I'm not too surprised - Lee
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland: Respect yourself before you respect others. Those were encouraging words coach Claude Grant passed on to Dexter Lee, minutes before the most important race of his life. Yesterday, in chilly conditions, Lee...
Basketball title brings renewed hope to Payne Land
A home-made basketball hoop sits in the centre of the section of Payne Land known as High Rise. The familiar inner-city apartment blocks surround the hoop and a 30' x 30' concrete playing surface. Children take aim in the midday sun....
Campbell, Chambers win at area meet
World 100-metre champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, Ricardo Chambers and Shereefa Lloyd were winners in their respective events at the Olympic Meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece, yesterday as some of Jamaica's Olympians continued preparations...
Manchester U-15 championships kick-off this weekend
Manchester's flagship youth football tournament, the Porus Under-15 Championships, sponsored by Western Union, will kick-off this Sunday at the Porus Community Centre...
Mile Gully nab Manchester Division Two title
Mile Gully defeated Young Diamonds 4-2 on penalties Sunday to lift the new-look Manchester Division Two football crown sponsored by Power Services Ltd. The final result effectively ended the 2007-2008 season in which Mile Gully...
Bibby, Stackhouse billed for 'Hoopfest Jamaica'
At least five players from the National Basketball Association (NBA) will be in the island at the end of August to conduct a clinic and play an exhibition game. Sports Minister Olivia 'Babsy' Grange made the announcement on Sunday...
Jamaica's martial arts future secure
WHEREAS Jamaica's black belt seniors confirmed their class by adding 10 individual medals to the successful defence of their World Continental Team Fighting Championship at the International Sports Karate Association's US Martial Arts...
Holyfield getting financial house in order
ATLANTA (AP): Working to resolve his financial problems, former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield reached an agreement yesterday in a child-support case and avoided a court hearing that could have led to a call for jail time...