Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Friday | March 27, 2009
Another tough battle
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Chris Gayle believes it is important for West Indies to win the third one-day international against England today at Kensington Oval.Ongoing negotiations between the West Indies Players' Association and the West Indies Cricket... Read More...
Upbeat Jamaica seek clincher
With visions of the championship trophy firmly etched in their minds, leaders and champions Jamaica will today seek to wrap up the WICB regional four-day championship when they play the Windward Islands at the Trelawny... Read More...
Coach Young happy with road win
Coach of Waterhouse, Paul Young, expressed satisfaction with their 2-0 win over Tivoli Gardens at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex on Wednesday. "We stuck to the game plan. We came out patient, got a goal, didn't give up one," coach Young reflected... Read More...
STETHS ease into semi-finals
Reigning champions St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) will meet Vere Technical while Rusea's High will challenge Port Antonio High in the semi-finals of the ISSA Grace Headley Cup.The Clive Ledgister-coached STETHS... Read More...
Reno hit back to hold Arnett
Reno showed courage under pressure for the second match in a row when they came from two goals down to hold Arnett Gardens to a 2-2 scoreline in their Digicel Premier League encounter at the Tony Spaulding Complex on Wednesday... Read More...
All St Catherine showdown
Champions Eltham High will meet Innswood High in the final of the urban area ISSA Jamaica International Insurance Company (JIIC) Knockout, formerly the Tappin Cup, at Melbourne Oval today. The two, which will also contest the final of the Grace Shield... Read More...
St Georges squander 2-0 lead at Lynch Park
Coach Geoffrey Maxwell made a hasty retreat after his team, St Georges FC, squandered a two-goal advantage against Meadhaven FC, which grabbed a share of the points in a Digicel Premier League game yesterday. Playing at home at Lynch Park in Buff Bay... Read More...
Atkinson stars at NCAA meet
Alia Atkinson, the leading Caribbean female swimmer, swam the two fastest 200 metres breaststrokes of her career in the Texas A&M University 2009 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships at the Student Rec Centre Natatorium... Read More...
Campbell: It can't be business as usual in cricket
Paul Campbell, president of the Jamaica Cricket Association, said cricket is big business and there needs to be a paradigm shift in how we administer the sport.Speaking at the 71st annual awards banquet of the Business House Cricket Board... Read More...
Bank on Sergeant Stonehan in 10th
With only seven races on Wednesday, the Pick-9 resumes at Caymanas Park tomorrow with the guaranteed minimum of $1 million. The Super-6, which was caught on Wednesday, also starts anew with $750,000 in the kitty... Read More...
The Church needs to get involved
The recently appointed chairman of Caymanas Track Limited has announced his intention to promote horse racing on Sundays. This has the unqualified support of all racing interests. I suspect that some of the churches will be opposed to this development but, hopefully... Read More...
Phillip Parchment banned for 25 days
Jockey Phillip Parchment has been slapped with a 25-day suspension and $10,000 fine by the stewards for his failure to ride the debutante, QUEEN NERISSA, on its merit in the sixth race at Caymanas Park on Saturday, March 14. On Tuesday, Parchment... Read More...
