Spikes off for Blackwood - Former 400m star declines Championship invitation and calls it a day
Former World number-one 400m runner Michael Blackwood has declined a late offer to represent Jamaica at the 12th IAAF World World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Blackwood, who won bronze in the 400m at the 2003 Paris Championships and helped Jamaica...
World Champs saga deepens - Top athletes could be in trouble for missing camp
Jamaica's track and field contingent could take on the world next weekend at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany, without three of its biggest names.Reports reaching The Gleaner are that at least three of the country's top athletes...
US relay team makes big statement
WHEN the Berlin Championships get going this weekend, all Jamaicans will be hoping that their country's athletes will dominate the sprints like they did in Beijing last year when the team won gold in the men's and women's 4x100 metres...
AthletePROFILE
Name: Anneisha McLaughlin, Date of birth: January 6, 1986Place of birth: Manchester, JamaicaEvent: 100m and 200mPersonal bests: 11.35 (100m) and 22.94 (200m)Season bests: 11.35 (100m) and 22.99 (200m)Best performances: Two-time World Junior Championships...
T&T boycotts WICB AGM - President says regional cricket's board needs to change Still no settlement over contract dispute
CMC: The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has decided, in a shocking and sudden move, abandoned the West Indies Cricket Board's annual general meeting in Antigua. The TTCB wrote to the WICB informing them that it would take no part in the two-day meeting...
Milo Camp starts today
THE 17th season of the St Catherine Cricket Club Milo Camp begins today at Chedwin Park, Old Harbour Road, St Catherine. The camp is expected to run until August 21. The camp, which started in 1992, will again cater towards children interested in the game of cricket...
England need Flintoff for final Ashes Test
England captain Andrew Strauss said he hoped to know the availability of talismanic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff "two or three days" before the deciding fifth Test, after his injury situation distracted England's build-up to the innings and 80-run loss...
BRIEFS - Chelsea win first title of English season
The arrival of a new manager at Chelsea has done nothing to quell the heated rivalry with Manchester United as Carlo Ancelotti's players won the Community Shield yesterday in a penalty shoot-out after an...