Downswell speaks out
AFTER 19 months in the hot seat, national football coach Wendell Downswell on Tuesday called it quits, citing that corporate Jamaica does not really support local coaches. "You know people have the concept about the foreign coaches.

No retirement date yet - Ottey
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters): VETERAN SLOVENIAN sprinter Merlene Ottey, who represented Jamaica at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, declined yesterday to name a retirement date. "I don't really set dates," Ottey told reporters...

First regional women's U-19 tourney bowls off Saturday
NATIONAL UNDER-19 women's coach, Cleon Smith, believes his young charges will give a good account of themselves when the first Caribbean championships get under way on Saturday. The inaugural competition is set to bowl off on Saturday with Jamaica ...

Barath, Bravo put T&T in strong position over Jamaica
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): ADRIAN BARATH and Darren Bravo stroked half centuries and steered champions Trinidad and Tobago to first innings honours over Jamaica on the second day of their TCL Group West Indies Under-19 first round match at Bourda yesterday

Trelawny stadium ready to roll
Western Bureau: THE NEW Trelawny multi-purpose stadium, which is earmarked for the opening ceremony of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, is poised to see its first action this Saturday when the venue hosts a Capital and Credit one-day game...

St Jago athletes head off to US
PAN AMERICAN Junior Championships relay bronze medallist Dwight Mullings heads a cadre of St. Jago athletes set to depart the island shortly to take up scholarships in the United States.

Future bright for Central Kingston
CENTRAL KINGSTON increased their chances of progressing to the second round of both Kingston and St. Andrew Football Association's (KSAFA) Under-13 and Under-17 leagues with wins over Brown's Town at Emmet Park on Tuesday.

Test rule holding back the innocent says Christie
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters): FORMER OLYMPIC 100 metres champion Linford Christie said yesterday the three strike rule for missing drugs tests was penalising the innocent and not catching the guilty. UK Athletics withdrew Commonwealth 400m gold medallist.

Serena cruises past Russian
CARSON, California (Reuters): RUSSIAN NADIA Petrova became the first big-name casualty of the Los Angeles Open, while twice champion Serena Williams won her opening match in convincing style on Tuesday night.