Powell vs Gay again
STOCKHOLM (AP): American Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell of Jamaica are set to square off against each other again in the 100 metres at the DN Galan athletics meet today.In their last head-to-head meeting in Rome this month, Gay posted the fastest time of the year...
Campbell pilots U-19s to one-day victory
Jamaica made a bold step towards capturing the TCL Group-sponsored WICB Under-19 three-day and one-day double when they defeated defending champions Trinidad and Tobago by four wickets at Up Park Camp yesterday. Set a modest 208 to win off their allotted 50 overs...
Windies seek to salvage some pride
BASSETERRRE, St Kitts (CMC): With Bangladesh already having won the series, courtesy of victories in the first two matches, West Indies can only hope to salvage what little pride remains in the final one-day international of the three-match series here...
Campbell-Brown needs better start
Defending 100-metre world champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown, ran her last pre-Berlin race on Tuesday in Monaco, an inauspicious third place finish behind Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser and Bahamian veteran Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, who both dipped below 11 seconds...
Athlete PROFILE
Name: Yohan BlakeDate of birth: December 26, 1989Place of birth: St Thomas, JamaicaEvent: 100m and 200mPersonal bests: 9.93 (100m), 20.60 (200m)Season bests: 9.93 (100m), 20.60 (200m)Best performances: Bronze medal 100m winner IAAF World Junior...
Mayne, Henry take major awards
After many weeks of intense competition top national player Gareth Henry and Christine Mayne topped the Racketeers Badminton Tournament Awards ceremony staged at Redbones the Blues Café on Tuesday. Henry and Shanakay Bailey took top honours in the mixed doubles in Division...
Personal best for Moodie in 100m freestyle
Natasha Moodie clocked a personal-best 57.71 seconds in the women's 100 metres freestyle at the 13th FINA Swimming World Championships in Rome, Italy, yesterday but it was not good enough to get her past the first round of the event. Drawn in lane seven...
Roper Cup set for August 29
Defending champions St George's College and neighbours Kingston College will vie for top honours at the 45th staging of the Roper Cup Football Festival on Saturday, August 29, organisers announced on Wednesday at a news conference held at the National...
Cricketer remains critical following lightning strike
BROOKLYN, New York, (CMC ): A Vincentian cricketer is still battling for his life after being struck by bolts of lightning last Sunday at Marine Park. Patrick Gibson, 41, who was making his debut for Vincentian team Stars United ...
Staunch support for new-look West Indies
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC):In spite of their double-series defeat to little-rated Bangladesh, the makeshift West Indies squad has received staunch support from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) ahead of the St Kitts leg of the current series...
Brotherly Love ready for big run
The seventh annual Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BG&LC) raceday is on at Caymanas Park tomorrow, the 10-race programme featuring a Gimmick race over 200 metres on which betting will be conducted.
Shane Ellis banned for 10 days
Jockey Shane Ellis, who rode DESIGNED FOR LUCK in the seventh race at Caymanas Park on Saturday, July 18 was suspended for 10 racedays and fined $10,000 for his failure to preserve sufficiently with his mount throughout the race...