D-Day for Asafa
OSAKA, Japan: IT'S D-DAY in Osaka for Jamaica's world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell.The Jamaica sprint ace and his American arch-rival Tyson Gay, the fastest man in the world this year, are poised to set the...
Victorious return for Juve
MILAN (Reuters): A DAVID Trezeguet hat-trick and two goals from Vincenzo Iaquinta gave Juventus a 5-1 home win over Livorno on their return to Serie A yesterday. France striker Trezeguet put Juve ahead after half an hour when he headed in Alessandro Del...
Nicole Aiken shoots off to Lamar University
OVER THE past few decades, many Jamaican athletes have left the island to take up scholarship offers in the United States and national netball representative Nicole Aiken is the latest to join that list.
Finalists welcome delay
RIVALS URBAN KNIGHTS and St George's Slayers are relieved to have a bit more time to recover from the ravages of Hurricane Dean following the Jamaica Basketball Association's (JBA) decision to delay the KFC mid-season final for...
Dibaba storms to victory
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters): ETHIOPIA'S Tirunesh Dibaba made an astonishing recovery to become the first woman to defend her world championship 10,000 metres title yesterday.Dibaba had contemplated pulling out of the race after complaining of crippling...
Hoffa hurls way to shot put gold
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters): AMERICAN REESE Hoffa shed forever the tag of the unknown shot putter when he hurled his way to a gold medal on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships yesterday.The world indoor champion, who used to wear a mask to...
Lampard's strikeputs Blues on top
LONDON (Reuters): CHELSEA WENT to the top of the Premier League when they beat Portsmouth 1-0 at Stamford Bridge yesterday, and leaders Manchester City lost 1-0 at Arsenal.Frank Lampard's 31st minute strike was enough to extend Chelsea's...
Gibbs' ton clinches series for SA
HARARE (Reuters): HERSCHELLE GIBBS smashed a quickfire century to steer South Africa to a series-clinching eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe yesterday. Gibbs scored 111 off 100 balls to help South Africa overhaul Zimbabwe's total of 247 for seven and secure...
Cricket's rich do their own thing
REMEMBER THE late 1970s and the coming of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket - the tournament that changed the game and the lives of those who played the game?Well, according to CricInfo, the bible of cricket news, there seems to be a few more changes...
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