Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Sunday | October 11, 2009
Georges seek more glory
Leaders St Georges Sports Club will take their surprise act on the road to Collie Smith Drive, looking to topple a Boys' Town team hell-bent on repairing its early season stuttering in the Digicel Premier League. Read More...
Mixed fortune for Girls
Jamaica's Sunshine Girls suffered their third defeat in the Fast Net World Championships, going down 27-24 to hosts England in Manchester yesterday. Read More...
Spaldings advance
Western Bureau:They dropped their first point of the season in a 2-2 draw with Zone G rivals Edwin Allen but last year's beaten finalists Spaldings High still marched into the inter-zone round of the 2009 ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel... Read More...
A victory for the one-day game
The Champions Trophy in South Africa is over, it was a wonderful success, and most importantly, it appears that it has guaranteed a place for 50-over cricket between Test cricket and Twenty20 cricket. Read More...
STATHS clip C'down 3-2
Two goals in the last five minutes carried St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) to an exciting 3-2 win over Camperdown High in Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup action yesterday. Read More...
IAAF to decide on 'definition of a woman'
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP):World track and field's governing body will begin the process of agreeing the definition of a woman in an athletics context next week as it prepares to reveal the results of 800-metre world champion Caster Semenya's gender... Read More...
Science proves what jockeys know: Posture matters
WASHINGTON (AP):Over a century after an American jockey revolutionised how racehorses are ridden, scientists are figuring out why a jockey's posture speeds up the horse. Read More...
Edwards banned as Chargers go down
HYDERABAD, India (CMC):West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards was banned for bowling after sending down two waist-high full tosses as Alfonso Thomas produced a superb all-round performance to propel Somerset to a nerve-wracking last-ball win over Deccan... Read More...
Big win for Maragh
LEXINGTON, Kentucky (CMC):Jamaican reinsman Rajiv Maragh spectacularly captured the US$500,000 Darley Alcibiades Stakes on Friday evening when he rode the two-year-old bay filly Negligee to an impressive upset win at Keeneland.Maragh brought the John... Read More...
Brazil reach semi-finals at Under-20 World Cup
CAIRO (AP):Brazil beat Germany 2-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Under-20 World Cup yesterday, with substitute Maicon coming off the bench to score both goals.Lewis Holtby put Germany ahead in the 73rd minute, but with two minutes remaining Maicon... Read More...
Germans book berth in World Cup
LONDON (AP):Three-time champions Germany qualified for the World Cup for the 17th time with a 1-0 victory over Russia yesterday while England's eight-game winning streak ended with a 1-0 defeat in Ukraine.Germany forward Miroslav Klose scored his 50th... Read More...
Drogba ensures Cte d'Ivoire will be in SA
CAIRO (AP):Didier Drogba came off the substitutes bench to give Cte d'Ivoire a 1-1 draw with Malawi and a place at the World Cup, while Cameroon are one win away from joining Ghana and hosts South Africa as the other African teams to have qualified so... Read More...
