BANGALORE, (AFP) – Sprint superstar Usain Bolt said Tuesday he wanted to play cricket for Jamaica as a youngster but his father convinced him to take up track and field instead. Bolt, the world’s fastest man, could have followed in the footsteps of Jamaican speedsters Michael Holding and Courtney Walsh, who struck fear into the hearts of batsmen while playing for the West Indies in the... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Veronica Campbell Brown of Jamaica won the Zurich Diamond League 100 metres in 11.04 seconds Thursday clocking the same time as second place Muroiel Ahoure. Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, who defeated Campbell Brown to win the Commonwealth Games was third in 11.06 seconds. Kerron Stewart finished fifth in 11.19 seconds. source: jamaica observer »
JAMAICA’S Alia Atkinson kicked off her 2014/2015 FINA World Cup campaign with a master class in breaststroke sprinting, when she won the 100m in Doha, Qatar. Swimming from lane four at FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup, Atkinson had a bullet start with a reaction time of 0.69 seconds. By the time she turned at the first wall she already had a body length lead. At the half-way mark her split w... »
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Reports out of Europe are that triple World Record holder Usain Bolt has pulled the plug on his short 2014 season and has withdrawn from Thursday’s Diamond League meeting in Zurich. Athletics Weekly posted on its twitter account Sunday morning that Bolt who just celebrated his 28th birthday last week had “decided to end his season following outing in Warsaw.” The artic... »
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (centre) competes with Poland’s Karol Zalewski (left) and Jamaican’s Sheldon Mitchell (right) during the 100m of the 5th athletics Kamila Skolimowska Memorial event, a tribute to deceased Olympic champion Kamila Skolimowska, at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, yesterday. (PHOTO: AFP) WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt set a n... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jaheel Hyde set a new World Youth Best 12.96 seconds to win the men’s 110m hurdles gold medal at the 2nd IOC Youth Olympics this morning at the National Stadium in Nanjing, China. Hyde decimated the field winning by over a half a second as he added the Youth Olympic title to the IAAF World Youth title he won in Ukraine last year as well as the IAAF World Junior Championsh... »
“I don’t even have money for a cheeseburger,” said Iverson. Troubled former NBA basketball player Allen Iverson was seen begging for change outside of Lenox Mall in Atlanta. Several mall patrons reported a man with a disheveled appearance harassing them for change. When security arrived, they were shocked to see it was none other than basketball legend Allen Iverson. Iverson was asked to leave the... »
Jamaican sprinter and Olympic multi-champion Usain Bolt (right) competes during an exhibition race at Leme Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. (PHOTO: AFP) RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt won his first 100-metre of 2014 yesterday in an exhibition race run on Rio’s iconic Copacabana beach, two years out from the 2016 Olympics. ... »
LONDON (AP) — Former boxing promoter Frank Maloney announced in a newspaper interview Sunday that he is undergoing a sex change. The 61-year-old Maloney, who guided Lennox Lewis to the world heavyweight title in the 1990s, told Britain’s Sunday Mirror newspaper that he is now living as a woman under the name Kellie. The twice-married Maloney ended his illustrious career last October an... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Sports Illustrated (SI) listed track legend Usain Bolt as the third fittest professional athlete in the magazine’s Top 50 fittest athlete list. Topping the list is basketballer Lebron James with footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in second spot. Sports Illustrated ranked the athletes under speed, strength, agility and endurance with James scoring maximum 10 points in all four s... »
Three of Jamaica’s relay teams at the the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland took gold in games record times today. A star studded Jamaica men’s 4x100m relay team clocked a games record 37.58 seconds to take the gold medal in that event. The team comprising Commonwealth Games 100m gold medallist Kemar Bailey-Cole, bronze medallist Jason Livermore, Nickel Ashmeade and U... »
(From left) Jason Livermore, Rasheed Dwyer and Warren Weir round the bend in the final of the men’s 200m inside Hampden Park at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday. (PHOTO: JOSEPH WELLINGTON) GLASGOW, Scotland — To have done it once, was an amazing thing. But twice in one tournament, is nothing short of miraculous. Like their female counterparts in the 400m two nights ago at ... »
André Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter Kimberly Williams Andrew Riley Glasgow, Scotland: The writing was on the wall. From heats to final, if a Jamaican was in a women’s 400m race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games she would be the first across the finish line. So it wasn’t too big a surprise when one after the other, the Jamaican threesome – Stephenie-Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mill... »
GLASGOW, Scotland — It seems, and understandably so, that the Commonwealth Games is a pull for royalty. Just these past couple of days the Glasgow Games has had Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her husband Prince Phillip and the monarch’s son and heir apparent Prince Charles inside the athletes’ village. Some athletes, including two from Jamaica, were privileged to greet and have lun... »
GLASGOW, Scotland (CMC) — Sprint super star Usain Bolt has criticized anti-doping officials for reducing Tyson Gay’s doping ban. Gay and Bolt’s fellow Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell, both 31, failed drug tests for oxilofrine, in July 2013. Gay was given a one-year ban and Powell was initially suspended for 18 months. “I’m not really happy with the situation and with how it was done,” B... »
The latest FIFA world rankings shows CONCACAF’s Costa Rica as one of the confederation’s best teams. The world cup quarter-finalists climbed 12 places to 16th place, just below the United States who fell two places to 15th. Mexico inched two places to 18th, but bucking the trend of regional teams qualifying for the world cup was Honduras, who slipped 7 places to 40th. The Reggae Boyz... »
Argentina’s legend Diego Maradona has labelled Lionel Messi’s Golden Ball Award from FIFA as a marketing plan. Maradona, who led his country to the title in 1986, said his countryman was not deserving of the award as persons such as Germany’s Thomas Mueller and Arjen Robben of the Netherlands, were more deserving. He also highlighted Colombia’s James Rodriguez, who collecte... »
World and Olympic Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce produced an improved performance but was still not at her best in a second place finish in the 100 meters on day two of the IAAF Diamond League meet in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday. Fraser Pryce was overtaken in the closing stages by the “new kid on the block”, Michelle Lee Aye of Trinidad and Tobago. The victory was Aye’s ninth consecutive... »
Yohan Blake leaves the track injured in a wheelchair after the men’s 100m on day one of the Diamond League Meeting at Hampden Park, Glasgow yesterday. – AP Andre Lowe: Senior Staff Reporter KINGSTON, Jamaica: Yohan Blake will most likely miss the rest of the season. That’s according to information reaching The Gleaner, which states that the sprinter will not feature again for the... »
The Netherlands defeated hosts Brazil 3-0 in the third place World Cup play-off on Saturday. After a 7-1 drubbing by Germany in the semi-final Brazil’s woes in the 2014 tournament continued when they conceded a goal in a mere three minutes against The Netherlands. Robin van Persie opened the scoring from the penalty spot after a foul on Argjen Robben by Brazil captain Thiago Silva. The Netherland... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica—While Brazilian star striker Neymar wished luck to both Germany and Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup final at the Estádio Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil he hopes the South Americans will come out on top. Though it has been said that the two South American nations are bitter rivals, Neymar’s preference came as a result of him playing at Barcelona with Argentina stars Lionel... »
By Patrick R. Anderson Tick off Wimbledon title number two. Twenty-four year old Czech player Petra Kvitova executed one of the most dominating performances in the women’s singles final at the All England Tennis Championships at Wimbledon. She brushed aside Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-0 in 55 minutes, powering her way with big serves and wicked passing shots down either line. The l... »
Brazil’s forward Neymar lies on the pitch after being injured during the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter-final football match between Brazil and Colombia on July 4 (Photo: AFP). FORTALEZA (AFP) – Brazil on Friday, July 4 lost superstar striker Neymar for the World Cup after he fractured a vertebrae during his side’s 2-1 World Cup quarter final win over Colombia. Colombia defender Jua... »
While no Caribbean team is being represented in the 2014 FIFA World Cup now underway in Brazil, there are a slew of players of Caribbean decent playing for teams such as England, Netherland and France. Here is a list of 10 big name players who are playing in the World Cup who are Caribbean decent. Raheem Sterling is a 19-year-old professional soccer player who was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He mig... »
Top Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake look set to miss this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Neither sprinter has been entered for the June26-29 National Trials, which will be used to select Jamaica’s team for the Commonwealth Games set for July 23 to August 3. Under JAAA rules, athletes must compete at the Trials to be considered for selection to any team. However, ac... »
