ATLANTA (AP): LaShawn Merritt was pessimistic about the chances of defending his Olympic title in London. The 400-metre champion figured it would be difficult to overturn a doping rule that banned him from the next summer games...
The University of Technology (UTech) will be embarking on a $21-million refurbishing exercise to the playing field at the rear of the campus, and has also adjusted its scholarship programme for student athletes going into next semester....
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP):England coach Fabio Capello is promising a win-only mindset against Montenegro in a European Championship qualifying match today, despite the arrest of Wayne Rooney's father.The Group G leaders need only one point to qualify...
NEW YORK CITY (CMC):Chuck Blazer is resigning from the post of CONCACAF secretary general just over four months after blowing the whistle on alleged corruption in the Caribbean Football Union.The 66-year-old American plans to leave his position on...
Leading all-time jockey, Winston 'Fanna' Griffiths, revived memories of his heyday in the saddle at Caymanas Park yesterday, when he brought RAISE A RUCKUS (5-1) with a devastating late run to catch 1-2 favourite CASSANOVA BOY on the wire, in the Owen Silvera Memorial Cup feature over 1600 metres.
VISAKHAPATNAM, India (CMC):An undefeated 104 from West Indies Under-19 captain Kraigg Brathwaite carried his side to a morale-boosting, eight-wicket victory over Australia Under-19s in the Quadrangular Youth Series yesterday.Brathwaite struck 11 fours...
Bridgeport High School striker Damani Williams stole the show on Monday, as he led the Portmore-based team to an emphatic victory, scoring twice in their 4-0 drubbing of St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) in their...
The incomparable Usain Bolt is the fastest ever at 100 metres. Asafa Powell is the most prolific producer of fast times. Those truths are self-evident...
World Championships 4x400m bronze medallist Jermaine Gonzales is looking to convince Racers Track Club running mate and World and Olympic 200m champion Usain Bolt to run a leg on the 1600-metre relay team at the 2012 London...
Minister of Sports, Olivia Grange, expressed happiness last night at the diversity of sports in which Jamaica will be represented at the 16th Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, October 14-30....
WESTERN BUREAU: Cornwall College's steady resurgence in Zone A of the 2011-12 ISSA/Gatorade/Digicel daCosta Cup schoolboy football competition was given some additional momentum yesterday afternoon, when they defeated William...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): Five players that held West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) retainer contracts last year have been ignored for the upcoming contract year. CMC Sports Wire has been able to independently confirm that left-arm spinners Sulieman Ben ...
According to major players LIME and the parish's governing body for the sport, the first season of the LIME St Catherine Football Association league was a resounding success, as the competitions were religiously followed by enthusiastic fans...
The cycle continues, indeed, as the annual Jamaica by Bike, Kingston to Negril Charity Ride, gets set to roll on October 15, with organisers looking to help the Sir John Golding Foundation raise funds for a much-needed portable defibrillator. ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CMC):No Chris Gayle, no problem, said West Indies coach Ottis Gibson yesterday, as he placed his faith in a number of young players for the upcoming series against Bangladesh.Gayle and Gibson have had an estranged relationship,...
THE Mico University College duo of Jason Dawes and Herman Henry, along with former Kingston College outstanding all-rounder, Akeem Dewar, have been selected in the Combined Campuses and...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) General Secretary Horace Reid says they are looking into the possibility of inviting Chelsea forward Daniel Sturridge to join up with the Reggae Boyz ahead of the 2014 World Cup...
Leaders Edwin Allen High extended their unbeaten run in Zone H of the ISSA/Gatorade/Digicel daCosta Cup to nine games by whipping Alston High 5-0 yesterday.
Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has contributed a whopping $6.55 million to purses for the prestigious Triple Crown series for native-bred two-year-olds, which kicks off at Caymanas Park on Saturday, October 15....
CHENNAI, India (CMC-IANS): Kevon Cooper blitzed a late 25, catapulting Trinidad & Tobago to a three-wicket victory over Cape Cobras of South Africa, but both sides were knocked out of the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday...
Having finished second to out-of-class horses in his last two races, CASSANOVA BOY should score his first win in over a year in the annual renewal of the Owen Silvera Memorial Cup over 1600 metres, at Caymanas...
DESPITE holding a hefty advantage, Barbican are aiming to kill off any show of resistance from Portmore United with early goals, when they clash in the second-leg final of the Jamaica Football Federation/Sherwin Williams...
The annual Bell-Ziadie Memorial football matches is expected to undergo a change of format ahead of this year's 25th staging, which will see all six invited teams involved battling for the title of grand champion in a round-robin format....
WESTERN BUREAU:Leaders Edwin Allen High extended their unbeaten run in Zone H of the 2011-12 ISSA/Gatorade/Digicel daCosta Cup schoolboy football competition to nine games, as they featured among a number of teams that...
