Jamaica's ace sprinters check into Olympic village
BEIJING (AP): The world's two fastest men, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, checked into the Olympic athletes' village yesterday after a three-hour bus ride from the Jamaican training camp, arriving four days ahead of the first heats of the 100 metres...
Asafa's got the edge
BEIJING, China (CMC): Ever since Hasely Crawford and Don Quarrie won Olympic Games gold medals in 1976, no Caribbean male athlete has been to the top of the podium in the Olympics. That could change at the 29th Summer Games in Beijing, China, where the Caribbean ...
Powell brimming with confidence
BEIJING, Olympics (CMC):Former 100 metres world-record holder Asafa Powell said yesterday he was upbeat about his chances of winning the event at 29th Olympiad here.Earlier this year, Powell lost his world record to fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt and with...
Spanish cyclist expelled for doping
BEIJING (AP): In the first official doping case of the Beijing Olympics, Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno was kicked out of the Games yesterday after testing positive for EPO.Moreno, who had been due to compete in the women's road race and individual...
India hails first individual champion
NEW DELHI (AP): India celebrated its first ever individual Olympic gold medallist yesterday, offering the shooter the accolades of a nation desperate for Olympic glory, lots of cash and a free lifetime pass to ride the railways.Abhinav Bindra won gold in...
Emotional US slump to Cuba
BEIJING (AP): The United States women's volleyball team, playing in their second match of an emotionally draining Olympics, lost to Cuba in three sets yesterday.Cuba, ranked third in the world, overpowered the US women 25-15, 26-24, 25-17 and are up 2-0...
T&T 4x100 men could upset apple cart
BEIJING, China (CMC): While most Caribbean track and field pundits have made bold predictions that the contest for the 4x100 metres relay gold medal should be between the US and Jamaica, not much attention and respect is given to the crack relay quartet...
World records take a plunge in Water Cube
BEIJING (AP): Five world records fell yesterday at the Water Cube, with Michael Phelps winning his second gold of the Beijing Olympics.Phelps and his teammates set a world mark in winning the 4x100 freestyle relay, barely beating France in three...
Clennon nets hat-trick as Boyz hammer Waterhouse
André Clennon scored a hat-trick to inspire the Reggae Boyz to a 5-1 win over National Premier League outfit Waterhouse Football Club, in a warm-up football game at Brancourt in Clarendon, yesterday. René Simoes, coach of the Boyz, said: "We played the ball with the brain...
Digicel, Nike to sponsor NPL football
Information reaching The Gleaner is that local telecommunications giant, Digicel, and international apparel manufacturer, Nike, are close to signing an agreement with the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) - the representative body of National Premier Clubs...
Hoopers' one-point win seals title
Western Bureau: Hoopers won their first Western Basketball Association (WBA) Lucozade Men's Championship title on Sunday night, when they clipped Inner-City Avalanche 71-70 to win Game Five and the closely contested best-of-five Finals series 3-2. In the game at the Montego...
Bartley tops RJR charity tourney
Lindy Bartley captured the third RJR Group/St Andrew Care Centre Charity Golf Tournament at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club on Sunday. The tournament was played over 18 holes. Bartley, a member of the Caymanas Golf Club, scored 64 to claim a convincing eight-stroke...
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