Jamaica Gleaner Sport

Published: Monday Saturday | September 19, 2009

Too late for WI switch
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Long-serving West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) director, Chetram Singh, says it is too late to have the regional team in South Africa replaced, but has remained hopeful the elite players will be available for the tour of... Read More...

Windies rookies hammered by South Africa
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (CMC): Inexperienced West Indies received a fiery baptism yesterday as South Africa crushed them by 188 runs in their first official ICC Champions Trophy, warm-up match at Senwes Park.Winning the toss and batting, the Proteas... Read More...

Bridgeport win again
Substitute Kenrick Preston and Jay Lindsay scored late yesterday to guide Bridgeport to a fighting 2-0 win over debutants St Andrew College, in Group E of the urban area ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup schoolboy football... Read More...

Digicel Kick Start youngsters looking to excel
Two of Jamaica's most promising young footballers left the island yesterday for English Premier League club Sunderland for a nine-day training camp, which begins on Monday.The players are Omar Holness of Wolmer's Boys and... Read More...

St Catherine gets $4.5m Captain's deal
WITHOUT a sponsor for the last two seasons, the St Catherine Football Association's Major League competition got a major boost through a sweet three-year deal - valued at $4.5m - from The Captain's Bakery and Grill. Read More...

Honeyofalady a sweet bet
Only six horses are down to contest the sixth running of the Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) Imported Stakes (Grade II) race over 1400 metres at Caymanas Park today, but despite the small field it promises to be keen. Also on the... Read More...

St James aiming to be more clinical around goal area
Western Bureau: Champions St James High, with maximum six points from two games, will be aiming to widen their lead atop Zone A of the 2009 ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup when the competition resumes today at 3:30 p.m. with action in all 12 zones for a total of 33 games. Read More...

Players' grade average - Football coaches give rule thumbs-up but ...
In what is often a battle between a burning desire for sporting achievement and the need for academic success, schoolboy football coaches often find themselves stuck between the... Read More...

Fathers ensuring sons strike right balance
The schoolboy football season is up and running with schools from across the island matching skills in the Manning and daCosta Cup competitions. Read More...

City to contest Adebayor charge
MANCHESTER, England (AP): Manchester City will contest Emmanuel Adebayor's improper conduct charge resulting from the striker's goal celebration against former club Arsenal.Adebayor ran the length of the field towards Gunners fans, who reacted violently... Read More...

No ease up on - Three principals express full support
The principals of three schools now competing in the daCosta Cup and Manning Cup competitions have expressed full support for the Inter-Secondary Schools Association's (ISSA) mandate that students must have at least a 45 per cent grade average in order to participate in its competitions. Read More...

Forbes: ISSA thinks academic rule is fair
Competitions officer of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), George Forbes, says the current academic rule governing player participation in the ongoing Manning and daCosta Cup competitions is a fair one... Read More...

Saints look to take down Eagles
If last weekend's opening round of the national Red Stripe Twenty20 Championship is anything to go by, this weekend's second round of matches should be equally exciting with the seeded teams bowing into action at Chedwin... Read More...

Italian tax police take Maradona's earrings
ROME (AP): Italian tax police took Argentina coach Diego Maradona's earrings yesterday as part payment for his unpaid tax bill from when he played for Napoli in the 1980s.The command office of the Bolzano... Read More...

Western teams tip off after long wait
Western Bureau: The long-awaited start of the much-anticipated western leg of the 2009 Flow-sponsored National Basketball League (NBL) will happen this afternoon when the season gets going with a double-header at the Montego Bay... Read More...

Federer fined for profanity
NEW YORK (AP): Roger Federer has been fined US$1,500 for swearing while arguing with the chair umpire during the US Open final.CBS microphones picked up the exchange during its live broadcast of Monday's match.Tournament spokesman Chris Widmaier says... Read More...

In your neighbourhood
Sixteen-year-old Yvonne Foster swept the National Table Tennis Championships at University of Technology last weekend when she won all six titles.In addition to retaining the national title by winning the women's open event... Read More...