Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Monday | October 12, 2009
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Sunshine Girls pocket silver medal... Jamaica's netballers place second at FastNet series
Jamaica's Sunshine Girls will return to the island this afternoon, beaming with pride after securing the silver medal at the inaugural World Netball Series FastNet Tournament, after losing to New Zealand 27-32 in the final yesterday at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester...

Tivoli hammer Village to regain lead
Tivoli Gardens got back to winning ways yesterday, drubbing Village United 4-0 at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex in their seventh-round Digicel Premier League match. Victory saw Tivoli regaining the lead as they moved to 16 points, while condemning Village...

Calabar aiming to keep pace with Excelsior
Calabar High, with 19 points to their credit and a game in hand, will have an eye on the Excelsior-Campion game when they tackle Trench Town in their Group C ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup match later today, as they look to keep pace with the east...

Fitzgerald ponders resignation
Calvert Fitzgerald's days as coach of August Town seem to be numbered after his team suffered their fifth defeat, this time at the hands of Arnett Gardens, who romped to a 4-1 victory in their Digicel Premier League match-up at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex...

Dixon happy after success in 'tough game'
Steven Morrissey's fifth minute strike proved the decider in a generally tough Digicel Premier League encounter between the losing host, Sporting Central Academy, and Portmore United, at Brancourt, yesterday. The goal, probably the clearest opportunity...

Chiefs endwin less run
It was all joy for the Braves Chiefs' supporters at the National Stadium Courts on Saturday night, as they won their first match in the National Basketball League (NBL)/Flow competition, defeating the Jamaica Defence Force...

CCC squad has nine Barbadians, three Jamaicans
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Barbadians proliferate the Combined Campuses and College's (CCC) squad for the regional President's Cup, securing nine picks in the 14-man unit for the limited-overs tournament starting later this month in Guyana....

Simoes' Costa Rica revive hopes
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (CMC):Costa Rica, behind new coach René Simoes, emphatically revived their World Cup qualifying hopes by thumping Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) 4-0 in their CONCACAF World Cup qualifying match at the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium...

Simoes' Costa Rica revive hopes
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (CMC): Costa Rica, behind new coach René Simoes, emphatically revived their World Cup qualifying hopes by thumping Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) 4-0 in their CONCACAF World Cup qualifying match at the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium...

Argentina pull off amazing win through 'Miracle of St Palermo'
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP): Argentina coach Diego Maradona called the goal by second-half substitute Martin Palermo "the Miracle of St. Palermo". And why not? The scrambled goal, three minutes into second-half injury time, helped struggling Argentina...

SPORTS BRIEFS
Brazil lose - LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP):Bolivia ended Brazil's 11-game winning streak yesterday with a 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory at high altitude.


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