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Jamaica look to take the lead

Published:Tuesday | July 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC):Title-holders Jamaica and championship leaders Windward Islands will clash in the feature game when the fourth round of the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge bowls off here today.Both sides are coming off victories which...

Lee, the one to watch

Published:Tuesday | July 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Natoya Goule will be the first Jamaican on the track when the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships enters its second day in Moncton, Canada. Fourteen Jamaicans will be in action, and after months of preparation, the young athletes will be hoping...

CAC Games Round Up

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 5:21 PM

Olympians Alia Atkinson and Natasha Moodie along with Brad Hamilton have advanced to the medal round of their events on today’s second day of swimming at the CAC Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

Brazil to invest $3Billion on airports for 2014 World Cup

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 5:10 PM

Brazil will invest nearly $3 billion to renovate and expand its airports ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

Liverpool sign Joe Cole

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 5:07 PM

Liverpool have signed Joe Cole on a four-year deal, subject to a medical following his release by Chelsea.

Play abandoned in Sri Lanka

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 5:02 PM

The second day's play of the first cricket Test between hosts Sri Lanka and India was called off without a ball being bowled because of persistent rain at Galle International Stadium.

British shot putters banned for refusing test

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:44 PM

British shot putters Jamie Stevenson and Kieren Kelly have been banned for two years for violating anti-doping rules, by refusing to take an out-of-competition test in January.

World Junior Champs opens in Canada today

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 9:59 AM

The 13th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Junior Championships will begin today in Moncton, Canada with Jamaica expected to lead the English-speaking Caribbean charge.

Jamaicans in good form

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 9:58 AM

Jamaican Steve Mullings was in good form yesterday at the Savo Games in Finland, by landing the men's sprint double.

Alia Atkinson set CAC Games record in 200m

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 9:58 AM

Alia Atkinson set a CAC Games record in the women’s 200 metres breast stroke on the first full day of competition at Mayaguez, Puerto Rico yesterday.

Walton's double saves Kingston

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

An unbeaten double century from wicketkeeper-batsman Chadwick Walton yesterday carried Kingston to first innings honours over St Mary in their Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Super League play-off clash at the Elletson...

Athletes ready for action

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Coach Michael Dyke was upbeat yesterday, two days before Jamaica's athletes bow into action at the 13th World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada.According to Dyke, he was very pleased with yesterday's training session.

Atkinson sets record in CAC pool

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico (CMC):Alia Atkinson set a CAC Games record in the women's 200 metres breastroke on the first full day of competition yesterday.The 21-year-old Jamaican swimmer clocked two minutes, 33.64 seconds ...

Young stars to shine at World Junior Champs

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

MONCTON, New Brunswick (CMC): Several rising Caribbean stars are expected to come of age at the World Junior Championships (WJC), which opens today.As always, the Jamaicans will be expected to lead the English-speaking Caribbean charge at the...

Semenya wins easily in Finland

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

LAPINLAHTI, Finland (AP): Caster Semenya's low-key return to competition continued with a win in the 800 metres at the Savo Games in Finland yesterday.The South African cruised to victory in her second race since being cleared to carry on competing...

Falmouth youth club captures JPS netball mid-season crown

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Western Bureau: Falmouth Police Youth Club (PYC) won the first-ever JPS Trelawny Open Netball League mid-season final on Saturday afternoon when they defeated Stewart Town Police Youth Club 34-9 at the Elliston Wakeland Youth...

Jamaica ease past Leewards

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

GROS-ISLET, St.Lucia (CMC): Paul Palmer and Jermaine Blackwood shared 51 for the fifth wicket to push reigning champions Jamaica to a five-wicket victory over Leeward Islands in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.

Harmony capture TFA title in thriller

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Western Bureau: Harmony FC won the 2009-10 Trelawny FA National Rums of Jamaica Major Football League title on Saturday at the Elliston Wakeland Youth Centre, in Falmouth, when they scored a come-from-behind second-leg 3-2 win over Clarke's Town...

Stakes win at Calder for Jamaica's Bridgmohan

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (CMC): Jermaine Bridgmohan drove Dash Dot Dash to her third straight stakes victory, when they collared a scratched-reduced field in the US $55,000 Our Dear Peggy Stakes on Saturday at the Calder Race Course.The Jamaican jockey...

South Africa has one more reason to celebrate

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AP):Hardly anyone knew Louis Oosthuizen, much less how to pronounce his name.Not many will forget the performance he delivered at the home of golf to capture the British Open yesterday.

Lankans flay Indian attack

Published:Monday | July 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP): Tharanga Paranavitana scored his first Test hundred and shared a 181-run stand with another centurymaker, Kumar Sangakkara, as Sri Lanka dominated day one of the first cricket Test against India yesterday....

T&T official wants Gayle axed as Windies captain

Published:Sunday | July 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Trinidad and Tobago's (T&T) cricket chief Azim Bassarath has berated Chris Gayle's leadership of the West Indies team and says the time has come for the talismanic Jamaican to be axed.

Murali to go after 800-wicket target

Published:Sunday | July 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Muttiah Muralitharan's goal of becoming the first-ever cricketer to take 800 Test wickets is expected to enliven an already highly anticipated, three-match test series between Sri Lanka and India, which starts today.

Little-known South African poised for big victory

Published:Sunday | July 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The last test for Louis Oosthuizen was his second shot to the 17th green at St Andrews, where the pin was planted perilously behind the Road Hole bunker.

Jamaica collapse to give Leewards opening

Published:Sunday | July 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Seasoned batsman John Campbell stroked 92, but Jamaica suffered a wretched batting collapse to let Leeward Islands back into their third-round TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge match yesterday.

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