Jamaica Gleaner - Sports - Tuesday

Contracts put Gayle return in a bind

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): A proposed move that would have seen the return of talismanic opener Chris Gayle to the West Indies team and ended his yearlong impasse with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has been stalled.A high-level meeting...

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Bolt stars in Visa ad

Usain Bolt, the defending 100-metre and 200-metre Olympic champion, is being featured in a Visa Europe advertisement in its Run to London campaign leading to the XXX Olympiad starting July 27...

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WI pumped up - Narine

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC):Exciting off-spinner Sunil Narine says West Indies' big win over Australia in Sunday's second one-day international (ODI) will serve as a huge boost to the regional side for the third game of the five-match series here...

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JFF issues ticket advisory

The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is advising the public that tickets for tomorrow's friendly international at the National Stadium against Costa Rica will not be available for purchase on game day at the venue....

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Walker wins double at Chris Shim tourney

KINGSTON:Squash aces Jonathan Walker, Alyssa Mullings and Tayla Ziadie maintained their winning form to take top honours at the Chris Shim Junior Tournament at the Liguanea Club in Kingston on the weekend.The tournament was played on a round-robin...

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Morton laid to rest in homeland

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis (CMC):Former West Indies batsman Runako Morton was laid to rest here Saturday, following a five-hour service that was attended by several dignitaries and former cricketers....

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Semis battle heats up

Christian Pen and Portsmouth are in quite a tussle for the fourth spot - an automatic qualifying place for the semi-finals of the LIME St Catherine Football Association Major League.With three games to play, Christian Pen and Portmore rivals Portsmouth...

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Grandison's 'amazing goal' rockets Portmore into 10-point lead

Ewan Grandison's 62nd-minute strike in Portmore United's 2-1 win over Waterhouse on Sunday in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) accomplished a number of things for himself and his club.That single blow killed the RSPL...

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'We came here determined to avenge the loss'

WESTERN BUREAU: Humble Lion kept their place in the top six of the 2011-12 Red Stripe Premier League on Sunday night when they scored a courageous come-from-behind...

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Olympics flashback

The United States' Kobe Bryant of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers goes for a dunk during a men's basketball game against Angola at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in China.

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Fudadin century, rain earn Guyana stalemate

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):A classy century from Assad Fudadin combined with late afternoon rain to secure Guyana a draw on the final day of their sixth-round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-day clash with Trinidad and Tobago here...