Williams, Sinclair strike gold for Jamaica at IAAF super grand prix meet
NOVLENE WILLIAMS and Kenia Sinclair were impressive winners but Veronica Campbell and Usain Bolt were upstaged by Americans in cold conditions at Lausanne's Athletissima Super Grand Prix meeting last night. Williams, the national champion, won the women's 400 metres...
Cup profits to boost coffers
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): THE CASH-strapped West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is expected to shed its huge debt burden shortly, thanks to the profits earned from the recently hosted Cricket World Cup (CWC) in the Caribbean. WICB president Ken Gordon, also chairman...
Cricket World Cup 2007 benefits to help with development - Gordon
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC):OUTGOING REGIONAL cricket chief Ken Gordon is pleased with the benefits accrued from the staging of Cricket World Cup 2007, and says the new stadia built for the event will augur well for the development of the regional game...
U-20s head for Pan Am Games
ALREADY SET back by what coach Wendell Downswell describes as 'inadequate preparation time', Jamaica's 18-man Under-20 football squad heads for Brazil today for the Pan American Games. "We've had a couple of training sessions but nothing to any great extent....
Hawkeye is here to stay
LONDON (Reuters): HAWKEYE LOOKS like it is here to stay at Wimbledon despite champion Roger Federer's rage against the ball-tracking machine during Sunday's final against Rafael Nadal. Tournament organisers hailed the introduction of the system as a huge success...
Windies crush Netherlands
DUBLIN, Ireland (CMC): GOOD TIMES continued to roll for the West Indies when they wasted no time and crushed the Netherlands by 10 wickets under the weight of stifling bowling and punishing batting in the opening match of the Irish quadrangular one-day...
Cancellara pulls off dazzling victory
COMPIEGNE, France (Reuters): A LATE burst of speed gave overall leader Fabian Cancellara a dazzling victory in the third stage of the Tour de France yesterday. The Swiss rider of the CSC team, who took the yellow jersey when he won the prologue in London last weekend...
Sunshine Girlz tackle Silver Ferns tomorrow
SYDNEY (CMC): JAMAICA'S NETBALLERS, beaten by Australia in their two-match series last weekend, tackle reigning world champions New Zealand in a similar series this week.
Security stepped up at the Asia Cup
BANGKOK (Reuters): SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS at the Asian Cup are being tightened after intelligence reports warned of possible terrorist threats in two of the four host nations.Police in Thailand have already beefed up security in Bangkok after army...
Easy win for China
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): CHINA STORMED to an emphatic 5-1 victory over Asian Cup co-hosts Malaysia yesterday, putting on the most impressive display of the tournament so far as they cruised to victory in their Group C opener. The 2004 runners-up became the first ...
Indonesia get by Bahrain 2-1
JAKARTA (Reuters): INDONESIA FORWARD Bambang Pamungkas's second-half strike gave the Asian Cup co-hosts a 2-1 victory over Bahrain in a lively Group D opener yesterday. In sweltering heat in the Gelora Bung Karno stadium, both sides had chances...
37 charged in 'fixing' scandal
MILAN (Reuters): NAPLES MAGISTRATES charged 37 people yesterday over Italy's match-fixing scandal, including former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi.Last year a sports tribunal stripped Juventus of their last two Serie A titles and relegated them to Serie B...
Argentina, Mexico to battle once more
PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela (Reuters):ARGENTINA AND Mexico, who produced one of the best matches at last year's World Cup, meet again in today's Copa America semi-final, promising to serve up another soccer feast. Mexico hammered six goals past Paraguay, a team usually strong...
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