9.58 - An amazing run
BERLIN, Germany: A race billed as a showdown featuring the world's three fastest men ended in a complete rout inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium last night.Jamaica's Usain Bolt blasted the men's 100 metres world record into the stratosphere with an amazing run of 9.58 seconds...
- Celebration in Sherwood Content
- 'Reactions to Usain Bolt's 9.58 World Record'
- Powells hide death to spare Asafa distraction
David Geddes: The messenger
Chances are you have heard David Geddes' voice before, and you might have seen him on television, but what you might not know is that the trophy contested for by Jamaican high-school boys annually at 'Champs' was named for his late father...
Girls' day out - Jamaica female stars look to emulate Bolt's success
Berlin, Germany: Jamaica will be hunting more sprint medals today at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. It's the women's turn to try to duplicate Usain Bolt's amazing run. Following the gold and two silver medals in Beijing...
- Bailey looks to make use of golden opportunity
- Caught in the storm ... 100m sprinters hail amazing Bolt
- Maxwell makes early mark with Waterhouse
EDITORIAL - Flaccid PNP
Should the People's National Party (PNP) need further evidence of its organisational impotence or just how intellectually flaccid it has grown, it need only remind itself of last week's events regarding the Supreme Court's ruling in the parliamentary eligibility case...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Whither the IMF
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE MOST popular topic on the circuit now is whether to renew relationships with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).This is most unfortunate. For a country with a substantial amount of human and natural resources...
'Kiss Mi Neck' - Jamaican poetry to the world
One of Yasus Afari's hands was full when he approached the podium at the Ashanti Oasis Restaurant, Hope Gardens, last Thursday night and so, apparently, was his heart.He emptied one, holding up items one by one to the large audience, as he poured out another...
Recipe for career success
At the first meeting with executive coach Dr Karen Otazo-Hofmeister, you feel as if you could speak with her for days. She practises what she preaches, noting that professionals sabotage their careers by not making a connection...
UNITED STATES - American state rejects Madoff settlement offer
BOSTON (AP): Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin's office has rejected a proposed settlement by an investment firm to repay nearly $6 million to state investors who lost money in Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment scheme...