Jamaica Gleaner - Sports - Thursday

August Town strike at last

AUGUST TOWN broke their five-game goalless streak yesterday when they drew 1-1 against hosts Boys' Town in a heated match in the Cash Plus Premier League (CPPL) at Collie Smith Drive. It was a disappointing result for Boys' Town, who missed numerous chances to score because of bad play...

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Portmore march over Sporting Central

FIRST-ROUND champions Portmore United defeated Sporting Central Academy 2-0 in their first game of the second round of the Cash Plus Primer League (CPPL) at Brancourt yesterday. Portmore dominated most of the first half with greater ball possession but failed to make it truly....

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Reno make a super start to second round

RENO MADE the perfect start to the second round with a workmanlike 3-1 win over Arnett at STETHS yesterday. The three points pushed them to 16, two more than Arnett, and should, according to coach Wendell Downswell, provide the fillip to recapture the second-round form....

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Jadore upsets in feature

JADORE, RUNNING at odds of 12-1 with senior jockey Clive Lynch aboard, made most to win the circular nine feature for the Joseph Armond Memorial Cup (non-winners of two 3-y-os) in decisive fashion at Caymanas Park yesterday. Owned by Milade Azan and trained...

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All-daCosta Cup team continues Jamaica's reign

THE ALL-daCosta Cup team continued Jamaica's dominance over Trinidad and Tobago despite sharing the spoils against an All-schools team from the twin-island republic at Jamalco Sports Club yesterday. In the match, which ended 1-1, Glenmuir and national Under-17 player James...

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Windies suffer batting meltdown

EAST LONDON, South Africa (CMC): THE WEST Indies failed to ease worries that they will be less than competitive in their three-Test series with South Africa when they endured a batting meltdown against the hosts' A team yesterday at Buffalo Park....

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Cuba out of 20/20 tourney

COOLIDGE, Antigua (CMC): CUBA WILL not be playing in the 2008 Stanford Twenty20 Cup, organisers announced yesterday.Due to the United States embargo against Cuba, organisations and American citizens such as Sir Allen Stanford have to apply and receive...

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Inside the BPL - The game off the field

DEALING IN the shadows; cloaked in mystery with a licence to make a killing. The 007s of the football world have become the sports most reviled figures off the field, but are these brokers of record-breaking deals agents of change or agent provocateurs?