Powell returns to track at T&T champs
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): One of the most eagerly anticipated sprint showdowns in local track and field history takes place this weekend, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.The men's 100-metre dash is the blue riband event at the SAGICOR National Open Track and...
Marshall, Bravo pilot WI to exciting victory
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Superb hitting by opener Xavier Marshall and stand-in captain Dwayne Bravo lifted West Indies to an exciting seven-wicket victory over Australia in their rain-affected Digicel Twenty20 International at Kensington Oval yesterday.
Mr Butcher to mince rivals
MR BUTCHER is set to prove his last run all wrong when he faces 10 rivals in this afternoon's co-feature, the 1500-metre Joshua Morrison Memorial Cup for four-year-olds and upwards, non-winners of two races.
JFF, PLCA working towards common goal
David Sheepshanks, a member of a three-man team mediating between the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) and Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) as they advance through a transitional phase, has described the situation between the two bodies as "hopeful", following two days of talks.
Aussie U21 play Select Ja team
Australia's Under-21 netball team will launch their tour-match schedule today against a Select Jamaica team at G.C. Foster College, Spanish Town, at 6p.m.
Decathlon victory satisfies Smith
KLADNO, Czech Republic (CMC):Jamaican Maurice Smith collected a confidence booster for the Beijing Olympics when he amassed 8,434 points to win the decathlon title at the second TNT-Fortuna Combined Events meeting on Thursday.
Turkey eliminate Croatia 3-1 on penalties
VIENNA, Austria (AP): Rustu Recber saved a penalty shot from Mladen Petric yesterday to send Turkey into the European Championship semi-finals with a 3-1 shoot-out win over Croatia after a 1-1 draw after extra time.Arda Turan, Semih Senturk and Hamit...
St James clubs down ... and out - 'Premier' turmoil in MoBay
Western Bureau: Except for the days following the tragic death of former Reggae Boy Stephen 'Shorty' Malcolm, which plunged the entire nation into spontaneous mourning, the level of despair among football...
United insists Ronaldo's staying
MANCHESTER, England (AP): Manchester United defiantly vowed to block Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Real Madrid after the Portugal winger stated his desire to advance his career by leaving Old Trafford. Ronaldo said there was a "great" possibility that he...
Treasure Beach, Barbary Hall in feature clash
St Elizabeth: Second-round leaders Treasure Beach United and mid-season champions Barbary Hall will clash in the feature of four games in the St Elizabeth Co-op Credit Union division one football competition, at Great Bay, today.Second-placed Beacon (9)...
Victory fails to satisfy coach
Defending champions Urban Knights recorded their second consecutive victory in KFC Jamaica Basketball Association National Basketball League (NBL), following an exciting 77-62 win over Majesty Gardens at the National Stadium...
Jamaican 'sprintfest'
THE MEN'S and women's sprint races are expected to steal the spotlight at next weekend's National Senior Championships, Jamaica's 'Olympic Trials', at the National Stadium.
The Gleaner's top six in selected events at the 2008 National Senior Championships:
SOME OF the fastest women will be on show as four are ranked in the top 10 in the world. Veronica Campbell-Brown, who has the two fastest times in the world so far this season, will be severely tested. Her best time is 10.88 seconds.
'Destination Beijing' on track
LUDLOW WATTS, chairman of the organising committee for the 2008 National Senior Championships, said this week that all arrangements for the June 27-29 meet, dubbed 'Destination Beijing', are on target."We have had some late entries ...
VOX POP
Who do you believe will win the men's 100m final at next week's National Track and Field Championships at the National Stadium?- Robert Bailey
A man out of this world
I DON'T know which planet the dude's from, all I am sure of is that Tiger Woods is not of Earth.I think he may be from planet Jordan or Krypton, Ork maybe, but definitely not our likkle blue orb.You just don't do the things Eldrick does - they are...
In your neighbourhood
Two-time champions Grand Lido Braco Resort and Spa face St Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners as action in the Tropical Rhythms/ Purified Water-sponsored Western Hotels Sports Association all-island...
Performer of the week: Scoring Shelton
NATIONAL STRIKER Luton Shelton was the star of the show for Jamaica following their 13-0 aggregate victory over The Bahamas in their first-round World Cup qualifiers.
Federer could face Djokovic in semis ... Williams-Willliams final is also a possibility
WIMBLEDON, England (AP): Roger Federer may not want to peek too far ahead in the Wimbledon draw. Waiting in the semi-finals could be the dangerous Novak Djokovic.
Bermuda and T&T adamant
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC):Trinidad and Tobago's Soca Warriors, stung 2-1 by Bermuda last Sunday, arrived Thursday night for their must-win CONCACAF World Cup qualifier tomorrow night against the pumped-up Bermudians.Sunday's result was T&T's...
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