Jamaica Gleaner - Sports - Tuesday

Jamaican football coaches revel in 'Super Bowl at Sea'

For two Jamaicans, setting sail aboard Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas during ESPN's third instalment of its Super Bowl at Sea cruise has been nothing short of a life-changing experience. One sacrificed his position at a major financial institution...

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Walker getspersonal security

FOUR-time champion jockey Omar Walker has had to resort to having personal security since Friday, January 27, when a gunman turned up at his gated community, asking for him by name, and...

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'We defended well' - Portmore's Lewis notes key factor in KO crown

Calvin Lewis, coach of Portmore United, praised his team's defensive qualities and noted its significance in their latest title success."What we have been doing well this season is defending and we defended...

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Ivory Coast, Ghana favourites for African Cup final

BATA, Equatorial Guinea (AP):Ivory Coast and Ghana are on course to meet in a showpiece final at the African Cup of Nations, with only semi-final opponents Mali and Zambia able to prevent the eagerly awaited showdown.Ivory Coast's star-studded squad has...

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Sinclair lowers 17-year mark - Y Speedos top Karl Dalhouse meet

The Y Speedos Swim Club, with 961 points, were winners of last weekend's 17th staging of the Karl Dalhouse Swim Meet at the National Stadium pool complex.The three-day meet, which started on Thursday evening, saw...

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England need to learn from humiliation - Strauss

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):England captain Andrew Strauss has called on his underperforming batsmen to learn from their struggles on the spin-friendly pitches in the humiliating series loss to Pakistan with Test tours to Sri Lanka and India...

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Giants top Patriots for second Super Bowl in four years

INDIANAPOLIS (AP): Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish.Uh-uh, Tom....

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Djokovic, Barcelona take Laureus awards

LONDON (AP):Novak Djokovic won the top individual honour at the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards yesterday, and Barcelona captured the team prize.The top-ranked Djokovic won Sportsman of the Year at the ceremony in...

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Sports court strips Contador of Tour title

MADRID (AP):Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title yesterday and banned for two years after sports' highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping.The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended the three-time Tour...

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Olympic flashback

Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown (right) crosses the finish line ahead of United States' Allyson Felix (centre) and Jamaica's Kerron Stewart to win the women's 200-metre final in the National Stadium at the Olympics in Beijing on Thursday, August 21,...

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Sharapova sets sights on London Olympics

PARIS (AP):Maria Sharapova is making the London Olympics one of her top priorities this year after missing the Beijing Games with an injury.The third-ranked Russian has already won three Grand Slams....