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All clear?

TOKYO, Japan — Gary Peart, Jamaica's chef de mission to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, says he has no knowledge of any adverse analytical finding for any athlete among the delegation here in Tokyo.

Windies ready for Pakistan T20 challenge

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) — Two supremely talented teams collide in a four-match Twenty20 (T20) International series with the West Indies and Pakistan starting today at Kensington Oval in Barbados before the contest shifts to Providence Stadium in Guyana for the remaining three...

Waterhouse, Tivoli share spoils

WATERHOUSE FC and Tivoli Gardens FC battled to a 1-1 draw to end match week five of the truncated Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season, at the UWI-JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence on Monday.

JOA plans to give life to water sports

TOKYO, Japan — As Jamaica prepares to bid farewell to Alia Atkinson, its most successful swimmer at the international stage, the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) is planning to concentrate on water sports in the next quadrennial, but not to the exclusion of other sporting...

No ODI hangover expected for Pakistan series, assures Simmons

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Head Coach Phil Simmons is confident the one-day series defeat to Australia will have little or no impact on West Indies' performance in the four-match Twenty20 International series against Pakistan starting here today.

Oval pitch 'unacceptable for international cricket' – Pollard

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has blasted the quality of the Kensington Oval pitch as “unacceptable for international cricket”, following his side's 1-2 defeat in the three-match One-Day series against ...

Role of chef de mission at the Olympics

There is quite often uncertainty, confusion, and lack of understanding as to what is the role of the chef de mission at the Olympic Games. This level of uncertainty is not confined to the general public nor to people working in the Olympic environment during the Games,...

Bermuda's Duffy celebrates 'cool moment' after making Olympic history

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Triathlete Flora Duffy revelled in a “cool moment” after delivering the first Olympic gold medal in history for the tiny island of Bermuda in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Photo of the day — July 28, 2021

Brazil forward Ludmila (left) vies for the ball with Zambia goalkeeper Hazel Nali (right) and defender Lushomo Mweemba during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's Group F first-round football match at Saitama Stadium in Japan yesterday. (Photo: AFP)�

Cameroon refugee achieves Olympic dream after UK ordeal

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Cyrille Tchatchet II is preparing to make history at the Tokyo Olympics — seven years after finding himself homeless and penniless on Britain's streets.

Man Utd agree deal to sign Real Madrid's Varane

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Manchester United have agreed a deal with Real Madrid to sign France centre-back Raphael Varane, the Premier League giants announced yesterday.

Free-scoring Netherlands set up Olympic quarter-final with USA

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Netherlands rounded off their high-scoring group-stage campaign with an 8-2 thrashing of China yesterday to set up a quarter-final clash with the United States in the Olympic women's football tournament.

Tokyo Olympics medals table

Team Gold Silver Bronze TotalJapan 10 3 5 18United States 9 8 8 25China 9 5 7 21Russian OC 7 7 4 18Great Britain 4 5 4 13South Korea 3 2 5 10Australia 3 1 5 9Canada 2 3 3 8

Japan top medals table; Britain's Daley strikes Olympic gold

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan topped the medals table at the Tokyo Olympics after the host nation won three gold yesterday, while British diver Tom Daley was finally crowned an Olympic champion at his fourth Games — in an emotional triumph.

Swim fraternity salutes Alia Atkinson

JAMAICANS home and abroad have heaped praises on swimming stalwart Alia Atkinson for almost single-handedly placing the country on the world map of swimming and providing a platform on which the sport can build.