Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Friday | February 27, 2009
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Record stand lifts England
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): West Indies found success hard to come on a day that started with great promise, when England's openers gave their side a formidable base in the fourth Test yesterday. Andrew Strauss hit his 16th Test hundred of 142 and...

Jamaica, Leewards clash at Sabina
Leaders Jamaica and fifth-placed the Leeward Islands will square off today in the eighth round of the West Indies Cricket Board four-day championship at Sabina Park.The Jamaicans, who lead the seven-team championship with 60 points...

Girls lose again
Jamaica's Sunshine Girls suffered their second consecutive series defeat to arch-rivals England, when they went down 55-49 in the final game of their three-Test series in Nottingham yesterday. The Jamaicans had earlier lost 67-54 and 57-47 to the hosts...

Rajiv Maragh riding high in New York
Over the years Jamaican jockeys such as George HoSang, Charles Hussey, Andrew Ramgeet, Emilio Rodriquez, Wesley Henry, Winston Thompson and, of course, Shaun Bridgmohan, have distinguished themselves on the North American circuit...

Stay with Sketel
Both the Pick-9 and Super-6 start anew at Caymanas Park today after failing to survive Wednesday's race meet.The Pick-9 will embrace all the races on the nine-race programme which commences at 1:10 p.m., while the Super-6 will be conducted from race...

Powell eyes sub-10 clocking
SYDNEY, Australia (CMC): Jamaica's enigmatic sprint ace Asafa Powell is keen on launching his international season in the same vein in which last year's campaign was waged - a sub-10 clocking.The 26-year-old flopped dramatically at the Beijing Olympics...

Young Boyz adapting to synthetic surface
LAUDERHILL, Florida, USA: Jamaica's decision to play two practice games here over three days on artificial surface, the country's final warm-up contests before departing for crucial Under-20 World Cup qualifiers in Trinidad and Tobago...

Amateur boxers hit form in Stony Hill
Another example of the powerful and positive effects of sport on a community was seen last Saturday night in Stony Hill, as hundreds of young people turned out to cheer on their local favourites, as the Burger King Amateur Boxing series ...


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