Bolt ready for challenge
BEIJING: WORLD RECORD holder Usain Bolt is ready to face all challenges when the heats of the 100 metres begin at the Beijing Olympic Stadium on Friday. Bolt, who is bidding to become the first man since American Carl Lewis to win the Olympic Games sprint double...
A week later, Francis now wants his accreditation
BEIJING: LESS THAN two weeks after Stephen Francis, coach of several top Jamaican athletes, returned his Olympic accreditation, he is asking for it back. A well-placed source close to the Jamaican camp told The Gleaner that Francis, who is the coach...
'Junglists' hold Harbour View to draw
PROMOTED ARNETT Gardens began life in the top flight of women's football on a positive note when they held many-time champions Harbour View to a 1-1 draw in the opening round of the Sherwin Williams Premier League at the Tony Spaulding Sports ...
The real 'test' for Jamaica's sprinters comes on Saturday
NEWS COMING of the Jamaican camp in Beijing that its sprinters - especially Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Michael Frater - are getting extra attention from the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) is not surprising. In fact, one should not be taken aback...
Albert eliminated on last day of event
BEIJING: JAMAICA'S SAMANTHA Albert had a disappointing last day in the equestrian eventing competition in Hong Kong yesterday.Albert, who was ranked a creditable 42 going into the third and final phase of the event, was let down by her horse who refused...
Chinese gymnasts, Phelps dominate
BEIJING (AP): CHINA'S MALE gymnasts have something in common with Michael Phelps: they are as dominant in their sport as the American is in the pool.While Phelps won his third gold medal yesterday (China time) in the 200-metre freestyle, putting him...
Williamses, Nadal stay
on trackBEIJING (AP): SERENA AND Venus Williams each had straight-set victories yesterday to stay on track for a possible matchup in the final, and Rafael Nadal also won his tennis match as he seeks his first Olympic medal. Serena Williams raced into the...
T&T Bovell improves time, but misses semis
BEIJING (CMC): TRINIDAD AND Tobago's Athens hero George Bovell produced a career-best swim but missed out on a semi-final spot in the men's 100-metre freestyle at the Beijing Olympics yesterday. Bovell won his heat in a personal best time of 48.83 seconds...
'Different' tune sung in Beijing
BEIJING (AP):A SEVEN-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched Ode to the Mother-land, a ceremony official said - the latest example of the lengths Beijing...
High spirits in Toronto for Jamaica Olympic team
Spirits are high among Jamaicans living in Toronto, Canada, as the Games of the 29 Olympiad continue in Beijing, China. However, interest is low among Jamaicans in the United Kingdom. "The enthusiasm is very high," president of the Jamaican Diaspora - Canada Foundation...
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