Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Thursday | February 4, 2010
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Harbour View edge Boys' Town to maintain lead
Harbour View consolidated their position atop the Digicel Premier League standings with a 1-0 win over fellow title rivals Boys' Town at Collie Smith Drive yesterday. This was Boys' Town's first home defeat of the season....

MVP coach survives crash
Paul Francis, brother of MVP Track Club supreme Stephen Francis, and assistant coach at the highly successful outfit, suffered multiple fractures to his right leg after his involvement in a car accident along Highway...

Track stars raffle for Haiti relief
Jamaica's track and field stars headed by Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Brigitte Foster-Hylton and Melaine Walker, have joined forces to help their Haitian neighbours.The group will play their part...

Four schoolboys picked for Reggae Boyz camp
Four schoolboys have been included in a Reggae Boyz squad of 23, to prepare for a friendly international against Argentina in Mar del Plata, Argentina, next week Wednesday.The players were due in camp yesterday evening.They are Manchester High School's...

Jamaica improve FIFA ranking
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Jamaica's Reggae Boyz have kept their label as the No. 1-ranked team in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), but critically, remain outside of the world's premium 75 teams....

Hinds gets West Indies recall
Jamaica's Wavell Hinds, who last represented the West Indies in 2006, got a recall to the regional team now on tour in Australia, as last-minute replacement for Dwayne Bravo yesterday. According to a West Indies Cricket Board...

Brown makes headway
Jamaica's Dustin Brown advanced to the third round of the South Africa Open after beating Frenchman Laurent Recouderc in straight sets at the Montecasino Outdoor Event Area in South Africa yesterday.Brown, currently the country's...

'Explosive' upset
EXPLOSIVE REPORT, the least fancied at 11-1 in a field of six, won the sixth running of the Howard Phillipps Memorial Cup restricted allowance feature over 1100 metres, in decisive fashion at Caymanas Park yesterday....

STETHS retain title
St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) won a second straight hold on the Grace/ISSA rural limited overs competition, beating Manchester High - the same team they had beaten in last year's final...

Ramsey's goal lifts Rivoli United
Rivoli United, led by a 51st-minute strike from Kirk Ramsey, edged hosts August Town 1-0 in their Digicel Premier League match at the Mona Bowl yesterday.The victory moved Rivoli United up to seventh place in the standings...

Gibson: West Indies must forget past glories
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP):New head coach Ottis Gibson has urged the West Indies to forget about past glories, while prioritising nurturing emerging talent.Gibson quit as England bowling coach earlier this week after being handed the challenge of reviving...

Ardenne's Barrett thrilled about winning senior title
Basil Barrett, coach of defending champions Ardenne High School, said hard work and perseverance were key factors contributing to his team retaining its ISSA/KFC Southern Conference basketball league title. Ardenne defeated...

SPORTS BRIEFS
Beasley's car blown up - GLASGOW, Scotland (AP):United States midfielder DaMarcus Beasley's BMW car has been set on fire in Glasgow.


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