London: Former world-record holder Asafa Powell is out the Olympic sprint relay for Jamaica after pulling his left groin during the 100-meter final. His agent, Paul Doyle, says Powell has two strains in his left groin after he hobbled across the finish line in eighth place in Sunday's final. Doyle says Powell also won't compete in anymore Diamond League meets, ending his season. Powell also had to pull out of...
11:05 PM, Aug 08, 2012
London: Two-time men's Olympic 100 metres champion Usain Bolt says he has told compatriot and training partner Yohan Blake not to think about winning the men's 200 metres later this week. The men's 200m got underway at the London 2012 Olympics with the heats on Tuesday, with both Jamaicans easily advancing to Wednesday's semi-finals. Blake shocked Bolt in both sprints at the Jamaica Olympic Trials in June but Bolt warned...
02:53 AM, Aug 08, 2012
London: Usain Bolt opened the defence of his Olympic 200-metre title with a comfortable win in the opening round on Tuesday, easing up to a jog over the final 80 metres to finish in 20.39 seconds. The Jamaican, who won the 100 metres on Sunday night in an Olympic-record 9.63 seconds, will race again on Wednesday in the 200m semifinals. The final is on Thursday. Bolt's team-mate, 100-meter silver medalist...
04:49 PM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Defending champion Usain Bolt and fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake both advanced with semi-final victories on Sunday into the 100-meter final, the most anticipated race of the London Olympics. Bolt had a lightning semi-final " out of the blocks fast enough and surging ahead by halfway before coasting to the end, looking around for challengers, to take his heat in 9.87 seconds. Blake was also able to ease up at...
12:58 AM, Aug 06, 2012
London: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce leaned across the finish line of the women's 100 meters, then looked up at the blank scoreboard for the name of the next Olympic champion. Five seconds passed, then five more. Was it the Jamaican, Fraser-Pryce, or the American, Carmelita Jeter? The race couldn't have been any closer, and when Fraser-Pryce's name finally came up first, she fell to the ground and shouted, "Thank you, Jesus!" Another...
03:35 AM, Aug 05, 2012
Dominica: Tropical Storm Ernesto churned over open waters early Saturday on a path toward Jamaica and Mexico after dumping heavy rain on islands in the eastern Caribbean. The US National Hurricane Center said Ernesto was expected to approach Jamaica on Sunday and strengthen into a hurricane on Monday on a route that would take it to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula by mid-week. On Friday, Dominica closed its international airport for a...
11:00 AM, Aug 04, 2012
London: The much anticipated track and field segment of the London Olympics runs off on Friday with the first round of the women's 100 metre expected to be the highlight, but most would be waiting with bated breath for the showdown between Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake later in the weekend. While Olympic action started last week, many fans, including IAAF President Lamine Diack, believe the showpiece will really...
03:27 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Let's take a look at the sprinting journey of Jamaica's Usain Bolt, a triple gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics. ...
02:17 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: Usain Bolt is going to get plenty of attention at the London Olympics but he was delighted to get the chance for a little more exposure after being named as Jamaica's flag bearer for the opening ceremony on Thursday. "I would like to inform you that our flag-bearer for the Olympic opening ceremony will be doctor, the honourable Usain Bolt," Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president Mike Fennell made the...
03:33 AM, Jul 27, 2012
Birmingham, England: Days before the end of its pre-Olympics training camp at the University of Birmingham, sprinter Asafa Powell, along with two reigning Olympic champions, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Melaine Walker, are yet to join the Jamaican team. Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Mike Fennell had said arrangements would be made with athletes who were scheduled for meets during the camp, but while some like Michael Frater, Nesta Carter and Andrew...
02:47 PM, Jul 23, 2012
London: Organisers may think the most closely-guarded secret of the 2012 Games is the one who will light the Olympic flame, but of far greater interest to the wider sporting public is the condition of Usain Bolt's right hamstring. The Jamaican triple gold medallist from Beijing is the number one attraction of the London Games, but the question mark over his fitness has added an extra layer of intrigue to...
01:48 PM, Jul 23, 2012
London: A city council in Britain has unveiled a statue of sprinter Usain Bolt, costing 15,000 pounds (about $23,500), but it has a fault - the model shows the world record holder in his famous pose pointing, but on the wrong side. The six-feet-tall statue, ordered by the Birmingham City Council and made of wicker, a hard woven fiber, shows the five-time world and three-time Olympic gold medalist Jamaican runner...
03:34 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Kingston: Yohan Blake delivered a shock that will be felt all the way to London by exploding past world record holder Usain Bolt to claim a stunning 100 metres victory at the Jamaican Olympic trials on Friday. The showdown between triple Olympic champion Bolt and world champion Blake lived up to its billing as the highlight of the four-day meeting as 'The Beast' roared home in a dazzling 9.75 seconds,...
11:23 AM, Jun 30, 2012
Kingston: Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt held his nerve after two false starts by competitors and powered to the year's fastest 100 metres at the Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday. The 100- and 200-metre world record-holder clocked a dazzling 9.82 seconds in his first individual race of 2012, exploding from the blocks to take control at 40 metres. "It's a good start, I would say," said Bolt, who erased the...
12:57 PM, May 06, 2012
Kingston: The leader of the pioneering reggae group The Ethiopians has died in Jamaica. Leonard Dillon was 68. Daughter Patrice Dillon says her father died Wednesday at her home of lung and prostate cancer. She says Dillon had been diagnosed with cancer in June and underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor earlier this year. Leonard Dillon began his career using the stage name Jack Sparrow in the early 1960s....
01:14 PM, Sep 30, 2011
Usain Bolt returned home to a hero's welcome after a fantastic year. ...
12:21 PM, Sep 16, 2009
He received his medal from Marlene Dortch, granddaughter of Jesse Owens. ...
07:19 AM, Aug 23, 2009
Five Jamaican athletes tested positive for the stimulant methylxanthine. ...
12:14 PM, Aug 20, 2009
Yuvraj's 131 led India to a thrilling 20-run win over West Indies. ...
08:17 PM, Jun 26, 2009
It was by a man who wanted to be flown to Cuba and was no terrorism. ...
03:29 PM, Apr 20, 2009
