Usain, 'Ver' fly Jamaica flag high
LONDON (CMC):SPRINT MARVEL Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, as well as female compatriots Veronica Campbell-Brown and Melaine Walker headlined the performances on the second and final day of the London Grand Prix yesterday.
Call for quota on foreign 'ballers
LONDON (AP):A BRITISH government minister has called for restrictions on the number of foreigners playing in the Premier League.
Sastre closes in on victory
SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France (AP):CARLOS SASTRE closed in on a victory in the Tour de France by retaining the overall lead after yesterday's time trial in the next-to-last stage of the three-week race.
Bolt's coach still worried about double
LONDON (AP):USAIN BOLT'S coach is worried that going for the sprint double in the Beijing Olympics could hurt the 100-metre world record holder's chances of winning his preferred 200 race
PERFORMER OF THE WEEK : Nangle in seventh heaven after CISC meet
THIRTEEN-YEAR-old Campion College student Kendese Nangle dived into the Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships (CISC) and emerged a multiple medallist and record holder.
Victory was 'no easy feat' for Girls - Francis
DESPITE JAMAICA sweeping all their games en route to winning this year's Americas Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) championship title, coach Connie Francis yesterday said victory was no a easy feat.
IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD: Portmore teams in semi-final tussle
Four teams will be chasing two semi-final spots in the Pines Imaging Centre/Keith Gentles Portmore Under-17 Football League today.Zone B aspirants Watson Grove (18 points) are fighting for one...
Barbadians are regional champs
WILDEY, Barbados, CMC BARBADOS CLINCHED the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge three-day competition for the first time, after avoiding defeat against Jamaica yesterday.
Magnificent seven ride away with $46m Pick-9
THE HUNT is over! The massive Pick-9 which had eluded punters for 18 conse-cutive racedays was cornered by seven punters at Caymanas Park yesterday, each receiving a whopping $6.7 million.
Middlesex, Kent in Twenty20 Cup final
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP): MIDDLESEX WILL meet Kent in the final of England's Twenty20 Cup final on Saturday after beating Durham by eight wickets.Kent had already downed Essex by 14 runs at Southampton's Rose Bowl when Tyron Henderson smashed 59 off 21...
Track and field 'bible' predicts 12 medals for Jamaica
TRACK AND Field News, a magazine long considered the bible of the sport, has picked Jamaica to win 12 medals - including three gold - on the track at the Beijing Olympics, which begins in less than two weeks.
A blessing for Sri Lanka's Dilshan
THE FIRST Test between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club stadium ended on Friday night (Jamaica time).
Butts to head WI selectors
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC):FORMER GUYANA captain and West Indies offspin bowler Clyde Butts has been promoted to become the new convenor of the West Indies selection panel, the West Indies Cricket Board announced yesterday.
Spinners demolish hapless Indians
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP):INDIA SLUMPED to their heaviest innings defeat in 34 years yesterday as Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan and his new spin partner, Ajantha Mendis, shared 19 wickets to claim a crushing win in the first Test.
Kingston Club says yes to women
KINGSTON CRICKET Club, the Tigers of Sabina Park, has finally, after 145 years, opened its doors to women.
Mohammed laments the lot of spinners
ON THE wild merry-go-round which West Indian spinners ride, Trinidad trundler Dave Mohammed is teetering on the brink of being spun off.Fellow left-arm spinners Sulieman Benn of Barbados and Jamaican Nikita Miller as...
Education the focus for local anti-doping body
WITH THE Anti-Doping in Sport Act being passed in the Senate last week, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) will be carrying out a detailed educational programme, said executive director Dr Patrece Charles-Freeman."We...
Dope testing getting efficient - Rogge
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP):INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge expects up to 40 athletes to be caught doping at the Beijing Olympics, compared to 26 at the 2004 Athens Games.In an interview published in the weekend edition of the...
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