Premier League leaders Manchester United dropped their first points of the season by drawing 1-1 with Stoke as Manchester City and Chelsea both claimed victories to narrow the gap at the top yesterday.
Witty's Soul Tone Wine Bar and the old boys' association will pay homage to former outstanding Kingston College (KC) sportsman of the 1960s, Franklyn 'Bowla' Morant, this afternoon with a Vintage Musical and Sports Forum at Savannah Plaza, Constant Spring Road starting at 4 p.m.
While the issues of a title sponsor are still to be sorted out, defending champions Tivoli Gardens, Portmore United and Waterhouse have not bothered themselves with that but are instead focusing on what they can control - their performances on the field.
Defending champions Jamaica College (JC) registered a hard-fought come-from-behind 2-1 victory over St Jago in their Group D encounter of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association/Gatorade/Digicel Manning Cup competition yesterday.
As expected, champions Rusea's High had their toughest game of the 2011 ISSA/Gatorade/Digicel daCosta Cup yesterday afternoon, but in the end their quality came through.
The 2010 Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year MARK MY WORD, one of six winners for leading jockey Dick Cardenas, won the inaugural running of the $2 million Rum Fire Invitational grade one race over 1500 metres before a bumper crowd at Caymanas Park yesterday.
President of the Jamaica Football Federation, Captain Horace Burrell, is among four persons who have been officially nominated for the top football post in the Caribbean Football Union.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 11:51 AM
Junior Bennett has been appointed coach of Jamaica’s national cricket team for the upcoming Regional Super 50 Cricket tournament, which bowls off next month in Guyana.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
A novice West Indies team were no match for World champions England and slumped to a 10-wicket defeat at the Oval, in the first Twenty20 International of the two-match series here yesterday.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Powered by influential playmaker Chevonne 'Messi' Marsh, Calabar High seized sole leadership of Group A after turning back Excelsior High 2-1 in their Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Gatorade/Digicel Manning Cup schoolboy football encounter at their Red Hills Road grounds yesterday.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Six top-class horses are slated to contest the inaugural running of the Rum Fire Invitational Trophy grade one race over 1500 metres at Caymanas Park today.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) player/coach Wayne Cuff says while Kingston possess a number of national players, his team does not plan to show any fear when both teams meet at Up Park Camp today in Group C of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Limited-Overs Championship.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
FORMER Edwin Allen High School outstanding intermediate hurdler, Ristananna Tracey, is no longer a member of the MVP Track Club as she cut her ties in less than three months to join neigbouring Racers Track Club.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
The 2011-12 Western Basketball Association (WBA) Division One League, which was slated to start this weekend, has been postponed, at least for a week, as the association has decided to accede to the wishes of clubs that have asked for a delay.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Favourites and defending champions Barbican, and Portmore Strikers, will be hunting crucial first-leg victories in the semi-finals of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF)/Sherwin Williams Premier League, at the Spanish Town Prison Oval today.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
With the premier league semi-finalists now decided, the focus in the 2011 J. Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum-sponsored Western Jamaica Domino League will switch to the division one when the final two semi-final places will be decided following a double-header at the Peeplz Bar & Grill in Hopewell, Hanover, tomorrow.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
The Gleaner advanced to the quarter-final round of the three-on-three Business House Division II basketball competition after back-to-back wins over BOJ and Cool Pros on Monday and Wednesday, respectively, at the Stadium Courts.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
FIFA banned Caribbean football official Colin Klass for two years and two months yesterday for his part in a bribery scandal involving former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam.
Published:Saturday | September 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president, Captain Horace Burrell, is among four persons who have been officially nominated for the top football post in the Caribbean - that of Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president.
