Jamaica Gleaner Sport

Published: Monday Friday | October 9, 2009

Girls ready to shine at Fast Net
A confident Sunshine Girls team will bow into action on today's opening day of the first staging of the World Series Fast Net Championships in Manchester, England."We are very confident because we know that we have a good opportunity to win this championships... Read More...

Birmingham group cements ties with Jamaica
The dynamics of sports and Jamaica National Building Society's strong ties to Jamaicans in the United Kingdom have paved the way for a unique alliance between the society and the City Council of Birmingham... Read More...

St James advance
Western Bureau: Despite an uninspiring performance, champions St James High School secured their place in the inter-zone round of the 2009 ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup when they carved out a 3-1 win against Muschett High in their Zone A game at Jarrett... Read More...

Do or die for Jago, KC
St Jago High and Kingston College will continue their battle for one of two qualifying spots from Group B of the ISSA/Pepsi/ Digicel Manning Cup competition when they meet in Spanish Town today at 3:30 p.m.St Jago are second in the group on 16 points... Read More...

Big card at Barbican tomorrow
Two of Jamaica's most promising professional boxers, Ricardo Planter and Tsetsi Davis, will renew their heated rivalry in the feature bout on tomorrow night's 'Saturday Night Fights' boxing series at the Barbican Beach playing field.... Read More...

Mexico may be first to qualify from CONCACAF
MEXICO CITY (AP):Mexico can become the first CONCACAF team to qualify for the World Cup, and nobody knows that better than coach Javier Aguirre.Mexico host El Salvador at Estadio Azteca tomorrow, and the team needs only three points to reach next year's... Read More...

Gardner hungry for more goals
HORWICH, England (CMC): Fired up by his strike last weekend against Tottenham, Bolton's enduring Reggae Boy Ricardo Gardner has warned of more to come during the Premiership season.The 31-year-old, who plays left back for the northwest England club... Read More...

Delay in decision on Sydney relay medals
COPENHAGEN (AP):Sport's highest court will decide by December 18 whether Marion Jones' United States (US) relay teammates can keep their medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics.The International Olympic Committee had hoped that the Court of Arbitration... Read More...

Samardo's time to deliver
It's no problem for Samardo Samuels to concede he is not the big man from Trelawny. Despite being inches taller and pounds heavier than Usain Bolt, Samuels, who is on the cusp of basketball stardom in the United States, readily admits the world record holder... Read More...

SVL puts up more for 2 y-o series
This year's renewal of the Supreme Ventures Triple Crown series for native-bred two-year-olds offers a whopping $11.8 million in prize money, including a million-dollar bonus to the owner of the horse good enough to win all three races... Read More...