Campbell looks good for gold
OSAKA, Japan: Veronica Campbell, the fastest woman in the world this year with a best of 10.89, looks good for gold in the women's 100 metres final which is scheduled to start at 10:20 p.m.here (8:20 a.m. Ja time) today at the 11th IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan.
Motherly advice helps Gay become world champion
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters): Like a good son, Tyson Gay listened to his mother's advice and became the men's 100m world champion yesterday."I was having lots of negative thoughts," Gay said of the anxious hours before his eagerly anticipated final showdown...
Nani goal gets Man United off the mark
LONDON (Reuters): Champions Manchester United won for the first time this season when a superb shot from Nani was enough to give them a 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League at Old Trafford yesterday.The 20-year-old Portuguese forward...
Breese's Durham win
CHESTER-LE-STREET, Durham (CMC): Jamaican all-rounder Gareth Breese bagged a pair of wickets and helped Durham defeat Leicestershire by six wickets in their English Pro40 Division Two cricket match at Riverside Ground yesterday.Electing to bat,...
Harbour View to appeal Walker ban
Harbour View Football Club will appeal a five-year ban slapped on one of its female players by the Jamaica Football Federation's (JFF) Disci-plinary Committee.Club representatives are disputing the evidence in the case, which claimed the player cut an opponent with a weapon during...
Resumption of racing Wednesday not a surety
RESUMPTION of horse racing at Caymanas Park on Wednesday hinges on whether members of the Jamaica Racehorse Trainers Asso-ciation (JRTA) are comfortable with the security of their horses amid restoration work in the stable area...
All about Williams sisters
NEW YORK (AP): As the U.S. Open begins today, the women's title is considered up for grabs, with perhaps half a dozen serious title contenders. And yet this Grand Slam, just like women's tennis as a whole, is in many ways all about the Williams sisters.
'Suicide strategy' pays off for Perez
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters): Ecuadorean Jeffer-son Perez' 'suicide strategy' paid off when he became the first man to win three successive world 20km walk titles yesterday.With his steely gaze fixed determinedly on the middle...
Just let me enjoy my moment, says Kluft
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters):Carolina Kluft was in no mood to discuss whether she would defend her heptathlon title at next year's Beijing Olympics after winning her third straight world crown yesterday.The 24-year-old Swede, who beat her personal best and and the European record...
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