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LILLE, France:Their objectives may have been places on the medal podium, but the prize of experience gained will have to suffice for sprint hurdlers Chrisdale McCarthy and Megan Simmonds.The pair came into the IAAF World Youth Championships (WYC) ...

LILLE, France: The IAAF World Youth Championships will go down as the world's introduction to new Jamaican sprinting sensation Odail Todd, after his double-medal performance - a gold medal in the marquee 100m, backed up by silver in the 200m....

JAMAICA Taekwondo and Campion College's Tashauna Grannum finally won her first US Open gold medal, returning home last week from Orlando, Florida, with the continuous sparring black belt title.Grannum won the gold medal...

So the IAAF World Youth Championships is now over and it's almost time to start my marathon journey back home.I can say it was an amazing experience and the kids did themselves, their families, schools and the nation proud with their performances.Wow ...

NEWTON, Singapore: It took extra time to decide the winners of this year's Mission Foods World Netball Championship title. In the end, defending champion Australia prevailed with an exciting 58-57 victory over New Zealand, which was played in front of a packed house...

NEWTON, Singapore:Jamaica's head coach Oberon Pitterson has expressed shock at the Sunshine Girls' humiliating 82-46 thrashing at the hands of defending champions Australia in the semi-finals of the Mission Food World...

LONDON (AP):Claire Taylor, the first woman to be named one of Wisden's cricketers of the year, has retired a day after helping England win a women's quadrangular tournament with Australia, India and New Zealand.For leading England to victory in the...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka:Sri Lanka has postponed a scheduled Twenty20 league this month because of a financial crisis and the possibility of further losses after India pulled out of the event.Sri Lanka Cricket...

St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) and Innswood High were the toasts of the recent GraceKennedy/Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) cricket awards ceremony hosted at STETHS in Santa Cruz.

The French really do tend to show a heightened appreciation for the finer things in life. Everything for them is about luxury, nothing can be normal for these folks.

Leighton LevySunday Gleaner WriterJamaica's Schillonie Calvert raced to a solid win in the women's 100-metre dash at the IAAF World Challenge meet in Madrid, Spain, yesterday.Calvert, who represents the Racers Track Club, won in 11.23 seconds running...

ROSEAU, Dominica (AP):Kirk Edwards hit a resilient 110 on debut but West Indies were still struggling at 224 for six, a modest lead of 81, against India at the close of the fourth day of the third cricket Test at Windsor Park yesterday.Edwards stroked...