Former national junior javelin record holder, Shaneka Parkes was yesterday named among 26 University of South Dakota student-athletes to the North Central Track and Field Conference’s Academic Honour Roll.
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) could get close to a million US dollars in incentives from Italian sporting manufacturing company Kappa if the national senior team qualifies for the 2010 World Cup and CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Jamaican Usain Bolt, who ran the second-fastest 100 metres in history, and world champion Tyson Gay will face off in a 100-metre showdown at the Reebok Grand Prix.
Jamaica yesterday defeated Cayman Islands 12-7 to stay in contention to retain the North American West Indies Rugby Association’s Women’s 15s Championships at the National Park in Guyana.
Siloh Primary and Belair took the main titles at the second regional finals of the Alliance Investment Management’s National Eleven and Under Progressive Tennis Programme earlier this week.
Jamaica will kick-off against top rated Mexico when the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Under 17 football championship starts in mid-July in Trinidad and Tobago.
A United States judge has tentatively barred two of eight ex-athletics stars from testifying against their former coach, Jamaican Trevor Graham during his trial on false statement charges later this month.
William Perkins has been named in a 17-member West Indies training squad to prepare for the Australia tour of the Caribbean, starting later this month.
Jamaica and West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels is expected to depart tomorrow for St. Lucia to face the Code of Ethics and Disciplinary Committee of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
Granville Jaguars defeated Inner City Avalanche 76 to 59 last night in the Lucozade Sport Men’s Basketball Championship at the Montego Bay Cricket Club Court.
Barbados and West Indies left-arm seamer Pedro Collins snatched a four-wicket haul in a losing cause for Surrey yesterday in the Friends Provident Trophy at the Brit Oval in England.
Olympic gold medallist Antonio Pettigrew was identified on Friday in government court documents as a user of illegal and banned performance-enhancing drugs.
Stoke City, the club of Reggae Boy Ricardo Fuller, were promoted back to the top flight after a 23-year absence following a goalless Coca-Cola Championship draw against Leicester at the Britannia Stadium yesterday.
Top Jamaican female sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown will continue her preparation to win the sprint double at the Olympic Games in Beijing tomorrow evening.
