Jamaica Gleaner - Sports - Friday

Jamaica hunt regional record

A ding-dong battle is expected over the next four days when Jamaica meet Barbados in the final of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-Day Tournament at Sabina Park. The match, which is scheduled to get...

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Shillingford called up for T&T Test

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Windward Islands off-spinner Shane Shillingford has been called up for the second Test against Australia starting here Sunday, on the heels of a disappointing performance by leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo in the Kensington...

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All set for UTech Classics

With a day to go before the University of Technology (UTech) Track and Field Classics inside the National Stadium, meet director Bruce James is reporting that everything is in place for what he expects to be the event's...

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Bolt returns to Monaco for Diamond League

World and Olympic sprint champion, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, will return to Monaco to run the 200 metres at the Herculis Samsung Diamond League meet on July 20.The series of 14 meetings spread across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States which...

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UTech coaches' conference at Pegasus

The second annual University of Technology Coaches' Conference will be held today at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, starting at 8:30 a.m.This year's conference will be held under the theme: 'Maximising our potential, protecting our...

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Jamaica third overall at Carifta Chess

Volume 1.Carifta success - Two Jamaican Carifta Chess champions were crowned this week in Trinidad at the Inaugural Carifta Chess Tournament - Sheneal Gardner for the girls Under-12 section and Stuart James...

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Cut wipes out Bumpy's hopes

A deep gash over his right eye forced a second-round stoppage and ended the title hopes of popular Glenroy 'Bumpy' Beckford in Wednesday's first quarter-final in the Wray & Nephew welterweight Contender series at the Chinese Benevolent Society...

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Under-16s make it two in Birmingham

Jamaica's Under-16 netballers defeated their Birmingham counterparts 31-24 yesterday to register the second consecutive victory of their three-match tour of Birmingham, England.The junior Sunshine Girls were led to their victory by Shanieka Watson...

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Ebanks leaves a legacy of decency

WHEN FLOYD Ebanks, former vice-president and group corporate secretary of Island Life Group of Companies, passed away on April 1, he left a legacy of decency, a penchant for hard work, dedication and commitment for all those who had the opportunity...

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Coe: China will top medals table

LONDON (AP):Sebastian Coe predicts China will outperform the United States (US) to win the medals race at the London Olympics.Coe, the two-time 1,500-metre Olympic champion who heads London's organising committee for the games, said China has expanded...