West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) censures Gayle
LONDON (AP): WEST INDIES cricket authorities have threatened to punish Chris Gayle with "drastic and immediate action" if he continues to criticise their running of the game. Gayle hit out last week after a series of gaffes and embarrassments for West Indian cricket...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) welcomes the new Spanish-style academy
THE JAMAICA has thrown its support behind the establishment of a local football academy which will be modelled on the Real Madrid Foundation's School of Social Integration. The academy, which will built in Rose Hall, St. James on land donated...
Calabash Bay in the eighth
TRAINER ANTHONY NUNES' CALABASH BAY should beat Open Allowance runners at 1300 metres in this afternoon's eighth event after his fair effort behind CLOCK WORK in the Digicel Irish Jamaican Stakes on Derby Day. After an ordinary three-year-old campaign...
Trelawny stadium still in limbo
WESTERN BUREAU: AS THE Government continues to procrastinate with regards to putting a permanent management structure in place for the new US$30 million Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium, the Trelawny Cricket Association (TCA) has announced plans to intensify it lobby for the use the facility....
Jamaica youth squad selected
RAMONE MCKENZIE and Shana-Gaye Tracey head Jamaica's 19-member team to the fifth IAAF World Youth Athletics Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.Latoya McDermott, Natoya Goule, Nickel Ashmeade and Dexter Lee are the other top athletes namede...
Venus battles past Russian teenager
WIMBLEDON, (AP): THREE-TIME champion Venus Williams came back from a breakdown in the last two sets to avoid a major first-round surprise yesterday against a Russian teenager playing her first match at Wimbledon. Williams appeared on the brink of defeat,...
Reggae Boyz face Malaysia
JAMAICA'S REGGAE Boyz will resume their battle for pride when they face 149th-ranked Malaysia at the MBPJ Stadium in Petaling Jaya at 7:30 a.m. (Jamaica time) tomorrow, with just two games remaining in what has so far proven to be a catastrophic tour of Asia.
Campbell looking to Osaka
NATIONAL WOMEN'S 100 and 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell has expressed satisfaction with her performance at the three-day Puma/Supreme Ventures National Senior and Junior Championships which ended at the National Stadium on Sunday night. According to Campbell...
Walker set to take hurdles to another level
RANKED WORLD No. 1 in the 400m hurdles this year, Melaine Walker appears destined to take her event to another level. Looking to emulate Deon Hemmings-McCatty, who won the 400m hurdles at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, Walker is by far Jamaica's top athlete...
Jamaicans to vie for IAAF posts
THREE JAMAICANS, Neville 'Teddy' McCook, Grace Jackson and Alfred Francis, will vie for posts when the world's governing body of track and field, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), holds its congress in Osaka in August....
Mexico a team in turmoil after Cup flop
PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela (Reuters):MEXICO HAVE arrived at the Copa America in crisis following yet another defeat to the United States and amid reports of splits in the dressing room. Mexico kick off their Copa America campaign against Brazil in Puerto...
Sri Lanka hammer helpless Bangladesh
COLOMBO (Reuters): FOUR SRI Lanka batsmen piled up centuries as Bangladesh conceded a huge 488-run first innings deficit on the second day of the first Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club yesterday. The Bangladesh bowlers toiled through the day as Michael...
Knights, Tivoli win big
URBAN KNIGHTS and Tivoli All-Stars registered big wins on Monday night at the National Stadium courts as they extended their winning streaks in the KFC National Basketball League. Urban Knights, since losing their opening game to champions St. George's Slayers...
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