Women take centre stage as season opens
FOUR MATCHES will be on tomorrow in the Sherwin Williams Colourscape Women's Knockout competition as the teams vie for increased cash incentives, thanks to a $3.5 million sponsorship. The Jamaica Football Federation ((JFF) and sponsors Sherwin Williams launched ...
CISC swim champs start today
OLYMPIAN ALIA Atkinson will compete in the 18 and over girls' 100m freestyle and 50m butterfly events today, as the 17th Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships (CISC) begin in earnest.The first event starts at 8:30 a.m.
Boys start confidently with upset
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC):JAMAICA'S BOYS, ranked at number six, upset the Caymanians, ranked at number three, in the team competition at the Caribbean Junior Squash Championships on Wednesday."It was a tough and unexpected win," Jamaica's coach Karen...
Doubles partner knocks out Burke
JAMAICA'S BRANDON Burke was yesterday knocked out in the quarter-finals of the boys' Under-18 Junior Tennis Championships by his doubles partner, Darian King. In a good-spirited match, Burke succumbed 6-4, 6-3 to his good friend from Barbados. Fifth-seeded Burke defeated ...
Petrekin set to join Boys' Town
FORMER NATIONAL youth striker Kamar Petrekin is reportedly close to signing a deal with Boys' Town ahead of the start of the 2008-2009 National Premier League season, which will get under way on August 30, and not August 24 as originally proposed....
Pick-9 to top $35m
The record-breaking Pick-9 eluded punters for the 16th consecutive raceday at Caymanas Park last Saturday, and the carryover to tomorrow's race meet stands at a whopping $27.9 million. With Pick-9 fever expected to grip the park from early, indications are that the Pick-9...
Court to rule on fate of British sprinter today
LONDON (AP):ALLOWING DWAIN Chambers to compete at the Beijing Olympics could financially damage the London 2012 Games, according to the British association trying to convince a judge to keep the doping-tainted sprinter out of China.London's High Court...
Three break par on tough opening day
SOUTHPORT, England (AP) : WITH THE rain stopping and the wind letting up, Rocco Mediate, Graeme McDowell and Robert Allenby showed it was possible to break par at fearsome Royal Birkdale yesterday.Mediate followed up his stirring performance in the United...
Jamaica beat Canada to finish fifth
JAMAICA DEFEATED Canada 3-2 to finish fifth in the mixed team event at Pan American Junior Badminton Cham-pionships in Guatemala.In a historic first over Canada - at any level in the sport - Jamaica secured victories from Gareth Henry in the boys'...
JNA looks to marketing to lift game's profile, funding
EMBARKING ON a new thrust to bring netball closer to the forefront of the national consciousness, the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) is to launch an aggressive marketing campaign to do just that. The JNA recently brought a 'marketing person'...
Flintoff returns for second Test
LEEDS, England (AP): ANDREW FLINTOFF will play a Test match for the first time in 18 months when England play South Africa at Headingley today. England captain Michael Vaughan said yesterday that the all-rounder will play in the second Test after...
Another stage win for Brit
NARBONNE, France (AP): MARK CAVENDISH of Britain won the 12th stage of the Tour de France yesterday, just hours after cycling's showcase race was thrown into chaos with a third doping bust this year - netting the biggest name yet. Cavendish earned his third stage win...
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