Jamaica's best ready to rumble
IN BEIJING, from August 15-24, it will be all for country in track and field, but today and over the next two days, it will be individual versus individual at the 2008 National Senior Championships. The best the island has to offer will be on show at the National Stadium ...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - To play or not to play
THE WEST Indies take on Australia in the second of their five one-day internationals in Grenada today. Despite all the talk about how good the West Indies are and the encouragement of Chris Gayle who, obviously with tongue in cheek following the contrasting ...
Asafa may have to step up pace, says Francis
MVP TRACK Club coach Stephen Francis said yesterday that his star athlete, former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell, may be forced to run "faster than he would normally like" at this weekend's National Senior Championships to secure an automatic...
JFF finds another home for academy
A MARRIAGE, of sorts, between the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) and the region's premier academic institution, the University of the West Indies (UWI), is expected to produce several fruitful and lasting benefits to the sport of football over the next couple of years...
Provide a show - if only for the public
COME TOMORROW, some time after 7:55 p.m., Jamaican track and field fans should be in for a treat; I hope so when Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell clash for the first time. This would be the first occasion on which the world's two fastest men, Bolt, who holds...
Sharapova, Roddickfall at second hurdle
WIMBLEDON, England (AP):FORMER CHAMPION Maria Sharapova and two-time runner-up Andy Roddick were upset in the second round in a day of big surprises at Wimbledon yesterday.Sharapova was ousted by a 154th-ranked Russian, marking her earliest exit...
Spain beat Russia 3-0 to reach final
VIENNA, Austria (AP):SPAIN SCORED three second-half goals yesterday to beat Russia 3-0 and reach the European Championship final, giving the team a chance to shed their status as football's biggest chokers. Xavi Hernandez, Dani Guiza and David Silva scored a goal each ...
West Indies aiming to level series in Grenada
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC):ENCOURAGED BY the availability of their entire injury-hit squad, the West Indies are aiming to level the Digicel one-day series against Australia when the second match bowls off at the Queen's Park Stadium today.After a spate...
Sunshine Girls still confident for game two
JAMAICA'S UNDER-21 netballers will be aiming to level their best-of-three series against Aus-tralia in game two at 6:00 this evening at G.C. Foster College in St Catherine. The young Sunshine Girls were whipped 55-31 by the Australians in the opening game...
Nelson's title hopes plummet
JOCKEY Dane Nelson's bid for a shot at the jockeys' title suffered another setback on Tuesday when the Jamaica Racing Commission's (JRC) stewards hit him with a two-day ban.Nelson, who recently parted ways with champion trainer Wayne DaCosta, was...
Fixture clash could cancel Cups' opening ceremony
THE OPENING ceremony of the 2008 ISSA Manning and daCosta Cup football competitions could be cancelled due to a clash with Jamaica's second round World Cup qualifying fixture against Mexico at the National Stadium on Saturday, September 6....
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