August 19, 2011
Star Sport


World Champs jinx - VCB determined to top Felix ... this time
“TWO-time Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown will be hoping to break her World Championships jinx in the 200 metres, finally claiming a medal which, despite her success, has always eluded her.... . read more
Johnson gets title shot

Jamaica's Glen Johnson, the former International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight champion, will make another bid at a world title on November 5 in Canada, when he challenges Lucian Bute, the IBF super middleweight champion...

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Who will run with Bolt?... Daegu men's 200m sprint seems a foregone conclusion

Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt seems set for a race against the clock in his pet event, the men's 200m, that is if everything goes according to the script at next week's Daegu World Championships....

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Daegu Champs will be high-tech

The 13th World Championships in Athletics will be not only the biggest athletics event in its history, but also the most advanced competition to use new technologies, according to the organiser.

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London will bid for 2017 Champs

LONDON (AP): London will bid to host the 2017 track and field World Championships in the Olympic Stadium built for next year's games.

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Matthews strides to silver

Jamaica now has four medals at the 2011 Universiade, the World University Games in Shenzhen, China, after quarter-miler Peter Matthews produced the best run of his life to secure the silver medal in the men's 400m yesterday....

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Semenya ready for 800m defence

World 800m champion Caster Semenya has dismissed speculation that she is not fully prepared ahead of her title defence at next week's World Champion-ships in Daegu.

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James to lead Grenada's Worlds charge

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): Prodigious teenager Kirani James will spearhead Grenada's three-member squad to the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, later this month.

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Oliver targets World Championship gold

David Oliver doesn't hop over hurdles so much as he punishes them, hitting the obstacles in his path with enough ferocity to make them wobble in his wake...

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Portmore, Wanderers fall

Big guns and defending champs, Wanderers, and two-time champions Portmore United were both booted by underdogs Bridgeport and Rodwood, respectively, in the semi-finals of the Pines Imaging Centre-sponsored Portmore U-17...

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Anderson targets return to Reggae Boyz

Waterhouse striker Jermaine 'Tuffy' Anderson says he is looking forward to this year's local Premier League where he hopes to finish as the leading goalscorer, and in the process win back a place on the Reggae Boyz team....

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Ronaldinho back in Brazil squad

SAO PAULO (AP): Twice world player of the year Ronaldinho is back in the Brazil squad for the first time since November. Coach Mano Menezes yesterday named the 31-year-old midfielder...

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Ronron will rebound

O YE OF little faith, RONRON will rebound in tomorrow's 1100-metre She's On Wheels Trophy against a razor-sharp SAINT CECELIA and DANCE SO SWEET....

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