DJ Usain Bolt spinning ‘longside Belgium Sake. Guest appearance by dancehall legend Shaggy and Brussels finest DJ TLP at Brussels Expo (Heysel)
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Brussels – Double Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will be leading seven London champions at another sold-out edition of the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on Friday night (7th), the second of two Samsung Diamond League finals and the last meeting of the circuit in 2012. As with the first final in Zürich a week ago on Thursday, many of the sport’s biggest names will converge on the Belgian capital to battle for the Diamond Trophy in the 15 remaining events. Four athletes – Paul Kipsiele Koech, Barbora Spotakova, Kaliese Spencer and Chaunte Lowe – are coming to claim the Diamond Trophy they’ve already clinched, but the remaining 11 events are still very much up for grabs. Given the double points on offer in Zurich and Brussels – 8 for first, 4 for second and 2 for third – several scenarios and potential outcomes come into play in the battle for the remaining trophies and the USD 40,000 prize that accompanies it. Bolt closing his Olympic season with the 100 It shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone that the most watched athlete this weekend will be Bolt, who will be wrapping up his season as the favourite […]
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Photos from Jamaican Taekwondo sensation Kenneth Edwards (KenMan) appearance on RJR 94FM ‘Guest Room’ with hosts Alan Magnus and Paula-Anne Porter-Jones
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Usain Bolt is being lined up to play for Manchester United against Real Madrid. The sprint king — who is a huge Red Devils fan — could appear in a glittering friendly next season. Bolt, 25, was guest of honour at United’s first home game of the season against Fulham, when fans cheekily urged boss Sir Alex Ferguson to “sign him up”. Now Ferguson, 70, has hinted he could make the Jamaican’s lifelong ambition come true. He said: “Usain’s a character and a big United fan. “But it’s interesting he says he’d like to play in a charity game. It could be brilliant, and next year when we play Real Madrid’s Legends again, there could be opportunities to bring him up and see how he does.” Just last month, Bolt told The Sun he would happily quit athletics for a spot in the United squad. Fergie also revealed how he cashed in after backing Bolt to win the 100m and 200m at the London Games. He said: “I must thank him because that was my biggest bet. Bolt was 4/5 to win each of them a week before the Olympics started. It […]
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Jamaica lost 2½-1½ to Bolivia in the sixth round of the 40th World chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey on Monday. Duane Rowe scored the only win for Jamaica on board 3, FM Warren Elliott and co-national champion Andrew Mellace lost on board 1 and 4, respectively, while IM Jomo Pitterson settled for an early 16 move draw on board 2. Boliva took a 1½-½ lead over Jamaica when FM Elliott failed to solve the intricacies of grandmaster (GM) Osvaldo Zambrana’s Sicilian Defense, and was eventually tactically strangled by the Bolivian GM. Rowe won his third game in a row for Jamaica to level the score as he dismantled Jorge Molina’s Caro Kann Defense with a strong mating-net, and promptly took home the full point by promoting a mere pawn to a second Queen. Bolivia sealed the win over Jamaica when co-national champion Andrew Mellace’s King Indian Defense was no match for the pin point attacks of candidate master (CM) Boris Ferrufino. In other notable Open section sixth round results, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados were both crushed 3-1 by the Dominican Republic and Estonia, respectively; leaders Azerbaijan beat Croatia; Germany and the USA played to a draw; Russia […]
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Team Jamaica at World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey KARLOVICH: Let me welcome our guests, these are the representatives of Jamaica team: the President of Jamaica Chess federation Ian Wilkinson, captain of men’s team, Russel Porter, captain of women’s team, WFM Debora Richards Porter, 1 board of women’s team, 10-folded Champion of Jamaica and Krishna Grey, current Woman’s Chess Champion of Jamaica. Our question is how did Jamaican team prepare to the Olympiad? WILKINSON: First of all let me thank the Organizers of the World Chess Olympiad. It is a privilege and pleasure to be in this fantastic city Istanbul. We are enjoying ourselves though the games are tough. The preparations were very good. Our women’s team was preparing with the International Master and coach Russel Porter who happens to be a husband of our 1st board of women’s team. Our men’s team was also preparing but not on the same level as women did. But we still feel confident that we will do well. We pay a lot of attention to female chess players. Women first, they are very important. In Khanty Mansiysk our women won the category E. KARLOVICH: What are your goals in the Olympiad? DEBORA: The […]
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