Waterhouse, Tivoli crush opponents in COK semis
Waterhouse and Tivoli Gardens will decide the COK Champions Cup KO title, as both recorded fairly impressive semi-final wins at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex yesterday evening. In the feature game, homesters Tivoli hammered St James Super League team Granville 7-0. ...
Fennell confident Jamaican athletes will be safe in Beijing
Mike Fennell, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) is confident that no harm is likely to befall Jamaican athletes attending the Olympic Games in Beijing this August, even as tensions remain high over China's crackdown on citizens of Tibet in recent weeks....
Crucial trip for JFF boss
THE top brass of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Captain Horace Burrell, its president, and general secretary Horace Reid are leaving the island today for a series of crucial, high-level meetings in Europe that, among other things, could finalise plans for the FIFA Goal...
Exciting victory keeps Saints atop Super League
St Catherine remained on top of the Jamaica Super League cricket competition following their six-wicket win over Trelawny yesterday at Chedwin Park. Chasing a victory target of 134 in 18 overs, St Catherine won with 2.4 overs to spare. Danza Hyatt was ruthless...
Tornadoes blow away rivals to secure eighth title
Host Tornadoes Swim Club won the 11th staging of the Tornadoes Invitational meet yesterday at the National Stadium pool, wrestling away the trophy from main rival Y Speedos. Tornadoes, who were winning the meet for the eighth time, collected 1,721 points...
Kerr outlasts throng in blanket finish
Western Bureau: National junior champion, 16-year-old Ricardo Kerr, emerged the toast of yesterday's Bikeathon Jamaica Challenge '08, when he won the 75-kilometre race from Montego Bay to Lucea, and back, in a decent one hour and 50 minutes, as he upstaged several senior riders...
Ferguson salutes Tevez after equaliser
BLACKBURN, England (AP): If Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson wins his 10th English Premier League title, he will reserve special praise for Carlos Tevez. The Argentina striker scored an 86th-minute equaliser for the Red Devils to draw 1-1 at Blackburn...
'Batman' returns with 400m hurdles world best
LAWRENCE, Kansas (AP): Bershawn 'Batman' Jackson opened his quest for a 2008 Olympic medal with a world season-best in the 400-metre hurdles of 48.32 seconds at the Kansas Relays on Saturday. The Jamaican pair of Adrian Finley (48.93) and Ian Weakley (49.48) finished second and third....
Golding-Clarke lands double... Ruddock injures hamstring
WORLD 60 metres hurdles Indoor finalist Lacena Golding-Clarke scored a double win over the weekend, but there was bad news for upcoming star Natasha Ruddock, who injured her hamstring. The 33-year-old Golding-Clarke, who has represented Jamaica on numerous occasions...
Three in a row for Serena
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP):Serena Williams captured the Family Circle Cup title in defeating Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 yesterday for her first clay court title since the 2002 French Open. Williams' third consecutive title this year followed victories in Bangalore and Miami....
Blatter says no to Olympic boycott
BEIJING (AP): FIFA president Sepp Blatter said his organisation would never consider a boycott of the Beijing Olympics and he criticised protests that have surrounded the Olympic torch relay. Blatter was in Beijing yesterday for the men's and women's draw for the Olympic soccer tournament....
Adamek gives Bell hell - Jamaican fighter quits in seventh round of title eliminator
KATOWICE, Poland (CMC): O'Neil Bell's comeback bid ended in major disappointment when he quit against Tomasz Adamek and lost the important International Boxing Federation (IBF) cruiser-weight title eliminator on Saturday night. Adamek, in front of his home crowd...
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