Jamaica Gleaner News- Sport - Sunday

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Jamaica College (JC) and St George's will contest this year's final of the ISSA/Pepsi/ Digicel Manning Cup following exciting semi-final victories over Bridgeport and St Andrew Technical (STATHS) respectively at the Harbour View Mini Stadium yesterday.

Harbour View, Tivoli battle today

THE NATIONAL Stadium was a place of football disappointment at midweek, following the nation's elimination from World Cup qualifying. Today, 'The Office' will be the original celebration spot for either the fans of...

St James join list of semi-finalists

WESTERN BUREAU: BEN FRANCIS Cup champions St James High, surprise team Lacovia High School and Lennon High joined early qualifiers Spaldings High as the semi-finalists in the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup following yesterday's...

WI revival not far away - Williams

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): A SENIOR West Indies team official believes the regional side can begin their climb from the doldrums of international cricket, starting with next month's series in New Zealand.David Williams, the team's assistant...

Honey Bunny delivers impressive run at Caymanas

HONEY BUNNY, running as the 2-1 second favourite under five-time champion jockey Trevor Simpson, romped home by five lengths in the Jamaica Racehorse Trainers' Association Trophy over 1200 metres, the feature event at...

Man City whip Arsenal 3-0

LONDON (AP): ARSENAL CRASHED to a 3-0 defeat at Manchester City, deepening the crisis enveloping the club after captain William Gallas was dropped for revealing infighting and criticising the squad's lack of determination.The Gunners' fifth defeat of the...

Byfield a true all-rounder

CHANCES ARE if Althea Byfield had persevered with sprinting, she might have been one of Jamaica's medallists at the Beijing Olympics.In other areas of her self-professed great love - track and field athletics -...

Spain clinch doubles, lead Argentina 2-1

MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (AP):SPAIN'S FELCIANO Lopez and Fernando Verdasco sent a chill through Argentina by winning the doubles to lead the Davis Cup final 2-1 yesterday.Lopez and Verdasco prevailed as expected against David Nalbandian and Agustin...

Let's support the Sunshine Girls

THE SUNSHINE Girls, Jamaica's crack netball team, recently hosted South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago in a three-team contest and with all the teams playing true to form, Jamaica won, with South Africa finishing second and T&T third.

Ja, US stars to clash for spots on same team

MONTE CARLO:JAMAICA AND United States athletes will be competing for places on one team - the Americas' team, for the 2010 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cup, the world's governing body announced on Friday.At its council...

MIND YOUR BUSINESS

It was the same old story in the Business House cricket competition last Sunday - bad weather forcing a cancellation of the Digicel 20/20 semi-final match between Cable and Wireless and Jamalco at Chalmers...

Organisers say Cup will be safe

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP): WORLD CUP organisers reiterated yesterday that football fans will be safe at the 2010 tournament in South Africa.Senior government, police and sports officials said South Africa is beefing up police numbers and training,...

US, Mexico to kick off final-round qualifiers

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP): THE UNITED STATES will open the final round of regional qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup at home against old rival Mexico, and conclude their campaign against Costa Rica, also on home soil.

New Zealand stun Australia to take home title

BRISBANE, Australia (AP): NEW ZEALAND overcame staggering odds to beat heavily favoured Australia 34-20 in the Rugby League World Cup final yesterday.

Selection row shocks Indians

BANGALORE, India (AP):INDIA'S ATTEMPT to secure a series-clinching lead against England in today's limited-overs international has been overshadowed by a selection row that led to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni reportedly offering to quit as captain.

England crushed by South Africa

TWICKENHAM, England (AP): ENGLAND AGAIN made too many mistakes under pressure yesterday to lose 42-6 in their worst ever home defeat to South Africa.After last week's error-ridden loss to Australia, England again enjoyed a large share of possession at...

Lorgat to look into Lloyd's ICL, IPL comments

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): HAROON LORGAT promised that he would look into India's complaint about Clive Lloyd's comments about the relationship between the Indian Cricket League (ICL) and Indian Premier League (IPL).Lorgat, the chief executive...