Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Saturday | July 11, 2009
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Scorching 100m run
ROME, Italy (CMC):Jamaican Kerron Stewart and Chris Brown, of The Bahamas, registered English-speaking Caribbean wins at The IAAF Rome Golden League meet on Friday.

Jamaica out of the medals again
BRESSANONE, Italy:For the second day running, Jamaica failed to pick up a medal at the sixth IAAF World Youth Championships in Italy.

U-19s face uphill task versus T&T
Jamaica will have to bat really well if they are to avoid losing the first innings in their first-round TCL Group WICB Under-19 Three-day Cup showdown against regional rivals Trinidad and Tobago at the Kensington Oval.

Bangladesh hit back after falling for 228
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): West Indies suffered an early setback after Bangladesh's tail-enders helped them to reach a respectable total in the opening Test yesterday.

Basketball Back among the region's elite
Jamaica's basketball appears set to regain its elite status in the Caribbean after many years.

Classy 'Bruce' is OK
Today's RJR St Leger at Caymanas Park, the season's final three-year-old classic, features a mouth-watering rematch between HE'S REALLY OK and BRUCEONTHELOOSE, who both went down to the wire in the June 13 UBA Derby over 2400...

Surprise $1m for Under-21 netballers
The Under-21 netballers, yesterday, received a surprise $1 million donation from the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), towards their expenses for the World Youth Netball Championships (WYNC), which will be in the Cook...

Italian takes yellow jersey in 7th Tour stage
ARCALIS, Andorra (AP):Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini captured the yellow jersey in yesterday's seventh stage of the Tour de France, and Alberto Contador swiped second place from Lance Armstrong.Brice Feillu of France burst out of a breakaway group for a solo...

Sore neck hampers Phelps
INDIANAPOLIS (AP):Michael Phelps withdrew from the 100-metre freestyle at the US national championships yesterday because of a sore neck.

Performer of the Week: Isa Phillips: Crossing one hurdle at a time
One of the hot men in 400m hurdles, national 400 metres hurdles champion, Isa Phillips, clocked a smart 48.18 seconds on Tuesday to beat 2007 world champion Kerron Clement at the IAAF Grand...

IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD; Colours hunt second victory
Defending champions Colours International hunt their second victory of the season in the Milo-sponsored Portmore U-15 Metropolitan Cricket League tomorrow at the Waterford High School, starting at 11 a.m.

Johnson trying hard to maintain his cool
COLUMBUS, Ohio:JERMAINE JOHNSON, it seems, made the perfect choice of channelling his talent into a sport that matches his enigmatic character.

Aussies in charge
CARDIFF, Wales (AP):Australia held the advantage in the first Ashes Test against England at the close of day three yesterday despite Michael Clarke missing the opportunity to become the third centurion of the innings.

Sports helping to keep peace among rival communities
The once-volatile communities of South St Andrew are finally at peace following the introduction of a community-corner football and netball league.

The Coming of Isa
Isa Phillips was on his knees, hands clasped, looking to the heavens after winning his pet event at a meet in Switzerland on Tuesday.


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