Jamaica's Usain Bolt - Bolt goes for another world record
Berlin, Germany: Usain Bolt will be seeking to complete the 12th IAAF World Championships sprint double when he runs in the 200 metres final at the Berlin Olympic Stadium today at 1:35 p.m. Jamaica time (8:35 p.m. in Berlin). Bolt, watched by his parents...
Tests negative for all athletes
Berlin, Germany: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), in a release yesterday, rubbished reports that an athlete in Sunday's men's 100 metres final at the 12th World Championships here had tested positive for a banned...
Mullings in the perfect zone
BERLIN, Germany: Steve Mullings couldn't be in a more perfect place right now. He's bounced back from a two-year ban for testing positive for an illegal substance in 2004 at Jamaica's national trials, which cost him a place at the Olympic Games ...
Semenya shakes off gender test uproar to win 800
BERLIN (AP): South African teenager Caster Semenya shook off a gender test controversy yesterday to easily win the 800-metre gold medal at the World Championships.Semenya's dominating performance was all the more remarkable because it came the same day...
Berliner Hartig 'couldn't allow someone else to win' in his town
BERLIN (AP): Robert Hartig came up with a huge throw on his final attempt to win the men's discus yesterday at the World Championships, then ripped off his shirt in celebration. Trailing Piotr Malachowski of Poland since the first round, Hartig stepped...
Smith rallying the troops in spite of personal disappointment
BERLIN, Germany: A leader fell for Jamaica yesterday, but that will not stop him from rallying the rest of the troops. Decathlete Maurice Smith, who claimed to be in better shape than when he won a silver medal at the last...
Kamel follows in Dad's strides
BERLIN (AP): Yusuf Saad Kamel of Bahrain charged from behind to win the gold medal yesterday in the men's 1,500 metres, becoming a world champion like his Kenyan father before him.Deresse Mekonnen of Ethiopia took the silver and Bernard Lagat...
Jamaica, England in fourth-place clash
AVARUA, Cook Islands (CMC):Jamaica's Under-21 netballers will play for the bronze medal at the World Youth Championship today.The Jamaicans failed to overcome their toughest challenge of the Championship so far, when the reigning champions and title...
Waterhouse mark advance with title success
When Waterhouse captured the inaugural KSAFA/Claro pre-season Champions League title Tuesday night, one man who was noticeably involved in the celebrations on the field was club president, businessman Ricardo 'Ricky' Chin...
West Indies stars in 'cash before country' affair
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): A leading Caribbean academic with strong ties to West Indies cricket believes the recent decision of leading West Indies players to withdraw their services needs to be seen in the context of the state of West Indian...
We need more int'l exposure - Nicholson
Jamaica's regional ranking in field hockey is far from desired and St Andrew Hockey club's Demi Nicholson, the Most Valuable Player in division two of the Jamaica Hockey Federation's (JHF) women's tournament, said more "international exposure"...
New Zealand reach 87-2
GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP): New Zealand fought back over the final two sessions on day two to put the first Test against Sri Lanka on an even keel yesterday. The visitors reached 87-2 at stumps after Thilan Samaraweera top-scored with 159 to take Sri Lanka...