Football madness - Gunshots fired, bottles thrown as Jackie Bell KO final ends in pandemonium
It was a chaotic scene at the Harbour View Mini Stadium last night as bottles were hurled on to the pitch and echoing gunshots from just outside the grounds brought the final of the Western Union/Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Jackie Bell KO final at Harbour View Mini....
Asafa Powell wants life ban for drug cheats
SYDNEY, Australia (CMC): Jamaica's 100-metre world record holder Asafa Powell is calling for a life-ban on drug cheats. In a Sunday Herald newspaper story, Powell suggested that drug cheats were on the scene competing and should be severely punished....
I'm much stronger mentally - Simpson
SYDNEY, Australia (CMC): Jamaican Olympic sprinter, Sherone Simpson, powered her way to a convincing win in the women's 200 metres final at the Sydney Grand Prix Saturday.The 23-year old clocked 23.44 seconds to reach to easily dismiss Fiji's Makelesi...
Seasonal best not good enough for Bailey
BIRMINGHAM, England (CMC): Dominica's Chris Lloyd was the best Caribbean athlete at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday as Tahesia Harrigan and Aleen Bailey disappointed. Lloyd posted the second-fastest time in the world so far as he...
Jamaica cruise into semi-final
COOLIDGE, Antigua: Jamaica moved a step closer to the Stanford 20/20 winners' US$1 million prize money when they thrashed Nevis Pro Team by eight wickets in their quarter-final match at the Stanford Cricket Ground on Saturday night.Replying to Nevis Pro...
Anderson off to a blistering start
JAMAICAN athletes continued to show that they are among the best in the world as they displayed outstanding performances in Indoor track and field meets in the United States over the weekend. The most awesome performance was by former Herbert Morrison student Nickeisha Anderson....
India pound minnows
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (CMC): India, contesting Group B of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup with other highly ranked teams West Indies and South Africa, were among the handsome winners on the opening day yesterday.The Indians pounded minnows Papua New...
Australia win by 50 runs
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP): Mitchell Johnson took 3-42 and Australia overcame a lackluster batting performance to beat India by 50 runs in a limited-overs tri-series match yesterday at the Adelaide Oval.India were bowled out for 153 chasing Australia's 203-9....
Boro held by Sheffield
LONDON (AP): Portsmouth needed an injury-time own-goal to beat stubborn Preston 1-0 yesterday and reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, and Middlesbrough was held to a 0-0 draw. Portsmouth scored when Preston midfielder Darren Carter kicked the ball into his own ...
Win breaks drought for Salt Spring
Western Bureau:Mid-season champions Salt Spring, which have been having a lean streak since the start of the second round of the Captain's Bakery Western Super League, returned to winning ways on Saturday when they clipped Holland FC 1-0 ...
English embrace new ratings
LONDON, England (CMC): England's netball director, Nigel Holl, has embraced the new world-ranking system for netball by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) that places his side ahead of Jamaica.Under the previous...
South America, Africa have no chance
MADRID, Spain (AP): South America and Africa have no chance of hosting the 2018 World Cup. "Of all five continents available to present, South America and Africa will not be allowed to," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said yesterday.
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