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MAN UNITED VS TOTTENHAM

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 1:41 PM

MANCHESTER UNITED (4-3-3)DE GEA, DARMIAN, SMALLING, BLIND, SHAW, SCHNEIDERLIN, CARRICK, DEPAY, MATA, ROONEY, YOUNGTOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (4-2-3-1)KANE, CHADLI, ERIKSEN, LAMELA, MASON, BENTALEB, ROSE, VERTONGHAN, WIMMER, DIER, LLORISThis is first game of...

Something Extra

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:00 AM

The celebrations to make Proud and Free ... Jamaica 53! took various formats across the island. Today, we bring you all the highlights. From the Fashion Greets Music showcase at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, to the party scene on the north...

ARSENAL VS WEST HAM

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 1:46 PM

ARSENAL (4-2-3-1)CECH, BELLERIN, KOSCIELNY, MERTESACKER, MONREAL, COQUELIN, CAZORLA, RAMSEY, OZIL, WALCOTT, GIROUDWEST HAM (4-2-3-1)SAKHO, JARVIS, PAYET, ZARATE, NOBLE, KOUYATE, CRESSWELL, REID, TOMKINS, BURKE, ADRIANArsenal approach the 2015-16...

WEST BROM VS MAN CITY

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 1:55 PM

WEST BROM (4-5-1)MYHILL, DAWSPN, CHESTER, OLSSON, LESCOTT, GARDNER, FLETCHER, YACOB, McCLEAN, BRUNT, BERAHINOMAN CITY (4-2-3-1)BONY, NAVAS, SILVA, TOURE, FERNANDO, FERNANDINHO, MANGALA, DEMICHELIS, ZABALETA, KOLAROV,Manchester City will be...

They killed my boy

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:01 PMCorey Robinson

There was no Independence Day frolic on Maiden Street in Franklin Town yesterday as residents mourned the death of Nicholas Thomas, the 20-year-old killed in Wednesday's controversial shooting on East Queen Street in downtown Kingston.Unlike at...

BPL previews

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 2:11 PM

AFC B'MOUTH VS ASTON VILLABarclays Premier League newcomers AFC Bournemouth are in the top flight for the first time in their history. Arguably the 'smallest' club ever to feature in the Premier League - they have a stadium with a capacity of less...

Chelsea's Costa doubtful

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 2:33 PM

LONDON (AP):Chelsea could have to begin the defence of their Premier League title without striker Diego Costa when the champions host Swansea at Stamford Bridge tomorrow on the opening weekend of the new season.The Spain striker, who propelled...

Judgement day in JLP - Holness' stewardship focus at caucus

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMGary Spaulding

The parliamentary group of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is scheduled to go into caucus today, a session in which the future of the party and the leadership of Andrew Holness are expected to be examined. Once again, the youthful leader of four years...

Editorial: Good argument for twinned elections

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Dorothy Pine-McLarty can rest assured of the people's appreciation of the fact that the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), which she chairs, has neither the power nor authority to force its views down the Government's throat. They understand,...

Wilshere has cracked left fibula

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 3:15 PM

LONDON (AP):Arsenal manager ArsÈne Wenger says midfielder Jack Wilshere has fractured his left fibula and will face "a few weeks out".Wilshere sustained the injury after a training-ground collision last week, but the extent of the damage was only...

Challenge of the 21st century

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Birthdays and anniversaries are times to look back and look forward, to take stock and to consider options for the future. Just as nothing is ever all good, nothing is ever all bad; and a healthy dose of honesty will allow us to first admit and then...

Culture on parade at King's House

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica's proud culture was on show yesterday at King's House, where the Independence Parade was held in commemoration of the country's 53rd anniversary as an independent nation. It was part of a host of activities taking place on Independence Day....

Broad answers Cook's call

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:00 AM

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP):In his pre-match rally, England captain Alastair Cook called on a teammate to make the telling intervention in the fourth Ashes Test so their "name will be etched in history forever".That man proved to be Stuart Broad.It...

Opposition speech tasteless, tactless

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 3:36 PM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Our politicians do not know when to speak and when to shut up.I was at the annual Independence Day function at King's House yesterday and I was so upset. The speech given by the Opposition was so politicised. Ninety per cent of the...

Australia fall for 60, England set to regain Ashes

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:00 AM

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP):England were on course to regaining the Ashes after dominating a record-shattering opening day of the fourth Test, illuminated by Stuart Broad's 8-15 that skittled Australia for 60 in the shortest first innings in Test...

Modern Boyz better than 1998 team

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:00 AM

The creditable Gold Cup performance by the Reggae Boyz, who made the final for the very first time, having beaten the USA for the first time on their own soil, has started a serious debate as to whether this current squad is the best to have...

Sports Briefs

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 4:13 PM

Akram escapesshooting attackKARACHI, Pakistan (AP):A gunman opened fire on Pakistan's legendary former cricket captain, Wasim Akram, in an apparent incident of road rage in the southern city of Karachi on Wednesday, police said.Senior police officer...

Make Emancipendence a four-day weekend

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:00 AM

When do two public holidays feel like no holiday at all? When one falls on a Saturday and the other in the middle of the workweek. Which is what Jamaicans are experiencing this year, with Emancipation Day on a Saturday - when most people don't work...

Private sector always puts self before country

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 4:42 PM

THE EDITOR, Sir:If the report carried on your front page of August 5, 2015 regarding the reaction of William Mahfood and his private-sector colleague Metry Seaga and others is indeed correct, I would not be the least bit surprised.Admittedly,...

More than 150 Jamaicans to receive National Honours

Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 4:55 PMJodi-Ann Gilpin

Having the names of two Baptist missionaries, Reverend Burchell Knibb Taylor, believes he could not have escaped pastoral work.This journey, which includes serving at the Bethel Baptist Church in St Andrew for the last 45 years, has led him to being...

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