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Fully Fit Bolt ready to rumble….

Fully Fit Bolt ready to rumble….

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) — Usain Bolt has passed himself as fully fit again, and is looking forward to the challenges of the coming year. The sprint megastar from Jamaica has finally resumed training, after he was [...]

Jamaican Olympian Makes List For World Athlete of the Year

Jamaican Olympian Makes List For World Athlete of the Year

Jamaicas sprint Queen, Olympian Veronica Campbell, is the lone Caribbean athlete to be nominated for the 2010 World Athlete of the Year award. The IAAF yesterday announced its top 22 pick and opened the voting for [...]

Jamaica Beat Guyana 2-0 To Advance To CONCACAF Final

Jamaica’s junior ‘Reggae Boyz’ have booked their place in the CONCACAF final round of qualifying for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup following their 2-0 win over Guyana’s Junior ‘Golden Jaguars’ at the Guyana National Stadium Providence, [...]

Jamaica hurdler Dwight Thomas Wins In Japan

Jamaica hurdler Dwight Thomas Wins In Japan

Jamaica hurdler Dwight Thomas extended his impressive season at the 23rd Super Track and Field meet at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki, Japan yesterday after bettering the field to claim victory in the men’s 110m hurdles in [...]

Commonwealth Games in crisis after bridge collapse

Commonwealth Games in crisis after bridge collapse

The Commonwealth Games in Delhi, due to open in 12 days, are in crisis after a footbridge collapsed injuring 23 people. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The Commonwealth Games in Delhi, scheduled to open in 12 days’ time, [...]

Jamaican-Born, Former NBA Player Guilty Of Fraud

Jamaican-Born, Former NBA Player Guilty Of Fraud

DES MOINES, Iowa – Rumeal Robinson, who led Michigan to the NCAA men’s basketball championship in 1989 and later played in the NBA, was convicted in federal court Wednesday of borrowing more than $700,000 for a [...]

Bolt's supermom to be first recipient of IMOD Award

Bolt's supermom to be first recipient of IMOD Award

Jennifer Bolt, mother of World and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt, has been chosen as the first recipient of the International Mothers of Distinction (IMOD) award. The announcement was made recently at a press conference, held [...]

Players With Caribbean Roots On Winning Streak At U.S. Open

Players With Caribbean Roots On Winning Streak At U.S. Open

CaribWorldNews, FLUSHING, NY, Fri. Sept. 3, 2010: Caribbean heritage players are now in almost every sports under the sun, so it is no surprise that two are already on a winning streak at the 2010 U.S. [...]

Asafa is Still Hot Property says Agent

Asafa is Still Hot Property says Agent

Former world 100-metre record holder Asafa Powell may seem to some to be playing third wheel among the sport’s ‘big three’ sprinters, but according to his agent Paul Doyle, this is far from the truth. Though [...]

Asafa Powell says goodbye to 2010 season

Asafa Powell says goodbye to 2010 season

Former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell has called an end to his 2010 season, joining his more celebrated Jamaican compatriot Usain Bolt on the sidelines. The 27-year-old Powell suffered back and hamstring injuries following [...]