-15 final
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): THE WEST Indies surged into the final of the CLICO International Under-15 Championship with a convincing eight-wicket win over Americas Development XI yesterday. Playing in one semi-final at Warner Park, the West Indies...
Teams arrive, but Blake missing at Penns
PHILADELPHIA: SEVERAL OF the island's top schools arrived here for the 114th Penn Relays on Tuesday, but Jamaica's fastest junior, Yohan Blake, was missing from the party.Edwin Allen girls and St.Jago boys headed the high-school teams, while G. C. Foster College...
Serious work ahead as PLCA chases sponsorship
IT APPEARS that the top brass of the front-line football clubs which form the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) will have a serious task to earn their own sponsorship for the next football season. Clear evidence of this has been manifested in the current scenario where the league...
Portmore, Tivoli begin last lap
COILED TIGHTLY in the starting blocks, leaders Portmore United and second-place Tivoli Gardens, will eye a bullet-like start to kick off their title sprint when the fourth and final round of the National Premier League (NPL) kicks off today....
Jamalco, Waulgrovians maintain undefeated runs
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Jamalco and Waulgrovians 'A' extended their unbeaten runs in this year's Jamaica Netball Association (JNA)/Berger Paints Super competition with victories over Tivoli Gardens 'A' and 'B' teams respectively at the Leila Robinson Courts at the weekend....
Torch relay run downgraded in Japan
TOKYO (AP): IT WAS supposed to all start with a gala send-off at one of Japan's most venerable and majestic Buddhist temples, the 1,400-year-old Zenkoji.Instead, the Beijing Olympic torch will make its Japan debut in a parking lot.
Cavaliers beat the Wizards again
CLEVELAND (AP):LEBRON JAMES scored 30 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 16 as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Washington Wizards 116-86 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their opening-round play-off series. The 30-point margin of victory...
United catch Barca at good time
BARCELONA, Spain (AP): MANCHESTER UNITED couldn't have asked for a better time to play FC Barcelona. The English league leader arrive for today's first leg of the Champions League semi-finals at the Camp Nou stadium to find Barcelona under pressure to avoid a second straight....
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