Asafa Powell equalled the men's 100 metres world record with a time of 9.77 seconds at a Grand Prix meeting yesterday and then said later he could have gone faster.

World 100-metre record-holder Asafa Powell delighted the National Stadium gathering last night by clocking a world-leading 9.95 seconds to win the Men's 'A' race at the third Jamaica International Invitational Meet.

Jamaica struck double gold yesterday when home-grown world record holder Asafa Powell, and SheriAnn Brooks swept the coveted 100 metres for men and women at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Australia.

Asafa Powell, the fastest man in the world, has promised something special for the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Asafa Powell's favourite tune is the gospel song Lord Walk Beside Me but on Tuesday, it should have been Christopher Cross's Run Like The Wind because that is what the Jamaican did in timing 9.77 seconds in the 100 metres to become the world's fastest man.

Trinidad and Tobago-born Kerron Clement of the University of Florida erased Michael Johnson's 10 year-old 400-metres indoor world record when he clocked 44.57 to highlight the second and final day of the NCAA Indoor Championships on Saturday.

Ato Boldon's career was celebrated yesterday, at the National Amateur Athletic Association's (NAAA) awards ceremony, at the Hilton Trinidad Ballroom, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP-CP) - Calgary's Stephen Ames has launched a foundation to help young golfers develop and raise the profile of the game in his native Trinidad and Tobago.

The National Amateur Athletic Association of Trinidad & Tobago is to honour 1997 World 200 metres champion Ato Boldon at a Gala on Sunday, 14 November 2004.

Trinidad & Tobago will host the 2005 CARIFTA Games. That decision comes after the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) staged an ad-hoc committee meeting on Monday, 18 October in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to determine the destination of the next edition of the region?s junior track and field championships, widely regarded as one of the finest such events in world athletics.