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Published:Thursday | May 19, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Powerhouses Jamaica strengthened their position as the top side in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), jumping nine spots in the latest FIFA rankings released yesterday.

Published:Thursday | May 19, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Cavalier climbed their way to the top of the four-team Digicel Premier League (DPL) play-off standings, after eking out a hard-fought 1-0 win over Rivoli yesterday at the Spanish Town Prison Oval. The game's lone goal came...

Published:Thursday | May 19, 2011 | 12:00 AM

If Novlene Williams-Mills learned nothing else in a failed bid to repeat as a medallist in her pet event at the last IAAF World Championships in Athletics (WCA), the Jamaican understands that to retreat is to surrender. All three medallists in the 2009...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 10:42 AM

Jamaica’s young Reggae Boyz will face a very tough task to qualify out of the preliminary round of the upcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Mexico.

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Players union WIPA said Monday West Indies' first Test win over Pakistan emphasised the need for experience and youth in the team-selection policy.West Indies defeated Pakistan by 40 runs at the National Stadium at...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite suffering a surprise 3-1 loss to Invaders FC last weekend, beaten mid-season finalist Granville FC are still the sole leaders, as second-round action continues in earnest in the 12-team 2010-11 National...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

DUBAI (CMC):Captain Darren Sammy and pacer Ravi Rampaul have made significant jumps in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) bowlers' rankings, following outstanding performances in the first Test against Pakistan which West Indies won by 40...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

More than 3,000 athletes from 65 schools will descend on the National Stadium today for the 31st staging of the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) Swizzzle All-Island Primary School Athletics Championships.The competition...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: Muschett High School of Wakefield in Trelawny, captured the 2011 ISSA-KFC Western Conference female netball title in emphatic fashion at the Montego Bay Cricket Club Courts on Monday afternoon, when they crushed...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

DHARAMSALA, India (AP): A record double-century partnership between Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh powered Kings XI Punjab to a resounding 111-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday....

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The future stars of Jamaica's track and field have been provided with yet another avenue to showcase their skills, through the inaugural Ovaltine Delite Athletics Finals to be held this Saturday at the Usain Bolt Track...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The commemorative records and milestones race meet, sponsored by Durex Condoms, will take place at Caymanas Park on Labour Day, Monday, May 23. Plans for the meet were outlined at yesterday's launch at Caymanas Park by representatives of Facey Commodity...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (CMC):Jamaican jockey Shaun Bridgmohan won an amazing five races on Sunday's 10-race card, to rocket to the top of the standings at Churchill Downs.The 31-year-old, who finished with Santiva in the recent Kentucky Derby, won race...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica's Under-17 team got what may be considered a tough draw, having been placed alongside the sport's traditional powerhouses Argentina and France, as well as Japan, in Group B for the FIFA World Cup.

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

World and Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion Usain Bolt has replaced NBA star LeBron James as the most marketable sportsman on the planet according to the website sportspromedia.com.

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

rThe future of Reggae Boy Ricardo 'Bibi' Gardner at his English Premier League club, Bolton Wanderers, hangs in the balance as manager Owen Coyle has made it clear that he will put sentiments aside when determining whether or not to offer...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

All square following opening-day stalemates, Digicel Premier League (DPL) aspirants Rivoli, Highgate, Seba United and Cavalier will seek to claim the early advantage when today's second-round games get under way.Following the...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):Buoyed by Sunday's win in the first Test, West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says his upbeat side will be looking to sweep the series by winning the second and final Test starting in St Kitts on Friday.West Indies won their first...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Glen Mills, coach of double sprint World Record holder, Usain Bolt, insists the sprinter is on target to realise his ambitions of retaining both the 100 and 200m crowns at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, later this year. ...

Published:Wednesday | May 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):West Indies have delayed naming their final 13-man squad for the second Test against Pakistan starting here Friday.The regional side arrived here yesterday afternoon with 14 players, after teenage opener Kraigg Brathwaite ...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The battle for the Flow/National Basketball League Southern Conference title will intensify today when defending champions Tivoli Gardens oppose the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), in game one of their best-of-three semi-finals...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

CHICAGO (AP): The Chicago Bulls saw the stars aligning for the Heat last summer, the 'Big Three' free agents uniting in Miami on a quest for a championship.Joakim Noah wasn't conceding anything...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: National representative Marloe Rodman, of Spanish Town, St Catherine, covered himself in glory on Sunday when he won the new-look 2011 Rotary Club of Montego Bay East Bikeathon Jamaica Challenge, which was run...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK CITY (CMC):Jamaican midfielder Khari Stephenson and Grenadian Shalrie Joseph both found the target on Saturday in Major League Soccer.Grenada international Joseph, the New England Revolution captain, converted a penalty kick four minutes after...

Published:Tuesday | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Executive director of Special Olympics Jamaica, Lorna Bell, said this year's staging is very meaningful as all the uniformed groups have joined to help the association realise its $5 million target, to facilitate ...

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