Top Ja stars for Diamond League
MONTE CARLO: At least four Jamaicans - Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Shelly-Ann Fraser and Brigitte Foster-Hylton - appear set to be contracted for next year's IAAF Diamond League.Since last year, Bolt has taken athletics to...
Battle on for daCosta semis berths
Western Bureau: With runaway Group Two leaders Garvey Maceo virtually assured of their place in the semi-finals, the battle for the other three slots should take centre stage when the 2009 ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup continues...
Big four Manning showdown
All is set for today's big ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup semi-finals at the Harbour View Mino Stadium.In the curtain-raiser at 1 p.m. Bridgeport High will oppose St Andrew Technical High (STATHS) before defending champions St George's College tackle Excelsior High.
LIME tennis finals on at Eric Bell
New champions will be crowned in the boys' division of the LIME Inter-Secondary Schools Tennis championship after number one seeds Campion College ousted defending champions Hillel 4-1 in semi-final action at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre...
West Indies fight back
BRISBANE, Australia (CMC): Rookies Adrian Barath and Travis Dowlin hit attractive half-centuries yesterday as West Indies launched their bid to save their four-day first-class match against Queensland Bulls.Facing a huge deficit of 346 runs on first...
Former heavyweight champ in JBBC's corner
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis is interested in the development of a national gym and the overall improvement of local boxing, according to vice-president of the Jamaica Boxing Board of Control (JBBC),...
Fluffy all the way
CHAMPION trainer Wayne DaCosta not only has the 2009 title sewn up - his ninth since 1984 and fifth in a row - but from all indications is gearing up to unleash another blitz of impressive horses on his rivals and racing...
Majesty Gardens seek clincher on Monday
Majesty Gardens will be going for the clincher on Monday evening, following their hard-fought 64-59 victory over Tivoli Gardens Wizards in Game One of their best-of-three finals in the National Basketball League (NBL)/Flow...
Tendulkar celebrates with 43rd century
AHMEDABAD, India (AP): Sachin Tendulkar celebrated his 20th year in Test cricket with a patient, unbeaten century yesterday and guided India to a draw against Sri Lanka in the first Test.India wiped out a huge first-innings deficit of 334 runs on the...
'Big loser Thierry'
LONDON (AP): Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger described Thierry Henry as the biggest loser in the controversy over the handball that helped France qualify for the World Cup and renewed his call for video technology to assist referees.Wenger said Friday that...
In your neighbourhood
York and Yallahs will contest the final of the James Robertson knockout competition to be held at York Oval on November 29.In last weekend's semi-finals, York lived up to expectations by outscoring defending...
Basketball a big hit islandwide, Sponsors delighted with NBL
With three-quarters of the 2009 Jamaica Basketball Association (JBA) National Basketball season completed, telecommunications firm and title sponsors Flow and associate sponsors Sportsmax are...
The coaches say ...
The top National Basketball League (NBL) coaches have lauded the new format of the competition.For the 2009 season, the competition has been divided into four conferences: Northern, Western, Eastern and Southern.
Four stars of the league
Name: Michael Jackson, Team: St George's Slayers, Age: 27, Position: Point guardHeight: 5'11", High School: Camperdown, Highest score: 37 points last season versus Link Up All Stars.
Williams: Something special in the making
Ajani Williams, president of the National Basketball League (NBL), has said that his administration is looking to develop the local competition and make it the best in the region."If we put in our development programmes, which...