Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Tuesday | November 24, 2009
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Reggae Girlz 'need a few practice games'
Xavier Gilbert, assistant coach of the Jamaica's Under-20 female footballers, said a lot of improvements are needed ahead of their final round CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, which will be held in Guatemala in January. Gilbert, along with members of the junior Reggae Girlz...

Hue's work rate is fine - Harbour View coach says midfielder's production is good for national team
Even before, then after Jermaine Hue's last outing with the national senior football team in the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, there has been much talk over whether or not he has the required work rate to be part of the national set-up. The 31-year-old Hue scored two of his 12 goals ...

Williams to make netball return in ANZ champs
Jamaica Netball Association president, Marva Bernard, has welcomed the return of former netball star Carla Williams to the sport after her six-year hiatus during which she took up a basketball scholarship at the University of Miami to pursue a Liberal Arts degree...

Burke impressed by quality of high-school tennis
National tennis director, Douglas Burke, said he was very impressed with the high quality of tennis displayed during the three-day LIME/ISSA Schools Championship finals, which ended at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre last Saturday...

Williams' RSL beat Ricketts' Galaxy in MLS Cup final
SEATTLE (AP): Robbie Russell kicked the decisive penalty as the underdog Real Salt Lake beat David Beckham and the star-studded Los Angeles Galaxy in a shoot-out Sunday night to secure their first Major League Soccer championship.Real Salt Lake...

SVL keeps the Girlz online
Jamaica's Under-20 women's football team, the Reggae Girlz, received two desktop computers and a printer courtesy of sponsors Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) on their arrival in the island yesterday from the CONCACAF second-round World Cup qualifiers in...

McKenley statue to be unveiled tomorrow
The monument to honour the legacy of the great Jamaican sprinter and Olympian, Herbert McKenley, OM, OJ, CD, will be unveiled at the National Stadium tomorrow. Prime Minister Golding will officially unveil the McKenley monument tomorrow in the presence of the President....

Fitzgerald cites indiscipline for August Town's lowly placing
FOLLOWING his team's 1-1 draw with Rivoli United at Spanish Town Prison Oval on Sunday, August Town's coach, Calvert Fitzgerald, has blamed the lowly position of his club on indiscipline. "With the last six of our 12 games ending with a player ejected,...

Arnett targeting second-round final
Fabian Davis, player/coach of Arnett Gardens, has said that his side is targeting a spot in the Digicel Premier League's second End-of-Round final, following his team's exciting 2-1 victory over Portmore United on Sunday ...

Price laments faulty finishing
Boys' Town's four-match winning streak came to an end courtesy of the game's lone strike in the 85th minute by Marcelino Blackburn - his fifth in three games - which led Harbour View to a 1-0 victory in their Digicel Premier League encounter at Harbour View Mini Stadium...


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