Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Tuesday | October 13, 2009
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'We're no longer the bronze queens'
Jamaica's Sunshine Girls got prime-time attention upon their return to the island yesterday afternoon, following their historic silver-medal finish at the World Netball Series Fast Net championships in Manchester, England. The girls, along with members of the management...

Bottle ban for Jarrett Park
Western Bureau: In the wake of a recent incident at Jarrett Park in which bottle-throwing fans thrice disrupted a daCosta Cup schoolboy football game between Cornwall College and St James High, the St James Parish Council has issued a ban...

Dinthill seal KO spot
Western Bureau: Two-time champions Dinthill Technical High yesterday afternoon took top honours in Zone J of the 2009 ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup schoolboy football competition when they blanked Bog Walk 2-0 in the top-of-the-table clash to move...

St GC maul Mary's 13-0
McKaully Tulloch and Davian Kelly shared eight goals for defending champions St George's College, who thrashed St Mary's College 13-0 in yesterday's ISSA/ Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup schoolboy football action at Winchester Park, St George's...

Davis hands Planter a boxing lesson
The collaboration between the Jamaica Boxing Board and the Institute of Sports to present a Pro/Am boxing card at the Barbican Beach football venue turned out to be a great success last Saturday night as fans came out in their numbers to welcome...

Lambert fails to make final cut
Danza Hyatt, Odean Brown and Andrew Richards are the only three players without international experience named in the Christopher Gayle-led Jamaica 14-man squad for the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President's Cup one-day tournament....

T&T dispatch Somerset easily
BANGALORE, India (CMC): Caribbean champions, Trinidad and Tobago, made a dream start to the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday when they used a clinical all-round performance to crush Somerset by 44 runs.Electing to bat first, T&T gathered...

'We are just starting to play as a team'
Waterhouse captain Irvino English believes team work is a major factor for their resurgence in this year's Digicel Premier League, following his club's 2-1 win over Humble Lions at the Waterhouse Mini Stadium on Sunday."...

Saunders, Thompson shuttle away 2 titles
Nigella Saunders and Daniel Thompson emerged double winners at the senior All Jamaica Badminton Championships, which was played at the Constant Sprint Golf Club at the weekend. Olympian Saunders, the many-time national champion and top seed, captured the women's singles...

Brazil favoured to reach final
CAIRO (AP): Brazil have already beaten Costa Rica once and are heavily favoured to win again today in the semi-finals of the Under-20 World Cup.Brazil last won the tournament in 2003 and will stay on track for their fifth title if they beat Costa Rica...

Outrider's error cuts race to 7k
Jamaica's junior representatives Kemoy Campbell of Bellefield High and Natoya Goule of Manchester High stole the spotlight in what should have been Sunday's Burger King 10k in Montego Bay. However, the event - the second in the six-race Jamdammers Road Race Series...

Cayman hockey team set to visit Jamaica
The Jamaica Hockey Federation (JHF) will host the Cayman Hockey Club for a two-day series on October 17 and 18 at the Mona hockey field. They will face a specially assembled 'President's XI' team, which will comprise the island's top players...

A tribute to 'fallen heroes'
They might have gone too soon, but the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC) is ensuring that their 'fallen heroes' will not be forgotten. The club, in collaboration with communications giants LIME, has dedicated the Heroes Day race meet for this purpose...


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