Sports should not be in the front line of politics - C o e
OLYMPIC 1,500 METRES gold medallist, Britain's Lord Sebastian Coe, slammed sports boycotts during a Gleaner video podcast at the company's head office on North Street, yesterday. Coe, winner of the 1,500m gold medal and 800m silver at both the 1980 Moscow...
York stay in hunt for NPL
YORK UNITED kept their hopes of securing a spot in local top-flight football alive after holding second-placed Rivoli to a 1-1 draw in the National Premier League (NPL) play-offs at the Spanish Town Prison Oval, yesterday. The valuable point on the road for York saw...
Breese proves a handful against Derbyshire
CHESTER-LE-STREET, Durham, (CMC): JAMAICAN ALL-ROUNDER Gareth Breese used a telling five-wicket performance to spur Durham to a 117-run victory over Derbyshire in their latest English Friends Provident Fund Trophy match. After scoring 298 for seven off 50...
Levy, Findlay crowned boy and girl champs
SIMON LEVY of Hillel and Shaddae Findlay of Supreme Preparatory outlasted the competition to be crowned boy and girl champions of the Alliance Investment Management All-island Under-12 tennis competition, which concluded at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre...
Jamalco meet Tivoli in first final tonight
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Jamalco and Tivoli Gardens 'A' will clash this evening in Game one of the best-of-three finals of Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) Berger Paints Super League at the Leila Robinson Courts, starting 6 p.m. Jamalco, who are unbeaten this season, are gunning...
Brown determined to make Olympic team
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 200-metre champion Omar Brown said his determination to make Jamaica's team to the Beijing Olympics has nothing to do with his wife's almost certain inclusion."Well, we are two different athletes," Brown, who last November married Veronica Campbell...
Jamaica PLCA opens new office
A NEW era dawned in Jamaica football administration on Monday when the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) officially opened the doors to its new administrative office, located on the first floor of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) building in New Kingston....
Sharapova struggles in opener
PARIS (AP):WHEN THE ball was in play, Maria Sharapova at least was able to make something happen. The top-seeded Russian struggled with her serve in the wind at the French Open, hitting 17 double-faults and barely managing to defeat 103rd-ranked...
Los Angeles Lakers one win away from NBA finals
SAN ANTONIO (AP): KOBE BRYANT and the Los Angeles Lakers are one win away from returning to the NBA finals.Bryant had 28 points and 10 rebounds and the Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 93-91 to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals on Tuesday...
Williamson sees invitation as a dream come true
NATIONAL SENIOR team invitee Lee Williamson, from English Championship side Watford, said playing for Jamaica was something he dreamt of doing all his life. Williamson and first-time invitee Simon Ford were among six Britain-based players who recently arrived...
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