Jamaica Gleaner Sport

Published: Monday Wednesday | December 30, 2009

Injury halts Gayle assault ... as Western Australia plunge to defeat
PERTH, Australia (CMC): West Indies captain Chris Gayle defied a side strain to smash a typical whirlwind 44, but his efforts proved in vain as Western Australia plunged to a 29-run loss to Trinidadian Kieron Pollard's South Australia in the Twenty20 Big Bash yesterday.... Read More...

Request denied - Norway club won't release Stephenson, Phillips for monthlong camp
Norwegian club Aalesund FK have baulked at a request by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) to release internationals Khari Stephenson and Demar Phillips for a monthlong training camp, ahead of the country's friendly match against Canada at the end of January... Read More...

Sunday meet scrapped for 2010
Sunday racing, which had an historic introduction at Caymanas Park late this year on November 29, followed by a second meet on December 13, has been scrapped for 2010.The decision to curtail Sunday racing was taken by the Caymanas Track Limited's (CTL) board... Read More...

Wickmayer: I'm no drug cheat
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP): Rising tennis star Yanina Wickmayer says she isn't a drugs cheat and blames Belgian doping authorities for the breach of anti-doping regulations which caused her to be banned for a year.A Belgian court and the International... Read More...

Brothers wage battle for bragging rights, DPL crown
When Digicel Premier League (DPL) rivals Harbour View and Tivoli Gardens met in their top-of-the-table clash at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex last Sunday, at least one family was forced to split their allegiance, as brothers Jermaine Hue and Kevin Blackford... Read More...

Maragh, Parish win once again
MIAMI, Florida (CMC):Jamaican jockeys Rajiv Maragh and Ramon Parish were in the winners' row again Monday at Calder racetrack, sharing two wins on the eight-race card.After both riders secured wins on Sunday, Maragh... Read More...

Late Torres goal clinches Liverpool victory at Villa
LONDON (AP):Fernando Torres' 50th English Premier League goal in stoppage time clinched Liverpool's 1-0 victory at Aston Villa and moved his side to within four points of a Champions League berth yesterday.Making his 72nd league appearance, Torres... Read More...

Ganga brothers pile on runs
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Out-of-favour Test batsman Daren Ganga missed out on a century but his younger brother, Sherwin, was closing in on one, at close on the second day of the Gerry Gomez North/South Classic on Monday... Read More...

Bonner and Walton shine in CCC trials
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Young batsmen Kjorn Ottley, Nkrumah Bonner and Raymon Reifer stroked hundreds as the Omar Phillips XI assumed a dominant position against Simon Jackson's XI in a Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) practice match... Read More...