Sunshine Girls coach Connie Francis has revealed that she will see out her contract with Netball Jamaica and will prepare the national netball team for the 2023 World Cup. Francis, who led the Sunshine Girls to a silver medal at the recent...
Jamaica won 12 medals on yesterday’s final day of the North American Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Championship in Freeport, Bahamas, to add to the 12 they won on the previous two days. Traves Smikle, Shiann Salmon, and Andrew...
Reggae Girlz coach Lorne Donaldson says he expects the team to be competitive against number 18-ranked South Korea in an international friendly on September 3 despite the unavailability of some key players. The Jamaicans will also play the South...
Former Reggae Girlz coach Hue Menzies continues to break down barriers and is proud to be the first black and the first Caribbean head coach of a National Women’s Soccer League ((NWSL) team in the United States. He was appointed by Gotham FC as...
RECENTLY, SIX Jamaican coaches participated in a Concacaf A licence course, put on by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), and head of coaching educaton at the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Andrew Peart, is aiming to advance...
JAMAICA SCHOOL of Gymnastics (JSG) topped the Yamilet Pena Classic held in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic, from August 13-14, edging out the hosts to finish with the highest all-around score. Twenty-nine JSG gymnasts competed at recreational...
MOLYNES UNITED president, Herman Cruickshank, believes the hiring of Alex Thomas as coach will not only help the club stave off relegation from the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), but also finish in the top half of the table for the first time....
KEVIN COWAN, the agent of Jamaica and Spartak Moscow forward, Shamar Nicholson, confirmed that Turkish giants Galatasaray and a number of European clubs have been enquiring about the availability of the striker. Cowan has said if the right offer...
Memphis University right back, Maliek Howell, got his second international call-up for the Reggae Boyz when he was named for the Austria Mini Football Tournament in Vienna, Austria, from August 20-26. College players getting called to the senior...
Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz will travel to the Austria Mini Football Tournament in Vienna, Austria, from August 20-26, with a largely inexperienced squad and interim coach Merron Gordon will be banking on veteran defender Adrian Mariappa to help the...
Veteran coach Lebert Halliman will be the toast of the annual Ali Cup preseason schoolboy football tournament, which takes place on the Excelsior High School grounds today and tomorrow. Carlton Hammond, chief executive officer (CEO) for the Green...
Merron Gordon, the Reggae Boyz’s stand-in coach for the Austria mini football tournament in Vienna from August 20-26, says there is no pressure to win any of the three games as the main objectives are to expose the best local players and introduce...
AFTER GUIDING the Sunshine Girls to their first major international final, coach Connie Francis could walk away before the World Cup in South Africa next year because of the mental pressure that comes with the job. Francis, who has a four-year...
SUNSHINE GIRLS head coach, Connie Francis, expects her players to maintain the level of focus and maturity they displayed at the Commonwealth Games going into next year’s World Cup in South Africa, where the objective will be similar. Unlike at...
JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) technical committee chairman, Rudolph Speid, revealed that the federation recently passed regulations to govern the growing number of football academies islandwide. Speid said the regulations have been in place for...
REGGAE GIRLZ coach Lorne Donaldson now has a unique set of achievements. After he guided the senior national women’s team to a second consecutive FIFA World Cup qualification, he then had the pleasure of seeing his Real Colorado U17 girls’ club...
CHRIS JAMES, a Barbican Football Club executive, has chastised Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) clubs for voting to cancel the under-13 and under-15 competitions, usually held over the summer. James revealed that, at a recent...
ON SUNDAY, the Sunshine Girlz played their first Commonwealth Games netball final against Australia in Birmingham, England, and local alcohol distiller Wray and Nephew announced that they would commit $14 million over the next three years to the...
SENIOR REGGAE Girlz coach Lorne Donaldson is hoping that talks to reach an agreement for his long-term service, at least for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, will commence after the holidays. Donaldson, who is in the...
WATERHOUSE FC’S head coach, Marcel Gayle, says his team made some “criminal” mistakes during their 6-0 defeat by Pacific FC in a Concacaf League preliminary round second-leg tie in Langford, Canada, on Tuesday night, and they paid the price. The...
JAMAICA U15 girls’ coach, Tashawna Vincent, said her team’s 11-0 defeat to the United States in their League A, Group A Concacaf U15 Girls Championship at the Hillsborough County Sportsplex in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, re-emphasised the...
JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) technical committee chairman Rudolph Speid has dismissed reports that there will be no women’s premier league this year. On the contrary, Speid said there are plans to make the women’s league a stronger product and...
JAMAICA’S U15 girls’ coach Tashawna Vincent believes that for multiple reasons organisers of the Concacaf U15 girls development championship, now taking place at the Hillsborough County Tournament Sportsplex in Tampa, Florida, should consider...
THE LATE approval of Briana Williams by Commonwealth Games organisers yesterday means the young Jamaican sprinter will not participate when the track and field events jump out of the blocks in Birmingham, England, today. According to track and...
With only a day to go before the start of track and field competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Jamaica’s track and field team manager, Ludlow Watts, was busy seeking approval for some late inclusions to the team late...
