'Everybody did their best' - Shericka Williams thrilled about 4x400 silver - Jamaica end with record 10 medals
OSAKA, Japan:Jamaica's contingent to the 11th IAAF World Championships in Osaka, will leave Japan today with the country's highest medal haul ever at the 24-year-old track and field meet. As the curtain came down last night on a marvellous nine-day championships....
Performance was 'quite good'
OSAKA, Japan: Ludlow Watts, manager of Jamaica's successful track and field team to the 11th IAAF world Championships which ended yesterday in Osaka, Japan, has described the overall performance as 'quite good'. Watts, speaking shortly after the final...
Bolt makes pledge to beat Tyson Gay
OSAKA, Japan (CMC):Jamaica's outstanding 200-metre runner Usain Bolt has pledged to beat man of the moment Tyson Gay of the United States. Bolt, who ran second to Gay in the 200-metre final on Friday, conceded in an IAAF website story that Gay was the better man now...
Port Authority, NHT cop titles
Port Authority and National Housing Trust (N.H.T.) won the respective Kingston and St. Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Business House division one and two football titles following contrasting victories over Cement Company and Supreme Ventures on Saturday...
Chelsea crash at Villa
LONDON (Reuters): Chelsea missed a chance to return to the top of the Premier League yesterday when they crashed to their first defeat of the season, going down 2-0 at Aston Villa. Missing England midfielder Frank Lampard, who suffered a thigh strain...
Phillips lands three-year deal at Stoke
Jamaican international Demar Phillips has signed a three-year deal with English Championship division club Stoke City for what has been reported as an undisclosed but significant fee. The 23-year-old Phillips, who plied his trade locally for 2005-06 Premier League champions Waterhouse...
Madrid crush Villarreal as league remembers Puerta
MADRID, Spain (AP) Defending champion Real Madrid trounced Villarreal 5-0 yesterday to maintain its perfect start to the season as tributes to Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta were paid at every Spanish league game. Midfielder Wesley Sneijder scored twice...
Urban Knights clip Slayers in nail-biter
Urban Knights secured the first silverware this season when they registered an exciting 78-77 victory over defending champions St.Georges' Slayers, in the National Basketball Association KFC/NBL/Tru-juice mid-season final on Saturday night at the National Arena.
Venus belts out warning
NEW YORK (Reuters):Venus Williams underlined her title credentials at the U.S.Open yesterday after she reached the quarter-finals with an impressive 6-4, 6-2 victory over fifth seed Ana Ivanovic. The Wimbledon champion, seeded 12, was close to her dominant best...
India keep series alive
LONDON (Reuters): An unbeaten 91 by England captain Paul Collingwood could not prevent India from securing a 38-run victory in their rain interrupted fifth one-dayer at Headingley in Leeds yesterday. Half centuries from Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar,...
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