Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Saturday | February 7, 2009
West Indies forge ahead
After restricting England to a first innings total of 318, the West Indies, behind centuries from captain Christopher Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan and useful scores from Brendan Nash and Denesh Ramdin, closed the third day... Read More...
Sabina hundred delights Gayle
West Indies captain, Christopher Gayle, expressed delight at scoring his first Test century in his homeland Jamaica, on yesterday's third day of the first Digicel Test, at Sabina Park."To get a 100 on my home ground is very... Read More...
Elite cricketers back 'referrals'
An elite group of past inter-national cricketers has expressed mixed views on the International Cricket Council's referral system that is currently being used in the Digicel Home Series between... Read More...
Leewards routed for 75
GROS ISLET, St Lucia (CMC): The Leeward Islands crashed to their second sub-100 total of the season, as the Windward Islands took control on an opening day on which 17 wickets fell, in their fifth-round WICB regional four-day match yesterday.Opting to... Read More...
Bet on Twentyfirstofjune
TWENTYFIRSTOFJUNE can win her second trophy race in just over two months when she faces six opponents in the Howard Phillipps Memorial Cup over 1100 metres, a restricted allowance IV race confined to non-winners of three. Read More...
Maragh doubles to remain in touch
JAMAICA, New York (CMC):Jamaican reinsman Rajiv Maragh snatched two wins on Wednesday's nine racecard at Aqueduct to stay in touch with the leaders at the northeastern United States racetrack.The 23-year-old rode winners in race... Read More...
Leaders August Town face Cavalier in top clash
Front-runners August Town will face third-place Cavalier Soccer Club in a top-of-the-table clash at Constant Spring in round nine of the Claro Kingston and St Andrew Football Association Super League competition today, beginning... Read More...
Cricket lovely cricket
The first two days of the 2009 Digicel Home Series, West Indies versus England, was full of absorbing cricket. Read More...
Windalco determined to beat Jamalco
Super League champions Jamalco will meet sister team Windalco in today's final of theJamaica Netball Association (JNA)/Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Open League competition at the Leila Robinson Courts, starting at... Read More...
Atherton: 'Warne was the most outstanding'
Michael Andrew Atherton, OBE, otherwise known as 'Mike', served as England's captain for a record 54 times. As an opening batsman, he scored 16 centuries, including four against the West Indies. Read More...
Lakers snap another Boston streak
BOSTON (AP):Lamar Odom made a pair of free throws with 16 seconds left in overtime, to give the Los Angeles Lakers a 110-109 victory over Boston on Thursday night and snap the Celtics' 12-game NBA winning streak.In a contest between last year's NBA... Read More...
US team to host bone-marrow drive for Williams' wife
PORTLAND, Oregon (CMC):The Portland Timbers United Soccer Leagues (USL) team is throwing its support behind a bone-marrow drive to help the wife of the Jamaica and Real Salt Lake (RSL) midfielder Andy... Read More...
USA Swimming suspends Phelps
ATLANTA (AP):Michael Phelps has been suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming in the latest fallout from a photo that showed the Olympic great inhaling from a marijuana pipe.The sport's US governing body also cut off... Read More...
Lucozade flows for GC Foster athletes
Local distributor for Lucozade Sport, Glaxo- SmithKline, presented some of its products to G.C. Foster College of Physical Education on Thursday. Read More...
Performer of the week: Solid Hinds lifts Jamaica
Wavell Hinds scored half-centuries in both innings to lead Jamaica to a hard-fought victory in their fourth-round regional four-day match against Barbados at... Read More...
In your neighbourhood
Rex James was returned as president of the Jamaica Bridge Association at its annual general meeting, held on Wednesday night at the Police Officers' Club.The other members of the executive are... Read More...
