Plans afoot to raise minimum $20 bet
A number of proposals relative to the horse racing industry were contained in the 2008/09 estimates of expenditure, including plans to increase the cost of minimum bets at Caymanas Park, which currently stands at $20. The review under the mandate of the new board of directors...
'Hard training, strategic planning were key factors'
Joan Cargill, coach of Jamaica's Under-16 netball team, says hard and dedication were key factors that led to the country wrapping up its seventh Caribbean Netball Association (CNA) title in Antigua last Friday. Cargill told The Gleaner in an interview following the team's arrival...
Jamalco net three straight
Defending champions Jamalco registered their third consecutive victory in this year's Jamaica Netball Association (JNA)/Berger Paints Super League, scoring an easy 55-33 win over sister team Windalco on Saturday night at the Leila Robinson...
Dyson ecstatic
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Coach John Dyson has hailed West Indies' emphatic series-winning victory over Sri Lanka as a sensational performance.The Caribbean side took an unassailable 2-0 series lead after completing a seven-wicket victory under the Duckworth/Lewis method...
Johnson stunned by decision
TAMPA, United States:Jamaican Glen Johnson was stunned Saturday night, but it was more by what ringside judges threw at him than any punch landed by American Chad Dawson in their World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight title fight at the St Pete Times Forum here....
Wenger says Arsenal is great advert for Premier League
MANCHESTER, England (AP): The Professor didn't turn to complex calculations or the tactics' table to determine where it all went wrong for Arsenal for a fourth straight season. Arsene Wenger concluded that his failure to recapture the Premier League title is simply down to being unlucky. ...
Stewart runs world-leading 22.35 over 200m
FORMER St Jago High athlete Kerron Stewart was in immaculate form on the weekend as she sped to a world-leading 22.35 seconds to win the women's 200 metres at the Arizona State Sun Angel Classics. Stewart, who last year won the NCAA Indoors 60 metres and 200 metres ...
All-Comers slowed by strong wind
Athletes battled against strong head winds at Saturday's first All-Comers track and field meet at the National Stadium East complex. There was time when the wind blew at negative 5.6 metres per second (mps), but the athletes sharpening up for June's National Senior and Junior Championships...
Kangaroos bounce past Tigers
Melbourne Kangaroos bounced back from a first innings deficit to beat Kingston Tigers by 25 runs in the fourth round Jamaica Super Cup feature cricket match at Sabina Park yesterday.In a low-scoring encounter, scores were Melbourne Kangaroos 125 (Damion Henry 38, Dwayne Thompson 27...
August Town continue resurgence
An impressive 67th minute goal from Mitchily Waul gave August Town a much needed 1-0 victory over Sporting Central Academy in National Premier League action at the University of the West Indies Bowl yesterday.August Town, who sat at the bottom of the league standings for several weeks...
Fraser scores in opener
MIAMI, Florida (CMC): Jamaican midfielder Sean Fraser netted one of Miami FC's goals as they drew 2-2 with Charleston Battery when the United Soccer Leagues (USL) First Division season kicked off Saturday.Fraser scored a go-ahead goal in the 82nd minute...
Georges squeeze Boys' Town
Portland: The noose was again tightened on a visitor at Lynch Park, Portland, yesterday as a 52nd minute strike from Damion Harwood gave St Georges a 1-0 victory over Boys' Town in their National Premier League game. Boys' Town started the better team and quickly moved...
Wayward finishing leads to goalless draw in Falmouth
Village United yesterday played to their fourth successive draw in the National Premier League yesterday as they ended 0-0 with former champions Waterhouse at the Elliston Wakeland Centre in Falmouth, Trelawny. With the point Village United moved closer to avoiding the relegation scrap...
Wadadah, Negril march into final
Western Bureau: Wadadah and Negril sealed their place in the final of the Captain's Bakery Western Super Football League when they emerged victorious against Granville and Salt Spring, respectively, in Saturday night's second leg...
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