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Miller magic - Spinner slices into Bajan batting for big J’can win
LEFT-ARM slow bowler Nikita Miller took 10 wickets in the match to drive reigning champions Jamaica to a 120-run win over rivals Barbados inside three days at Sabina Park in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day tournament. The 29-year-old Miller, who relished the grip and turn that was produced on a dry and crac ...more
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Clarke, Riley clock best times at US Indoor meets
Monday, February 13, 2012
REIGNING Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games sprint champion Lerone Clarke clocked a world-leading 6.52 seconds to win the 60 metres on Saturday at the USATF Classic, Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The 30-year-old Clarke, ...more
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Sporting rally for point against Arnett
Monday, February 13, 2012
CLARENDON PARK, Clarendon — Sporting Central Academy started life without coach Vassell Reynolds with an exciting 1-1 draw against Arnett Gardens in yesterday's Red Stripe Premier League game at Brancourt. News surfaced just before kick-off th ...more
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Windies players fail to spur Bengals
Monday, February 13, 2012
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CMC) — A half-century from Shivnarine Chanderpaul was the most notable performance from a West Indian in the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 double-header yesterday. The durable West Indies batsman, opening the batting, h ...more
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Trio secures semi-final berths in schoolboy hockey
Monday, February 13, 2012
The Under-19 Hockey Schools League enters its fourth and final week today with the boys from defending champions Jamaica College, Mona High and Excelsior High schools booking their places into the semi-finals. Black River High will try to pip Kingst ...more
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Four Paths extend unbeaten Major League run
Monday, February 13, 2012
FOUR PATHS, Clarendon — Newcomers Four Paths returned to the Clarendon/Captain's Bakery Major League summit after a pair of late goals saw them past struggling Gimme-Me-Bit on Saturday in Four Paths. The towering Kedeen Cole, unmarked at the b ...more
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Belair halt Cornwall in KFC/ISSA U-19 play-off
Monday, February 13, 2012
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Belair High School got off to a winning start in the KFC/ISSA National Basketball play-offs on Friday beating Western Conference champions Cornwall College, 53-37, in an Under-19 game at Montego Bay Cricket Club. A 21- ...more
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Village keep Humble Lion on a leash
Monday, February 13, 2012
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — Village United continued their desperate bid to avoid relegation from the Red Stripe Premier League yesterday by holding high riding Humble Lion to a 0-0 draw in their third round game at the Elliston Wakeland Centre. The ...more
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George's, Edith, KC notch wins in Rugby League
Monday, February 13, 2012
ST George's College, Edith Dalton-James, Kingston College (KC) and Greater Portmore High threw their weight around in the opening week of the Surrey County Rugby League High Schools Under-19 and Under-16 Championships. In the Under-19s, Jerome Rose ...more
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Kung fu-tball!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Allman/Woodford's Kevin Martin (left) and Andre Eccles (centre) take evasive action from the high boot of Shortwood defender Michael Ellis during their KSAFA Major League match at Heroes Circle on Saturday. The game ended 2-2. (Photo: Naphtali Junior ...more
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Intriguing final day for Guyana, Windwards
Monday, February 13, 2012
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Half-centuries from Narsingh Deonarine, Christopher Barnwell and Assad Fudadin for Guyana in the WICB regional four-day Tournament yesterday left Windward Islands to chase 181 for victory on the final day. Deonarine le ...more
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SWEPT away!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Members of the victorious SWEPT Club's 4x100m team — (from left) Ainsley Waugh, Dexter Lee, Sheldon Mitchell and Keneil Lee — pose after receiving gifts from Nestle Jamaica's consumer marketing manager Karen Willis Mussington (left) after ...more
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Zambia lift Cup in heart-stopping shoot-out
Monday, February 13, 2012
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) — Zambia conjured up a shock when they toppled star-studded Ivory Coast 8-7 in a penalty shoot-out to claim their first ever Africa Cup of Nations title yesterday. With the sides goalless after extra time Zambia's Stop ...more
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Man City win keeps United at bay in title race
Monday, February 13, 2012
LONDON, England (AP) — Manchester City kept fierce rival Manchester United at arm's length in the Premier League title race yesterday, winning 1-0 at Aston Villa to maintain their two-point lead. England centre back Joleon Lescott grabbed the ...more
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Serbia advance without Djovokic in Davis Cup
Monday, February 13, 2012
LONDON, England (AP) — Serbia did just fine without Novak Djovokic in the Davis Cup, while Russia's shorthanded team was surprisingly eliminated by Austria yesterday. Serbia swept the reverse singles against Sweden to complete a 4-1 victory at ...more
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Inter Milan suffer shock defeat to rock-bottom Novara
Monday, February 13, 2012
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Inter Milan slumped to a fifth successive game without a win as rock-bottom Novara walked away from the San Siro yesterday with a stunning 1-0 victory. Andrea Caracciolo scored the only goal of a game in which the hosts nev ...more
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Miller delivers - Spinner's 'five-for' hands Ja innings honours
Sunday, February 12, 2012
LEFT-ARM spinner Nikita Miller took five wickets yesterday to lift reigning champions Jamaica to first-innings honours in the second round regional four-day match against Barbados on a dry and dusty Sabina Park pitch. Replying to Jamaica's first-inn ...more
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Fothergill outguns Blake at Classic
Sunday, February 12, 2012
DESPITE his top billing in the absence of Usain Bolt, world 100m champion Yohan Blake had to settle for second after being pipped on the line by Allodin Fothergill in in the men's 400m Open at the 2011 Camperdown Classic at the National Stadium yeste ...more
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Racial abuse a blight on football
Sunday, February 12, 2012
IN recent times, the disturbing matter of racism in sport has taken centre stage. Sadly, it threatens to destroy the spirit of football, to the extent that unless the matter is urgently addressed, it could cause irreparable damage to the image of th ...more
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TG, Boys' Town in top match-up
Sunday, February 12, 2012
DEFENDING champions Tivoli Gardens and Boys' Town clash in a marquee Red Stripe Premier League encounter between two teams eager to close the gap on the leaders at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex this afternoon. In the other games: Portmore Uni ...more
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Swept pip MVP at Milo Relays
Sunday, February 12, 2012
CATHERINE HALL, St James — Eight records were broken at the 34 staging of the Milo Western Relays at Catherine Hall at press time last night. The MVP quartet of Asafa Powell, Michael Frater, Nexter Carter and Barbadian Andre Hines was pipped b ...more
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Marley, PUMA unveil Ja's Olympic gear
Sunday, February 12, 2012
NEW YORK CITY, USA — It was lights, cameras, and action as models, including former Olympian Juliet Campbell and hurdler Shivonne Stoddart strutted and danced to the pulsating sounds of reggae music as they showcased the new offering by Cedella ...more
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H'View still atop U-21 League after 4-2 win
Sunday, February 12, 2012
HARBOUR View remained atop the second round table and climbed to second overall in the JFF Under-21 League after scoring a 4-2 win over Portmore United at Ferdie Neita Complex on Friday. With two matches remaining in the round, the Harold Thomas-coa ...more
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'Teddy' Johnson on scoresheet again in England
Sunday, February 12, 2012
JAMAICAN International Jermaine "Teddy" Johnson scored his fourth goal in his last six games for Sheffield Wednesday, who went down 2-1 to Exeter City in their npower League One match yesterday at St James Park. It was a frustrating setback for Wedn ...more
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Nelson stars with three-timer
Sunday, February 12, 2012
JOCKEY Dane Nelson continued to roll out the winners at Caymanas Park yesterday. The bustling jockey first opened the programme by piloting Prime Minister, the 2-5 favourite, to victory in the $492,000 Altamont V Armond Memorial Cup feature event to ...more
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Chase on for Western Confed mid-season slots
Sunday, February 12, 2012
BICKERSTETH, St James — Five teams will be chasing the two places in the mid-season finals of the JFf's Captain's Bakery Western Confederation Super League as the second round ends today with six matches. Zone 2 leaders Savannah FC on 18 poin ...more
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CCC demolish Leewards in two days
Sunday, February 12, 2012
CAVE HILL, Barbados (CMC) — Ryan Austin undermined Leeward Islands' batting for the second time in as many days, bowling Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) to an innings and 15-run victory inside two days in the Regional 4-Day Tournament ye ...more
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Police new leaders in KSAFA/Major League
Sunday, February 12, 2012
POLICE National took advantage of Allman/Woodford's draw in the KSAFA Major League by beating Swallowfield, 3-0, to move back atop the table by a point. At Heroes Circle, Allman/Woodford had to come from behind to hold Shortwood to a 2-2 draw. Meanw ...more
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United win bested by Suarez-Evra spat
Sunday, February 12, 2012
LONDON, England (AP) — Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra overshadowed Manchester United's 2-1 win over fierce rivals Liverpool that lifted the reigning champions provisionally to the top of the Premier League yesterday. Wa ...more
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Will Bolt run? - Usain doubtful but Blake set for C'Down Classic
Saturday, February 11, 2012
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Fans attending today's eighth staging of the Camperdown Classic at the National Stadium in Kingston may have to make do with IAAF World 100m champion Yohan Blake as the star attraction as his training partner and double ...more
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Asafa leads MVP team at Milo Western Relays
Saturday, February 11, 2012
CATHERINE HALL, St James — A powerful MVP squad and some of the top high school teams in the island are expected to be among a record number of entries that will take part in the 34th staging of the Milo Western Relays at the Montego Bay Sports ...more
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Attractive half-centuries give Ja slight edge on day one
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Captain Tamar Lambert and out-of-favour West Indies batsman Donovan Pagon scored attractive half-centuries to give reigning champions Jamaica a slight advantage on yesterday's opening day of the second round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day ...more
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Gas Pro Open Junior Tennis on this weekend
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Over 90 competitors are expected to take the courts this weekend as the inaugural Gas Pro Open Junior Tennis Championships serves off at the Liguanea Club at 9:00 am. Gas Products Limited through its Gas Pro band is a first time sponsor to the junio ...more
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'One of our worst games,' laments Hayles
Saturday, February 11, 2012
BUFF BAY, Portland — Harbour View coach Donovan 'DV' Hayles expressed disappointment with his team shock 3-0 defeat to lowly Highgate in their Red Stripe Premier League match at Lynch Park on Wednesday. "This is one of our worst games we have ...more
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Clarks Town extend unbeaten run to four games
Saturday, February 11, 2012
GEORGIA, Trelawny — Former champions Clarks Town continued their upward movement in the points table in the Trelawny Football Association's National Rums of Jamaica Major League after extending their unbeaten run to four games with a 2-0 win ov ...more
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Cash Talks for Altamont Armond Mem Cup
Saturday, February 11, 2012
A somewhat tricky-looking field of runners in the $350,000 - $300,000 claiming spread will contest the $492,000 Altamont V Armond Memorial Cup feature of a nine-race card at Caymanas Park today. Six colts and geldings and one mare in the field of se ...more
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JGA tees of 2012 Tournament League Series
Saturday, February 11, 2012
This weekend, the golfing calendar will see the continuation of the Tournament League Series, wherein players earn points on the Order of Merit with a view to participating in National Trials. The event is the first for 2012 and will be hosted with ...more
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St Ann challenged to market cricket talent
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Jamaican historian and sports analyst Arnold Bertram has urged the St Ann Cricket Association to invite more overseas cricket leagues to visit Jamaica in order to expose parish players to international cricket. Speaking at the annual awards ceremony ...more
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Jamalco soar in Clarendon Major League
Saturday, February 11, 2012
HAYES, Clarendon — There is yet another leadership change in the Clarendon/Captain's Bakery Major League, with Jamalco reclaiming top spot following Thursday's victory over Rock River at Wembley. The Promoted side went into the game in third a ...more
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Primary schools get baseball boost
Saturday, February 11, 2012
AS Jamaica looks to spread its sporting interest in the field of baseball and prepares to start a local school league some 12 primary schools from the Corporate Area and St Catherine received baseball gear towards the effort at a small function held ...more
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Tennis Jamaica launches Play and Stay workshop
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Tennis Jamaica launched the first of its Play and Stay Programme workshops in May Pen last week Saturday. The workshop, held at St Thomas More Preparatory School, was attended by several local junior players, their coaches and parents, with instruct ...more
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Cabinet names boards for state-run sporting bodies
Saturday, February 11, 2012
The Cabinet has appointed new boards of management for the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), Independence Park Limited (IPL) and the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS). The SDF will be chaired by Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) b ...more
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Jamalco, Waulgrovians in mega showdown
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Arch-rivals Jamalco and Waulgrovians 'A' will take aim at each other in the final of the 2011 Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS)/Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) Open League 'Elite' Group this afternoon at the Leila Robinson Courts. Game time ...more
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J'can pole vaulter faces stern American test
Saturday, February 11, 2012
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaica's pole vaulter K'Don Samuels will face his biggest test of the Indoor season today when he joins some of America's top collegians at the Tyson Indoor Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, ...more
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KPMG squash tourney set for Thursday start
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Eighty players on 20 teams will vie for top honours at the 11th Annual KPMG Squash League Tournament which starts next Thursday. Defending champions, The Travoltas, head up the roster of the prestigious tournament which is among the most popular lo ...more
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Martin fights back after Austin wrecks Leewards
Saturday, February 11, 2012
CAVE HILL, Barbados (CMC) — Anthony Martin failed to trump fellow spinner Ryan Austin's destructive spell that propelled Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) to first innings points over Leeward Islands in the WICB Regional Four-Day tournamen ...more
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Grace KO Champs!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Paul Ebanks (left), branch manager, First Global Financial Services, presents the GraceKennedy Rural Knock-out trophy to Donovan Nelson (right), captain of the St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) cricket team and Horace Linton, who sealed the ...more
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Guyana lose Chattergoon as rain ruins play
Saturday, February 11, 2012
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Only eight overs were possible as rain ravaged the opening day of the second round Regional Four-Day Championship match between Guyana and Windward Islands at Windsor Park here yesterday. When play finally began at 4:3 ...more
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Cool control!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Humble Lion's Omando McLoud (left) controls the ball ahead of Portmore United's Rickardo Harriott during their Red Stripe Premier League match at the Effortville Community Centre on Wednesday. The gaame ended 1-1. (Photo: Marlon Reid) Cool control! ...more
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Life after the Super Bowl
Saturday, February 11, 2012
THE National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl is easily one of the biggest sporting events hosted in the United States of America and watched by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The game features the winners of the AFC and NFC games, decide ...more
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Federer suffers shock defeat
Saturday, February 11, 2012
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — World number three Roger Federer slumped to a shock 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 defeat to John Isner yesterday as the United States opened up a 2-0 Davis Cup World Group lead. Federer, playing a first round tie for th ...more
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VIDEO: Bajan challenge! - Depleted Ja face formidable task at Sabina
Friday, February 10, 2012
JAMAICA will continue the defence of their West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four-day title against a formidable Barbados team at Sabina Park in today's second round of the tournament, starting at 10:00 am. The Junior Bennett-coached Jamaica ...more
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Francis Invit’l Meet on despite shortfall
Friday, February 10, 2012
DESPITE a shortfall of $200,000, the second staging of the Ben Francis Invitational Athletic Meet set for February 18 at Vere Technical was launched at the Pegasus Hotel yesterday. Richard Bowen of Laribo Marketing and a Ben Francis Invitational com ...more
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Bonner opted for CCC, says selector
Friday, February 10, 2012
JAMAICA’S chairman of selectors Courtney Daley says the non-inclusion of all-rounder Nkrumah Bonner in the national four-day cricket squad is based on the player’s reasoning that he is likely to get more opportunities playing for the Comb ...more
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Johnson eager to stay at Wednesday
Friday, February 10, 2012
SHEFFIELD Wednesday winger and Jamaican international Jermaine 'Teddy' Johnson is hoping for a new contract this summer with The Owls where he has been playing for the past five seasons. The 31-year-old Johnson, who scored three goals in his last fi ...more
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Ja trail Bajans in head-to-head
Friday, February 10, 2012
JAMAICA'S seventh highest first-class team total of 545 for eight declared came against Barbados at Sabina Park 27 years ago in the 1984/85 Shell Shield. Carlisle Best won the toss and decided to bat against the Basil Williams-led Jamaica on Fr ...more
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Dos Santos happy with MBU's top six
Friday, February 10, 2012
CATHERINE HALL, St James — Montego Bay United's Brazillian coach Neider Dos Santos is happy the team has achieved one of its goals — reaching the top six in the points table of the Red Stripe Premier League and enhancing their chances of ...more
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JNA eyes upgrade of coaches
Friday, February 10, 2012
HEAD of Jamaica's netball, Marva Bernard, says her administration is determined to upgrade the skill levels of coaches as part of efforts to grow the sport across its planks. The Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) president says the game is being ham ...more
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Merritt the man to beat, says Gonzales
Friday, February 10, 2012
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) — Jermaine Gonzales dismissed the threat of World champion Kirani James of Grenada and said American LaShawn Merritt will be the man to beat for the gold medal in the 400 metres at the Olympic Games in London this year. ...more
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Big wins for Basovak, Old Harbour Bay
Friday, February 10, 2012
DB Basovak, Frazsiers Whip and Rodwood all registered wins in the LIME/St Catherine FA Major League on Wednesday. Basovak, who are having an indifferent season so far, picking up only three points from their last five games, were most impressive on ...more
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Trinidad World Cup players raid Federation offices
Friday, February 10, 2012
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago World Cup veterans have seized office equipment from the country's football federation Wednesday over to a long-standing payment dispute. Accompanied by a group of policemen and a court offici ...more
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Parker lead Spurs over Sixers, 100-90
Friday, February 10, 2012
PHILADELPHIA, USA (AP) — San Antonio's Tony Parker scored 37 points to lead the Spurs to a 100-90 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Wednesday's clash of two NBA divisional leaders. Gary Neal added 18 off the bench for the Southwest Division-l ...more
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Tame draw! - Humble Lion halt Portmore train
Thursday, February 09, 2012
LEADERS Portmore United left the Effortville Community Centre relieved to have earned a point, but home team Humble Lion are seething after giving up a lead in a 1-1 tie in their Red Stripe Premier League game yesterday. Omando McLoud had given the ...more
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Reggae Girlz get IRIE party
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Still ignored in large measure by corporate Jamaica, the national women's football programme continues to be embroiled in a fight for its very survival on a day-to-day basis. The sad reality is that the programme is only being kept alive by meagre r ...more
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Eagerly awaited Contender Series Two launched
Thursday, February 09, 2012
The eagerly awaited season two of the popular Wray & Nephew live reality boxing Contender series will resume on Television Jamaica (TVJ) next Wednesday with 16 of the island's top welterweight battling to be crowned Jamaica's ultimate welterweigh ...more
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Village pip Sporting at Brancourt
Thursday, February 09, 2012
CLARENDON PARK, Clarendon — Dino Williams' league-leading 10th goal gifted Village United a crucial victory yesterday at Sporting Central Academy as they maintained their survival push in the Red Stripe Premier League. Former Green Pond High s ...more
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STGC highlight schoolboy football awards ceremony
Thursday, February 09, 2012
TRIPLE crown champions St George's College walked away with the lion's share of prizes at the awards ceremony of the 2011 ISSA Gatorade/Digicel Schoolboy Football season at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, yesterday. STGC earned $355,000 in cash and ...more
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NCB commits $12m to support Olympians
Thursday, February 09, 2012
NATIONAL Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB) has committed a total of $12 million to the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) over the next four years to assist in preparing members of the Jamaica Olympic team for several regional and international ga ...more
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Wood Hall, Milk River in top Major League clash
Thursday, February 09, 2012
CHAPELTON, Clarendon — Wood Hall will look to extend their lead atop the Clarendon/Captain's Bakery Major League when they welcome Milk River to the Turners Oval in Chapelton today. The former champions surged atop the league on Monday followi ...more
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'Elite', Group 'B' Open League netball semis on today
Thursday, February 09, 2012
SEMI-FINAL action in the 'Elite' Group and Group 'B' sections of the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS)/Jamaica Netball association (JNA) Open League competition will get underway today at the Leila Robinson Courts, starting at 5:45 pm. The fi ...more
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Ramsay sparks Holy Family's goal flood
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Holy Family's Horace Ramsay netted four goals to aid in the 7-0 demolition of Jessie Ripoll in the LIME/INSPORTS Primary Schools Football Championship at the Bell/Chung Complex on Tuesday. Ramsay was also scoring the first hat-trick of the season wi ...more
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Nestle increases sponsorship to Milo Western Champs
Thursday, February 09, 2012
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Nestle Jamaica through its brand Milo yesterday announced an increase in the sponsorship of the County of Cornwall Athletics Association's (COCAA) Milo Western High Schools Championships that will be held over three days ...more
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Ambrose delighted with new CCC role
Thursday, February 09, 2012
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — West Indies fast bowling legend Curtly Ambrose will work with the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) as a fast bowling consultant for the remainder of the Regional Four-Day Championship, it was announced here yest ...more
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Fabio Capello quits as England coach
Thursday, February 09, 2012
LONDON, England (AFP) — Fabio Capello resigned as manager of England yesterday following the Football Association's decision to strip John Terry of the captaincy, the FA confirmed. In a remarkable twist to one of the most dramatic days in Engl ...more
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Ivory Coast, Zambia set final date
Thursday, February 09, 2012
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) — Ivory Coast, looking to lay to rest the ghosts of failures past, and Zambia, looking to honour the dead from the 1993 air disaster, meet in what will be a deeply emotional Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday. The Za ...more
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VIDEO: Bajans ready to face champs Jamaica
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
AFTER having rested for the first round, the Barbados cricket team arrived in the island yesterday ready to face champions Jamaica in the second round of the Regional Four-Day tournament at Sabina Park this weekend. Barbados Sports Personality of th ...more
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VCB gives thumbs-up to Olympic stadium
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
JAMAICA'S ace sprinter Veronica Campbell Brown who hopes to become the first woman to win three successive Olympic 200m titles this year, has given host city London the thumbs-up in terms of preparation for the global event. "Often you hear horror s ...more
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Williams, Forbes log US Indoor wins
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
TARIKA Williams of the University of Miami (Florida) ran a personal best 7.29 seconds to capture the 60m at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet in Blacksburg weekend. She outran Americans Ogechi Nwaneri of Virginia Tech who timed 7.3 and Alishea Usery of t ...more
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VCB Tackles Felix at Fayetteville this weekend
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS, United States (CMC) — World and Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell Brown will renew her rivalry with American Allyson Felix at the United States Track and Field Classic in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the weekend. Campbel ...more
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Arnett boss downplays fracas at TG
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
PRESIDENT of the Arnett Gardens club, Patrick Roberts, said he was hit in the head by a stone in a brazen attack on his team as things turned sour following their 3-2 victory over Tivoli Gardens at the Edward Seaga Stadium on Monday night. This was ...more
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TIME FOR CHAMPAGNE
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Members of the Portmore United football team celebrate with the LIME/Happy Sutherland Knockout trophy after their 1-0 victory over Frazsier's Whip at the Spanish Town Prison Oval on Sunday. (Photo: Aston Spaulding) TIME FOR CHAMPAGNE --> more
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Take Hermoso Amigo in Phillips Memorial Trophy
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
TWO trophy races are the mainstay of midweek racing at Caymanas Park today with the $516,600 Howard Phillips Memorial Trophy given prominence over the $528,000 James B Dawes Memorial Trophy claiming event for Restricted Allowance IV native-bred four- ...more
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Repairs to Leila Robinson netball courts on hold
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
A proposed plan to repair the Leila Robinson Netball Courts at Independence Park Complex as part of plans to mark Jamaica's 50th Anniversary of Independence has been thrown into doubt after the Government launched a special audit of the expenditure i ...more
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BAJANS LAND
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Kemar Roach (left) and Fidel Edwards lead the Barbados contingent on arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport yesterday. The Bajans tackle defending regional cricket champs Jamaica at Sabina Park on Friday. (Photo: Joseph Wellington) BAJAN ...more
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Ardenne, Immaculate, Wolmer's Girls win in ISSA TT
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
ARDENNE High, Immaculate Conception and Wolmer's Girls emerged victors on Monday in the latest round of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Urban Girls Table Tennis competition. Visitors Ardenne drubbed newcomers Merl Grove, 3-0, i ...more
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Barca rated top team in the world
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
THE International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has ranked Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy as the best scorer of the decade, 2001-2010. Based on goals scored for national teams and primary domestic club competitions, Nistel ...more
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Contador may appeal ban, won't retire
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
PINTO, Spain (AFP) — An indignant two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador said yesterday he "totally disagreed" with his two-year doping ban but vowed to pursue his career at the highest level. Speaking for the first time since the C ...more
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Maradona warns he may leave UAE club
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Diego Maradona warned the owners at Al Wasl yesterday that he may not return to coach the team next season if it doesn't buy the kind of players that would allow him to compete for the league title. The Argen ...more
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High marks! - Mattocks impresses head coach at Vancouver
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
WITH the Major League Soccer (MLS) set to begin early next month, Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Martin Rennie has given high marks to new kid on the block Darren Mattocks, the number two pick in the MLS SuperDraft. "Mattocks has settled in really w ...more
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Arnett advance to Jackie Bell knockout final with 3-2 win over TG
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
ARNETT Gardens advanced to final of the Jamaica Yellow Pages Jackie Bell Knockout final with an exciting and dramatic 3-2 win over Tivoli Gardens at the Edward Seaga Stadium. In a pulsating game, Arnett Gardens finished with 10 men while Tivoli Gard ...more
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Boys’ Town book spot in Bell KO final
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
BOYS' Town booked their spot in the final of the Jamaica Yellow Pages/KSAFA Jackie Bell KO after their 2-0 win over nine-man Harbour View at the Edward Seaga Sport Complex on Sunday. An extra-time goal from Nicholas McMorris, plus an own-goal three ...more
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Nelson strike hands P'More KO crown
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
PORTMORE United dethroned Frazsiers Whip of the LIME/Happy Sutherland KO title, beating them 1-0 in a pulsating final at Prison Oval on Sunday. Roen Nelson's angled drive in the 41st minute was the difference between both sides, while Alton Brown mu ...more
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J'can duo features in massive Super Bowl
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
NEW YORK, USA — For the second year in a row, a Jamaican has featured in America's premier sporting showcase, the Super Bowl. In fact, both teams in Sunday's championship game had a Jamaican player as part of its outfit. It was Kevin Boothe wh ...more
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Manning stars for Giants in pulsating finish to Super Bowl
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS, USA (AP) — Eli Manning led another fourth-quarter touchdown drive and won his second Super Bowl MVP on Sunday night, leading the Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots that provided a pulsating finish to a season ...more
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TG 'A' topple Jamalco for fastnet netball crown
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
TIVOLI "A" turned back defending champions JAMALCO, 19-17, goals to capture the JNBS/JNA FASTNET title at the Leila Robinson Courts last Saturday. It was a repeat of last season's final when dethroned champions JAMALCO won 32-27 in the final. Tivoli ...more
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Rivoli clip Meadows 2-1 in Super League
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
RIVOLI United extended their lead atop the South Central Confederation Super League after coming out 2-1 winners in their top-of-the-table clash against Meadows FC at Monk Street at the weekend. Despite the loss, Meadows remained in second, while Ro ...more
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Hydel lift South Conference U-19 crown
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
HYDEL High defeated St Andrew Technical (STATHS), 62-51, in Game Three of their KFC/South Conference Schools Basketball final yesterday to claim the Under-19 championship series, 2-1, at the National Stadium Courts. Deano Hibbert topscored for the K ...more
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C'Hall rebound 1-0 over nemesis Granville
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
WESTGREEN, St James — Catherine Hall FC avenged their first-round loss to Granville FC at Westgreen on Sunday to take over the lead in Zone 1 of the Captain's Bakery Confederation Super League. Omar Christie scored his first goal of the seaso ...more
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Bullets connect in Megamart Women's League
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
WAULGROVIAN Bullets defeated Unique Ballers, 50-40, to capture the MEGAMART/JBA Women's Super League title by winning Game 2 of the best-of-three finals at the Leila Robinson Courts Sunday night. The Marlon Nattie-coached Bullets became the first ho ...more
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Champs Holy Family kick-off Primary title defence
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
DEFENDING Kingston champions Holy Family will begin their title defence against Jessie Ripoll in the LIME/ INSPORTS All-Island Primary Schools Football Championship this afternoon at the Bell Chung Stadium, beginning at 1:30. After last Thursday's ...more
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Salt Marsh stun Links in Trelawny Major League
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
DAVIS PEN, Trelawny — Salt Marsh crawled out of the relegation zone in the Trelawny FA National Rums Major League on Sunday after upsetting fourth-placed Prospect Links, 3-1, at Davis Pen. The win was Salt Marsh's second in nine games and mov ...more
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Four Paths new leaders of Clarendon ML
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
MAY PEN, Clarendon — Four Paths are the new leaders of the Clarendon/Captain's Bakery Major League after benefitting from Original Hazard's no-show in last weekend's fourth-round fixture at Cross. The newcomers, one of two remaining unbeaten s ...more
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Pakistan sweep England 3-0
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Pakistan's bowlers sealed an emphatic 71-run win in the third and final Test against England here yesterday, inflicting a 3-0 series whitewash humiliation in the process. Set a daunting 324-run target, Engla ...more
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Victory secured - Ja pull off 81-run win over Windwards
Monday, February 06, 2012
JAMAICA yesterday weathered a battling 103 from opener Devon Smith to pull off a 81-run win over the Windward Islands inside three days in the opening round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day match at Sabina Park. Jamaica, seeking an unprece ...more
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Asafa, Johnson bask in UTech’s moment of grandeur
Monday, February 06, 2012
BUOYED by the acknowledgement of appreciation for his contribution to local athletics, 2008 Olympic Games 100m bronze medallist Asafa Powell said that he will be motivated to work even harder as he looks forward to this year’s Olympics in Londo ...more
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‘Teddy’ Johnson on target again for Wednesday
Monday, February 06, 2012
JERMAINE Johnson booted in his third goal of the season for Sheffield Wednesday to aid his team to rally from a goal down to overcome a dogged Yeovil Town 2-1 on Saturday at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. The 31-year-old Jamaican midfielder ...more
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Koreans join hunt for J’can track coach
Monday, February 06, 2012
THE expertise of Jamaican track and field coaches continues to be in high demand by other countries envious of Jamaica’s athletics successes. In the latest push to lure local coaches to foreign lands, a team of South Koreans is currently in th ...more
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Holland close in on leaders Duanvale
Monday, February 06, 2012
KINLOSS, Trelawny — Holland United stayed a point behind leaders Duanvale FC in the Trelawny Football Association's National Rums of Jamaica Major League after scoring a come from behind 2-1 win over Kinloss at Kinloss on Saturday. Holland sco ...more
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Shericka Jackson shines at Puma development meet
Monday, February 06, 2012
HAYES, Clarendon — Vere Technical's Shericka Jackson sped to a fast 23.8 seconds to capture the Class One Girls 200 meters at the Puma/JAAA/Flow development meet at Jamalco in Hayes, Clarendon on Saturday. Another highlight of the day was the ...more
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Williams, Sinclair imperious at Karl Dalhouse swim meet
Monday, February 06, 2012
BRITNEY Williams smashed three meet records and Angara Sinclair clinched 10 gold in her 13-medal haul to steer her club Y Speedos to the top of the 17th staging of the LIME-sponsored Karl Dalhouse International which ended at the National Stadium Po ...more
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St George's academy gets the ball rolling
Monday, February 06, 2012
The St George's College Sports Academy was originally set for a Easter Holiday opening, but organisers got the ball rolling with a football clinic on Saturday at the North Street-based Winchester Park. Academy technical director Neville Bell was ple ...more
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Shabazz to remain coach of Guyana
Monday, February 06, 2012
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Officials of the Guyana Football Association are probably breathing a little easier, following news that Jamal Shabazz worked out a deal with the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation that allows him to remai ...more
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T&T sport minister, two other ministry officials under probe
Monday, February 06, 2012
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Outspoken Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Sport Anil Roberts and two senior officials in his ministry are under investigation by the country’s integrity commission. The local daily Trinidad Guardian report ...more
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Spin artists orchestrate Guyana victory
Monday, February 06, 2012
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Spin duo Devendra Bishoo and Veerasammy Permaul bowled Guyana to a 234-run victory over Leeward Islands in the Regional Four-Day Tournament yesterday. Bishoo grabbed four wickets for 31 runs from 9.4 overs and Permaul ...more
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Ghana vs Tunisia
Monday, February 06, 2012
Ghana’s Andre Ayew (left), is challenged by Tunisia's Khelil Chammem during their African Cup of Nations quarter-final soccer match at the Stade de Franceville in Franceville, Gabon, yesterday. Ghana won 2-1 to advance to the semifinals. (Photo ...more
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Capello says Terry should be England captain
Monday, February 06, 2012
ROME, Italy (AP) — Four months before he is due to coach England at the European Championship, Fabio Capello publicly criticised his employers yesterday for going against his wishes and removing John Terry as captain. Terry was stripped of the ...more
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Marseille held by Lyon
Monday, February 06, 2012
PARIS, FRANCE (AFP) — Steve Mandanda’s injurytime reflex save from a close-range effort by Lyon’s Argentinian striker Lisandro helped Marseille to a 2-2 draw in Ligue One action yesterday. Mandanda’s quick reaction after Lisa ...more
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Villarreal clip Sevilla in Spanish league
Monday, February 06, 2012
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Villarreal won their first away match of the season by beating Sevilla 2-1 yesterday from Javier Camunas’ late goal, exacerbating the Andalusian club’s struggles in the Spanish league. Sevilla were caught ou ...more
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Blatter wants Egypt football leaders reinstated
Monday, February 06, 2012
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he will seek to reinstate fired Egypt football federation leaders, calling their dismissal “direct interference” by the Cairo government. Blatter spoke yesterday in the Par ...more
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Mali knock Gabon out of African Cup
Monday, February 06, 2012
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) — Mali beat Gabon 5-4 on penalties here yesteray after this finely balanced Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final ended 1-1 following extra time. Barcelona star Seydou Keita converted the decisive spot kick after the co-h ...more
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Epic fightback! - Man U rally from three goals down to draw 3-3 at Chelsea
Monday, February 06, 2012
LONDON, England (AFP) — Manchester United staged a stunning fightback from three goals down as Javier Hernandez’s late equaliser rescued a dramatic 3-3 draw against Chelsea in one of the games of the season at Stamford Bridge yesterday. ...more
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Gayle-force save!
Sunday, February 05, 2012
CHRISTOPHER Gayle thundered a magnificent 165 yesterday to guide reigning champions Jamaica to a 283-run lead against the Windward Islands in the opening round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day match at Sabina Park. After pacer Andrew Richar ...more
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Bolt’s mentor for Western Relays honour
Sunday, February 05, 2012
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Lorna Thorpe, one of the persons who is credited with mentoring a young Usain Bolt when he started his track career at William Knibb High, will be the patron at next Saturday's 34th staging if the Milo Western Relays at the M ...more
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Williams sets eyes on Olympics
Sunday, February 05, 2012
REIGNING Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) triple jump champion Kimberly Williams is describing 2012 as a "big year" for both her academics and athletic achievements. A 2009 CAC bronze medallist, 23-year-old Williams opened her indoor seaso ...more
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Dacres makes qualifying mark for World Youths
Sunday, February 05, 2012
CALABAR'S Federick Dacres, who is recovering from insomnia, threw 18.42 metres for second place in the Class I shot at the Gatorade Youngster Goldsmith meet at GC Foster yesterday and achieved the required qualifying mark for the World Youth Champion ...more
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Uncle Ken delivers Heron Mem feature
Sunday, February 05, 2012
UNCLE Ken came down in class as a 2-1 chance to win the $462,000 Mortimer 'Morty' Heron Memorial Cup claiming feature at Caymanas Park yesterday and presented recent graduate trainer Robert R Alveranga with his first win. Masterfully ridden by jocke ...more
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Can boxing reclaim its past glory?
Sunday, February 05, 2012
THERE was a time when professional boxing rivalled any such activity on the international stage. Sadly, however, that seems a generation ago, and there is a reason for this. At a time when every conceivable modern sport is governed by a world body w ...more
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Boxing champ wants to give back to Ja
Sunday, February 05, 2012
AT age 44, Jamaican-born American-based WBC world Super Bantamweight boxing champion Alicia Ashley says she still feels in excellent condition and has no plans of quitting anytime soon. She has also expressed a desire to stage at least one fight in ...more
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P'More, Frazsiers Whip in KO showdown
Sunday, February 05, 2012
PORTMORE United will seek to reclaim the LIME Happy Sutherland KO trophy when they face title-holder Frazsiers Whip FC in the 5:00 pm final at Prison Oval today. The Premier League leaders last lifted the coveted cup two seasons aback, but victory s ...more
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MBU sign Bahamian star, bolster attack
Sunday, February 05, 2012
TUCKER, St James — Second-round champions Montego Bay United (MBU) have strengthened their already strong line-up as they make a push for the Red Stripe Premier League title in their first season with the signing of Bahamian national player Les ...more
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Patriots tipped to win Super Bowl
Sunday, February 05, 2012
From the Diary of Robbie Earle at the 3rd Annual ESPN Super Bowl at Sea aboard the Oasis of the Seas I'M a soccer man. I play the real football — like we know it in the Caribbean. But you can't live in the United States and stay immune to the ...more
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