Ricardo “Bibi” Gardner is back with the Bolton Wanderers for another three years. This according to official reports from the club’s website at www.bwfc.premiumtv.co.uk
. The full back/midfielder who had accepted the extension in principle earlier this summer, finally put pen to paper and inked the extension. Described by former manager Sam Allardyce as his best signing, Gardner has captained the Bolton team on numerous occasions and despite niggling knee and rib injuries, is still thought of as one of the Wanderers key players. Gardner has been playing with the team since 1998.

The Women’s Volleyball team from the Dominican Republic went down 3-0 to the US in the FIVB World Grand Prix Pool E action at Wroclaw in Poland. The team was swept 25-13, 25-21,25-20 on June 28, 2008. Team USA is now 4-1 overall in the World Grand Prix with four consecutive victories.

“We actually prepared for a difficult, five set match”, said US Coach Jenny Lang Ping “Dominican Republic is a good team. They got the qualification and they won the 2008 Pan American Cup. They play very well.”

From the US team, Kim Glass won the most valuable player awarded after scoring 14 points off 8 kills.

It was a very eventful meet as there were thrills, spills and upsets at the Scotiabank sponsored Olympic Trials in Nassau, Bahamas. Not the least of the hotly anticipated events was the showdown in the men’s 400M where Chris Brown, 2007 World Champion faced off with Andretti Bain the 2008 NCAA 400M champion. Brown got the better of Bain with a run of 45.43s while Bain came in at 45.53s. Michael Mathieu was third in 45.72.

Also on form was Derrick Atkins who won his 100M sprint in 9.97s. Leaving much of the field behind him, Atkins asserted his dominance on the local competition and showed that he was very much in contention for a medal in Beijing for the event. Shamar Sands would not be outdone after breaking the Bahamian record for the 110M hurdles with a run of 13.44s. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie will also be on the Beijing team after placing first in the 200M and second in the 100M. Ferguson-McKenzie clocked 11.22s behind Chandra Sturrup’s 11.14s. Ferguson-McKenzie was pushed hard to the tape by the up and coming Sheniqua Ferguson, they clocked a season’s best 22.82s and 22.85s respectively.