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Jamaica Gleaner Sport
published: Sunday | April 20, 2008

Saints assert authority
LEADERS ST. Catherine Saints maintained their rich vein of form in this season's Jamaica Super League cricket competition when they secured first innings points over Trelawny Buccaneers at Chedwin Park yesterday.

GSM to launch special community coaching courses next month

THE PROSPECT of advancing community football in Jamaica is expected to improve significantly as Global Soccer Ministries International (USA), in conjunction with the Waterhouse Football Club, will host an International Community Coaching Education Course from May 8-13.

KC, Ardenne win crowns

DEFENDING Champions Ardenne High and King-ston College (KC) captured the ISSA/KFC All-island Under-16 and Under-19 basketball titles, respectively, with victories over Old Harbour and Ardenne at the National Stadium courts on Friday.

West Indies looking good and better than before

THE WEST Indies short series against Sri Lanka is over and hats off to the Windies for a wonderful performance.Before the start of the series, and although Sri Lanka had never won a Test match much more a Test series in the West Indies, the consensus was that Sri Lanka, ranked number three in the world at the time, were too good for the eight-ranked West Indies.

16-man squad selected for All-Star showdown

THE WESTERN Basketball Association (WBA) has selected a strong 16-man squad for today's one-match challenge against their Southern Conference All-Stars counterparts at National Stadium Courts starting at 6:00 p.m.

Lennon lift schoolgirl title with historic win

FROM TEAR of anguish midway through a tense penalty shoot-out to tears of joy, Lennon High School underwent the full roller-coaster of emotions as they clipped favourites St Hugh's, 7-6, to clinch the ISSA/Malta schoolgirl football title in a nail-biting final at the Harbour View Mini-stadium on Friday.

Media summit on China

SECRET POLICE tails. Reprimands or perhaps even expulsion for writing about topics sensitive for the Chinese Communist Party. Big Brother propaganda apparatchiks working overtime to stifle negative news. These were some of the grim scenarios painted on Friday at a Paris conference by press freedom groups about working conditions that foreign reporters might face at the Beijing Olympics this August

Griffiths stings with Leonidas

LEONIDAS, GIVEN a vintage ride by leading all-time jockey Winston Griffiths, got the better of MINISTEROFJUSTICE after a tremendous last furlong duel to win the inaugural running of the Anbell ePhone To Di World Trophy race for native bred three-year-olds (non-winners of two) over 1820 metres at Caymanas Park yesterday.

Spurs eclipse Suns in opener

TIM DUNCAN saved the San Antonio Spurs with a rare three-pointer at the end of overtime, and Manu Ginobili hit a layup at the end of the second extra period to send the defending champions past the Phoenix Suns, 117-115 yesterday in Game One of their first-round series.

NPL teams keen to bounce back from blow

THE SPOTLIGHT switches off the beleaguered National Premier League (NPL), momentarily at least, as the Edward Seaga Stadium in west Kingston today hosts the semi-finals of the COK Champions Cup knockout competition.

Bravo on his way to join stars in IPL

TRINIDAD AND Tobago and West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has become the latest player to sign up for the rich Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL).He left yesterday to take up a contract with the Mumbai Indians.

Draw keeps Man U ahead on points

CARLOS TEVEZ equalised two minutes from the end for Manchester United to draw 1-1 at Blackburn yesterday and stay three points ahead of Chelsea in the Premier League title race.

Jamaican Seido veteran gets sixth degree black belt

VETERAN JAMAICA martial artist George McFarlane was recently promoted to sixth degree black belt during grading in New York by Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura, a Seido Karate master.

Gonzales on famous path to recovery

JERMAINE GONZALES has no intention of becoming the next Tiger Woods nor Ronaldinho or even David Beckham. He only hopes to become the best quarter-miler and that was why last week he ended up in the same room where those great sports stars had also gone for assistance.

Olympic champion Hayes for invitational

OLYMPIC GAMES champion Joanna Hayes is the latest big-name athlete to be added to the Jamaica International Invitational meet set for May 3 at the National Stadium.





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