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Published:Sunday | October 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Defending champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) booked their place in the inter-zone round of the 2010 ISSA/Pepsi/ Digicel daCosta Cup yesterday afternoon when they tagged the previously unbeaten Munro College 2-0 in their top-of-the-table Zone F clash in Malvern.

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Delhi, India: Eric Keddo, 13.71, was a nose away from winning a Commonwealth Games bronze medal, just missing out with a fourth-place finish in the 110m hurdles final yesterday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here in Delhi, India.Keddo did well to...

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, has congratulated the entire Jamaican contingent at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi for "representing the country well".

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

I swear, it's more difficult for accredited media representatives to get inside venues here at the Commonwealth Games to do their work than it is to smuggle.

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):A jockey and his trainer were disqualified from horseracing for three years on Tuesday for fixing a race at Newcastle in August.Jason Behan and trainer Eamon Tyrrell were found guilty by a British Horseracing Authority (BHA) disciplinary...

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Plans are well advanced for Caymanas Track Limited (CTL), the island's sole promoter of horseracing, to expand its betting operation to cover a wide range of other sports.

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

HOUSTON (AP):Jordan Hill wants to make an impression every minute he's on the floor for the Houston Rockets.Backing up Yao Ming on Thursday night, Hill scored 16 points to help the Rockets beat San Antonio 90-87 in the Spurs' preseason opener.

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The divisional finals of the JustBet Business House five-a-side competition take place this afternoon at the National Water Commission (NWC) playing field, Mona, with defending champions Tank-Weld Metals up against Scotiabank Group in the Division One final at 4:30 p.m., and NWC vs the Lasco Group in the Division Two final at 2:30 p.m.

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa:West Indies players Merissa Aguilleira and Stafanie Taylor are delighted to hear the news that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will offer Central Retainer Contracts to six members of the successful West Indies Women's...

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Excelsior dropped their first points of the season when they played to an absorbing 0-0 draw with Charlie Smith in their Group C Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Pepsi/ Digicel Manning Cup urban area senior schoolboy football match yesterday at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex.

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Golf Association-sanctioned second annual LIME Cup team-play golf championship will tee off today, weather permitting, at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club, St Catherine, starting at 8:30 a.m.The monthlong...

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (CMC):Teenaged West Indies batsman Stafanie Taylor says she is thrilled to become the youngest ever woman to 1,000 runs in one-day internationals.The 19-year-old passed the landmark after stroking 72 against Ireland on...

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

DELHI, India: Budding squash talent, Bruce Burrowes, recovered from a poor start here at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, to rack up three straight victories en route to a silver medal in the consolation plate tournament, at the Siri Fort Sports Complex yesterday.

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

National striker Ricardo Fuller is counting his lucky stars, after a scan on his injured right shoulder has revealed that it was not fractured.The Stoke City player, who is in the island for the Reggae Boyz friendly...

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Western Bureau:Three teams, including champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), have live shots at booking their places in the inter-zone round of the 2010 ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup rural area senior schoolboy...

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Russell Latapy, head coach of Trinidad and Tobago's senior football team, said his side was very optimistic and raring to go ahead of tomorrow's big return friendly international match against the Reggae Boyz at the National Stadium, starting at 6 p.m.

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Having finished a close second to stable-companion CLASSY PROSPECT recently, the American filly LITTLE WASP should go one better when she contests the 3-y-o and up overnight allowance race over 1100 metres at Caymanas Park...

Published:Saturday | October 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

On September 26, a beaming Alan 'Skill' Cole was presented with a plaque by FIFA President Sepp Blatter in recognition of his contribution to Jamaican football. Edward Seaga and P. J. Patterson, two former prime ministers, were among the 10 recipients but the biggest cheers were for the enigmatic Cole.

Published:Friday | October 8, 2010 | 5:59 PM

Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls bounced back to winning ways by defeating Samoa 70-46 in Group ‘A’ of the netball competition.

Published:Friday | October 8, 2010 | 12:00 AM

You know, I have always found it somewhat amusing how reporters covering international sporting events, in particular, are met with almost the same fanfare and applause when an athlete from their country wins an important event....

Published:Friday | October 8, 2010 | 12:00 AM

South Africa (CMC):Teenagers Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin fashioned contrasting half-centuries as West Indies hammered Ireland by a mammoth 165 runs, to post their second successive win of the ICC Women's Challenge yesterday....

Published:Friday | October 8, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Jamaican forward Samardo Samuels came off the bench to score four points and grab one rebound in five minutes in his National Basketball Association (NBA) preseason debut game.

Published:Friday | October 8, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Dr Walton Small (left), president of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association, receives a cheque for $5.7 million from Stephen Dawkins, general manager, Jamaica Beverages, distributors of Busta soft drinks, at a press conference to launch the...

Published:Friday | October 8, 2010 | 12:00 AM

With a lucky punter having cornered the $1.6 million Pick-9 at Caymanas Park on Wednesday, it starts anew tomorrow with the guaranteed minimum of $1 million up for grabs.The Pick-9 will embrace races two to 10 on the card...

Published:Friday | October 8, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The divestment of the Caymanas racing complex is once again the subject of discussion.This matter came up during the public sector adjustment discussions at committee level.

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