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ICC says no world test championship until 2017 ;Cricket’s world test championship will not begin until 2017, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat announced on Monday. “I am afraid that is no longer going to happen in 2013,” he told reporters at the Pakistan v Sri Lanka one-day international in Dubai.
Cricketers found guilty in spot-fixing trial ;Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were convicted Tuesday of fixing parts of a test match in the most serious corruption scandal to hit the sport in more than a decade.
Burrell will stay on. ;Captain Horace Burrell has described his six-month FIFA ban for an involvement in the much-publicised Caribbean Football Union (CFU) bribery scandal as "harsh" but he will not walk away voluntarily. However, he is willing to walk away from the JFF if his board asks him to.
British race horse named ‘Usain Colt’ wins first race ;Most of us know that Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt might be the fastest man alive but what about in the fastest mammal? A race horse ridden by Irish jockey Richard Hughes recently won his first race at Newbury race course in Great Britain and showed great speed in the victory winning by 2 1/4 lengths. So of course, the horse’s name is “Usain Colt”:
Samuels,Simmons hit 50s in West Indies win ;Half-centuries by Marlon Samuels and Lendl Simmons eased West Indies to an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second one-day international on Saturday and an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
Games streakers face fine for ads ;Streakers could face fines of up to £20,000 under tough rules aimed at banning unofficial marketing at the London 2012 Games. An amendment to the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 aims to target unofficial, or ambush, marketing and could cover anyone who tries to use their bodies to flash an advert for a company.
Gutierrez helps put Colombia past Jamaica 2-0 ;Teofilo Gutierrez scored in the 55th minute as Colombia beat Jamaica 2-0 in an international friendly Tuesday. Gutierrez gathered Radamel Falcao’s centering pass from the right wing and fired a shot past Jamaica goalkeeper Dwayne Miller. Jamaica nearly equalized in the 80th minute when Omar Daley’s shot from just inside the large area bounced off the crossbar.
Kenya's Kemboi celebrates men’s steeplechase win in style - in salute of friend Usain Bolt ;After winning the men’s steeplechase, Ezekiel Kemboi put on a celebration worthy of Usain Bolt. The defending champion gave Kenya its fourth gold medal of the world championships on Thursday and then putting on a celebration that could rival Bolt at his showboating best.
Boyz take on Ecuador on September 2. ;The Reggae Boyz will play Ecuador away on September 2 at the 39,000-capacity Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, in Quito, Ecuador.
Jamaica select squad for Ecuador friendly ;The technical staff for the Senior National team has called a training camp for the period August 25- 29 to prepare for the upcoming international friendly, Ecuador vs Jamaica to be played in Quito, Ecuador on Friday, September 2 at 4:00 pm Jamaica time. The list of invited players for the game which is attached includes ten (10) overseas and nine (9) local based players.
Usain Bolt to star in new Channel 4 ident ;Channel 4 will tonight (8 August) launch an ident featuring Usain Bolt, in which the world's fastest man is transformed into the network's logo. As the camera pans slowly around Bolt, the angle of his pose creates the illusion of a Channel 4 logo. The Jamaican sprinter appears in his athletics kit, featuring the logo of his key sponsor Puma.
Keammar Daley goes to Preston North End in England on Trial ;Tivoli Gardens Football Club player Keammar 'Dada' Daley has gone to England for trial at Preston North End, the English Championship team which was recently relegated to Division One (1) in the English Football League. Preston has now come under new ownership with new funding which will assist the club to return to the Championship League with the acquisition of new talent.
Fuller wants to end career at Stoke City ;Ricardo Fuller wants a new contract at Stoke to end his career at the Britannia Stadium. The Jamaican striker, 31, came close to joining Sunderland in January and has also been courted by Birmingham. Fuller said: "Of course I'd like to stay. I have been here five years and this is my home. I want to finish my career here."
Quarrie honoured by Jamaicans in NY City. ;CMM/New York; April 14, 2011….Standing in the wings of Sullivan Hall, Manhattan, one couldn’t help but marvel at the huge turn out to Team Jamaica Bickle’s (TJB) annual reception which was held this Tuesday April 12, 2011.
Ricardo Gardner signs new one-year contract extension with Bolton ;After concerns about a knee injury, the Jamaican has put pen to paper on a new deal with Owen Coyle's side, taking him into a 13th season with the Premier League outfit. The Jamaican international has made over 400 appearances for Owen Coyle’s men but struggled to break into the team last season due to a knee injury.
Tivoli Gardens take largest share of spoil at DPL awards ceremony ;Like they did throughout the season, Tivoli Gardens highlighted the 2010-11 Digicel Premier League (DPL) awards ceremony held at the Courtleigh Auditorium on Thursday night, collecting $2.5 million for first place along with various team and individual awards. Boys' Town received $1.5 million for their second-place effort.
DPL coaches for two-week stint in Brazil ;All twelve coaches of teams in the Digicel Premier League will attend a two-week training stint in Brazil before the start of the season in a bid to increase the exposure and and expertise at that level. This is a joint effort by the PLCA and the JFF.
Bolt on track for another standout season ;Even if he is a few weeks late, Usain Bolt has the same old message: Catch me if you can. There was no sign of the world and Olympic champion in the early-season races he usually runs back home in Jamaica. And sure enough, there were fears he was late with training, or worse, not fully recovered from last year’s back injury. Not so, said agent Ricky Simms.
Reggae Boyz are back up to 55 in the world ;The Reggae Boyz jumped nine spots up on the FIFA ranikings to number 55 even without moving a muscle in the last month. Last month they were ranked 64th. Spain stayed top as the 10 top places remained unchanged, while Afghanistan reached their highest-ever position.
All squared after round one of JFF/DPL playoffs ;All four teams are locked on one point and one goal after the first round of the JFF/Digicel Premier League playoffs ended on Sunday. Former premier league champions and standard bearers for Montego Bay, Seba United, played out a 1-1 tie with KSAFA’s Cavalier, the same as Highgate FC and Rivoli United.
Jeter and Ashmeade impress in Kingston - IAAF World Challenge ;American Carmelita Jeter and young Jamaican speedster Nickel Ashmeade and Kenia Sinclair ran world leading times at the Jamaica International Invitational, an IAAF World Challenge meeting, in Kingston on Saturday (7) night. Jeter won the 100m in 10.86 seconds with Trinidad and Tobago's Kelly-Ann Baptiste second in 10.94 and Jamaican Sherone Simpson third in 11.07.
IAAF to probe calendar clash ;World athletics' governing body, the IAAF, has vowed to sort out an untimely calendar clash that has left the opening Diamond League meet on on Friday shorn of a raft of headline sprinters. Not one top Jamaican sprinter will be on show in the Qatari capital, with the Jamaica International Invitational meeting in Kingston being held on Saturday.
Ohuruogu out to show she still has what it takes ;CHRISTINE Ohuruogu is used to timing her run into form to perfection but such has been her anonymity in recent years, it’s easy to forget she’ll be Great Britain’s only track and field defending Olympic champion at London 2012.
Relay running by the USA men in shambles - a commentary ; Is the U.S. relay serious? By Joe Battaglia, Universal Sports. PHILADELPHIA -- It's gotten to the point as a track fan where you don't know whether to laugh or cry whenever the U.S. men take to the track to run the 4x100m.
Germaine Mason spurred on by sprint king Usain Bolt ;Usain Bolt looks set to be the sensation of London 2012, but the world-beating Jamaican sprinter has also played a role in helping British athletics’ forgotten man Germaine Mason back into medal contention. Mason won high-jump silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but has been sidelined by injury pretty much ever since.
Test cricket: Akmal and Razzaq dropped from West Indies tour ;Pakistan cricket selectors on Wednesday dropped wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and allrounder Abdul Razzaq for this month’s one-day series against the West Indies. Pakistan will play one Twenty20 match, five one-day internationals and two test matches against the West Indies. The series begins at St. Lucia on Apr. 21 with a Twenty20 game.
DPL: Only Boys Town chase Tivoli Gardens now! ;With only four games remaining in the DPL, it’s now a match race between leaders Tivoli Gardens and neighbours Boys Town. Both forced victories on Sunday to ensure they fight for the trophy and the millions of dollars on offer. Leaders Tivoli Gardens stopped Village United 3-1 and Boys’ Town clipped Harbour View 2-1. Tivoli Gardens moved unto 64 points with Boys’ Town five points behind.
Reggae Boyz beat El Salvador 3-2 ;The Reggae Boyz shook off their 0-2 loss to Venezuela last Friday as they beat El Salvador 3-2 in San Salvador on Tuesday night. Jamaica’s goals were scored by Dane Richards (2) and Omar Cummings. Both teams are preparing for the CONCACAF Gold Cup which gets underway in the United States in June.
Afridi, Pakistan rout West Indies! ;Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi led from the front again to inspire his team to a 10-wicket victory over West Indies in the first World Cup quarter-final on Wednesday. Afridi took four for 30 as West Indies collapsed to 112 all out from 43.3 overs to take his total to 21 for the tournament and overhaul Imran Khan's Pakistan record at a single World Cup.
Omar Cummings gets late call for friendlies ;National Senior team coach Theodore Whitmore has called striker Omar Cummings to the training squad for the upcoming international friendlies against Venezuela on March 27 at the Montego Bay Sports Complex at 8pm and against El Salvador on March 27 at the Cuscatlan Stadium at 5pm in San Salvador.
Reggae Boyz to play two friendles later this month ;Jamaica's Senior Reggae Boyz team will play two matches in three days as the Jamaica Football Federation has secured a friendly international for Sunday March 27 against Gold Cup qualifier El Salvador to be played in San Salvador at 6:00 local time.
Tendulkar, Ponting polarise opinion on walking ;To walk or not to walk? The big question at the World Cup has been debated since the contrasting attitudes involving cricket’s two most prolific batsmen emerged on the weekend.
Bibi Gardner on loan at Preston ;Reggae boy Ricardo Gardner of Bolton Wanderers has joined English championship strugglers Preston on a one-month loan deal. The Jamaican winger has returned to fitness after missing nearly all of the season with a knee injury and will link up again with former Bolton assistant manager Phil Brown, now in charge of Preston.
Reggae Boy Jermaine Taylor transfers to Houston Dynamos! ;Top national and St Georges United defender Jermaine Taylor has been transferred to USA football team Houston Dynamos in Major League Soccer (MLS). The 26-year old, who has 37 national caps, started his career at St Georges United and has played for various teams before returning home two seasons ago. He will team up with another Jamaican international, Lovell Palmer.
West Indies team bus stoned after massive victory! ;A bus carrying the West Indies cricket team was hit by stones as it left Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday after the side easily beat Bangladesh in a group match at the World Cup. West Indies media manager Philip Spooner told The Associated Press that seven stones hit the right side of the bus, with two of them cracking windows, as it left the stadium in the Dhaka suburb of Mirpur.
Cricket:In-form Windies primed to crush Irish hopes ;West Indies bowlers Kemar Roach and Sulieman Benn will be out to cause some damage to the Irish batting line-up when they clash in their World Cup match in Mohali on Friday.
West Indies thrash Bangladesh ;Minnows West Indies and Bangladesh went at each other's fins at the ICC World Cup and the fight was a mismatch. West Indies routed Bangladesh by nine wickets today after dismissing the home side for 58, its lowest score in a World Cup.
Football: Cornel "Duece" Dyce passes on. ;The Jamaica football fraternities in New York and Jamaica are mourning the loss of one of their own, former Excelsior High and Harbour View Football Club player, Cornell ‘Duece’ Dyce. Cornell who passed away on January 31, 2011 in New York was 49 years old.
Whitmore heads to Brazil for higher learning ;National Head Coach Theodore Whitmore left the island on Friday to spend three weeks in Brazil as the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) continues its attention to the development of the coaching skills of its national coaches as
Great expectations: India starts as WCup favorite ;No captain will be under more pressure at the World Cup than Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is expected to deliver India its first World Cup title since 1983. Kapil Dev is still feted as a national hero for guiding India to its only World Cup triumph 28 years ago, when his lineup stopped the all-conquering West Indies in the final at Lord’s.
Ricardo Fuller moving to Sunderland! ;Stoke have accepted a bid in the region of £3million from Sunderland for Jamaican striker Ricardo Fuller. Tony Pulis has always been a big fan of the tricky forward but with competition for places in the Stoke front-line fierce this season the Potters boss is prepared to allow Fuller to move on.
Chris Gayle and Veronica Campbell-Brown are Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year. ;Former West Indies skipper Christopher Gayle and sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown were last night named Jamaica’s Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year respectively. Gayle, who was not present to collect his award as he is currently playing in Australia, scored 333 runs in the first inning of the first test against Sri Lanka in November among other achievements.
Jamaican Former NBA star sentenced to 6 1/2 years in jail ;Former Michigan basketball star Rumeal Robinson has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in jail for financial fraud. A jury found Robinson guilty in September of 11 charges, including bank bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making a false statement to a financial institution.
Gayle, Lara ignored as IPL cricket auction breaks record ;Fifty-five players have been sold on the second and final day of the auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world's richest cricket tournament. Teams spent a total of $62.8m (£40m) over the weekend to buy 127 players. Some 350 players were up for grabs. Indian test batsman Gautam Gambhir became the most expensive player in the history, fetching $2.4m.
Chivas USA hires Jamaica-born Robin Fraser as new coach ;Chivas USA has hired former MLS player Robin Fraser as its new coach. Fraser is taking over immediately and will begin preparing for the MLS SuperDraft on Jan. 13 and the regular season, which begins March 19 when Chivas USA hosts Kansas City.
SCA and Portmore in end-of-round final ;At the end of an eventful day of action in the DPL, Portmore United and Sporting Central Academy secured the right to meet in the second-end-of-round final this weekend.
World Cup to be Murali's international swansong ;Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will retire from international cricket after the Feb. 19-April 2 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Muralitharan, the world's leading wicket-taker in tests and one-day internationals, had retired from the five-day format last July against India, after reaching exactly 800 test wickets.
List of Cricket World Cup Squads ;Below are the lists of World Cup squads which will participate in the Cricket World Cup in the Asian sub-continent in February. Group A Australia Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke, Doug Bollinger, Brad Haddin, John Hastings, Nathan Hauritz, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Tim Paine, Steve Smith, Shaun Tait, Shane Watson, Cameron White. Canada
Under 17 Boyz extend stay in Brazil ;The National Under 17 Training Camp currently in Brazil will be extended for another three weeks to end on January 24, 2011. The camp which is based at the Traffic Football Academy in Sao Paulo will be transferred to Pousada Clube Serra Negra near Rio Claro.
England's Collingwood quits tests at the top ;Paul Collingwood is to quit test cricket after the fifth Ashes encounter, the England batsman said on Thursday, going out on a high after helping to retain the famous urn in Australia for the first time in 24 years.
Tight fight to get to end-of-round final ;The Digicel Premier League (DPL) second-end-of-round finalists will not be decided until Sunday's final round of matches, after the main contenders all drew in Wednesday's round of games.
Five Jamaicans in WI squad ;Out-of-favour batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been named in a 30-man West Indies squad to prepare for next year's Cricket World Cup in Asia, months after being axed for the tour of Sri Lanka and overlooked for a central retainer contract.
Whitmore knitting together hungry Reggae Boyz band1 ;The following is an interview with Jamaica's curent head coach and former Reggae Boyz skipper Theodore Whitmore, conducted by FIFA.com following the team's victory in the recent Digicel Caribbean Football Cup held in Martinique.
Even after Ashes loss - Ponting wants to stay captain ;Ponting has brushed aside speculation he might retire and believes he can lead Australia back to the top of the Test rankings after yesterday's humiliating Ashes defeat to England. Confronting the reality of becoming Australia's first skipper since 1890 to lose the Ashes three times, Ponting believes he is the right man to lead the rebuilding phase.
Tendulkar eyes test top spot in ICC rankingsTendulkar eyes test top spot in ICC rankings ;Prolific Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has closed in on Kumar Sangakkara at the top of the ICC test rankings and can overtake the Sri Lankan captain with a good showing in the remaining two tests against South Africa.
India announces full-strength ODI squad for SA ;Sachin Tendulkar returns for his first one-day internationals in 10 months against South Africa in January in a full-strength India squad also preparing for the World Cup.
Ponting facing the daunting challenge in Ashes ;Suddenly the prospect of being the first Australian captain in 120 years to lose three Ashes series is very real for Ricky Ponting. Australia crashed to its first innings defeat in an Ashes test in 24 years on Tuesday, surrendering a 1-0 lead to England after two matches in the five-test series.
Costa Rica, Jamaica play scoreless draw ;Costa Rica coach Ricardo LaVolpe made his debut Wednesday in a scoreless draw against Jamaica in a friendly played in Florida. Oscar Duarte had Costa Rica’s best opportunity in the 73rd minute but Jamaica goalkeeper Dwayne Miller stopped Duarte’s header inside the 6-yard box.
Former Harbour View keeper win Swedish Championship ;FORMER HARBOUR VIEW FC GOALKEEPER, DWAYNE MILLER ASSIST HIS SWEDISH CLUB SYRIANSKA FC TO DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AND PREMIERSHIP PROMOTION!
Commonwealth Games - England beat Jamaica 70-47 for Netball bronze ;England cruised past Jamaica 70-47 to win the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. It was a convincing win for England, who were inspired by a superb display from goal shooter Louisa Brownfield. Maggie Jackson's side took a 12-point lead into the final quarter and never looked like surrendering it.