Jamaica still seek first medal
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: MEMBERS OF Jamaica's contingent at the XV Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro are still seeking their first medal after six days of official competition. Swimmer Alia Atkinson was out of luck in the women's 100 metres breaststroke final yesterday. ...
Usain Bolt strikes PB in 100m win
RETHYMNO, Greece (CMC): JAMAICAN USAIN Bolt advertised impressive speed as he ran a personal best 10.03 seconds to win the men's 100 metres at the Vardinoyannia 2007 international track and field meeting on Wednesday night. Bolt, a 200-metre specialist, topped the American pair ...
Queensland all-rounder bound for Jamaica
BRISBANE, Queensland, CMC JAMAICA AND, perhaps, West Indies may get another Australian influence.No, it's not another coach, physio, or trainer but Brendan Nash, the Queensland batsman, who is set to leave Australia in September and attempt to revive...
WIPA on warpath again
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad(CMC): THE WEST Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has contended that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has again breached the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that exists between the two parties. WIPA disclosed that the WICB's...
England off to solid start
LONDON (AP): MICHAEL VAUGHAN and Andrew Strauss shared a solid second-wicket stand for England yesterday before India took three wickets in the last session to redress the balance by stumps on the opening day of the first Test at Lord's. Helped by a 142-run partnership...
Last Jamaica hope tumbles
FLORIDA-BASED Jamaican, Simone Vranov-Brown, missed out on a spot in the ITF Jamaica Junior Championships semi-final round when she lost in straight sets to second-seeded Danielle Mills at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre, yesterday...
Garcia takes two-stroke lead
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP): IT WASN'T 'Car-Nasty' this time around - especially for Sergio Garcia. Still trying to remove that unwanted title of best player never to win a major, Garcia took advantage of charitable conditions at Carnoustie to shoot a six-under-par 65..
Negatives motivated Windies, says Gayle
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): WEST INDIES captain Chris Gayle said his side used the negative off-the-field developments to lift themselves during the recent one-day international series against England. The tour began controversially when Gayle was reprimanded..
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Caught in the crossfire and bleeding
INSTEAD OF getting better, the bad blood between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) and the players themselves seems to get worse and worse, day after day. And with the board members, regardless of their incompetence....
Take Dancing Sam to win in the eighth
Both the Pick-9 and Super-6 start anew at Caymanas Park tomorrow, the Pick-9 having been caught by one lucky punter on Wednesday. He received a whopping $1 million, despite a stunning upset by the 33-1 outsider ALLEGRO in the third race...
Spence is new head of Jockey Guild
Jockey Ian Spence is the new president of the Jamaica Jockey Guild. He was elected unopposed by his peers at a special general meeting of the guild held in the North Lounge at Caymanas Park on Friday, July 13. Significantly, Spence who is popularly called 'Dolly Baby'...
HORSE SENSE - Lost opportunities - why?
I have been travelling and my travels have taken me back to The Bahamas, where I lived for a few years almost a decade and a half ago. My! How things have changed! Not that this was my first trip in all those years, but this time I was able to take a close look at things...
Hammers hit Tevez agent
LONDON (AP):WEST HAM have denied accusations by the businessman claiming to own Carlos Tevez that the club made misleading statements over the Argentina striker's mooted transfer to Manchester United. West Ham are attempting to sell Tevez to United after...
Int'l tests for locals
THE RACQUETS complex at the Constant Spring Golf Club will come alive on the next two weekends as Jamaica's top badminton players match their wits against internationals from Denmark, Surinam, England and Mexico in the 13th staging...
Historic stage win for South African
MONTPELLIER, France, (Reuters): SOUTH AFRICAN Robert Hunter won a crash-hit bunch sprint to take the 182.5-km 11th stage of the Tour de France yesterday. The Barloworld rider beat Swiss time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara of the CSC team by half a wheel.
Crystal clinch another crown
WESTERN BUREAU: MANY-TIME champions Crystal rolled back the clock in dramatic style at the Montego Bay Cricket Club Courts on Sunday night when they defeated Angels 33-27 in a bruising final to crown themselves the 2007 St.James/Hart & Son Senior League netball...
All Blacks set to play cup cards
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP):ALL BLACKS coach Graham Henry will play several of his World Cup cards in tomorrow's deciding Tri-Nations rugby match, hoping they are not trumped by Australia. After experimenting with combinations in six previous Tests...
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