Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Thursday | February 19, 2009
West Indies staring at defeat
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): West Indies face a huge challenge to save the third Test, after England set them a highly improbable, if not impossible, target of 503 for victory yesterday.West Indies were 143 for three in their second innings, with Ramnaresh Sarwan not out... Read More...
Gayle hopes for a draw
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): The victory target (503) seems like a long shot, so Chris Gayle seems willing to settle for a draw in the third Test against England which ends today."My hope is that West Indies does not collapse (today)," Gayle, the captain ... Read More...
WICB OK
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC: West Indies cricket boss Julian Hunte on Tuesday remained adamant that the regional game was not dependent on Sir Allen Stanford's cash, as fallout continued over the Texan billionaire's incrimination in an alleged billion-dollar... Read More...
Corporal arrests tardy Arnett with a double
Village United, after a superb performance in yesterday's opening game of the Flow Champions Cup, moved on to the next round after registering a 2-1 win over Arnett Gardens at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex. The Trelawny-based team registered their first goal... Read More...
It should have been a three-way tie - Powell
Olympic relay gold medallist, Asafa Powell, believes Olympic 100m champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser, should have also been selected for the 2008 Sportswoman of the Year award."I think if there was going to be a tie, I think it would have been a three-way ... Read More...
Campion in command against Calabar
Campion College look set to lift their first cricket title in 20 years as, replying to Calabar's first innings total of 194, the boys from the Matilda's Corner-based institution were 123-3 at the end of the first day of their two-day ISSA First Global Bank Urban Area ... Read More...
Williamses set to clash
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Serena and Venus Williams remained on track to meet in the semi-finals, but Jelena Jankovic was ousted in the third round of the Dubai Championships yesterday.Top-seeded Serena beat Zheng Jie of China 6-4, 6-2, while... Read More...
Piece A Foot runs away with feature
PIECE A FOOT, running at odds of 10-1 under title-chasing jockey Dane Nelson, produced a terrific late burst to catch 2-1 favourite TIMOTHY SCOTT close to home in the James B. Dawes Memorial Trophy feature (claiming $325,000-$295,000) over 1300 metres at Caymans Park yest... Read More...
U-20 coach pleased with tactical and defensive areas
National Under-20 coach, Donovan Duckie, believes the young Reggae Boyz still have some sharpening up to do ahead of next month's final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, despite a 1-0 win over Mexico's Under-20s in a friendly international at the Ferdie Neita Park... Read More...
Sunshine Girls get Digicel boost
Jamaica's Sunshine Girls yesterday received a $1.2 million boost from sponsors Digicel ahead of their departure today for the United Kingdom, where they will play a three-Test series against England. The first match will be played on February 22 in the London Arena... Read More...
Stanford owes TTCB
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): The Stanford Group of Companies owes the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) TT$1.2 million (US$195,000), local official Forbes Persaud has announced.After news broke on Tuesday that Sir Allen Stanford was charged by United... Read More...
Campbell-Ryce scores to hand Barnsley win
LONDON, England (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago international Chris Birchall had a costly miss in a penalty shoot-out and Jamaican Jamal Campbell-Ryce scored, as the two Caribbean men made headlines for different reasons in England on Tuesday night... Read More...
Charity targets $14m for Bustamante Hospital
Pan Caribbean Financial Services, in collaboration with the National Health Fund, will team up with corporate Jamaica on the roads of Kingston for the 11th staging of the annual Sigma Corporate Run, which will be held on Sunday, March 15... Read More...
