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Boyz at work! - Ja face Cuban challenge at 'The Office'
JUNE 8, 2012 will officially start Jamaica's 'Road to Rio' 2014 World Cup Finals campaign, but today head coach Theodore Whitmore will be hoping the Reggae Boyz on the periphery make a positive first step towards claiming spots on the final squad. They get the opportunity when Jamaica face neighbours Cuba in a friend ...more
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PM elicits contrary responses from WICB, JCA
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
SPURRED by comments from Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, two of the regional stakeholders of cricket have broken their silence over issues which have recently sparked heated debates. In addressing the Annual Awards Function of the Jamaica Cric ...more
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All set for Digicel/Marley football fiesta
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
THE Digicel Bob Marley One Love Celebrity football matches take place today at the Constant Spring field starting at 2:00 pm with a host of celebrities expected to participate. Gates will be opened at 12:00 noon and fans will be treated to a host of ...more
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Williams was awesome, but Oberlin repeat
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
ST Mary High's Jodeen Williams dominated the Class One Girls sprints when she clocked 12.01secs for a new time in the 100m at the Eastern Athletic Championships at the Stadium East field yesterday. Williams later erased her own mark of Monday's heat ...more
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Levy breaks school mark over 200
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
JURA Levy of Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) sped to a season-best 23.68 seconds to break her school's 200 metres indoor record at the Nebraska Tune-Up Indoor Meet held at the Nebraska-Devaney Center in Lincoln weekend. Second was teammate and com ...more
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Samuels pilots BPL side to impressive win
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (CMC) — West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels stroked a excellent unbeaten half-century to help Duronto Rajshahi undertake a superb run chase, and whip Barisal Burners by nine wickets in the Bangladesh Premier League here Mo ...more
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US journalist for Gibson Relays' technical corner
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
ESPN-TV commentator Larry Rawson will be the special guest presenter in the Gibson Relays Technical Corner set for the GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport tomorrow evening, starting at six o'clock. The four-time Emmy award winner has c ...more
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Red Brigade steal march on Arnett
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Boys' Town continued to make considerable stride in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) after Michael Campbell's sixth-minute strike propelled them to a 1-0 win over neighbours Arnett Gardens at Tony Spaulding Complex on Monday night. The win helpe ...more
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Blast Them Away for Ash Wednesday Trophy
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
BLAST Them Away puts his unbeaten record on the line in the $715,000 Ash Wednesday Trophy when the imported American colt faces eight rivals in the Overnight Allowance, three-year-old upward feature on the nine-race card at Caymanas Park today. A a ...more
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Roman stars with nine records at Rodgers Meet
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
SENSATIONAL Breanna Roman of Swimaz Aquatic broke nine of 14 individual meet records set at the four-day Walter Rodgers Age Group National Championships which ended at the National Stadium Pool on Sunday as Tornadoes Swim Club triumphed with 1,715 po ...more
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Dinthill's Williams shines at Ewarton Track Meet
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
YEACHECHA Williams of Dinthill Technical proved a triple threat, claiming the Girls Under-17 100, 200 and 400m at the MTT/ECODAC Development Meet at the Ewarton Field at the weekend. Williams posted 12.66 seconds to win the 100 before returning to ...more
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Pietersen hits ton as England sweep Pakistan
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
DUBAI, UAE (AFP) — Kevin Pietersen hit his second successive century to help a resurgent England beat Pakistan by four wickets in the fourth and final day-night international here yesterday for a 4-0 whitewash. The 31-year-old right-hander hel ...more
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Upbeat! - Confident J'can cricketers depart for foreign tests
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Recently-appointed manager Courtney Francis is confident that reigning champions Jamaica will continue its positive run when the team embarks on a series of away matches in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day tournament. The Jamaican conti ...more
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'Tappa' says he didn't bow
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
National senior team coach Theodore 'Tappa' Whitmore said that he did not bow to public pressure in calling up Harbour View midfield general, Jermaine Hue, to the Reggae Boyz squad preparing for a two-match friendly series against Cuba tomorrow and F ...more
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PanCaribbean Sigma Corporate Run raises $33 million
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
HORACE Burey and Karlene Blagrove dominated the PanCaribbean Sigma Corporate Run in the male and female categories respectively. The 2012 Run, which took place on Sunday on the streets of New Kingston, had over 16,000 registered participants and ove ...more
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Lambert says lads motivated in hunt for 'five-straight'
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
TO maintain a successful run requires plenty of motivation and extra-ordinary resolve. That is the strongly held view of Jamaica Captain Tamar Lambert as his team chases a record-breaking five consecutive West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day ti ...more
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Rampaging TG blow away Waterhouse
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Tivoli Gardens dented Waterhouse's title ambitions and reignited their own chances with a 3-0 win in their Red Stripe Premier League game at the Edward Seaga Stadium on Sunday. Goals by Jameel Thompson and Christopher Jackson in the 26th and 39th mi ...more
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Fletcher brace earns Highgate 2-2 draw with Village
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
BUFF BAY, Portland — A double strike by Roberto Fletcher earned Highgate United a 2-2 draw with Village United in a bottom-of-the-table Red Stripe Premier League game at Lynch Park on Sunday. Fletcher scored his double in the 17th and 60th min ...more
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Blaine: U-17 draw a favourable one
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Head coach Vin Blaine thinks Jamaica's Under-17 Reggae Girlz had a "favourable" draw in the CONCACAF lottery to determine group placings at the World Cup qualifying tournament set for Guatemala City from May 2-12 At the draw staged at CONCACAF's Mi ...more
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Impressive Barnett shatters discus record 'Francis' meet
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
VERE, Clarendon — Edwin Allen High School's Tara-Sue Barnett broke the National Junior Record in the girls' discus on Saturday when she threw an impressive 50.93m to win the event at the second Ben Francis track meet held at Vere Technical High ...more
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Crucial wins in South Central Super League
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Naggo Head, New Green and Bodles were all victorious in the South Central Super League 10th round of matches played on the weekend, while the mid-table remains a tight group after Rivoli and Meadows dropped points. Rivoli maintained the lead atop th ...more
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Coaches rue Montego Bay-Harbour View draw
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
CATHERINE HALL, St James — Montego Bay United and Harbour View failed to make up ground on the leaders after playing to a 1-1 draw in their third round Red Stripe Premier League game at the Montego Bay Sports Complex on Sunday. Damion Harwood ...more
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Frazsiers 'Whip' Tru Juice to consolidate lead
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Frazsiers Whip moved five points clear atop the LIME/St Catherine Major League after Saturday's comfortable 3-0 away victory over Tru Juice FC at Bybrook. Christian Pen and Portsmouth moved up to fourth and fifth, respectively, in the standing as th ...more
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Four Paths, Jamalco in mouthwatering clash
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
MAY PEN, Clarendon — It is a battle between two newcomers, yet it is shaping out to be the most anticipated game of the Clarendon/Captain's Bakery Major League season. Four Paths host Jamalco today at the Four Paths Community Centre in south w ...more
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Trio shines in school rugby league
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
GREATER Portmore High whipped St Catherine High, 34-0, Spanish Town High crushed Kingston College, 44-0, and Edith Dalton James High clipped Campion College, 14-12, in the feature of week two of the Surrey County School Rugby League. In Under-19 mat ...more
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MoBay Sports Complex readies for Boyz-Cuba showdown
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
CATHERINE HALL, St James — The playing surface at the Montego Bay Sports Complex will be in top shape and ready to host the Jamaican and Cuban teams when they meet in the second of two friendly internationals at the Montego Bay Sports Complex o ...more
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Records tumble on day one of Eastern Champs
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
After 18 finals at the ESSSA/JN Eastern Track and Field Championship on at the National Stadium, former champions Buff Bay High at press time yesterday were leading the points table with 153. They were followed by defending champions Oberlin High 12 ...more
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Hue back!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Harbour View midfield supremo Jermaine Hue (left), who earned a recall to the national set-up after years in the wilderness, chases Portmore United's Upston Edwards during a Reggae Boyz training session at the UWI Mona Bowl yesterday. The Reggae Boyz ...more
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Netball boost
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Senior communications officer of Supreme Ventures Limited, Carlene Edwards (2nd left), presents a symbolic cheque for $5 million to president of the Jamaica Netball Association Marva Bernard (right) at the opening ceremony of the Division A and C le ...more
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Miller’s time! - J’can spinner relishing comeback in 4-day tourney
Monday, February 20, 2012
OUT-OF-FAVOUR West Indies spinner Nikita Miller is relishing his comeback to form in this season’s regional four-day cricket tournament after another impressive showing in Jamaica’s win over cellar team Leeward Islands over the weekend. ...more
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Barnett smashes junior discus record
Monday, February 20, 2012
EDWIN Allen High School’s Tara Sue Barnett became the first Jamaican school girl to throw the discus over 50m on Saturday when she won the event at the second Ben Francis Invitational meet at Vere Technical High in Clarendon. The 17-year-old w ...more
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PM opposes idea of Jamaica's secession from Windies
Monday, February 20, 2012
PRIME Minister and Minister of Sport, Portia Simpson Miller, is firmly opposed to any suggestion of Jamaica seceding from a unified West Indies cricket team and standing on its own. Speaking at the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) 2011 awards dinne ...more
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STETHS sweep COCAA high school champs
Monday, February 20, 2012
CATHERINE HALL, St James — St Elizabeth Technical High swept both sections of the Milo County of Cornwall Athletics Association's (COCAA) Western High schools Championships on Saturday night as the championships ended at the Montego Bay Sports ...more
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Sporting edge Lion to end winless streak
Monday, February 20, 2012
MAY PEN, Clarendon — Sporting Central Academy produced an inspired secondhalf display to end their 11-game Red Stripe Premier League winless streak with a 1-0 victory over Humble Lion yesterday at Effortville. Goalscoring opportunities were sc ...more
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Taylor, Mohammed combine to lead Windies Women
Monday, February 20, 2012
NORTH SOUND, Trinidad (CMC) — Stafanie Taylor followed up another impressive spell from Anisa Mohammed with an unbeaten 54 to usher West Indies Women to an eight-wicket victory over India Women on Saturday. Taylor struck half-dozen boundaries ...more
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Oberlin eye defence of Eastern Champs title
Monday, February 20, 2012
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — Twenty-one schools from Eastern Jamaica will today commence the two-day battle for the Jamaica National trophy in the Eastern Secondary Sports Association (ESSA) Athletic Championship at the National Stadium. Defending ...more
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JFF says it's committed to women's football
Monday, February 20, 2012
THE Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is claiming that it has invested significantly in the infrastructure of women's football over "the past two years". In the same breath, the local governing body has conceded that the two operational women's team ...more
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Duanvale end first round on sour note
Monday, February 20, 2012
DUANVALE, Trelawny — Leaders and mid-season qualifier Duanvale FC ended their first round schedule in the Trelawny Football Association's National Rums of Jamaica Major League on a sour note, going down to an upset loss to mid-table Prospect Li ...more
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Samuels, Taylor JCA Cricketers of the Year
Monday, February 20, 2012
Marlon Samuels and Stafanie Taylor were named 2011 Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Male and Female Cricketers of the Year at the body's annual awards dinner held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Saturday. Both players were unable to attend the func ...more
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PHOTOS: THEY’RE OFF!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Triple World and Olympic sprint star Usain Bolt gives the over 16,000 participants the go-ahead to begin the annual PanCaribbean Sigma Corporate Run along Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston yesterday. In Photo no. 2, members of the British Airways ...more
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Brathwaite sees Barbados to win over T&T
Monday, February 20, 2012
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite anchored Barbados to a morale-boosting, five-wicket victory over Trinidad & Tobago in the Regional Four-Day tournament yesterday. Brathwaite led the way with an unbeaten 48, ...more
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Messi’s goals inspire Barca
Monday, February 20, 2012
MADRID, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi’s audacious chip to score for the fourth time in Barcelona’s 5-1 thrashing of Valencia yesterday epitomised the three-time Ballon d’Or winner’s mesmerising skill as he moved past the 40- ...more
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Stevenage who? - Spurs held by little known, third-tier team in FA Cup
Monday, February 20, 2012
LONDON, England (AP) — Premier League title contender Tottenham were held to a 0-0 draw in the FA Cup by third-tier side Stevenage yesterday, while Liverpool and Stoke advanced to the quarter-finals with few problems. Spurs had a goal by Louis ...more
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CLARKE UPSTAGES Powell, Carter in 60m
Sunday, February 19, 2012
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Liu Xiang ruled over Dayron Robles as the world’s fastest hurdlers resumed their rivalry ahead of the London Olympics and Lerone Clarke upstaged Jamaican sprint rival Asafa Powell to win the 60 metres at the Bir ...more
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Blown away! Ja thrash Leewards by innings, stay on course
Sunday, February 19, 2012
JAMAICA, led by asphyxiating bowling from spinners Nikita Miller and Odean Brown, frazzled the Leeward Islands by an innings and 201 runs yesterday at Sabina Park to record the title holders' third straight victory in this season's regional four-day ...more
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Hue gets third call-up for Reggae Boyz
Sunday, February 19, 2012
AMID calls for a creative midfielder for the senior Reggae Boyz outfit, head coach Theodore Whitmore has invited Harbour View play-maker Jermaine Hue to train with a 24-man squad ahead of a two-match friendly series against Cuba this month. Hue, one ...more
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Thirteen-year-old Brissett burns at Francis Meet
Sunday, February 19, 2012
THE name Aneka Brissett might not be a household name as yet, but in a few weeks' time, the entire Jamaica and the wider Caribbean could be singing her praises. This 13-year-old is like a shiny uncut stone on the verge of shedding its rough edges an ...more
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Waterhouse, Tivoli Gardens lock horns in RSPL clash
Sunday, February 19, 2012
AFTER letting in a late equaliser to share the points with MoBay United at Drewsland on Monday, second-placed Waterhouse will be looking to avoid further slip-ups when they tackle third-placed Tivoli Gardens in the feature match of the Red Stripe Pre ...more
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'Blacka' Boyd makes comeback in Super League
Sunday, February 19, 2012
WALTER Boyd yesterday returned to competitive football after more than two years out of the game, coming on as a substitute for Mountain View and inspiring them to a 4-1 win over Rae Town in a KSAFA Super League match at Excelsior. Ricardo Reid nett ...more
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St Jago stalwart 'Bongo' Barrett laid to rest
Sunday, February 19, 2012
FORMER St Jago High School long jump coach, athletics aficionado and ambassador, Norman Livingston 'Bongo' Barrett, was remembered for his love and passion for his alma mater and sport which lasted for almost a half-a-century. The former all-schools ...more
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Tyson Gay will not fade into oblivion
Sunday, February 19, 2012
FOR those who were probably willing into oblivion the spectre of Tyson Gay as a gateway to Jamaican sprinting domination, the diminutive athlete, in an interview with a US-based news network last week, reminded of his presence and intention for the O ...more
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H'View, Arnett for U-21 bonus final
Sunday, February 19, 2012
HARBOUR View and first End-of-Round champions Arnett Gardens will contest the JFF Under-21 League's second incentive final following contrasting wins on Friday. Third-placed Portmore scored a 3-0 win over overall leaders Arnett Gardens at Ferdie Nei ...more
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Williams retains his Class One 100m title
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Munro College's CARIFTA Games Under-20 200m champion Delano Williams (right) retains his Class One 100m title and the sprint double at the Milo COCAA Western Champs, beating Green Island's IAAF World Youth Champions Odail Todd (left) at the Montego B ...more
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Trinitutor cruises in Hot Lines Stakes
Sunday, February 19, 2012
TRINITUTOR emerged from between horses at the top of the lane and took the lead with a combustible late run to win the 18th running of the $1,066,00 Hot Lines Stakes at Caymanas Park yesterday. Owned by Randford M Randall, Trinitutor won the Restric ...more
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Lion usurp SCA as parish powerhouse
Sunday, February 19, 2012
FOOTBALL affiliates in Clarendon believe the balance of power between the parish's two Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) teams is shifting rapidly towards Humble Lion. The sides meet today at the Effortville Community for the fourth time in all compe ...more
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Upfront hunt more success against Flamingo
Sunday, February 19, 2012
UPFRONT United will be looking to put some distance between them and Old Harbour Bay in today's 13th round of the LIME/St Catherine Division One. The new leaders have taken full advantage of Old Harbour Bay's poor form of late and are confident of b ...more
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Roman smashes seven records at Rodgers Meet
Sunday, February 19, 2012
BREANNA Roman of Swimaz Aquatic accounted for seven of 12 meet records so far as Tornadoes Swim Club led the points standing at press time at the Walter Rodgers Age Group National Championships at the National Stadium Pool. Competing in the Girls 15 ...more
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JC retain U-19 Schoolboy hockey crown
Sunday, February 19, 2012
AN Odene Abbott double strike and a Jonte Johnson penalty corner gave Jamaica College a 3-0 win over Black River to retain their Under-19 Schoolboy hockey title at Mona on Friday. Abbott scored in the 11th and 40th minutes to bring his tally t ...more
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Arsenal ousted from FA Cup
Sunday, February 19, 2012
LONDON, England (AFP) — Arsenal's season of woe took another miserable turn yesterday as the Premier League giants crashed out of the FA Cup in a 2-0 defeat at Sunderland. Arsenal — all but eliminated from the Champions League in midweek ...more
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‘Spin-derella’ story
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Afirst-class career-best knock of 155 from Donovan Pagon and a devastating five-wicket haul from wrist spinner Odean Brown launched Jamaica into an unbeatable position in the regional four-day match against cellar team Leeward Islands at Sabina Park. ...more
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Lerone Clarke upstages Asafa in Birmingham
Saturday, February 18, 2012
JAMAICA's Commonwealth 100 metres champion Lerone Clarke upstaged his fellow-Jamaican Asafa Powell by winning the men's 60 metres in 6.47 seconds today. Another Jamaican, Nesta Carter, was second with former world 100 metres record holder Powell fin ...more
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LIME connects Blake in three-year deal
Saturday, February 18, 2012
TELECOMMUNICATIONS company LIME yesterday announced a major three-year sponsorship deal with 100m world champion Yohan Blake naming the athlete as its latest brand ambassador. Under the deal Blake will be a major part of LIME's 2012 London Olympic G ...more
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Jamaica cruising towards win over Leewards
Saturday, February 18, 2012
JAMAICA is cruising towards a third straight win in this season's regional four-day tournament after spinners Odean Brown and Nikita Miller pegged back the Leeward Islands to 70-5 at the end of the first session on day three at Sabina Park. ...more
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Warner comes under fire for 'missing' Haiti aid funds
Saturday, February 18, 2012
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Former Caribbean football mogul Jack Warner has again come under fire over missing Haiti emergency aid money, with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) alleging Thursday that its former special advi ...more
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Todd, Williams set for sprint showdown
Saturday, February 18, 2012
CATHERINE HALL, St James —The clash between Green Island High School's IAAF World Youth 100m champion Odail Todd and Munro College's CARIFTA Games Under-20 200m gold medallist Delano Williams of Munro College will be the highlight of today's co ...more
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Gatorade forms alliance with Pan Caribbean for Sigma Run
Saturday, February 18, 2012
PEPSI Jamaica through its Gatorade brand continues its remarkable run in corporate sports sponsorship. In its latest move, the soft drink brand is partnering with title sponsors Pan Caribbean in the Sigma Run set for Sunday. Apart from the Sigma R ...more
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Sports minister bats for gov't-private sector partnership
Saturday, February 18, 2012
RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann — Minister with responsibility for Sports, Natalie Neita-Headley, has called on Corporate Jamaica to become more involved in conceptualising and implementing sports programmes across the country. "Sports is everybody's busi ...more
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Stick with Exotic Gold in Hotline Stakes
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The 18th running of the Hotline Stakes, one of several pre-season litmus tests staged for native-bred fillies preparing for the three-year-old Classics, rolls into action once more at Caymanas Park today. A field of nine has been declared in the Res ...more
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The numbers game in high school sports
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Jamaica has a population of about three million people. Jamaica has only one prime minister, 28 cabinet ministers and ministers of state, and 63 members of parliament. These are miniscule numbers, a very small percentage relative to the population s ...more
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Second Ben Francis Invitational on today
Saturday, February 18, 2012
SIX events have been upgraded to Championship status for this year's second staging of the Ben Francis Invitational track and field meeting to be held at the Vere Technical High School in Hayes, Clarendon today starting at 9:00 am. The races include ...more
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UWI inaugural hockey tourney on today
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The Mona Pelicans are advanced in their plans to dominate The University of the West Indies inaugural Invitational Hockey Competition scheduled for today at the Mona Hockey Turf. Top performing male and female clubs and college teams will mount the ...more
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KUDOS TO TEDDY McCOOK!
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Teddy McCook is in a jovial mood as he accepts his Jamaica 50 Living Legacy Award from Professor Denise Eldermire-Shearer, Chair, Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP). McCook, who was honoured for over 40 years of outstanding contribution to ...more
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ALL ABOUT THE OLYMPICS!
Saturday, February 18, 2012
(From left) Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president, Mike Fennell, JOA first vice-president, Don Anderson, and Deputy British High Commissioner, Graham Grover, at Monday's launch of the JOA/British High Commission Olympic Essay Competition. The c ...more
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Jamalco, Four Paths early pacesetters in Major League
Saturday, February 18, 2012
MAY PEN, Clarendon — Promoted sides Jamalco and Four Paths continue to exceed expectations in this season's Clarendon/Captain's Bakery Major League, with contrasting mid-week results keeping the duo atop the standings. Jamalco, promoted as win ...more
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Anchovy shock champs Irwin in primary/prep school volleyball
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Anchovy Primary announced their favourites status Thursday sweeping through the first round of the North West Zone in the second staging of the JaVA Primary/Prep School Volleyball competition. Most notably, the Latoya Williams-coached Anchovy defe ...more
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Narine hands T&T edge
Saturday, February 18, 2012
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 17 (CMC) — Off-spinner Sunil Narine's four-wicket haul restricted Barbados and gave Trinidad and Tobago the advantage on the second day of their regional four-Day match here yesterday. The wily 26-year-old finished wi ...more
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Kingston Commissioners ahead in Golden League football
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Kingston Commissioners have shot back to the top of the 12-team 2012 Bull Investment Golden League following their 2-0 victory over St George's Old Boys on Sunday at the Barbican playing field. George Beckford and Phillip Chung were on target for Ki ...more
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Christian Pen hunt five straight wins
Saturday, February 18, 2012
High-riding Christian Pen will be going for a fifth straight win when they take aim at McCooks Pen in one of four matches on today in the LIME/St Catherine Major League. Leaders Frazsiers Whip, who received a bye last weekend, return to action again ...more
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Bodles, Downs claim points in boardroom
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The positions of Bodles FC and Downs FC in the South Central Super League improved following a mid-season meeting of the executive body recently. During the meeting, chaired by chairman Dale Spender, the South Central Confederation ruled that full p ...more
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St George's conquer Wolmer's in Urban TT league
Saturday, February 18, 2012
As the ISSA Table Tennis competition continued on Thursday with the playing of six Urban matches, St George's beat hosts Wolmer's Boys in both categories. In the Under-19 encounter, St George's won 4-1, while their Under-16s blanked Wolmer's 5-0 in ...more
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Neita-Headley to launch Divisional leagues
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Sports Minister Natalie Neita-Headley is to participate in the launch of the Jamaica Netball Association/Supreme Ventures-sponsored Divisional Club Leagues today at 2:00 pm at the National Arena. The recently appointed minister, along with JNA execu ...more
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Super League resumes with full slate of games
Saturday, February 18, 2012
After a two-week break, the KSAFA Super League returns this afternoon with a full slate of games. In today's return fixtures, second-placed Rae Town travel to third-placed Mountain View in the round's feature match at Exclesior High School. In othe ...more
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Pagon's party! - Right-hander’s ton puts Ja in driver’s seat
Friday, February 17, 2012
DONOVAN Pagon struck his fourth first-class century to lead defending champions Jamaica to 220-3 on a painstaking opening day of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day match against strugglers Leeward Islands at Sabina Park. Scores: Jamaica 2 ...more
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Jamaica declare at 404-8
Friday, February 17, 2012
REIGNING champions Jamaica declared on 404-8 and pinned back the Leeward Islands to 20-1 at the tea interval in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day match at Sabina Park today. Donovan Pagon completed a career-best 155, while all-rounder Da ...more
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Jamaica post 320-5 at lunch
Friday, February 17, 2012
DONOVAN Pagon completed a career-best 155 to push Jamaica to 320-5 at the lunch break in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day match against Leeward Islands at Sabina Park. The 29-year-old Pagon, who resumed on 106 overnight batted fluently ...more
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Bolt to run at Ostrava's Golden Spike meet
Friday, February 17, 2012
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (CMC) — Usain Bolt continues to fashion his diary of events for the year with confirmation that he will contest the 100 metres at the Golden Spike meet on May 25. The reigning Olympic 100 metres champion from Jamaica wi ...more
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US training camp for Girlz thwarted
Friday, February 17, 2012
WITH the prospect of a proposed overseas training camp up in smoke, Jamaica's Under-20 Reggae Girlz have to makedo with a two-match exercise on local soil as the basis of their preparation entering the CONCACAF Championship in Panama. Coach Vin Blai ...more
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Arnett bag Bell KO in pulsating finale
Friday, February 17, 2012
ARNETT Gardens captured the Jamaica Yellow Pages/Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Jackie Bell Knock-out title after their 5-3 penalty-kick win over Boys' Town at the Waterhouse Mini-Stadium on Wednesday night. Both teams played to ...more
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Onyia shatters records at Western Champs
Friday, February 17, 2012
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Munro College's Emannuel Onyia accounted for two of five records at yesterday's eliminations of the Milo/COCAA Boys Western Championship at St Elizabeth Technical Sports Complex. The Nigerian-born athlete broke his o ...more
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Digicel/Marley One Love matches target Malvern
Friday, February 17, 2012
THE 30th staging of the Digicel Bob Marley One Love Celebrity football matches was launched yesterday at Cuddyz Sports Bar with the initiating of a basic school in Malvern, St Elizabeth being the charitable target. The Ash Wednesday tournament at th ...more
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Six-fight card to honour Bruising Gym trio
Friday, February 17, 2012
THE Bruising Gym in Stony Hill will host a six-fight card at the Stony Hill Primary and Junior High this evening to celebrate the deparure of coach Carl Grant and boxers Michael Gardener and Felise Grove on a three-week training sting in Cardiff, Wal ...more
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STATHS into semis of All-Island play-offs
Friday, February 17, 2012
MONTEGO BAY, St James — St Andrew Technical High (STATHS) advanced to the semi-finals of the ISSA/KFC All-Island Under-19 Boys' Basketball Play-offs on Wednesday after scoring a close 52-47 victory over Cornwall College at Montego Bay Cricket C ...more
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Groin injury halts Gayle in BPL
Friday, February 17, 2012
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CMC) — Chris Gayle was sidelined in the middle of another ferocious innings, when he aggravated a groin injury in the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 on Thursday. The estranged West Indies opener had struck three sixes an ...more
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St Andrew retain U-19 Schoolgirl hockey title
Friday, February 17, 2012
A brace from standout Kamille Griffiths and a fifth-minute strike from Simone Gardener helped St Andrew High retain their Under-19 Schoolgirl Hockey title with a 3-0 win over Papine High at Mona yesterday. Griffiths ended the competition as joint-le ...more
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Holmes evokes 'no mas' from Simister
Friday, February 17, 2012
YOUNG Dwayne Holmes of the Green Team devastated the experienced Courtney Simister of the Yellow Team by a first-round TKO in the opening bout of the Wray & Nephew Contender Boxing Series at the Chinese Benevolent Association on Wednesday night t ...more
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Lloyd leaves WICB over IMC involvement
Friday, February 17, 2012
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Legendary former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has resigned as a director of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) over his involvement with the controversial takeover of cricket in Guyana. Lloyd has been at the c ...more
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The hunt continues! - Jamaica seek third straight victory in WICB four-day tourney
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The confident Jamaica team will aim for three wins in as many matches when it faces cellar outfit Leeward Islands at Sabina Park in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day tournament, starting today at 10:00 am. The Junior Bennett-coached Jama ...more
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Burrell says home games will put local Boyz in spotlight
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Local football boss, Captain Horace Burrell, says the string of international friendly matches slated for local soil will provide a great opportunity for home-based players to stake their claim for places in coach Theodore Whitmore's World Cup squad. ...more
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Inaugural track meet for St Catherine, St Ann schools
Thursday, February 16, 2012
ATHLETES from St Catherine and St Ann will not have far to travel as they participate in this Saturday's inaugural MTT/ECODAC Development Track Meet to be held at the Ewarton Sports Field in St Catherine beginning at 9:00 am. The meet, organised by ...more
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Saint Cecelia is Horse of the Year 2011
Thursday, February 16, 2012
SAINT Cecelia was yesterday named Horse of the Year 2011 by Caymanas Track Limited after copping three other category awards ahead of Mark My Word and Commanding Chief. St Cecelia, a six-year-old chestnut filly by Burning Marque out of She's On Whee ...more
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Jamaica's highs and lows against Leewards
Thursday, February 16, 2012
TWO right-hand batsmen — Cleveland Davidson from Little London in Westmoreland and Delroy Morgan from Rollington Town in Kingston — spearheaded Jamaica to their highest team total against the Leeward Islands in regional, first-class, fou ...more
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17 finals on today at Boys Western Champs
Thursday, February 16, 2012
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Seventeen finals are scheduled to be completed on today's eliminations of the Milo County of Cornwall Athletics Association's Boys Western Champs at the St Elizabeth Technical Sports Complex in Santa Cruz, starting at ...more
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Badminton players set for Thomas Cup in US
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Four Jamaican badminton players are set to play in the Thomas Cup, a regional team event preliminaries to run from February 17-19, in El Monte, California. Two of the players — Garron Palmer and Gerald Isaacs along with coach Dr Kingsley Ford ...more
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Jamaican player revels in another Superbowl triumph
Thursday, February 16, 2012
SOME football players have had careers spanning decades and have never reached the pinnacle of their sport — the Superbowl — so for one player to have done it twice in a six-year span and earned the coveted ring both times is quite an ach ...more
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Clarke clocks fastest 60m this season
Thursday, February 16, 2012
LIEVIN, France (AFP) — Jamaica's Lerone Clarke threw down the gauntlet a month ahead of the World Indoor Athletics Championships as he posted the fastest 60 metres time this season here on Tuesday. The 30-year-old Commonwealth Games champion t ...more
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World Domino Champs for MoBay
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Over 500 overseas participants from the United States, Puerto Rico, Spain, Cuba, Brazil, Jamaica and a number of other countries will pose off at the 10th Domino World Championship at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on June 3 through 10. The teams ...more
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Rural school TT moves into high gear
Thursday, February 16, 2012
PLAY in the Rural North Eastern Zone of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) table tennis competition for Under-19 boys was completed on Tuesday with Dinthill winning by default from newcomers York Castle who did not field a team. F ...more
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Andrew's meet Papine High for U19 schoolgirl hockey title
Thursday, February 16, 2012
DEFENDING champions St Andrew High School for girls tackle arch-rivals Papine High this afternoon at 4:00 in the Under-19 Hockey League final at the Mona Facility. The match follows Immaculate Conception v Mona High at 1:00 pm in the fifth-place pla ...more
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Court to decide path in Warner vs Warriors case
Thursday, February 16, 2012
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — A High Court is expected to decide tomorrow what legal action could be handed down to have the former special advisor to the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation (TTFF), Austin 'Jack' Warner provide "all rel ...more
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Warner dismisses FIFA talk about missing aid money
Thursday, February 16, 2012
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Former football strongman Jack Warner has brushed aside comments by football's world governing body, FIFA, that it was awaiting an explanation about the whereabouts of emergency aid money intended for Haiti which ...more
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KO Showdown! - Boys' Town, Arnett hunt Jackie Bell Trophy
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
FOLLOWING exciting semifinal victories over Harbour View and Tivoli Gardens, respectively, Boys' Town and Trench Town rivals Arnett Gardens will clash in the decisive Yellow Pages/KSAFA Jackie Bell Knock-out final this evening at the Waterhouse Mini- ...more
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Reggae Boyz climb two places up FIFA rankings
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
JAMAICA'S Reggae Boyz football team climbed two places in the latest FIFA rankings released today. The Boyz are now ranked 50th and are the highest ranked Caribbean team and the fourth highest ranked CONCACAF team behind Mexico (21st) , USA (33rd) a ...more
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Upfront move away in LIME Div One
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
UPFRONT United extended their lead atop the LIME/St Catherine FA Division One standings as they survived a late rally from Treadways to win 3-2 at Pollyground on Sunday. But the shock of Round 12 came at Gordon Pen where hosts Flamingo stunned forme ...more
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Hodges on target for Vietnamese team
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Devon Hodges, with 10 caps and two goals for the Reggae Boyz, notched his first goal of the season for Dong Thap on Sunday in the Vietnamese Super League. Hodges, who was in the starting line-up in two of his four matches (incl ...more
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Jamalco bask in JNBS/JNA victory
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
DEFENDING champions Jamalco carved out a nail-biting extra-time 53-49 win over Waulgrovians ‘A’ to retain their JNBS/JNA ‘Elite’ Group netball title at the Leila Robinson Courts on Saturday. The big clash produced one of the ...more
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Rivoli stay atop Super League with 3-1 win
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
CALVERT Fitzgerald’s Rivoli United carved out yet another impressive victory in the South Central Confederation Super League as they defeated Super Action 3-1 at Treasure Beach in round nine action on the weekend. Spartan Athletic were most im ...more
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PUMA chairman set for Q&A session next month
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
JOCHEN Zeitz, chairman of PUMA, will be welcomed to Jamaica as the special guest at a moderated Question and Answer event at The Wyndham, New Kingston, on Friday, March 30, 2012. Presented by Whisky Productions, attendees will have a chance to hear ...more
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Montego Bay United rally for share of spoils at Drewsland
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
TWO cops were injured from missile throwing incidents, as Waterhouse failed to take advantage of a splendid first half against Montego Bay United in their first home match in the Red Stripe Premier League Monday Night football under lights at Drewsla ...more
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Rodwood close gap after stopping Wanderers
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
RODWOOD FC closed the gap to two points on leaders Frazsiers Whip FC after an impressive 3-1 away win at Wanderers FC in Round 15 of the LIME/St Catherine FA Major League at the weekend. DB Basovak moved back to third as they clipped McCooks Pen, 2- ...more
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Leewards eye turnaround vs Ja
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
THE Leeward Islands cricketers arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport yesterday for the Regional Four Day Tournament match against champion Jamaica tomorrow, under a new manager after failing dismally in their first two games. John Archi ...more
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Carifta Synchronised Swim Champs called off — again
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
THE 2012 Carifta Synchronised Swim-ming Championships, which Jamaica would have hosted this Easter, has been cancelled. "It was just not viable to host such a game with the sparse entries and the possibilities of early withdrawals which has happened ...more
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Duanvale, Holland United to contest mid-season final
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
DUANVALE, Trelawny — Leaders Duanvale and second-place Holland United have secured their places in the mid-season final of the Trelawny Football Association's National Rums of Jamaica Major League after last week's round of matches. Duanvale ...more
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PBs for Williams, Bailey at weekend meets
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
KIMBERLY Williams confirmed her place at next month's (March 9-11) IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, with a personal best 14.28 metres to win the triple jump last weekend at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The 23 ...more
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KC, Muschett score wins in schools basketball
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Kingston College and Muschett High were winners on Monday as the ISSA/KFC all island high school boys basketball play-offs continued with a double header at the Montego Bay Cricket Club. Kingston College had things eas ...more
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Contender Boxing Series gets underway
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
THE Green team's Richard Holmes will start favourite against Yellow team's Courtney Simister when season two of the popular Wray & Nephew (W&N) Contender boxing series gets underway at the Chinese Benevolent Association this evening. Sixteen ...more
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SMOOTH EXCHANGE!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Anchor runner Chanice Bonner (left) receives the baton from Holmwood Technical teammate Anna-Kay Ferrigan in the Girls Class Two 4x100m relay at the Camperdown Track and Field Classic at the National Stadium on Saturday. Holmwood won in 47.39secs ahe ...more
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Lucky call for JFF - Local body inks three-year deal with Digicel
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
THOUGH there was no actual figure, Digicel and the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) yesterday announced a "substantial" partnership that is expected to go a long way in developing the national football programme. At a press function at the Federati ...more
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Up and ready! - Refurbished Stadium East facility reopened
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
THE National Stadium East facility, which has been resurfaced at a cost of $42 million, was officially reopened yesterday for competition by Natalie Neita-Headley, minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister. The newly laid surfac ...more
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Cuba vs Ja: The numbers game
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz will look to snap a five-game losing streak as they set the tone for the start of this summer's CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying semi-final campaign when they take on Caribbean neighbours Cuba here at the National Stadium next week ...more
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Red Brigade clip TG in bruising derby
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
FOR coach Andrew Price, his team’s dogged resistance against tough Tivoli Gardens in Sunday’s Red Stripe Premier League match at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex was no surprise. He believes that derbies involving his team and the c ...more
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Robinson predicts men's discus showdown at Trials
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
CALABAR High School's throwing coach Julian Robinson is predicting that the men's discus event at this year's JAAA/ Supreme Ventures National Senior Championships could be the most competitive ever. Robinson, who has had an unparalleled string of s ...more
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