Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Tuesday | May 19, 2009
West Indies crumble in the cold
CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (CMC): West Indies ended their briefest-ever grasp on the Wisden Trophy yesterday, when they crumbled to an innings and 83-run defeat in the second and final Test against England. Trailing by 259 on first innings... Read More...
Week-long celebrations for Headley centenary
A week-long schedule of activities to commemorate the 100th birthday, life and legacy of former West Indies and Jamaica batting great, George Headley, was launched yesterday at Sabina Park.The centenary celebrations, which will be held from Sunday, May 24 through to Saturday... Read More...
Champion boy wants to be like Bolt
Rohan Walker, the overall champion boy at the just-concluded Sagicor/JTA National Primary All-Age and Junior High Schools Athletic Championships, said he wants to follow in the footsteps of triple Olympic goal medallist, Usain Bolt... Read More...
Mullings scorches 400m in impressive 44.98 secs
Former St Jago High athlete, Dwight Mullings, became Jamaica's top performer in the 400 metres this year as he clocked an excellent, personal best of 44.98 seconds, to finish a close second in the men's event at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Gainesville... Read More...
Portmore 'definitely disappointed'
COACH Linval Dixon appeared to take Portmore United's loss of the Digicel Premier League title in stride, but must have been seething inside after his team played to a 0-0 draw with Harbour View and Tivoli Gardens won 1-0 at home to be crowned champions on goal difference... Read More...
Boys' Town achieved some goals
Boys' Town's coach, Andrew Price, is somewhat pleased with his team's performance throughout the duration of the 2008/09 Digicel Premier League season."When I analyse the season, we achieved a couple goals that we set out... Read More...
'I could never have asked for more'
Western Bureau: Village United kept western Jamaica on the radar of top-flight national club football yesterday afternoon when they upstaged Sporting Central 2-1 in their crucial final round fixture, to escape relegation from the 2008-09 Digicel Premier League... Read More...
SPORTS BRIEFS
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that coaching Real Madrid would be "obviously interesting for any coach".Florentino Perez announced his candidacy last week to become Madrid president for a second time in the... Read More...
WICB select high-powered team for WIPA face-off
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): A high-powered, four-member team has been selected to represent the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in negotiations with the West Indies Players' Association over a new Memorandum of Understanding and Collective Bargaining... Read More...
Burton ready for big duel with Jaggan
Although he might not be among the Jamaica team to challenge the Barbadians and Caymanians at next Monday's Caribbean Championship race meet at Dover, the usually consistent Tedroy 'Teddy' Burton has promised to upset the apple cart... Read More...
Vaz, St Catherine, Belair highlight invitational meet
Mandeville: Vaz Prep, St Catherine Prep and host school Belair were the dominant schools at the first ever invitational athletic championships for youngsters in Mandeville at the weekend. Vaz topped the standings with 118 points, followed by St Catherine, 111.5, with Belair... Read More...
Phelps loses again at Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP): Michael Phelps was beaten again at the Charlotte UltraSwim on Sunday night, losing to Frederick Bousquet of France in the 100-metre freestyle.Phelps touched nearly a full second behind Bousquet, world-record holder... Read More...
Celtics simply didn't have enough left without KG
BOSTON (AP): Already down double digits with their title defence on the line, the Boston Celtics sent three second-round picks out to start the second quarter.That's not exactly a Big Three.And that's why the Celtics won't repeat as champions. Read More...
Brilliant Bravo whips Merry Boys
POINTE-A-PIERRE, Trinidad (CMC): Young West Indies batsman Darren Bravo produced a devastating display of batting to propel Queen's Park to the capture of the WIPA Twenty20 Club Champions League on Sunday night. The 20-year-old left-handed Bravo slammed... Read More...
