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Czech Republic coach Koubek resigns after early World Cup exit
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (89+ words) PRAGUE (AP) " Czech Republic coach Miroslav Koubek resigned on Monday after the team's early exit from the World Cup. The decision was mutual, Koubek and Czech Football Association head David Trunda said in a statement. The coach offered me his…...
Jamaica records consecutive weeks of single-digit murders as killings fall 23 per cent
10+ hour, 29+ min ago (264+ words) Jamaica has recorded a second consecutive week of single-digit murders, with six homicides reported across the island between June 21 and June 27, according to the latest serious crime statistics from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The figures follow the eight murders…...
Canada beats South Africa 1-0 in World Cup's first knockout match
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (605+ words) Canada's Stephen Eustaquio (7) scores their opening goal past South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams (1) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between South Africa and Canada in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles, today. Canada's Stephen Eustaquio (7) celebrates scoring their opening…...
Another Negril murder, residents deeply worried
1+ week, 3+ day ago (519+ words) Residents and business stakeholders in Negril, Westmoreland are again expressing fear about the crime situation in the resort town following the murder of yet another high-profile resident, which has added another victim to the town's deadly statistics since the start…...
Pit latrines biggest risk to Jamaica's water supply, warns Samuda
1+ week, 5+ day ago (510+ words) Matthew Samuda, minister of water, climate change and the environment, has described backyard pit latrines in high water-table communities as among the greatest environmental risks to Jamaica's groundwater supply. Speaking at Friday's Rotaract Nexus 360 District 7020 Conference in Trelawny, Samuda cautioned…...
WOMEN'S T20 WORLD CUP - Australia thump South Africa by 65 runs
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (599+ words) Australia won the first heavyweight clash of the Women's Twenty20 World Cup after routing South Africa for 107 in Manchester yesterday. Going for a seventh title in the 10th World Cup, Australia battled to put up 172-8 then won by 65 runs at Old Trafford....
Bina is back - Hope, the anchor as Windies face World Cup reality check at famed venue | Sports
3+ week, 5+ day ago (586+ words) Cricket, lovely cricket returns to Jamaican shores today as the West Indies and Sri Lanka face off in a series that provides more action than the famous Sabina Park has seen in recent years. The first One-Day International (ODI) between…...
South Africa squad departs for World Cup without assistant coach after US visa delay
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (292+ words) South Africa plays'co-host Mexico'in the opening game of the World Cup on June 11'in Mexico City. It plays one of its group games in the US. The team was due to depart on Sunday, but that was delayed because it…...
Dennis Minott | The Hanta death of accountability in modern Jamaica " Part Two
4+ week, 1+ day ago (399+ words) Compounding the cultural and structural paralysis is a palpable fear of institutional destabilisation. Many judges in fragile democracies harbour an acute anxiety of appearing "too activist. They dread allegations of judicial overreach or the weaponised charge of interfering with an…...
Tony Deyal | Cricket tests and quadrennial football
4+ week, 2+ day ago (10+ words) Jamaica Gleaner...