Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Monday | April 13, 2009
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Bolt tried marijuana as a kid
BERLIN, Germany (CMC): Usain Bolt has told a German tabloid newspaper that he used marijuana when he was a teen.The German tabloid Bild reported yesterday that the Jamaican sprint phenomenon used the recreational drug during his formative years...

Another record for Russell
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): Jamaicans collected two of the four gold medals in the hurdles finals that highlighted yesterday's afternoon schedule at the 38th CARIFTA Games at the George Odlum Stadium. Janieve Russell and Nikita Tracey delivered the gold...

Boys' Town not ready to give up
Boys' Town's coach, Andrew Price, insists his team have not yet packed it in for the season, following a comfortable 2-0 Digicel Premier League victory over Waterhouse at Collie Smith Drive yesterday. Despite the ease with which they dispatched Waterhouse...

Meadhaven hurt Village
WESTERN BUREAU: Meadhaven United eked out a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Village United in their Digicel Premier League game at the Elliston Wakeland Centre in Falmouth yesterday.Danger man Weston Forrest opened the scoring for Meadhaven in the 15th...

U-21s, England set for exciting duel
With the World Youth Netball Championships (WYNC) less than four months away, Jamaica's Under-21 team and their English counterparts will intensify their preparations today when they meet in the opening game of their...

Jamaica secure fifth U-15 title
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Jamaica successfully defended their CLICO West Indies Under-15 championship crown yesterday when they defeated the Windward Islands by seven wickets in their final round game.West Indies U-15 player John Campbell and Oshane...

Stewart makes emphatic start
BEIJING Olympic 200 metres bronze medallist, Kerron Stewart, kicked off her 2009 track and field outdoor season with an emphatic win in the United States on Saturday at the Arizona State Sun Angel Track Classic. Stewart, who finished behind countrywoman Veronica...

Cabrera champions Augusta
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP): Angel Cabrera became the first Argentine to win the green jacket at Augusta National yesterday by surviving a wild final round that began with a supercharged duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and ended with a stunning...

'Zero' to take command in Easter Sprint
The two-day Easter Racing Carnival continues at Caymamas Park today with the 3-y-o and up overnight allowance race over 1100 metres for the Easter Sprint Cup taking the spotlight.Twelve starters have been declared for the Easter Sprint...

Villa, Everton in six-goal thriller
Gareth Barry salvaged a 3-3 draw for Aston Villa against Everton yesterday, equalising from the penalty spot to keep the team fifth in the English Premier League. Referee Howard Webb awarded the 66th-minute penalty after Joleon Lescott's boot inadvertently caught...


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