Keen to solve 'missing puzzle' - Campbell hunts sprint double at World Champs
Jamaican sprint ace Veronica Campbell has high hopes as she embarks on a sprint-double bid this weekend at the 11th IAAF World Track and Field Championship. Campbell, the reigning Olympic 200-metre champion, is embracing the meet as an opportunity to land gold at one of the few events that she is yet to earn the top spot on the medal podium.
In Your Neighbourhood
Ashoka United and Miles United will face off in the final of the Foska Oats six-a-side league to be played today. The final, to be played at the Foska Oval, Spanish Town Road, will kick off at 3:45 p.m.
Usain: I'll bolt to the gold medal
THE 200m at the World Champion-ships in Osaka is promising to be one of the biggest events in Usain Bolt's athletics career. Track and field enthusiasts around the world have already pretty much decided who will be in the one, two, three positions with America's Tyson Gay and Wallace Spearmon heavily fancied to feature.
Rogge turns up heat on drug cheats
Olympic president Jacques Rogge took another stand against drug cheats yesterday when he said that athletes caught doping, even for minor offences, would automatically be banned from the next Games.
Colombia end T&T dream
Trinidad AND Tobago were condemned to the boot, when Colombia belted them 5-0 in the FIFA Under-17 World Cup on Thursday. The Junior Soca Warriors virtually have no chance of reaching the second round of the competition, after the Colombians kicked the door wide open in Group F with their commanding victory.
Female footballer gets five-year ban for stabbing
Harbour View's Claudette Walker, the player accused of stabbing Olympic Gardens goalkeeper Lotoya Reid in the head with a sharp instrument following a Women's Premier League match last week, has been slapped with a five-year ban by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).
Bell launches mcounter-attack - says he won't allow 'devilish' forces to dictate his moves
Jamaican-born boxer, O'Neil Bell, has responded with a stinging counterpunch of his own following criticisms over his no-show for a recent fight in the United States.
India level series after imposing batting
India struck back to level their seven-match one-day series with England 1-1 yesterday after an imposing total of 329 for seven proved too much for the hosts in the second one-dayer at Bristol.
Kenyan wins first gold!
APKenya's Luke Kibet crosses the finish line to win the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday (last night Caribbean time).
Limited overs competition postponed
DUE to the effects of Hurricane Dean, the Jamaica Cricket Association's (JCA) all-island limited-overs competition scheduled for today has been postponed, for the second consecutive week.
WICB to discuss new dates
The West Indies Cricket Board will not only deal with Chief Executive Officer Bruce Aanensen's resignation when it meets this weekend but will also discuss several other cricketing matters, among them, the ratification of dates for the upcoming regional season.
No Stephenson challenge - KSAFA throws full support behind Burrell
Kingston and St. Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) president, Ambassador Stewart Stephenson, has ended weeks of speculation regarding a challenge for local football's top spot, following the announcement of the parish association's intention to support the candidacy of Captain Horace Burrell.
Doggone guilty! Vick admits wrongdoing in plea agreement
Atlanta Falcons' quarter-back Michael Vick admitted guilt yesterday in a dogfighting case that threatens the career of one of the brightest stars in U.S. football. Vick, 27, admitted in a plea agreement that he took part in an illegal, interstate dogfighting enterprise known as 'Bad Newz Kennels' from 2001 through April 2007.
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