Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Friday | August 21, 2009
Ver set to join gold rush
Berlin, Germany: Olympic 200 metres champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown, will be seeking to join the gold rush in Berlin when she runs in the women's 200 metres final at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin today.... Read More...
Fraser, Stewart not interested in Flo-Jo's 100m world record
BERLIN, Germany (CMC): Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser and Kerron Stewart, the world's two fastest women this year, have said that the long-standing women's 100 metres world record is not their immediate focus. American legend Florence Griffith-Joyner set... Read More...
Semenya gets medal for 800 win
BERLIN (AP): With controversy swirling over her gender, South African teenager Caster Semenya bowed her head to received the gold medal for her 800-metre world title yesterday as officials and family came to her defence.The 18-year-old Semenya domi-nated... Read More...
T&T's Quow bracing for 400 challenge
BERLIN, Germany (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago's Renny Quow is relying on mental toughness to tackle other world-class rivals in Friday's men's 400-metre final at the 12th IAAF World Championships at the Berlin Olympic Stadium. The 21-year-old Quow... Read More...
Brathwaite hurdles to Barbados' first gold at Worlds
BERLIN (AP): Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados dipped at the line to win the men's 110-metre hurdles yesterday in a photo finish at the World Championships.Brathwaite hit the first hurdle but ran a clean race the rest of the way and won the gold in 13.14... Read More...
McLaughlin on the rise
BERLIN, Germany: Her star rose just a step behind Usain Bolt's only a few years ago. But while Bolt continued his ascendancy at world-record pace, Anneisha McLaughlin skipped off track and plummeted even faster... Read More...
Hardee wins decathlon gold medal at Worlds
BERLIN (AP):Trey Hardee of the United States won the decathlon gold medal yesterday at the World Championships for his first major title.Hardee posted personal bests in three of the 10 events and collected 8,790 points for the gold medal, his highest... Read More...
Man U look to recover from shock
LONDON (AP): Manchester United have lost the early edge it had over Liverpool in the Premier League title race and now have just one more day in which to lift themselves from a shock defeat and get their campaign back on track.Any joy United fans felt... Read More...
Wheelchair athletes leave tomorrow for America's Cup
A 15-member Jamaican delegation is slated to leave the island tomorrow to compete in the America's Cup Wheelchair Basketball competition in Vancouver, Canada, from August 24 to 29.The team, which currently ranks second in the Central American and... Read More...
Take Commander Zero
Both the Pick-9 and Super-6 start anew on tomorrow's 50th anniversary programme at Caymanas Park, featuring 12 races. One lucky punter bagged the $1 million Pick-9 last Saturday, while the Super-6 was shared by 53 punters, each receiving $35,135.50.... Read More...
Caymanas marks golden anniversary
Caymanas Park will celebrate its golden anniversary tomorrow and, quite fittingly, the 12-race programme will feature a commemorative race for grade one horses, the Caymanas Park 50th Anniversary Trophy over 1400 metres... Read More...
