Johnson on target
Reggae Boy Jermaine Johnson featured among the scorers as the new English League One season kicked off yesterday.
Challenges for field hockey in Portmore
Victor Tomlinson, president of the Jamaica Hockey Federation (JHF), said that even though he is optimistic about the future of hockey in Portmore, there are direct challenges that face his organisation.
Francis stars at Caymanas
Title-chasing jockey Paul 'Country' Francis left Caymanas Park in a blaze of glory yesterday, booting home the last three winners on the 11-race programme, including 7-1 chance ANASTASIA in the TOBA Trophy feature.
BREAKING NEWS - All four cleared!
All four athletes who appeared before the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission's (JADCO) Disciplinary Panel on Friday - Marvin Anderson, Yohan Blake, Lansford Spence and Allodin Fothergill - have been cleared of doping-related charges, according to a Sunday Gleaner source.
Gay taking no chances
American sprinter Tyson Gay pulled out of a relay yesterday as a precautionary measure, a move aimed at ensuring his full fitness for next week's World Championships where he will show down with Jamaican sensation Usain Bolt.
T&T's Edwards remains hopeful for Cup berth
Despite floundering at the bottom of the table and needing a miracle to rescue their World Cup hopes, winger Carlos Edwards has refused to give up hope that Trinidad & Tobago can reach football's marquee showpiece in South Africa next year.
IAAF World Championships - Wilson vows to give 100 per cent
Nickiesha Wilson heard the whispers. They weren't all nice. Some claim her split from American college coach Dennis Shaver and change of training base in the United States (US), weeks before Jamaica's track and field trials, damaged the hurdler's prospects to shine at this month's IAAF World Championships in Athletics (WCA) in Berlin, Germany.
Aussies on brink of victory
Australia need five more wickets to level the Ashes series after Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus went through England's top order to build on Marcus North's century by stumps yesterday on the second day of the fourth Test.
Tri-Nations: South Africa defeat Australia 29-17
Morne Steyn scored 24 points yesterday to lead South Africa to a 29-17 win over Australia for its third straight victory in the Tri-Nations.
Young Jamaicans promise to rescue WI
Once upon a time, in the era of Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes, Clyde Walcott and so on, in the era of Garry Sobers, Conrad Hunte, Wes Hall, Charlie Griffith and others, and then in the era of Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Joel Garner, and Malcolm Marshall etcetera, etcetera, the talk around the region was that once Barbados cricket was strong, the West Indies were strong.
Last tune-up for Manchester United, Chelsea
With the English premier league season kicking off today in the Community Shield, Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is still getting acquainted with his squad and Manchester United counterpart Alex Ferguson is trying to decide who to field in the absence of key players.
MIND YOUR BUSINESS
Lowly placed Sagicor scored a surprise victory over high-riding Jamaica Broilers in the Digicel cricket series Reggae Jammin 50-over Business House league at Spring Village, in St Catherine, last Sunday.