Jamaica Gleaner News- Sport - Wednesday

Reggae Boyz to face Barbados in opening game

THE REGGAE Boyz will face Trinidad and Tobago's Soca Warriors, Grenada's Spice Boyz and Barbados in Group A of the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Championships, which will be held from December 3-14 at Jarrett Park, the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium and the National Stadium...

IT IS I eyes Gladiator Trophy

AS MANY as three trophies are at stake on today's eight race programme at Caymanas Park, including the day's principal feature for the Gladiator Trophy.This will be contested by nine open-allowance horses over 1400 metres. Secondary features are the restricted allowance...

Robles' IAAF award a bolt out of the blue

TRACK AND FIELD'S world governing body, the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF), needed to have added another criterion for its selection policy for its Performance of the Year Award: The person who wins the Athlete of the Year...

All clear for WI players

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):CHRIS GAYLE and the rest of the West Indies team are well on their way to New Zealand after visa problems grounded all - except head coach John Dyson - from travelling on Monday.West Indies captain Gayle and the rest of the players ...

Man United enter knockout phase

LONDON (AP): DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Manchester United led a sweep of seven more teams into the last 16 of the Champions League yesterday after a 0-0 draw with Villarreal. Nine-time winners Real Madrid, four-time champions Bayern Munich...

Guyana joins bid to host Twenty20 Champs in 2010

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):THE STABROEK newspaper reported yesterday that Guyana has submitted a bid to host matches during the World Twenty20 Championship in two years time in the Caribbean. Guyana's bid was hand delivered last Monday to the West Indies...

Saints march past Packers

NEW ORLEANS (AP): DREW BREES threw for four scores, Deuce McAl-lister set a Saints record with his 54th career touchdown and New Orleans rolled to a 51-29 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night. Brees dismantled a Packers secondary that came in ranked third...

Vick pleads guilty to dogfighting charge

SUSSEX, Virginia (AP): FORMER NFL quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty yesterday to a state dogfighting charge, a move that could make him eligible to leave prison early and potentially speed up a return to pro football.The 28-year-old Vick arrived...

No rush for Olympic dope tests

LONDON (AP):ATHLETES ANXIOUS about the retesting of their doping samples from the Beijing Olympics will be kept hanging for a while longer. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says it will be several more weeks before scientists start re-analysing...

Chelsea vulnerable for face-off at Bordeaux

BORDEAUX, France (AP): CHELSEA APPEARED to be cruising in the Champions League after consecutive home wins, but one point away from two matches means Felipe Scolari's team looks vulnerable heading into today's match at Bordeaux. In a reversal of fortune...