REIMS, France: As far as lessons go, Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz were given a strong one yesterday, falling 5-0 to Italy in their second Group C FIFA Women’s World Cup (FWWC) match at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims. Head coach Hue Menzies...
REIMS, France: When Jamaica face Italy today at the Stade Auguste-Delaun, in their second ever match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, there is the feeling that a lot more than a place in the Round of 16 is at stake. The Jamaicans will need to pick...
REIMS, France: ItalY-based Reggae Girlz Allyson Swaby and Trudi Carter are both eagerly awaiting today’s FIFA Women’s World Cup game against Italy at the Stade Auguste-Delaune. The match, which gets under way at 6 p.m. (11 a.m. Jamaica time), will...
REIMS, France: Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president, Michael Ricketts, has responded to criticism around the access given to Reggae Girlz patron Cedella Marley at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The administration came under fire after a video...
GRENOBLE, France: Jamaica’s Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw pointed to inexperience after the Reggae Girlz suffered a 3-0 defeat to Brazil in their first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup match yesterday. The Jamaicans barely got into stride at the Stade des Alpes...
GRENOBLE, France: Goalkeeper Sydney Schneider impressed, though not enough of her teammates did in the end. Head coach Hue Menzies pointed to a lack of self-belief as Jamaica crumbled to a 3-0 defeat to heavyweights Brazil in their first-ever FIFA...
GRENOBLE, France: Speaking ahead of Jamaica’s 3-0 loss to Brazil in their first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup match, president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Michael Ricketts, lauded the Reggae Girlz for their impact on the national...
GRENOBLE, France: Head coach of Jamaica’s national senior women’s team Hue Menzies, has warned that his Reggae Girlz are not in France at the FIFA Women’s World Cup to make up numbers, and has highlighted their strength in transition ahead of...
Jamaican distance flag-bearer Aisha Praught-Leer, fresh from establishing a new national record in the 5000m, says she will be focusing on the 1500m event this season and is looking to continue rewriting Jamaican distance history. Praught-Leer, who...
Businessman and tennis enthusiast John Azar has confirmed to The Gleaner that he will be challenging incumbent Aswad Morgan for the Tennis Jamaica presidency at the organisation’s upcoming annual general Meeting (AGM). Azar, who on Wednesday met...
Acting president of Tennis Jamaica (TJ), Aswad Morgan, says plans are at an advanced stage for the creation of a $100-million national tennis centre, and is calling for greater support and unity within the local fraternity. Morgan, who could be...
Andrew Price, assistant coach of Jamaica’s national senior women’s team, the Reggae Girlz, says the team has settled well in South Africa ahead of their one-week training camp and friendly international. The Jamaicans are continuing their...
Cricket West Indies (CWI) president, Dave Cameron is confident that he will be returned at the regional cricket authority’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Sunday, so much so, that he is already looking at ways to move the body forward in the...
NEW ROCHELLE, New York: Jamaican distance standout Kemoy Campbell says a return to competitive action would not only mean a lot to him, but would also help him to show that anything is possible with hard work and commitment. The athlete is also...
NEW ROCHELLE, New York: Olympian Kemoy Campbell says he is doing much better these days but admitted to at one point fearing the worst – death – after suffering heart failure and collapsing, while competing at the Millrose Games in New York in...
Three-time Olympic-medal winner Dr Gregory Haughton believes that with proper mental conditioning, Jamaica’s current crop of quarter-milers, which he described as the best in the country’s history, can rise to the top of the event...
Mike Fennell, chairman of the Selection Committee of the RJRGLEANER Sports Foundation, notes that the diversity of the sports represented by the nominees for the 2018 Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards shows that the country is widening...
Sports Minister Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, confirmed to The Gleaner yesterday, that the Jamaica Tallawahs have received over $7 million in funding from the Jamaican government, while calling for greater balance in the location of the team's home...
Having parted ways with telecommunications and entertainment company FLOW following the expiration of its contract for the sponsorship of local schoolboy football, the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) is now targeting a deal in the...
Like many onlookers in the athletics world, Jamaican sprinting star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was left pleased with her 100m run at the London Anniversary Games on Saturday, as the IAAF Diamond League made its way to the British capital.It was a...
It may come a surprise to many, it might seem ludicrous even, but medal-winning Olympic and World Championships sprinter Warren Weir is determined to make a name for himself as a - wait for it - rugby player.Weir shot to international fame as the...
Two days after being elected as president of Maltese Premier League Club St Andrews FC, Craig Butler said that he will be taking the outfit to Jamaica for preseason preparations next month and will stage a series of games and auction for charity....
Standout Jamaican swimmer Alia Atkinson, while expressing disappointment with the local support for swimming, is looking to continue encouraging diversity in the sport after her global impact was brought to the fore at the recently concluded...
Surgery on her left knee in 2015 and a torn quad a year later, injuries have, quite unfortunately, been a constant companion throughout the relatively young career of standout Jamaican hurdler Janieve Russell.In many ways, her pet event, the 400m...
For history-making Jamaican middle distance athlete Aisha Praught-Leer, living outside of the norm is perfectly normal.That she would become the first Jamaican to win a senior international gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase seems a bit like...
