Athletics shutout - Trelawny stadium cannot accommodate running track
USAIN BOLT may never compete on the best sporting field in the parish of his birth. If he does, he would be running on grass, as the Trelawny multi-purpose complex, which some Jamaicans would like to see renamed in his honour, cannot accommodate a mundo track.
Jamaica through and through
THE OLYMPIC Games in Beijing are over and Jamaicans are still walking on cloud nine.With 11 medals, including six gold and three world records, victories in the men's and women's 100 and 200 metres races, and a one-two-two finish among the many great performances.
MIND YOUR BUSINESSS
The Gleaner Business House football player/coach Rudolph Speid will be confirmed as the new president of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) at the rescheduled biennial congress on Thursday at HEART Trust/NTA, Oxford Road, starting at6 p.m.
Fired-up Gunners blank Newcastle 3-0
ARSENAL DISMANTLED Newcastle 3-0 behind two first-half goals from Robin Van Persie yesterday, emphatically bouncing back from last weekend's surprise loss to Fulham.
Funeral for Blair today
THE FUNERAL service for former Jamaica footballer Corcel Blair takes place this afternoon at the King's Chapel (formerly King's theatre), Windward Road, starting at 2:30 p.m.
Sports versus academics
A GOLDEN performance by Jamaica's athletes at the Games of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China, has resurrected an old discussion at home: how should schools manage students with extraordinary sporting talent but poor academic performance?
Amid dispute, Stanford superstars sign contracts
DESPITE a looming court battle over the Twenty20 match against England in November, all 16 players on the Stanford Superstars side have signed contracts to participate in the lucrative fixture.
SportsMax to offer new sports package
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA Content (IMC), owners and operators of local and regional sports cable channel, SportsMax, has signed a three-year deal with international sports broadcaster, Setanta Sports.
Symonds sent home after fishing trip
AN ILL-TIMED fishing trip has cost all-rounder Andrew Symonds his place in Australia's cricket team for its current limited overs series and jeopardised his future international career, team sources said yesterday.
Bangladesh crushed by Aussies
AUSTRALIA SURMOUNTED off-field distractions to crush Bangladesh by 180 runs in the first of three-match limited overs series.
Mission: Win or go home (Part two)
FOR A while, René Simoes shied away from Jamaica's embrace. Six years coaching the nation's football programme, he said, meant it was time to move on. The Boyz' s flagging results near the end of his tenure did not help persuade him to stay either.
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