Jamaica Gleaner Sport
Published: Monday Sunday | June 14, 2009
He's Really OK snatches Derby
In a prolonged stretch duel between the grey horses HE'S REALLY OK and BRUCEONTHELOOSE, the 89th running of the United Bookmakers Association Jamaica Derby went down to the wire at Caymanas Park yesterday. Read More...
Super League in disarray
The nation's premier cricket competition, the two-day Jamaica Super League, is today in disarray after yesterday's first day of the final set of title-deciding matches.The league, which has been making the headlines for... Read More...
Levy, Ashmeade win 100m
Jura Levy avenged her early season defeats to Carrie Russell and, along with Nickel Ashmeade, was crowned Jamaica's Junior 100m champion on yesterday's first day of the two-day Jamaica Amateur Athletic Associa-tion (JAAA)... Read More...
Fine double for Williams
Kimberly Williams completed a fine double at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, yesterday when she won the women's triple jump to add to her long jump gold.Williams,... Read More...
Gayle bemoans scheduling, feeble batting
LONDON (CMC): Chris Gayle admitted that fatigue may have played a part, but he felt that West Indies' batting is what let them down in their 20-run defeat in the Twenty20 World Cup against South Africa yesterday.West Indies were playing their second... Read More...
Simmons stars but SA whip Windies
LONDON (AP): South Africa beat West Indies by 20 runs yesterday to move closer to clinching a spot in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals.After South Africa had set a challenging target of 183-7 at The Oval, Wayne Parnell took 4-13 and Roelof van der... Read More...
The baffling, mesmerising spin of Mendis
To those to whom the sound of bat hitting ball and then the sight of the ball racing to the boundary or taking off and landing beyond it and into the stands are the attractions of cricket, the ICC World Twenty20 tournament, now playing in England, must... Read More...
JFF-KSAFA dispute, a matter of interpretation
Former president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Tony James, has weighed in on the current sponsors' debate between the governors of local football, the JFF, and its largest parish affiliate, the Kingston and St Andrew... Read More...
ISSA president wants more support for schoolgirl football
President of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), Dr Walton Small, has called on corporate sponsors to get on board and support schoolgirl football next season.Small told The Gleaner in an interview following... Read More...
NZ overpower Windies Women
TAUNTON, England (CMC): Stafanie Taylor carried her bat for an unbeaten 58 from 56 balls, but West Indies Women lost, when New Zealand Women romped to a 52-run victory in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Championship yesterday. Read More...
Mind your business
Digicel made it two wins from as many matches in the Digicel Business House cricket series 2009 Reggae Jammin 50-over league last Sunday when they defeated St Ann Jamaica Bauxite by 53 runs in a low scoring... Read More...
Muay Thai in spotlight at the Aqueduct
The fifth annual staging of the Caribbean Classic Celebrity Golf Invitational (CCGI) tournament and charity event will once again feature the hottest emerging sport on the international scene, Muay Thai.On Friday, June 26, during the three-day event... Read More...
