'Bora' booted by JFF
IT'S OFFICIAL.'Bora' is gone. It took Captain Horace Burrell a little over 72 hours to dismiss the Serb, Bora Milutinovic, from his post as technical director of Jamaica's football programme. Even though the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) release, citing Bora's dismissal...
Girls sink NZ U-21s in Cup warm-up
JAMAICA'S SUNSHINE Girls warmed up for the World Netball Championships (WNC) with a comfortable 66-60 victory over the New Zealand Under-21 team in a practice game yesterday in Auckland. The Connie Francis-coached team led 35-30 at half-time and extended the advantage...
Calabar face KC in key encounter
SECOND-ROUND action in the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup schoolboy football competition continues today with a double-header at the National Stadium East field.High-riding Calabar, who just last week defeated Jamaica College (JC) 3-0 to win the Corporate Area Walker Cup...
Parchment called up to Windies camp squad
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): FIVE UNCAPPED players have been named in a 23-member West Indies squad for a training camp at the High Performance Centre on the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados. Wicketkeeper/batsman Patrick Browne, off-spin bowler...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Lucky Smith, very lucky Lewis
THE WEST Indies selectors have named a 23-man squad to attend a training camp in preparation for the tours of Zimbabwe and South Africa and, based on some of those selected and on some of those not selected, they have been, once again, true to form. I must confess...
Kumble at helm of India
MOHALI, India (Reuters):VETERAN LEG-SPINNER Anil Kumble was appointed India's Test captain yesterday, succeeding Rahul Dravid who quit the post in September.The 37-year-old Kumble will lead the team in the home series against Pakistan which starts in...
Mixed results for Jamaica at Carib Cup
TACARIGUA, Trinidad (CMC):GERMANY-BASED forward Wayne Legerton helped himself to a hat-trick as Trinidad & Tobago's men restored some order on the opening day of the Caribbean Hockey Cup when they crushed Jamaica 9-0 on Wednesday.
HORSE SENSE - Casinos take the stage again
Readers will have noticed that this column is in favour of legalised casino gaming in Jamaica. This columnist is unable to suppress a boiling sense of frustration at the enormous disadvantage at which we have put ourselves by neglecting this important entertainment feature...
MegaFone super weekend of racing
The MegaFone Super Weekend of Racing commences tonight with the MegaFone Masquerade Party at Morgan's Harbour, Port Royal, starting at 7:00 p.m.The action switches to Caymanas Park tomorrow for the 29th running of the $4.5 million MegaFone Superstakes ...
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