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Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2017 | 12:00 AM

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): West Indies selectors on Monday announced a 13-man squad for the three-match one-day international series against Pakistan starting on Friday in Guyana.The side will be led again by Jason Holder....

Mullings in spotlight as Contender 2017 begins

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

Jamaica's popular boxing series, the Wray & Nephew Contender, starts tonight at the Chinese Benevolent Association auditorium with a five-round contest between Jamaica's Sakima Mullings and Canada's William 'The Punisher' Matthews...

Jackie Bell KO heats up with big double-header

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2017 | 2:27 PMMarc Stamp

The Jamaica National Visa/Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Jackie Bell knockout competition continues today with a double-header at Constant Spring Complex in St Andrew.In the first game, the nation's number one ranked team, UWI...

Spaulding celebrate golden double

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2017 | 4:13 PMHubert Lawrence

Spalding High School is delighted with its double success at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships last week. According to girls' team coach Megan Wilson-Copeland, the school family is elated after Kimone Campbell and Dwayne Moore...

Samuels: Scorpions all but out of title race

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2017 | 5:27 PMJermaine Lannaman

Jamaica Scorpions head coach, Robert Samuels, has all but conceded the Digicel WICB Regional Four-day Tournament title.Now in third position on 95.2 points, Jamaica face a must-win situation in the last two rounds of the six-team championship.They...

'I am not worried'

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2017 | 5:40 PMShayne Fairman

Kingston College's (KC) track and field head coach, Neil Harrison, has hit back at his detractors three days after the school lost narrowly to bitter rivals Calabar High at the 2017 ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships.Harrison considers...

The Butler did it - Upset at 800 metres

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2017 | 5:56 PMHubert Lawrence

At last week's Boys and Girls' Championships, the St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) pair of Rayon Butler and Jauavney James surprised their rivals with a one-two finish in the Class One 800 metres.According to STETHS coach, Reynaldo...

Coach Law wants 'smarter' cricket

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2017 | 8:48 PM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC):West Indies head coach Stuart Law says the regional side will have to raise their game and play "smarter" cricket if they are to get the better of Pakistan in the three-match one-day series starting here Friday.The hosts...

C'bar target KC Champs record

Published:Monday | April 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

After capturing their sixth straight ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys' Athletics Championship title, Calabar High School seems to be getting used to winning the Mortimer Geddes Trophy, as students, school staff and general supporters celebrated at the school...

Ashley preps for title with win

Published:Monday | April 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMLeroy Brown

With a world title fight on the horizon, former World Boxing Council Super bantamweight champion Alicia Ashley scored an impressive unanimous decision over Liliana Martinez from the Dominican Republic, at the Karibe Conference Centre in Haiti last...

Follow The Trace | The brave fell

Published:Monday | April 3, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Title favourites Kingston College (KC) failed to live up to their famous school motto "the brave may fall but never yield" by falling and eventually yielding in their unsuccessful bid to unseat defending champions Calabar at the 2017 ISSA/...

Foster's Fairplay | The magic of Champs

Published:Monday | April 3, 2017 | 12:00 AM

ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships 2017 is now history. Those who had the good fortune to follow it through the various media were fed a diet of bright prospects whose brilliance, brought about by some breath-taking...

The Wright View | Hats off to Clarke

Published:Monday | April 3, 2017 | 12:00 AM

The victory of Calabar over Kingston College (KC) in the recently concluded ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys' Athletics Championships at the National Stadium reminds me of a quote I read years ago: "An army of deer led by a lion will defeat an army of lions...

KC brave in Champs defeat

Published:Monday | April 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman

Though bruised and stunned by last weekend's defeat to bitter rivals Calabar, yesterday's mood at ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys Championships giants Kingston College (KC) was a mix of bravery and belief that they will overcome, and hopefully win the title...

Fennell blasts Jamaican doping allegations

Published:Monday | April 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment

Jamaica Olympic Association President Mike Fennell said that he is very concerned about what he describes as "wild allegations" being made that Jamaican athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics were not prosecuted for positive tests by the...

Edwin planning further Champs dominance

Published:Monday | April 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMRobert Bailey

Everton Walters, principal of reigning ISSA-GraceKennedy Girls' Athletics Champions Edwin Allen, said they intend on holding on to the title for a very long time.Walters made the declaration during yesterday's title celebrations at the school's...

C'bar has five-year plan to keep winning

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman

Defending ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys' Athletics Champions Calabar High might have gone in with five consecutive titles under their belts, yet, for many, they were the underdogs to retain the coveted Mortimer Geddes Trophy, inside the National Stadium.As...

Dyke: We can keep winning Champs

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2017 | 5:55 PM

Boasting a combination of one of the best coaching set-ups in the island and excellent support system, winning ISSA-GraceKennedy Girls' Championship coach Michael Dyke, reacted with little surprise to Edwin Allen High's fourth consecutive title at...

Russell says injury wasn't serious

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Calabar's 110m hurdles Boys' Championship winner and record breaker De'Jour Russell says despite all the speculations surrounding the seriousness of his injury coming into the championships, he was never badly hurt.The powerful sprinter had an...

Hat trick for Campesino

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2017 | 6:50 PMOrville Clarke

CAMPESINO completed a hat-trick of cup race wins at Caymanas Park on Saturday, lowering the colours of two-time 'Horse of the Year' SEEKING MY DREAM in the grade one feature for the Lady Geeta Trophy over 1200 metres, to be unbeaten in three starts...

Bernard gives back to alma mater

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMDania Bogle

After finding satisfaction in giving back to her alma mater Excelsior High School former Netball Jamaica president Marva Bernard is encouraging other women to do the same.Bernard, who left the top post at Netball Jamaica in 2015 after 10 years at...

Take responsibility! - Brathwaite

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2017 | 7:18 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Captain Carlos Brathwaite has stressed on the need for players to take more responsibility for their performances, following West Indies' 3-1 series loss to Pakistan yesterday.The Caribbean side produced another limp...

Champs debutants relish experience

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2017 | 7:35 PMLivingston Scott

The expectation of performing at Jamaica's biggest single sporting event, the annual Boys and Girls' championships, has brought both joy and disappointment to many young aspiring medallists.For many, nerves get the better of them, while for others...

Waterhouse continue revival in RSPL

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2017 | 7:28 PMMarc Stamp

Coach of Waterhouse Football, Glendon 'Admiral' Bailey says the team has been getting better results since the suspension of two senior players.Waterhouse edged Boys' Town 1-0 on Red Stripe Premier League match -day 31 at the Barbican Complex in St...

Higuain jeered as Napoli, Juve draw

Published:Sunday | April 2, 2017 | 8:11 PM

MILAN, Italy (AP):Gonzalo Higuain's every touch was greeted with whistles and jeers by his former fans but the Argentina forward had little impact as Juventus could only draw 1-1 at Napoli in Serie A yesterday.It was Higuain's first time back at...

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