Champs target Old Harbour
WESTERN BUREAU: CHAMPIONS GLENMUIR High begin the defence of their Inter-Secondary Sports Association (ISSA)/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup title this afternoon when they battle Old Harbour in one of three games to mark the start of...
Curry goat cricket gets an international flavour
WELL, IMAGINE this folks, there's now a World Cup for curry goat cricket.Yep, yam-lickers from Portland to Hanover, dust off your gloves and pads, oil up that bat and swing for the hills and you too could be a world champion one day.
More work needed, says W'house coach
DESPITE A comfortable 2-0 win over Maverley/Hughenden in the Sherwin Williams Women's League at the Constant Spring Complex on Wednesday, Waterhouse coach Xavier Gilbert believes his team still has some work to do ahead of Sunday's mammoth knock-out clash with defending champions Harbour View.
Powell, Campbell strike gold
ASAFA POWELL, the world fastest human, and world 100 metre champion Veronica Campbell, were Jamaican winners at yesterday's Van Damme Golden League meet in Brussels, Belgium.Though he failed to achieve his aim - bettering his world-record 9.74 done less...
JDF and St Bess in feature
SUPER CUP champions St. Elizabeth and Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) face off in today's feature quarter-final match as teams jostle for semi-final spots in the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) All-Island limited-overs competition.
Heavy loss for England
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP):WINGER J.P. Pietersen scored two tries as South Africa underscored their World Cup potential by shutting out defending world champions England 36-0 in their Group A game yesterday.
Miracle Man to rebound in feature
MAKING FULL use of the conditions governing stakes and open allowance races, two-time 'Horse of the Year' MIRACLE MAN is tipped to resume his winning ways when he steps down in class to contest the Owen Silvera Memorial Cup...
Coach pleased with Under-23s
WENDELL DOWNSWELL, head coach of Jamaica's Under-23 team, has expressed satisfaction with his side's performance at end of the first round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Group B Olympic qualifiers in Aruba.
England arrive for three
A CONFIDENT 12-member England netball squad arrived in the island yesterday for a three-Test series against Jamaica'sSunshine Girls.In their last competitive series in May, England stunned world champions New Zealand 50-45 before going down...
Glenmuir look hard to beat
WESTERN BUREAU: WHEN THE 2007 daCosta Cup football competition kicks off at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay today, all eyes should be on champions Glenmuir High School, whose title is being sought by the other 77 teams.
The best of the best
WESTERN BUREAU: IN THE 56 years since the inception of the daCosta Cup, which has featured more than 60 teams in recent years, only 10 schools have had the enviable distinction of winning the coveted trophy - the symbol of rural schoolboy football supremacy.
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