'It will be a fine way to say goodbye' - Running mate Laing among star cast paying last respects to McKenley
Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley's teammate on the historic 4x400-metre team which won gold at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, and his wife, Carmen Phipps, also an Olympian, head a list of sports personalities who will pay their last respects to the great Jamaican sprinter today at what is expected to be a 'tightly-run funeral'.
Performer of the week - Devastating Doyley strikes thrice
IT IS USUALLY difficult to single out one player for special mention in an excellent team, but in the case of reigning daCosta Cup champions, Glenmuir High School, the exception is glaring.
Amp up scoring, says Harbour View boss
STRIKERS NEED to blast up the scoring rate if the Cash Plus Premier League (CPPL) is to become really exciting. That's the charge from Carvel Stewart, chairman of Caribbean Club Championship winners Harbour View, who are also the reigning Premier League champions.
Kingston College, Excelsior to contest Colts final
Kingston College (KC) and Excelsior advanced to the 2007 ISSA/Malta urban area Colts Under-16 schoolboy football final after scoring semi-final wins on Thursday at Winchester Park, St. George's College.
Misbah almost turned his back on cricket
Misbah-ul-Haq, who has ignited his Pakistan career in recent months, said he almost turned his back on the game at the age of 23 in favour of a business career. He studied for his MBA in business management and only started playing top-level cricket at 24.
Village crumble to defeat
Boys' Town turned around a disappointing first half to beat Village United 3-0 at Collie Smith Drive yesterday and moved up to second in the tables in the Coca-Cola National Under-21 Football League.
Fight's 'absolutely massive' - Hatton
Ricky Hatton said tonight's fight with World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. was potentially the most significant bout contested by a British boxer. "It's the biggest fight Britain has ever been involved in, if I win," he told reporters on Thursday.
Brilliant Murray rescues Knights
"He saved us," was the expression of a relieved Calvin Martin after his Urban Knights team defied an amazing fourth-quarter run by Blazing Panthers, thanks to Linton Murray, to take Game One of the KFC National Basketball League final at the National Stadium courts Thursday night.
Sport briefs
Retired West Indies captain, Brian Lara, suffered his third failure as his Mumbai Champs lost again in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) Twenty20 Championship at Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium yesterday.
VOX POP
Question: Is Herb McKenley the greatest Jamaican athlete of all time?
'Mayer' headlines run for Gold
It's Gold Cup Day at Caymanas Park, the well-supported 12-race programme featuring the 36th running of the popular grade one trophy race over 1400 metres.
Jerome Taylor strikes again - Five-wicket haul propels Windies to series victory
West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor uncorked another top performance and propelled West Indies to a series success against Zimbabwe after a five-wicket victory in their fourth One-Day International (ODI) cricket match yesterday.
International champs for Jamaica
A PERFECT year in which the Jamaica Combined Martial Arts team went unbeaten in 21 international bouts, completing their tally against Cuba on Saturday, has the team's main sponsor, Jamaica Beverages Limited, totally committed to the staging of the International Sports Karate Association's (ISKA) World Continuous Fighting Championship in Jamaica later this year.
Reggae Boy gives back to alma mater
Reggae Boy Khari Stephenson will be going back to his roots when he plays in a benefit game at Wolmer's Boys' School today. The game, the second of the day, is part of the Wolmer's Football Festival, which is in its second year under that name but has been a time-honoured tradition among past students.
Glenmuir out to deny Garvey Maceo
HAVING HAD to make three trips to the final before gaining their first hold on the coveted Cup, champions Glenmuir are hell-bent on preventing Garvey Maceo from being first-time lucky when they meet in next Saturday's daCosta Cup final.
Final word - Santa, all I want for Christmas...
Now, my chubby friend, I know you have a whole heap of things on your plate right now, what with your homeland shrinking due to that nasty global warming. And, I understand this time of year you are snowed under (likkle pun there, oh Jolly One) by tonnes of letters from little tykes all over the world.
In Your Neighbourhood
JAMAICA'S TOP surfers will be on show at the Lighthouse Surfing Beach when the fourth event of the Jamaica Surfing Association's National Open Championships (NOC) season surfs off today at 9:00.
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