Jamaica Gleaner Sport

Published: Monday Monday | August 3, 2009

Sweet relief! Windies finally notch victory against Bangladesh in sole 20/20 game
Victory at long last came for West Indies, when they stumped Bangladesh by five wickets in a Twenty20 International yesterday. Chasing a modest target of 119 from their allocation of 20 overs, West Indies reached the promised land with 19 balls to spare... Read More...

Tough sprinting - Jamaicans fight to get among the medals at Pan Am juniors
Jamaican Nikita Tracey won the 400-metre hurdles gold medal at the 2009 Pan American Junior Track and Field Championship at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad yesterday. Tracey won in 57.82 seconds ahead of American Dalilah Muhammad (58.42) with Jamaican Danielle... Read More...

Thomas in with a chance - Hurdler thinks he could medal at World Champs
WHILE Jamaica's females have been successful in the 100 metres hurdles event on the world stage, it is not the same story for the men in the 110 metres version of the event, as they are yet to finish in the top three at the Olympic Games or the World Championships... Read More...

Athlete PROFILE
Name: Lerone Clarke, Date of birth: July 7, 1981Place of birth: Trelawny, JamaicaEvent: 100m and 200mPersonal bests: 10.08 (100m), 21.18 (200m)Season bests: 10.08 (100m), 21.18 (200m)Best performances: Silver medals, 100m and 4x100 at Central American ... Read More...

Campbell pushes Jamaica U-19s closer to double
A disciplined half-century knock of 84 from Tacky High opener John Campbell guided leaders and title favourites Jamaica to a convincing five-wicket win over the Windward Islands in their TCL Group WICB U-19 one-day clash at Up Park Camp yesterday... Read More...

Jamaica to field female martial arts team
RIDING the crest of the Jamaica combined martial arts team's second-title defence at last month's Busta United States Open World Team Fighting Championship in Orlando, Florida, team captain and manager Jason McKay on Saturday announced ... Read More...

Sherone Simpson is back - Olympic silver medallist posts competitive time for the first time after knee surgery
Jamaica's Olympic silver medallist Sherone Simpson, who underwent surgery on her knee late last year, has returned to the track.Simpson was at the DAK Leichtathletik-Gala track and field meet yesterday... Read More...

Venus upset in final
AP:Venus Williams was upset by France's Marion Bartoli 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the final of the Bank of the West Classic yesterday.Williams, making her first appearance at the event since 2005, reached her seventh final in eight appearances at Stanford.... Read More...

Woods closer to winningest player title
Tiger Woods shot a 69 yesterday to coast to a three-shot victory with a 20-under 268 at the Buick Open for the 69th PGA Tour title of his career.He improved to 36-1 when he had the outright lead after 54... Read More...