Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Tuesday | March 3, 2009
'We didn't want a pitch like this'
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The docile Kensington Oval pitch came under the microscope following the drawn fourth Test between West Indies and England which ended yesterday.
The pitch produced 1,628 runs for the fall of a mere 17 wickets, five hundreds and seven half-centuries.... Read More...
West Indies stay in front after tame draw
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): West Indies' bid for a victory over England in the fourth Test yesterday that would have given them an unbeatable series lead ended in a draw, following solid batting from the visitors led by Alastair Cook.... Read More...
Growing pains... Roller-coaster ride with seniors lands Taylor, Thorpe leadership roles in Jamaica's U-20 World Cup bid
One minute they were on top of the world - fresh-faced teenagers drafted by the Reggae Boyz to inject youthful buzz into a World Cup qualifying campaign filled with towering expectations. The next, Evan Taylor and Davion Thorpe found themselves branded by the public... Read More...
Jamaica crash to defeat
Reigning champions Jamaica suffered their first defeat of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-day Championship, going down by 28 runs to lowly placed Leeward Islands at Sabina Park yesterday. The Jamaicans were sent crashing to defeat ... Read More...
Bolt to run 100m at GC Foster Classics
Usain Bolt, the Beijing Olympic Games sprint star, will run his first official 100m race this season at the Lucozade/G.C. Foster College Classics on March 14. Chairperson for the organising committee, Ventley Brown, announced at yesterday's launch at the school in Angels.... Read More...
IAAF unveils Diamond League
BRUSSELS (AP): The world athletics federation is launching a Diamond League of at least 12 international meets in 2010, seeking to pit the sport's biggest stars against each other on a more regular basis. The International Association of Athletics... Read More...
Tivoli clip unlucky Reno
Western Bureau: Despite playing with only 10 men for most of the game after first choice goalkeeper Leon Gordon was red-carded, Tivoli Gardens still came out victorious against Reno FC on Sunday, clipping them 1-0 in the Digicel Premier Fixture at Frome Sports Ground... Read More...
Sporting move off the bottom
Sporting Central Academy moved one notch up from the bottom in the Digicel Premier League, following a 2-0 win over Meadhaven United at Constant Spring Football Field on Sunday. After benefitting from a Weston Forrest own goal at the 42nd minute... Read More...
Rivoli surprise Waterhouse
Rivoli United Football Club of St Catherine defeated former Premier League champions Waterhouse 2-0 in their Digicel Premier League encounter at the Spanish Town Prison Oval on Sunday. The match, played before a packed... Read More...
One Love football
Celebrities, entertainers and media practitioners came out for an afternoon of fun, frolic and football at the annual Bob Marley One Love football festival at the Constant Spring Football Field last Wednesday. The charity event saw a media invitational... Read More...
Sunshine Girls to face world's best
JAMAICA'S Sunshine Girls are set for a giant showdown with the world's top-two countries later this year. Marva Bernard, president of the Jamaica Netball Association (JNA), said that her association will be staging a tri-nation series with world champions... Read More...
