Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Saturday | January 10, 2009
Brown snares three ... but defiant Banks pushes Leewards towards decent total
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): Omari Banks stroked an unbeaten half century for the Leeward Islands against Jamaica on the opening day of their first-round WICB four-day regional match yesterday.Choosing to bat, the Leewards reached 235 for six at stumps...
Young Boyz
draw 1-1
with Haiti
Jamaica's Young Reggae Boyz made a good start in their quest to advance to the CONCACAF play-off round of the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Cup qualifiers when they ended 1-1 with arch-rivals Haiti at...
Bobsleigh team has potential to be 'hottest thing on ice'
The Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation (JBF) received some well-needed assistance from the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) yesterday.
2009
World Sports calendar
January 1 - Queenstown, New Zealand - cricket, New Zealand vs. West Indies, 1st ODI. 3-7 - Sydney, Australia - cricket, Australia vs. South Africa, 3rd Test.
Midweek
wins put
Maragh
second
SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York (CMC): Rajiv Maragh collected a pair of midweek wins and the young Jamaican rider has now moved up to joint second in Aqueduct jockeys' championship standings.Maragh, 23, had a win on Wednesday and scored...
Twenty Nine to atone in sprint
RYAN DARBY's TWENTY NINE, caught stealing home at the wire by RED LION at 1200 metres on Boxing Day, should get the better of old rival MELINDAGATA in this afternoon's trophy race, which will be run as the first event, an...
Eden Strikers look to gain experience
The Jamaica Netball Association (JNA)/ Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Open League competition continues today with defending champions Tivoli Gardens 'A' facing Eden Strikers at the Leila Robinson Courts, starting at...
Track season to blast off at Jamaica College
The first track and field meet of the calen-dar year - the Wata/Powerade/Jamaica College (JC) Development Meet - is on today at the school's Old Hope Road ground, starting at 8:30 a.m.One of the qualifying meets for the Grace/ISSA Boys' & Girls...
Carib now
sponsoring
two T&T
competitions
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The West Indies Cricket Board's loss has been the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board's gain, as Carib Brewery extended its unbroken partnership to 15 years with the announcement that the...
Two Darens help lift T&T
WEYMOUTH, Barbados (CMC): The two Darens - Bravo and Ganga - made contrasting half-centuries, as Trinidad and Tobago made painfully slow progress in the WICB four-day regional competition against Barbados yesterday.Bravo was unbeaten on 59 and Ganga, the...
Guyana fall for 172
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): Captain Travis Dowlin hit an even half-century but could not prevent a Guyana batting collapse on the opening day of their first round WICB Four-day Regional match against Windward Islands yesterday.Dowlin stroked seven fours...
Vere win at last
Vere Technical, led by pacer Froundo Black, defeated Glenmuir High by 167 runs to capture the inaugural Clarendon Cricket Association (CCA) pre-season high schools competition, which was held at Bushy Park...
Murray defeats Federer again
DOHA, Qatar (AP): Defending champion Andy Murray beat Roger Federer 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2 yesterday to reach the final of the Qatar Open, his fourth straight win over the former top-ranked player.Murray, who improved his career record against Federer to 5-2...
Benitez launches bitter attack on Ferguson
LONDON (AP): Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez launched a blistering attack on Manchester United counterpart Alex Ferguson's unpunished abuse of referees and accusations that the league is conspiring against his title defence. Ferguson "is the only manager...
PERFORMER OF THE WEEK: Beech stars for Duhaney Park
When Waterhouse travelled to KSAFA Super League campaigners Duhaney Park for their KSAFA/Western Union Jackie Bell KO match on Thursday, they were expecting to leave Baldwin Crescent with a victory...
IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
Four matches will be played tomorrow in the NCB-sponsored Southeast St Elizabeth KO cricket competition.Ballards Valley face All Century at Ballards Valley, Tryall take on Comma Pen at Tryall, Uprising...
Venus beats Chakvetadze at HK exhibition
HONG KONG (AP): Venus Williams defeated Anna Chakvetadze 7-6 (1), 6-3 at the women's team exhibition tournament in Hong Kong yesterday, giving Team Americas a 1-0 lead over Russia in the best-of-five final. Chakvetadze played well in the first set...
FINAL SCORE
BASKETBALLNEW YORK (AP): Results of National Basketball Association games played on Thursday night: Dallas 99 New York 94, San Antonio 106 L.A.
Five advance in Malcolm, Samuels Memorial
Five teams marched into the second round of the Hanover Sports Development Council's Steve 'Shorty' Malcom/Denton 'Melwood' Samuels knockout football tournament, which got under way last Sunday at the Lords' playing field in Lucea.
Juici Patties, JDF, Hy-Performance win
Last year's beaten finalists Juici Patties, as well as Hy-Performance and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) all recorded identical 3-2 wins in the Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA)/Northwest Table Tennis Club League on Thursday night.
Parker spurs San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO (AP): Tony Parker scored 19 points as San Antonio beat the skidding Los Angeles Clippers 106-84 on Thursday night, giving the Spurs their ninth win in the past 10 NBA games despite getting only eight points from Tim Duncan.
