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Multi-million dollar deal to keep Jamaica on the right track

April 1 - Telecommunications company LIME have announced a J$21 million (£1.5 million/$2.3 million) three-year sponsorship of the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) youth programmes to try to ensure that the success currently enjoyed by the country - thanks to the likes of Usain Bolt (pictured) and Melanie Walker - continues.







Shock as Abuja do not bid for 2018 Commonwealth Games but Sri Lanka does

By Duncan Mackay in London
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

April 1 - As expected, two cities submitted formal nominations to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games by last night's deadline - but the shock was that the Nigerian capital Abuja, who had always claimed that they would bid again following their defeat to Glasgow for the 2014 edition, was not among them.


Simmonds holds off world champion Spofforth

By Tom Degun

March 31 - Loughborough swimmer Elizabeth Simmonds (pictured) tonight produced a major shock in the British Gas Swimming Championships when she held off world champion Gemma Spofforth in the 100 metres backstroke final at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.