Windies playing for pride only
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): THOROUGHLY outplayed in the first three matches, the West Indies are looking to salvage pride when they meet Australia in the fourth Digicel one-day international against Australia at Warner Park today.
Lawyers to appeal two-year ban on Samuels
FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S International Cricket Council (ICC) decision to uphold the West Indies Cricket Board's (WICB) recommended two-year ban on Marlon Samuels, the player's legal team is moving full speed ahead to overturn...
Sherone working on 'weak areas' before Games
A WOMAN should hardly be disappointed running 10.87 and 22.11 in the shorter sprint events. Not so, for Sherone Simpson.
Powell's sights firmly set on gold
HOW FAST must Asafa Powell run to win the Olympic gold medal in Beijing, China, next month?"I have to go below 9.74 to win the gold," Powell said after a Gleaner-sponsored meeting with MVP track club and UTech athletes...
Burke starts with a bang
BRANDON BURKE lived up to his billing as the top ranked male player in the Pan Caribbean Jamaica Junior Championships when he demolished Alex Goldson 6-0, 6-1 on the second day of the tournament at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre...
Schuettler advances to semis
WIMBLEDON, England (AP):RAINER SCHUETTLER reached the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time yesterday, beating Arnaud Clement 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (7), 8-6 in a match that took two days to complete.Clement missed a match point and...
Another all-sister showdown - Serena, Venus storm into final
WIMBLEDON, England (AP):VENUS AND Serena Will-iams won in straight sets yesterday to set up their third all-sister Wimbledon final and seventh Grand Slam cham-pionship matchup.Defending champion and four-time winner Venus beat Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6...
Miller surprised by WI call-up
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): JAMAICA LEFT-ARM spinner Nikita Miller admitted this week he was surprised by his call up to the West Indies team for the two final one-day internationals against Australia."I wasn't really expecting it for the rest of the...
So close - yet so far - for track queen Veronica
DUMBSTRUCK. NO one said a word. Couldn't have. The Jamaican track queen - Veronica Campbell-Brown - had finished fourth, out of the frame. She did not make the cut.
Utech out to expandits sport programme
THE UNIVERSITY of Technology's (UTech) department of sport could, in the near future, have one of the best student/athlete sports programmes in the world. At a Gleaner-sponsored breakfast on Tuesday for high achievers...
Lack of sponsorship hurting Meadhaven
WITH JUST weeks to go before the start of the 2008-2009 National Premier League, newly promoted Meadhaven United are finding it difficult to attract sponsorship.
Avalanche, Hawks top Zone B
WESTERN BUREAU: MID-SEASON CHAMPIONS Inner City Avalanche registered back-to-back wins last weekend to join Sav Hawks as leaders in Zone B in the play-off phase of the Western Basketball Association (WBA) Lucozade Championship.
Twelve Stars claim the crown
WESTERN BUREAU: AS WAS widely expected, red-hot favourites, the dazzling Twelve Stars, crowned themselves champions of the 2008 JPS/St James Intermediate Netball League when they outclassed Destiny 43-28 in Saturday's final at the Montego Bay Cricket...
Pick-9 to soar past $20m tomorrow
The popular Pick-9 which stumped punters for a 13th straight race day on Wednesday is expected to soar past $20 million at Caymanas Park tomorrow.On Wednesday, hundreds of punters who chased the $16.15 million carryover were left counting their losses...
Barbadian Walcott scoresupset win in Canada
EDMONTON, Alberta (CMC): Barbadian jockey Rickey Walcott used clever front-running tactics and registered an upset victory astride the three-year-old gelding Garys Buddy in the Western Canada Stakes at North-lands Park on Tuesday afternoon.
Inter-parish football returns to the west
WESTERN BUREAU:INTER-PARISH football will make a belated return to western Jamaica this weekend when action kicks off in the $500,000 Aquasol Under-17 and Chairman's Cup senior competitions, which will be contested by the parish...
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