Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Tuesday | February 10, 2009
Taylor leaps up rankings
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):Fast bowler Jerome Taylor's heroics against England on Saturday has propelled him 11 places up the ICC Test-bowling rankings to sixth, his highest-ever spot in international cricket's rating system. The giant leap has put the 24-year-old just behind... Read More...
West Indies selectors drop Marshall
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): West Indies have fortified their batting by bringing Ryan Hinds and Lendl Simmons in to their squad for the second Test against England, starting on Friday at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground. Though West Indies would have few... Read More...
Fuller may miss rest of season
STOKE-ON-TRENT, England (CMC): Stoke City's Jamaican international Ricardo Fuller could be out of the remainder of the season after undergoing an operation to rectify a dislocated shoulder.The 29-year-old striker sustained the injury after falling on his... Read More...
Trinidad's Simmons eyeing Test debut
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Already having tasted international one-day action, opening batsman Lendl Simmons says he is eager to make his Test debut following his call-up to the West Indies squad for the second Test against England."I am very happy... Read More...
JDF still on top in JTTA league
Defending champions Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) defeated hosts Hy-Performance 3-1 in the Jamaica Table Tennis Association's Northwest Development Division One club league match on Saturday. The JDF lead the standings with 22 points, ahead of Athletico... Read More...
Hockey girls beaten again
The Jamaica women's hockey team suffered their second defeat in Pool B of the eight-nation Women's Pan-American Hockey Championships in Bermuda, when they went down 4-1 to Mexico on Sunday. The Jamaicans were beaten 10-0 by the United States in their... Read More...
Rampant Seba maul Mt Salem
Western Bureau: Mid-season champions Seba United, behind a hat-trick from Delroy Ellis, started their second round Captain's Bakery football campaign with a big 5-0 win against Mt Salem in the feature game of Sunday night's triple-header at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay... Read More...
Jamalco are Open League queens
Super League champions Jamalco whipped Windalco 37-22 to capture the Jamaica Netball Association/Jamaica National Building Society Open League trophy at the Leila Robinson on Saturday. In the consolation knockout final, Hampshire 'A' defeated defending... Read More...
Group calls for big changes at USA Track and Field
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP): In a stinging indictment of what went wrong with the American athletics teams at the Beijing Olympics, a task force lashed out at the relay system, recommended streamlining Olympic trials and called for a more stringent... Read More...
Adams joins past players who have failed as managers
LONDON (AP): Tony Adams yesterday became the latest England captain to flop as a topflight club manager when Premier League side Portsmouth announced he had been fired after four months in charge. The 42-year-old former Arsenal defender, who took over... Read More...
Chelsea sack Scolari
LONDON (AP): Luiz Felipe Scolari was fired as Chelsea manager yesterday after a string of poor performances dropped the team far back in the Premier League title race.The club said in a statement that the Brazilian coach, who took over from the fired... Read More...
Lakers cool LeBron's Cavaliers
CLEVELAND (AP): Lamar Odom scored a season-high 28 points, Kobe Bryant added 19 and the streak-breaking Los Angeles Lakers handed the Cleveland Cavaliers their first loss at home this season, 101-91, on Sunday.The Cavaliers came in 23-0 at Quicken Loans... Read More...
