Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Saturday | August 22, 2009
Relay golds beckon - ... Fit Powell will make men's 4x100 team glitter
Jamaica will have to overcome injury to their second-fastest runner, Asafa Powell, to add World Championships gold to the Olympic title they won in record time last year in Beijing. Read More...
Top four tune up for semis
Defending Sherwin Williams Women's League champions, Barbican, along with Waterhouse, Harbour View and Portmore Strikers, are all expected to use this weekend's final set of preliminary stages matches to prepare for the semi-finals of the competition, which is slated to held on September 5 and 12. Read More...
Usain bolting towards legend status
Despite his amazing record-breaking feats, Jamaican sprint phenomenon Usain Bolt says his sole aspiration is to write his name in history as a legend. Read More...
Rain fails to stop the party
Torrential rain and cooler temperatures that descended on the IAAF World Championships in Athletics (WCA) could not stop Jamaica's continuing onslaught on the medals. But it may have at least impacted the outcome of the only final the country entered yesterday. Read More...
Felix breaks Jamaican stranglehold on sprints
Allyson Felix (left) races to the line on her way to winning the gold medal in the final of the women's 200m ahead of Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown (centre), who took the silver medal during the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin... Read More...
Robles returning to Cuba for medical
Dayron Robles is retuning to Cuba for tests on the injury that forced him to miss the 110-metre hurdles final at the World Championships in Berlin. Read More...
Ahwhofah for 50th anniversary
AHWHOFAH, the reigning champion sprinter, should defy top weight of 60.5kg when she faces six opponents in today's Caymanas Park 50th Anniversary Trophy race (grade one) over 1400 metres. Read More...
Impressive debut for female fighters
Jamaica's female combined martial arts team debuted in fine style last Saturday, winning their first encounter since being formed, beating Trinidad and Tobago at the Trinidad Tae Kwon Do Open in Port-of-Spain. Read More...
IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
Member of Parliament for East Central St Andrew Dr Peter Phillips, is hoping that a new community league named in his honour, and launched last weekend at the Norman Manley High playingfield, will bring peace and harmony and foster high sporting achievements. Read More...
Aiken fires Jamaica to bronze
Standout shooter Romelda Aiken netted a game-high 29 goals and ignited Jamaica to a 48-42 victory over England and the bronze medal at the World Youth Netball Championship (WYNC) on Thursday night. Read More...
Rampant St James maul JC
Reigning daCosta Cup champions St James High School made a powerful statement heading in the upcoming schoolboy football season on Saturday when they spanked, if not embarrassed, Jamaica College 5-0 in the finals of the 2009 Linkz96FM 20/20 football festival at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay. Read More...
Sports briefs
The Indian Premier League says all of its players must make themselves available for their national teams as a condition of joining the league, negating a possible clash between the lucrative Twenty20 competition and the international calendar. Read More...
