Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Tuesday | April 14, 2009
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Authoritative triumph
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): Jamaica's athletes accentuated their regional dominance with a sweep of all 200 metres and three of the four 1600-metre relay titles, in a riveting climax to the 38th Carifta Games last night.In striding to an awesome 25th...

U-21s clobber England
Jamaica's Under-21 net-ballers defeated England's Under-21 team 49-33 in the opening game of their three-Test series at the G.C. Foster College in St Catherine yesterday. I think that the girls played well in different areas of the game," said Jamaica's coach, C. Lloyd Walker...

Youngsters sweep sprint relays in Carifta gold rush
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): Advertising their trademark blistering speed, defending champions Jamaica swept all sprint relays while securing more than half of the gold medals on offer on day three of the 38th Carifta Games on Sunday....

King says hard work brought Jamaica title
Brandon King, a first-timer on Jamaica's successful Under-15 team, says teamwork and discipline contributed a great deal to them retaining the title in the Clico West Indies Under-15 cricket tournament, which ended in Barbados on Sunday...

Superb Taylor steers U-19s to women's regional title
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): West Indies ace player Stafanie Taylor registered a sturdy all-round performance for Jamaica to defeat Guyana by four wickets in the final of the West Indies Under-19 women's cricket championship on Sunday. Taylor grabbed four...

Commander rules
Champion trainer Wayne DaCosta was pleased with COMMANDER ZERO's wire-to-wire victory in yesterday's Easter Sprint Cup over 1100 metres at Caymanas Park, saying the classy four-year-old gelding was lucky to be racing again after being sidelined by injury last year...

CCC win low-scoring encounter
CAVE HILL, Barbados (CMC): Combined Campuses & Colleges finished the WICB regional four-day competition for the Headley/Weekes Trophy on a high, when they romped to an unlikely, 63-run victory over Trinidad & Tobago yesterday.

Leaders flop
FRONT-RUNNING Portmore United and second-place Harbour View suffered defeat in Sunday's Digicel Premier League (DPL) action. Portmore United, who lead the standings with 63 points, went down 2-0 to Tivoli Gardens at Edward Seaga Sports Complex....

'We were too relaxed'
The players' inability to remain focused for the duration of the match was cited by St Georges Sports Club coach, Geoffrey Maxwell, as the main contributor to their demise against Arnett Gardens in the Digicel Premier...

Track & Field - ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships
Wednesday-Saturday, April 1-4:Kingston College 223.50, Holmwood 400.50Kingston College (KC) and Holmwood Technical crowned themselves respective boys and girls champions at the 99th staging of the championships.

SPORTS Briefs
Dix clocks fastest 100 for '09 - TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CMC):Top American sprinter Walter Dix clocked the fastest time in the world this year in the 100 metres dash on Saturday.


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