Relegation fight tightens
IN A cruel twist of fate, struggling St Georges struck in time added on to deny August Town three valuable points in a National Premier League relegation battle at Lynch Park yesterday. For 90-plus minutes, last-place August Town, who took the lead through Jermaine Simpson...
Chelsea advance to final
LONDON (AP): AVRAM GRANT has done what Jose Mourinho never managed to accomplish with Chelsea - put the London club into the Champions League final. The Blues held on to beat Liverpool 3-2 in extra time on Wednesday in the second leg of the Champions...
With Honour upsets in feature
YESTERDAY'S MID-WEEK programme at Caymanas Park produced three notable upsets, including WITH HONOUR at 20-1 in the day's feature, Race No. 4 in the CTL Claiming Series ($210,000 and less) over 1500 metres. In addition to WITH HONOUR, other upsets came via GALLAVANTER at 28-1...
Francis puts faith in Spencer
HE IS one of the hardest persons to get an interview with, but Stephen Francis, the man in charge of the crack MVP Track Club and also the head coach of the University of Technology, was in a good mood when this reporter caught up with him last weekend at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia....
Wilson pushes forward gold agenda
FOLLOWING ON last year's fourth-place finish at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan, hurdler Nickeisha Wilson said she is on target for the Olympic title in Beijing, China. Shortly after her surprised fourth-place finish in the 400m hurdles in Osaka,...
IAAF urges Jamaica to step up doping tests
AS EXPECTED, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has urged organisers of the fifth Jamaica International Invitational event, an Area Permit meet, to step up drug testing on Saturday.The chairman of the organising committee,...
JAAA moves date of junior Champs
THE NATIONAL Junior Championships will be held separately from the National Champion-ships this year. The Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) was forced to push forward the junior section of the National Championships to June 13 and 14, because of the deadline for entries ...
Chinese lose battle to keep politics out of the Beijing Games
BEIJING (AP): WITH 100 days to go, the battle has been lost to keep politics out of the Beijing Olympics.Shimmering venues and billions spent to remake Beijing into a modern city have been dulled by pro-Tibet protests, chaos on the torch relay and an anti-Western backlash ...
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