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NETBALL: NJ appoints head coach

Published:Wednesday | March 22, 2017 | 8:55 PM

Netball  Jamaica  (NJ) has appointed Jermaine  Allison-McCracken  of England as head coach of the Senior Sunshine Girls.     In a  release tonight NJ said Allison-McCracken would be in charge for a six-month...

Bolt to speak at major Malaysian forum

Published:Wednesday | March 22, 2017 | 12:00 AM

The world's fastest man is among a list of 31 high-profile speakers down to address the Global Transformation Forum, which takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the KL Convention Centre, over the next two days. Bolt will be speaking at a...

Wenger denies PSG offer

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 1:18 PM

PARIS (AP):Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has denied he has been offered a two-year deal to become coach at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).Speaking to Beinsports channel, the Frenchman said the reports in the British press are "fake news".Wenger said last...

Vardy receiving death threats after Ranieri axe

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 2:26 PM

LONDON (AP):Jamie Vardy has gone from Premier League champion to a target of hatred. The Leicester striker said he has received death threats amid the bitter fallout from manager Claudio Ranieri being fired by his club last month.Vardy was named as...

Flow, Man Utd to deliver Ultimate Football Experience

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

At least two Jamaican youth footballers between the ages of 13 and 16 will get the opportunity of a lifetime through yet another exciting initiative being spearheaded by telecommunications firm Flow and their partner, Manchester United.The Ultimate...

NCB pumps $3m into Intercol Champs

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 3:16 PMRaymond Graham

THIS year's Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships, which is scheduled for Friday, April 7, and Saturday April 8, was yesterday launched with the National Commercial Bank (NCB) continuing as major supporters with a $3 million sponsorship.The...

Windies to begin preparation for Pakistan series

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 3:59 PM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC):West Indies players will assemble in Barbados today as they begin preparation for their four-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan starting next Sunday.The 16-man squad, headed by captain Carlos Brathwaite, will undergo...

Dyke hails 'special' Davis

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 4:09 PMRaymond Graham

IT has been a wonderful season so far for Edwin Allen second year Class Three athlete Kevona Davis.The defending double sprint champion looks a cinch in repeating that feat once again as she has recorded the fastest times by any schoolgirl this...

Excelsior goes 'Full Hundred' for Champs

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 4:21 PMDania Bogle

Excelsior High School is planning to go the "Full One Hundred" for the 2017 ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships as the team's head coach, David Riley, said the aim is for both male and female teams to earn at least 100 points...

Reid looking to run fast at Champs

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman

Standout St Jago athlete Joanne Reid says she harbours no fears of her Class Three rivals, with the 400m star confident about unleashing fast times at next week's ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships, at the National Stadium....

Pitch problems - ABCA president urges WICB to look into Sabina Park surface

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

ST JOHN'S, Antigua, (CMC):Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association president, Leon Rodney, has criticised the Sabina Park pitch and called on theWest Indies Cricket Board to pay closer attention to the preparation of pitches for the ongoing Regional...

Four changes for Scorpions ahead of Red Force clash

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 5:49 PMJermaine Lannaman

Third-placed Jamaica Scorpions have made four changes to their 13-man squad ahead of their eight-round Digicel WICB Four-day Tournament clash against fifth-place Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in Port-of-Spain, starting on Friday.The three changes,...

Take control! - Spencer, Hylton accused of anti-doping offence; Dawes calls for vigilance; Athletes deny wrong doing

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe

Sports medicine expert Dr Winston Dawes is calling on Jamaican athletes and sports associations to take charge of their anti-doping efforts, this after it was confirmed that World Championships medalists Kaliese Spencer and Riker Hylton had committed...

UPDATE: Spencer, Hylton breach anti-doping rules

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM


The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has confirmed that it has been advised by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) that World Championships medallists Kaliese Spencer and Riker Hylton have been referred to the Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel for an anti-doping violation.

Two Jamaicans face four-year anti-doping violation ban

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Jamaican quarter-miler Riker Hylton is one of two Jamaican athletes who have been notified by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) of refusing to provide a doping sample which...

Foster's Fairplay | Principals' Principles

Published:Monday | March 20, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Foster's Fairplay is, not at this juncture, concerned with rights or wrongs of the ongoing squabble as they pertain to the eligibility of the Ugandan athlete, Ari Rodgers, to participate in the ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys...

Follow The Trace | Enough of Ari

Published:Monday | March 20, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Controversy certainly sells, and, for sure, the swirling saga engulfing the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), Uganda-born Kingston College (KC) athlete Ari Rodgers, and defending under pressure boys' champions Calabar High has...

SDF spending $35m to repair basketball courts

Published:Monday | March 20, 2017 | 1:48 PMRobert Bailey

General Manager of the Sport Development Foundation (SDF) Denzil Wilks says that it is costing his organisation about $35 million to repair the national basketball courts.Wilks told The Gleaner in an interview that refurbishing work on the courts,...

Miller blames pitch for Scorpions loss

Published:Monday | March 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMJermaine Lannaman

Captain Nikita Miller has pointed to pitch and playing conditions, as well as poor application, as the main reasons as to why the Jamaica Scorpions fell to a 34-runs defeat to the Leeward Islands Hurricanes on the weekend at Sabina Park.The contest...

Tallawahs want Sabina CPL final

Published:Monday | March 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman

In considering the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament mutually beneficial to regional economies, Jamaica Tallawahs Managing Director Ron Parikh is of the view that Jamaica's Sabina Park would be the perfect venue for this year's final....

The Wright View | Don't abuse Rodgers

Published:Monday | March 20, 2017 | 12:00 AM

The response in Jamaica to the consistent and persistent abuse of its children has resulted in the formation of different organisations whose main aim is to sensitise us, the citizens, of the scope of the problem; and to identify ways to combat this...

Bangladesh grabs win in 100th test

Published:Sunday | March 19, 2017 | 1:47 PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP):Bangladesh clinched a historic four-wicket win in their 100th Test match, also their first ever Test victory against Sri Lanka, to secure a series draw Sunday.Needing 191 to win, the tourists reached their target losing six...

City, Liverpool share points at Etihad

Published:Sunday | March 19, 2017 | 2:37 PM

MANCHESTER, England (AP):Sergio Aguero's 69th-minute goal rescued a point for Manchester City in a 1-1 draw against Liverpool on Sunday in a gripping Premier League game between two teams battling for Champions League qualification.The Argentina...

Manley back on track

Published:Sunday | March 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMHubert Lawrence

Martin Manley, the 2013 400m World Youth Champion, has just one real target for the 2017 season. He simply wants to stay healthy after a few years in which injuries put him off-track. Now, after a promising run at last month's Gibson McCook Relays,...

Stewart doesn't want national call up

Published:Sunday | March 19, 2017 | 3:28 PMNodley Wright

To fans of local football, attacking player Tremaine Stewart should be a fixture in the national team. Fans, however, should not hold their breath, as, according to Stewart himself, that will not happen.The player, who first shone as a schoolboy for...

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