West Indies on a high - One-day international series bowls off in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP): England hope to end a lengthy losing habit when the five-match one-day international series against West Indies begins at the National Stadium today.England have been winless in 13 internationals this winter - two Tests and five one-dayers...
Jamaica vs US Challenge could be scaled down
The proposed Sprint Challenge between the world's two powerhouses, Jamaica and the United States (US), could include just two races this year.USA Track and Field (USATF) is trying desperately to have the contest go ahead, but Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association's...
Under-21s looking to avoid sweep
Jamaica's Under-21 netballers will be playing for pride when they face the Australian Under-21 team in their final game of the three-Test series at the G.C. Foster College in St Catherine, starting at 10 a.m. The junior Sunshine Girls, who are 2-0 down in the series...
Obama picks North Carolina
BRISTOL (AP): President Barack Obama picked North Carolina to defeat Louisville, with Jamaica's Samardo Samuels, for the NCAA championship, a relatively safe selection for a trailblazing president. Obama spent part of Tuesday making his tournament picks...
Search on for paralympic basketballers
The Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) has, for the first time in its 43-year history, launched an islandwide search for outstanding physically challenged persons between the ages of 18 and 30 to try out for the national wheelchair basketball team....
New milestones for India's Tendulkar
HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP): Sachin Tendulkar passed new milestones in his 157-Test career yesterday, posting his 52nd half century and becoming the second most-capped player in history, as India reached 278 for four on the second day of the series-opening match...
Aussies fall for 209
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP): South Africa made a solid start yesterday to reach 57 without loss at the close on the first day of the third Test after dismissing Australia for 209.New openers Ashwell Prince and Imraan Khan, who replaced injured captain...
Sketel to rebound
With MAKING OUT scoring a 26-1 upset in the closing race at Caymanas Park on Wednesday, the Pick-9 had no takers and the carryover stands at $1.1 million for tomorrow's meet. Despite MAKING OUT's upset and a milder one by 9-1 chance NAVAJOJOE...
Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much
After reading the rather wordy reaction by the contractor general (CG) to my column, 'Much ado about nothing', an image formed in my mind of young Greg Christie being asked by his kindergarten teacher to recite the nursery rhyme "Twinkle, twinkle little...
It's time for another vacation
Robert Dabdoub, In a letter to the editorI had reason to take issue with Mr Howard Hamilton for his article in The Gleaner on February 13, 2009, headlined 'Much ado about nothing'.Mr Hamilton, your readers may recall, attacked the contractor general for...