Visa problem slows Powell & Co.
HIS opponents on the track have a major problem keeping pace with him. However, the Japanese consulate in Milan, Italy, has slowed down the world's fastest man, Asafa Powell, pushing back his arrival in Osaka, Japan for the World Championships.
Simpson's fate hangs in the balance
Last year when Sherone Simpson was running up a storm, if she was told she would not win the World Championships sprint double or not be part of Jamaica's team to Osaka, Japan, this year, everyone would have disagreed. After a successful 2006 where she ran 22.00-flat...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Let's play cricket
The third and final Test between England and India gets going at The Oval tomorrow and after hanging on to draw the first Test with nine wickets down in the second innings and still trailing by 97 runs, after winning the second Test by seven wickets...
Sappleton hoping for breakthrough at Leicester
Teenage striker and Jamaica hopeful, Reneil 'Ricky' Sappleton, is hoping to make the first team squad for his new club Leicester City when the English club football season kicks of this weekend. Following his severance of ties with Queens Park Rangers, the club which took him...
Apprentice escapes stewards' whip for 'indifferent ride'
Apprentice Jason Simpson was yesterday cleared by the stewards of the Jamaica Racing Commission (J.R.C.) for his indifferent ride aboard MISS PAIGE in the sixth race at Caymanas Park on Wednesday, July 18. Simpson could have received the maximum 25-day suspension...
Gatlin got injection he thought was vitamin B12
PHOENIX (AP):The top assistant to athletics coach Trevor Graham gave Justin Gatlin an injection, which he believed to be vitamin B12, two weeks before the world record-sharing sprinter tested positive for banned substances. After Randall Evans gave the injection,...
Powell's not worried about 10.04 clocking - Wariner runs third fastest 400m ever
STOCKHOLM (Reuters): World record holder Asafa Powell admitted he's not worried about the World Championships after a less-than- inspiring 10.04 clocking in the men's 100 metres at the DN Galan athletics meeting...
Jamaica crush Guyana - Victory leaves title race wide open
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (CMC): Jamaica blew the title race wide open when they wasted little time in completing an emphatic innings and 50-run victory over Guyana in their TCL West Indies Under-19 Challenge match at the Edgar Gilbert Park here yesterday.
Leewards batsmen force draw
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (CMC): Barbados had their quest for an outright victory frustrated by defiant Leeward Islands batting as their fourth-round TCL West Indies Under-19 Challenge match finished in a draw yesterday. Playing at Conaree, Terrance Ward and Kelbert David...
Coley delighted with surge
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (CMC): Jamaica's coach André Coley has expressed delight with his team's win, after they crushed front-runners Guyana on the final day of their TCL West Indies Under-19 Challenge match yesterday. Jamaica inflicted an innings and 50-run defeat...
Hanover honours Horace - Former national baller gets award for contribution to sports
Sandy Bay, Hanover: Former national defender, Horace 'Cement Kid' Samuels, was presented with the Hanover Homecoming Foundation's (HHF) Bird of Paradise Award for outstanding contribution to sports, during the foundation's awards ceremony at the Tryall Hotel...
Dunga summons Kaka, Ronaldinho for friendly
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP):Ronaldinho and Kaka will return to Brazil's national team for a friendly against Algeria at the end of the month in France.Coach Dunga summoned the duo plus 20 others for the match on August 22 in Montpellier. Kaka and Ronaldinho...
Ferrari want to sign up Hamilton
MILAN, Italy (AP): Ferrari reportedly want to sign Lewis Hamilton from Formula One rival McLaren.Italian sports daily Tuttosport reported on Monday that Ferrari were prepared tooffer F1 rookie Hamilton US$35 million to defect next season. Current Ferrari...
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