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Williams-Mills targets 400-m medal in Doha
Jamaica’s Vonette Dixon (right) and United States’ LoLo Jones clear hurdles during a women’s 60m heat at the 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships yesterday in Doha, Qatar. Dixon was second in her heat with 8.04secs and advanced to today’s semifinals. (Photo: AP)
NOVLENE Williams-Mills, the 2007 world outdoor 400-metre bronze medallist from Osaka, Japan, is on target to win Jamaica's first medal the 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, on today's second day of competition. Williams-Mills, who placed fourth at last summer's World Championships ...more
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WI seal series ... but batsmen stutter in unconvincing chase
Saturday, March 13, 2010
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — West Indies exploited a pitch with generous life and movement to bundle out Zimbabwe cheaply but their batsmen remained unconvincing as they stuttered to a four-wicket win in the fourth One-Day International yesterday. ...more
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Melbourne, St Elizabeth in national Junior Cup finals
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Melbourne CC and St Elizabeth CA will meet this weekend's all-island Junior Cup grande finale after recording big wins in their respective finals on Sunday. In the Corporate Area final played at Kensington Oval, Yannick Elliott bagged match figures ...more
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Cook slams unbeaten ton on debut as England Test captain
Saturday, March 13, 2010
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) —Alastair Cook celebrated his first day as Test captain with a superb 158 not out to put England in a commanding position in the opening Test against Bangladesh yesterday. Kevin Pietersen was also in the limelight, regai ...more
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Excellence, Life is just for living get vote in Guineas Trials
Saturday, March 13, 2010
CONTENDERS for the Jamaica 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas native-bred three-year-old opening Classic races scheduled for April 5 are making their final run in two trial stakes events and other races at Caymanas Park today. The 19th running of the Prince C ...more
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Dis-satisfaction in synchronised swimming team for Carifta Championships
Saturday, March 13, 2010
THE Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) has selected a four-member synchronised swimming team for next month's CARIFTA Swimming Championships from April 3-6 at the Bournemouth Bath swimming pool. Breann Campbell and Jamielya Shaw were cho ...more
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Advertising removed to help protect WCup fields
Saturday, March 13, 2010
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's World Cup organising committee has convinced rugby officials to remove on-field advertising logos in Super 14 matches to avoid damaging playing surfaces. The South African Rugby Union said yesterday it h ...more
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Isinbayeva scrambles into pole vault final
Saturday, March 13, 2010
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) —Liu Xiang's global comeback was a muted success yesterday with the Chinese hurdler admitting it would be a far cry to imagine him contending for a podium place in the world indoor 60m hurdles. Meanwhile, there was one awful moment ...more
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Clarks Town seek to rebound in Trelawny Major League
Saturday, March 13, 2010
DUANVALE, Trelawny —Leaders Clarks Town will seek to get back to winning ways today when they take on last-placed Sherwood in a first-round Trelawny Football Association's National Rums of Jamaica Major League game at Duanvale. Clarks Town were bea ...more
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Edwin Allen, St Jago claim Central Champs titles
Saturday, March 13, 2010
EDWIN Allen signalled their intentions to secure their first lien on the National Girls title at 2010 ISSA Boys' and Girls' Championships by dethroning Holmwood Technical at the Milo Central Athletics Championships at GC Foster College yesterday. In ...more
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Bravo says four-wicket haul a good sign of fitness
Saturday, March 13, 2010
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — All-rounder Dwayne Bravo said yesterday his four-wicket haul against Zimbabwe was a signal he had made a full return to fitness following his recent hand injury. The right-arm medium pacer snatched four for 21 from nine ...more
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Jamalco, Waulgrovians 'A', Tivoli 'A' make it 2-from-2
Saturday, March 13, 2010
DEFENDING champions Jamalco, along with Waulgrovians 'A' and Tivoli 'A' registered their second straight wins in the 2010 Berger Paints/Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) Super League competition at the Leila Robinson Courts on Thursday evening. Jama ...more
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Friday, March 12, 2010
TEN-TIME Carifta Games gold medallist Natoya Goule established two of the seven records to fall at press time on yesterday's first day of the 51st Milo Central Athletics Championships at GC Foster College in Spanish Town, St Catherine. The Manches ...more
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Cari-Med fortifies athletes for Champs
Friday, March 12, 2010
CARI-MED, through its nutritional drink, Ensure, yesterday announced a sponsorship package to five schools worth $450,000, as they prepare for the Boys and Girls Athletic Championship later this month. Calabar, Immaculate, Holmwood, Wolmer's Boys' ...more
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Friday, March 12, 2010
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC)-Seemingly recovered from their early series stuttering, West Indies will look to wrap up the series against Zimbabwe in the fourth One-Day International of the five-match series which bowls off here today. The hosts star ...more
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Joy, relief as Girlz join teammates
Friday, March 12, 2010
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Joy and relief were etched on the faces of young Reggae Girlz Shanise Bowen and Shantel Bailey when they arrived at the Ramada Plaza hotel here after being given the green light to travel from Miami. The two spent an agonisin ...more
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Friday, March 12, 2010
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) -- World Twenty20 Championship organisers have reported a strong global response to ticket sales for the event. With just 50 days left to the start of the event next month, organisers have revealed that only 10 pe ...more
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US pair answers Reggae Girlz call
Friday, March 12, 2010
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica —The Orlando-based pair of Adrianna Johnson and Anika Keene are in seventh heaven that they are now bonafide members of Jamaica's Under-17 women's set-up. Both, newcomers to the team, were expected to start in head coach Vin Bl ...more
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C'Wealth preparation worries Fennell
Friday, March 12, 2010
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) —The head of the Commonwealth Games said yesterday he was still worried that New Delhi would not be ready to host the event in October, due to delayed construction of venues. Slow progress in building the facilities has been a ...more
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Schoolgirl U-19 semis take centre stage
Friday, March 12, 2010
DEFENDING champions Papine High will take on Alpha Academy in the first game of a double-header in the ISSA/JHF Under-19 Schoolgirl semi-final today at 3:00 pm at Mona. At 4:15 pm, St Andrew High tackle Excelsior in the other semi-final. Having top ...more
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Reggae Youths debut in Claro Division One
Friday, March 12, 2010
TUCKER, St James - Last season's Division Two champions Reggae Youths will make their debut in the St James Football Association's Claro Division One league today when they take on Defenders in one of five games scheduled to be played. The co ...more
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Clarks Town still atop Trelawny Major League
Friday, March 12, 2010
BOUNTY HALL, Trelawny - Former champions Harmony FC and Holland United failed to assume the lead in the Trelawny/National Rums Major League after playing to a 0-0 draw in a rescheduled game at Bounty Hall on Wednesday. Both teams went into the ...more
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Blatter: Goal-line technology was too costly
Friday, March 12, 2010
ZURICH (AP) — The introduction of goal-line technology was rejected because it was too costly and wasn't universally applicable, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said yesterday. The FIFA-dominated International Football Association Board rejected plans ...more
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Campion, C-Bbar, M'brook win TT titles
Friday, March 12, 2010
CAMPION College copped two titles and Meadowbrook and Calabar High one each in the finals of the ISSA table tennis competition at Hy-Performance Centre, Hope Pastures on Tuesday. Campion won both the Boys Under-16 and Girls Under-16 crowns. Calabar ...more
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Retirement claim first win in Malvern League
Friday, March 12, 2010
MALVERN, St Elizabeth -- After losing their opening game and earning a draw in the second, Retirement gave it their all to beat Smithfield 1-0 in the Malvern League at the Bethlehem College playing field last week. The all important goal came in the ...more
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Aussies, Germany for WC hockey final
Friday, March 12, 2010
NEW DELHI (AP) -Two-time defending champions Germany will play Australia in a third straight field hockey World Cup final tomorrow. Germany outplayed England 4-1 and Australia posted a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands in the semi-finals yesterday a ...more
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