TENNIS: PAN CARIB Jamaica junior champs - Burke captures boys' U-18 singles crown
BRANDON BURKE put the finishing touches on an imposing performance at the Pan Caribbean Jamaica Junior Championships with yet another straight set victory, this time over number two...
Gay hurt after 200m tumble
EUGENE, Oregon (AP):TYSON GAY tumbled to the ground at the start of his 200-metre quarter-final heat at the United States Olympic athletics trials yesterday and had to be carted off the track.
West Indies' last chance to save pride
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):STUNG BY a narrow one-run defeat, the West Indies will have to quickly overcome that massive disappointment to focus on avoiding a series whitewash in the fifth Digicel one-day international against Australia at Warner Park...
Jamaica remain in command
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):DESPITE A fighting, unbeaten century by Trinidad and Tobago left-hander Evin Lewis, Jamaica were still firmly in control of the first round TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge match at Banks Brewery yesterday.
Major Mayer and I Am Paid For take features
MAJOR MAYER, an even money favourite, and I AM PAID FOR, at the generous odds of 7/2, ensured a feature race double for jockey Richard Mitchell on yesterday's ten-race card at Caymanas Park.
Spaniard takes early lead in Tour de France
PLUMELEC, France (AP):ALEJANDRO VALVERDE won the first stage of the Tour de France yesterday.
Venus reigns
WIMBLEDON, England (AP):VENUS WILLIAMS beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 yesterday for her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship.This was Venus' first victory over her younger sibling in a Grand Slam final since the 2001 US Open, and it...
Kovalainen secures first pole position
SILVERSTONE, England (AP):HEIKKI KOVALAINEN captured his first Formula One pole position as fastest qualifier for today's British Grand Prix and now chases his first victory.
Come again, Mr President - don't blame it all on the players
WEST INDIES Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte, the man who has a habit of writing letters to the manager and captain of the West Indies team before a series and telling them how talented and brilliant the members of the team are, has finally...
Nerve-wracking win for Jamaica
JAMAICA'S COMBINED martial arts team on Thursday night pulled off a nerve-wracking and controversial overtime victory against world International Taekwon-do Federation (ITF) champions Argentina to successfully defend their Busta World Continental Team Fighting title at the US Open in Orlando, Florida.
Ready for the world
JAMAICA'S JUNIOR athletes are once again ready to take on the world.This time, the young Jamaicans will take on their peers at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Western rivalries renewed
WESTERN BUREAU:THE WESTERN Inter-Parish football competition, which is sponsored to the tune of $500,000, kicks off today with the Under-17 and senior teams of Hanover and Westmoreland at home to their Trelawny and St James...
Tae kwon do juniors shine
JAMAICA TAE KWON DO'S juniors shone in continuous sparring on Friday's big opening day of the International Sports Karate Association's US Martial Arts Open in Orlando, Florida, winning 13 of 22 medals secured by the contingent including two...
Slayers keen to rebound after stunning midweek defeat
AFTER A solid 72-50 whipping at the hands of Urban Knights on Thursday in the KFC National Basketball League, St George's Slayers are vowing a better performance when they face Majesty Gardens this afternoon at 5:00 at the...
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