Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Thursday | September 3, 2009
DPL launched amid great expectations
AMID expectations for improved playing standards, the Digicel Premier League (DPL) was launched yesterday at the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) headquarters in New Kingston.
While it has lost one of its primary sponsorships, the league has got a few new ones.... Read More...
Bolt considers a four-gold assault in London
BRUSSELS (AP): Usain Bolt may well go for four gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London - but it won't be his decision."For me, I don't know," Bolt said, when asked about the possibility of chasing four golds. Read More...
Brooks cleared - Appeals tribunal upholds decision of JAD disciplinary panel
Jamaica's sprinter Sheri-Ann Brooks had her no-sanction decision by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel upheld yesterday by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Appeals Tribunal. The appeals tribunal, headed by Chairman Justice Ransford Langrin - a retired ... Read More...
Chatrie, Erwin make dream debut
Aaron Chatrie and Jevvanne Erwin, two of the new apprentice jockeys who started riding at Caymanas Park yesterday following an intensive six-month training course at the Jockeys' School, got off the mark on their very first rides... Read More...
Venus moves on, Safin says goodbye
NEW YORK (AP): Venus Williams moved on and Marat Safin said goodbye at the US Open yesterday.Her left knee heavily wrapped, the third-seeded Williams defeated fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 6-2 in a much easier match than she had two nights... Read More...
T&T overtake Jamaica in CFU rankings
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago's (T&T) Soca Warriors earned a rankings boost ahead of their crucial weekend World Cup qualifier, when they displaced Jamaica as the Caribbean Football Union's No.1 team yesterday. Read More...
Dyson never signed contract - WICB director discloses reason for sacking of Aussie coach
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): John Dyson was sacked as West Indies coach because he had not signed his contract for the 18 months he held the job.Conde Riley, a director of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) from Barbados, disclosed that the regional... Read More...
Shiv belts unbeaten century
CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (CMC): West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul smashed an unbeaten hundred yesterday and propelled Durham to a handsome first-innings advantage over Somerset in their English County Championship... Read More...
August Town hope to make use of lessons learnt
August Town's manager, Marlon Small, hopes lessons learnt in their previous stint in the Premier League will aid the club's ambition of gaining longevity in local football's top-tier football competition. Having retained the core of a competitive team... Read More...
