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West Indians inducted in Cricket Hall of Fame
Saturday, January 03, 2009
SYDNEY, Australia (CMC) - The
International Cricket Council (ICC) named 13 West Indies players
yesterday in its Cricket Hall of Fame, which it launched as part
of the ICC's centenary year celebrations.
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Bolt pips Phelps as man of the year
Published Friday January 2nd,
2009
 BRUSSELS:
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has edged out US
swimmer Michael Phelps to be voted the 2008
athlete of the year by the international media.
Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva
was sportswoman of the year, with Australia's
triple Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer
Stephanie Rice fifth....Read
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Harbor
View 4 points ahead in Premier League standing
December 23, 2008
After a hard-fought 1-0 win over Meadhaven
United, Harbour View have extended their lead atop the Digicel
Premier League standing to 4 points....Read
More
 Jamaica
well set to claim Carib TT title
Published Dec
17th, 2008
Kingston Jamaica: Jamaica positioned themselves to claim
their first Men's team title since 1998 when they again played
undefeated in their second round of matches to set themselves up
to fight for either gold or silver against No 1 seed Barbados in
the final match of the team championship at the 48th Caribbean
Table Tennis Championships at the UTech Auditorium last night.
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Grenada win shoot-out, make
second final
Published Friday Dec.
12, 2008
The Spice Boys of Grenada, led by Jamaican-based player/coach
Anthony Modeste, advanced to their second Digicel Caribbean Cup
final after beating favorites Cuba 6-5 in a sudden-death penalty
shoot-out after playing to a 2-2 draw in regulation and
extra-time at the National Stadium.
......Read
More
 Caribbean
Sports Update.....
Tuesday ,
December 2nd, 2008
Lady Vibers beat St. Kitts 68 - 52
Spearheaded by collegiate graduates, swingman, Dalia Clarke and
Kebra Nanton, Lady Vibers kept their unbeaten streak to capture
the 9th Annual Gillian Brazier Basketball Shoot-out
Championship, 68 – 52 against arch rivals St. Kitts, at the JSC
Sports complex on Sunday night......Read
More
J amaica Girls
whip S'Africa
published:
Wednesday | November 12, 2008
Jamaica claimed their second victory of the NCB Sunshine
Savers Tri-Nation Netball Series last evening by stopping South
Africa, 53-38, in Game Two at the National Indoor Sports Center.
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More
 Caribbean
Sports Headline News
October 27th, 2008
‘Red Brigades’ take the lead
Boys' Town is now leader of the JFF/Digicel
Premier League. Two goals from Michael Campbell including a 90th
minute strike enabled the ‘Red Brigades' to outscore Sporting
Central Academy 3-2. They are now a point ahead of Harbour View
hosted Tivoli Gardens in the HITZ92FM's commentary game......Read
More
 Caribbean
Sports Headline News
Printed October 26, 2008
Faith In Action Ministries Athletics
& Recreation Meet Set For November In Norfolk, VA
Michael Rose Sr. (born & raised in
St. Catherine, JA) was appointed in September 2008 as the
Amateur Athletics Union (AAU) Director of Cross Country for the
State of Virginia..... Read More
Caribbean Sports
Headline News
Printed October 21, 2008
John
Barnes Set To Coach Jamaica National Football Team
On November 1
John Barnes will officially take over as the coach of
Jamaica’s national football team...Read More
 Reggae
Boyz Keep The Dream Alive
Friday, October 17, 2008
Article by:
Omar Ebanks (Jamaica Report
for WIT)
Jamaica
makes it two from two, beating Honduras
1-0, as they continue on their “mission
impossible” campaign to make it to the
next round of matches-in a bid to
qualify for World Cup 2010 in South
Africa...
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 Dramatic
climax in store for CONCOCACAF
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz exhibited another plucky
display to clip Honduras 1-0, courtesy of Luton
Shelton's 16th-minute strike, which proved enough in
their make-or-break CONCACAF World Cup Semi-Final
Round fixture at the National Stadium.
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 Caribbean
Sports Update.....
Monday ,
October 13th, 2008
Bolt, Campbell-Brown, Walker nominated for world
athlete of the year
Jamaica's Olympic champions Usain Bolt, Veronica
Campbell-Brown and Melaine Walker have been
nominated for the IAAF world athlete of the year
awards. Bolt the Olympic triple champion and world
record holder has been nominated alongside the likes
of Ethiopian double Olympic distance champion
Kenenisa Bekele, Cuban Olympic 110 meter hurdles
champion Dayron Robles as well as American 400 meter
Olympic champion Leshawn Merritt......Read more
 Caribbean
Sports Update .....
Monday ,
October 13th, 2008
Fuller gives the
Reggae Boyz a life line
Stoke City striker
Ricardo Fuller, scored the all-important
goal, keeping Jamaica's hopes of
reaching the final round of the CONCACAF
World Cup qualifier alive at the
National Stadium Saturday
night..........Read more
 Caribbean
Sports Update.....
World
Cup Hopes Still Alive For Jamaica
On Saturday,
October 11th Jamaica's football team
played Mexico at Jamaica's National
Stadium and won 1-0......
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 Caribbean
Sports Update.....
Thursday, September
25th, 2008
Carter and Williams among winners
Jamaica's Olympic sprint relay gold
medalists Nesta Carter along with
Olympic 400 meters silver medalists
Sherika Williams were among the winners
at the 4th international meet in Daegu.
Carter clocked 10.08 seconds to take the
100 meters ahead of another member of
Jamaica's sprint relay world record team
Michael Frater who returned 10.15
seconds....Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update.....
Wednesday, September
24th, 2008
Mobay Boys Club Warriors remain
unbeaten
Zone B leaders Mobay Boys Club Warriors
remained the only unbeaten club in the
Western Basketball Development League
after a 61 -30 victory over Granville
Jaguar Youths. Sheldon Lyle had a game
high 27 points for the warriors who
extending their unbeaten run to 5
games......Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update.....
Friday, September 19th, 2008
Marshall drug test positive, says
website
JAMAICA AND West Indies opening batsman
Xavier Marshall, and Tonito Willett,
from the Leewards, tested positive for
banned drugs during a two-week camp in
Antigua in August, according to cricket
website Cricinfo....Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update.....
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Bolt wanted for Australia Athletic
Series
MIAMI, USA: Jamaican golden boy Usain
Bolt is being targeted by Athletic
Australia for their summer World
Athletics Tour. Bolt, the triple Olympic
gold medallist from the recent Beijing
Games, is fast becoming most wanted by
track and field organisers and the
Australians are hoping to lure the
sprinter for their outdoor season, which
starts next February....Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update.....
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Lewis laughs at Jamaica's drug testing programme;
dismisses Bolt's Olympic performance
MIAMI, USA: American Olympic multi-gold medal winner
Carl Lewis believes Jamaica has a laughable
drugs-testing programme and has questioned the
remarkable performance of sprint sensation Usain
Bolt in Beijing. Bolt, a 200 metres speciallist,
established himself as a 100m runner with a sizzling
9.76 seconds in only his third competitive short
dash of his international career at the Jamaica
Invitational in May....Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update.....
Monday, September 15th, 2008
One bronze medal from Paralympic Games
Jamaica's campaign at the 13th Paralympic Games in Beijing,
China ended with one bronze medal following Alphanso
Cunningham's fourth place finish in the men's class F53-54
combined discus throw on the eighth day of competition....Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update
Sunday,
September 14th, 2008 Powell
sole Jamaican winner in Stuttgart
Asafa Powell was the only Jamaican winner on the opening day of
the two-day IAAF World Athletics final in Stuttgart, Germany on
Saturday. Powell raced to 9.87 seconds for a convincing win in
the men's 100 meters. Compatriots Nesta Carter in 10.07 seconds
and Michael Frater 10.10 seconds finished second and third
respectively....Read More
 Simones
Fired As Reggae Boyz Coach
published:
Friday | September 12, 2008
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) boss
Captain Horace Burrell, has listed poor results as the reason
for his decision to fire his friend technical director René
Simoes in the wee hours of Thursday morning.
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Mexico 3-0 Jamaica: El Tri sail to easy win
 MEXICO
CITY (AP) -- Mexico sailed to an easy 3-0 victory
over Jamaica on Saturday to take the lead in Group B
of CONCACAF regional qualifying play for the 2010
World Cup. Andres Guardado, who plays for Spain's
Deportivo La Coruna, scored two minutes into the
match, converting a free kick on a penalty outside
the area. Read More
Caribbean
Sports Update...
Friday, August
29th, 2008
Mills says Bolt accusations started from
American television
ZURICH, Switzerland: The ongoing debate over
whether or not Usain Bolt was disrespectful
to his fellow competitors in his
celebrations at the Olympics originated from
American television stations, coach Glen
Mills said on Wednesday......Read
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 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Thursday, August
28th, 2008
Bolt could have run 9.52 in Olympics,
coach says
ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters): Triple
Olympic gold medalist and world record
holder Usain Bolt could have run the 100
meters in 9.52 seconds if he had not slowed
to celebrate, his coach said on
Wednesday......Read
More
 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Wednesday, August
27th, 2008
Bolt ok with tests
Jamaican Olympic hero, Usain Bolt, is not surprised by the
number of raised eyebrows following his performances at the
Beijing Olympics, but said he has nothing to worry about because
he is clean. Bolt turned the Olympics upside down with his three
gallant performances, winning gold in the 100 meters and 200
meters in world-record times.....Read
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 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Tuesday, August
26th, 2008
OAS hails Jamaica on Olympic success
The Organisation of American States has
hailed Jamaica's superb performance at the
Beijing Olympics, which concluded Sunday....Read
More
 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Monday, August
25th, 2008
It seems the Caribbean
cannot win for losing
“Faster, higher, stronger” is the motto of
the Olympic Games. An event that ought to
provide a platform for unity and peace,
where countries come together for a couple
of weeks of competition and sportsmanship,
putting their differences aside........Read
More
 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Friday, August
22nd, 2008
Shawn Crawford says Bolt
was track's Phelps
BEIJING, China: American sprinter Shawn
Crawford, the Olympic 200-metres silver
medallist, said Usain Bolt's performance on
the track was just as excellent as Michael
Phelps' achievements in the pool....Read
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 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Thursday, August
21st, 2008
Jamaica and US set to
battle it out in sprints
BEIJING, China
(Reuters): The latest round of Jamaica's sprint battle with the
United States in the women's 200 meters and Jeremy Wariner's
400m clash with fellow American LaShawn Merrit are the
highlights of Thursday's athletics program.....Read
More
 Bolt
strikes twice, with a second WR Posted
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
BEIJING - Usain Bolt completed his sprint double Wednesday with
a gold medal in the men's 200m.....Read
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 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Wednesday, August
20th, 2008
Shericka
snatches 400 metre silver
BEIJING, China - Shericka Williams etched
her name in the annals of Jamaica's
athletics with a fighting display to capture
the silver medal in the Women's 400 metres
at the 29th Olympiad in the Bird's Nest Stadium yesterday.Read
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 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Monday, August
18th, 2008
Caribbean celebrates Bolt and Thompson Olympic
victories
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The entire Caribbean is proud of
Jamaican Usain ‘Lightning’ Bolt and Trinidad and Tobago’s
Richard Thompson, who ran away with the gold and silver medals
in the men’s 100 meters at the Beijing Olympics over the
weekend.....Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Sprint Star Bolt Smashes Record
USAIN BOLT smashed the world record with his sensational victory
in the Olympic 100 meters final. The Jamaica star blew apart the
competition to slash 0.03sec off his own previous best by
finishing in 9.69.....
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Caribbean
Sports Update...
Jamaica worried
about many drugs tests
Thursday, August
14th, 2008
BEIJING, China (Reuters): Jamaican athletes have undergone an
"extremely unusual" number of doping tests since arriving in
Beijing for the Olympic Games, potentially harming their
performance, the team's chef de mission said on Wednesday.....Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Bolt and Gay will not catch me, says Powell
Wednesday, August
13th, 2008
BEIJING, China (Reuters): Former world record holder Asafa
Powell says Jamaican compatriot Usain Bolt and American world
champion Tyson Gay will not run him down if he takes the lead in
their anticipated Olympic 100 meters final showdown....Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Tuesday, August
12th, 2008
Cuba's Correa aims to walk in father's
footsteps
BEIJING, China (Reuters): Cuban boxer Emilio
Correa wants to become a second generation Olympic champion and
follow his father to the top of a Games podium 36 years on...Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Monday, August 11th, 2008
'Bolt thinks this
Olympics is his to shine' - Agent Peart backs sprinter's
decision to double
BEIJING, China (CMC): Norman Peart, agent for Jamaican sprinter
Usain Bolt, has backed the decision made by his coach Glen Mills
to allow the sprinter to chase the sprint double at the 29th
Olympiad....Read More
 Caribbean
Sports Update...
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Italian Olympic
Volleyball Player Heads To Cuba
Italian indoor volleyball player Taismary Aguero
has apparently been allowed a visa to Cuba to visit her ill
mother, after originally thinking she had been denied.... Read More
Caribbean
Sports News
Friday , July 25, 2008
Merlene Ottey has failed in her final attempt to achieve the
100m qualifying time that would have taken her to an
unprecedented eighth Olympic Games.
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 Caribbean
Sports News
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Jamaican-born
sprinter Merlene Ottey is reportedly trying for an astounding
eighth appearance at an Olympic Games. ....Read
More
 Caribbean
Sports News
Friday, July 4, 2008
To millions of US wrestling fans,
Kofi Kingston is the first Jamaican wrestler in World Wrestling
Entertainment (WWE), however, he is NOT Jamaican....
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 Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Former Brazilian football star Pele has
been robbed by an armed gang while on his way to his
seaside home. ...
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 Trinidad
Loss Shocks CONCACAF
Published June 15th,
2008
The top teams in the CONCACAF zone started down the road
to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ this weekend.
And while most contests went according to the script or
thereabouts, there were a few shocks, most notably
Trinidad and Tobago's 2-1 loss to rank outsiders Bermuda
on home soil.
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 Sarwan
Century Seals Windies Draw
Published Thursday, June 5, 2008
A superb rearguard century from skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan
helped the West Indies to draw the second Test Match
against Australia in Antigua..
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More
 World
Record For Jamaican Usain Bolt!
Published:
Sunday | June 1st, 2008
Twenty-one-year-old Usain
Bolt is the new world record-holder in the Men's 100
meters after smashing Asafa Powell's 10-month-old mark
with a brilliant, scintillating 9.72 seconds at the
Reebok Grand Prix at the Icahan Stadium in New York on
the night of Saturday, May 31st...
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 Caribbean
Sports News.....
Published:
Wednesday |
May 21st, 2008
Manchester United have won
the Champions League after beating Chelsea 6-5 in a
penalty shoot-out in Moscow....
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 Caribbean
Sports News.....
Published:
Sunday |
May 11th, 2008
St. Vincent and the Grenadines star
quarter miler, Kineke Alexander, is preparing herself secretly
to become her country’s first-ever 400m female finalist.....
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 USA
vs. World
Penn
Relay Results
Published:
Saturday |
April 26th, 2008
Check out the results of the Team
USA relays in the men's the women's 4x100, 4x400, men's distance
medley and women's sprint medley which was broadcast live on
ESPN2 from 2-4 p.m. Eastern Time. The Caribbean nationals
represented to the fullest!!...
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 Jamaican
Cyclist Alden Clunis Is Dead
published: Thursday |
April 17th, 2008
The Jamaican cycling fraternity is mourning the loss of
local rider Alden Clunis, who succumbed to injuries
sustained in a traffic accident last Thursday along the
Stony Hill to Temple Hall roadway.
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 Stalemate
at The Office
published:
Thursday | March 27, 2008
CAPTAIN AURTIS Whitely rifled a spectacular left-footed goal in
the 90th minute to earn Trinidad and Tobago a 2-2 draw against
the
Reggae
Boyz as the
Caribbean heavyweights clashed in a friendly international at
the National Stadium last night.
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Windies Lose Again?
published:
Thursday | March 27, 2008
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - Despite showing valiant fighting
spirit, West Indies handed Sri Lanka their first Test win in
the Caribbean after losing the opening Digicel Test by 121
runs in the dying stages of the final day at the Guyana
National Stadium.
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 Caribbean
Sports Round-up
Published
S aturday,
March 15th, 2008
Adam Hyde is not sure if he is the first Jamaican to reach
Kilimanjaro's highest peak, Uhuru, but he certainly took on
Africa's tallest mountain. ...
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 Caribbean
Sports Round-up
Published
Sunday, March 2nd 2008
Andrew Strauss says he has rekindled his
international form ahead of the first Test against New Zealand.
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 Caribbean
Sports Round-up
Published
Thursday February
21, 2008
West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels will undergo independent
analysis of his bowling action after being reported for a suspected
illegal technique. ...
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 Caribbean
Sports Round-up
Published
Sunday February 17, 2008
Jamaica's former world boxing champion Glen
Johnson sent a stern knockout message to world light heavyweight
king Chad Dawson ....
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 Caribbean
Sports Round-up
Published
Wednesday February 13, 2008
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - World 100 meters record
holder Asafa Powell said yesterday he has withdrawn from the
Sydney grand prix athletics meeting on Saturday with a cut knee. ..
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