PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: After capturing the gold medal in the Championships of America discus event at the Penn Relays yesterday, Holmwood Technical High School’s Cedricka Williams says she is feeling a lot more confident and relaxed ahead of...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Defending champions Edwin Allen lead all six Jamaican school qualifiers into tomorrow’s final of the Girls' Championships of America High School 4x100-metre relays at th Penn Relays inside Franklin Field Stadium. The...
WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING that Edwin Allen will be difficult to beat in the Championship of America 4x100-metre at the Penn Relays (Penns), Hydel High School head coach Corey Bennett says they are still hoping to outperform their rivals. Twenty-six...
Four-time World 100 metres champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, says she will be taking a much smarter approach to her season this year as she looks to defend her 100m title at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in July. Fraser-...
Edwin Allen High School’s Class One star Bryan Levell and Hydel High School’s outstanding sprint talent Brianna Lyston have been confirmed to participate in the inaugural staging of the East Coast International Showcase Championships in the United...
After a more than two years absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) youth leagues are set to return this weekend with the playing of the Valeo-sponsored competitions. The competitions which are...
SEVEN OVERSEAS-BASED players are scheduled to arrive in the island next week to take part in a trial for the National Under-20 team ahead of their participation in Concacaf World Cup qualifiers in June. Jamaica will play in Group H alongside hosts...
JAMAICA’S OUTSTANDING middle-distance junior runner J’Voughnn Blake says he will be using the current break to give his body some much-needed rest as he set his sights on breaking the one minute and 46-second mark in the 800 metres this year....
Despite winning her first individual gold medal in the long jump competition at the 2022 Carifta Games, multitalented Jamaican athlete Serena Cole has her sights fixed on competing in the 100 metres at this year’s World Under-20 Championships. Cole...
Jamaica’s under-20 girls’ 4x100 metres team produced a brilliant performance last night to break the World Under-20 record on their way to gold in the sprint event at the 2022 Carifta Games. Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Brianna Lyston, and Tia...
A very confident Jamaican swimming team will bow into action on today’s opening day of the Carifta Swimming Championships in Barbados. The Carifta Championships, which pits the best swimmers from across the region, competing over five days, is...
HEAD COACH of Jamaica’s team, Corey Bennett, says fans should expect another pulsating performance from the country’s athletes when they compete at this weekend’s Carifta track and field championships at the National Stadium. The Under-17 and...
Some of the country’s top drivers have been confirmed for next Monday’s much-anticipated race meet at the Dover raceway in St Ann. Forty-four drivers and 23 riders have been confirmed for the meet, which will see the return of competitive racing at...
After smashing the Class One Girls’ 200 metres record at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships on Saturday at the National Stadium, Hydel High School’s star sprinter, Brianna Lyston, says she has now regained her confidence and self-...
After more than three months out of the saddle, Panamanian jockey Dick Cardenas is set to resume riding at Caymanas Park on Saturday. Cardenas is coming off a series of injuries after he fell from his mount DE INEVITABLE on December 18 last year....
Hydel High’s Oneika McAnnuff was in a state of shock after winning the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles open for girls at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) at the National Stadium last night. McAnnuff...
There were huge celebrations inside the National Stadium on Thursday evening as Mount Alvernia High’s Aaliyah Foster celebrated wildly after recording a new personal best mark to win the final of the Class Two girls’ long jump competition at the...
Newly crowned Class One 400 metres champion, Dejanea Oakley of Clarendon College, says last night’s victory in the event at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships is a massive boost for her career. Oakley defeated a quality...
Edwin Allen High’s Monifa Edwards cried tears of joy after capturing the silver medal in the javelin open event at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) at the National Stadium yesterday. Edwards, who ranked eighth...
Favourites to claim a seventh ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships title in a row, Edwin Allen eased into the final of the girls Class One 4x100 metres inside the National Stadium this evening. The Michael Dyke-coached team,...
Edwin Allen’s Shamoyea Morris heaved the discus to 40.19 metres to record the longest throw in the preliminary round of the Class Two event at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships today. Morris’ mark is almost two metres...
Fresh off her silver medal in the 100 metres on Wednesday evening, Hydel’s Brianna Lyston cruised to 24.21 seconds to win heat one of the girls’ Class One 200 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships at the National...
FRESHLY-MINTED ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships Class One 100 metres champion Tina Clayton was low on confidence entering last evening’s final, but a pep talk from her mother and coach got her across the line. Tina, who is...
IT WAS all joy at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships for Camperdown’s Victoria Christie as she dedicated her gold medal to her mother, Joy Christie, who was celebrating her birthday yesterday. Christie won the Class...
CALABAR’S HIGH school sprinter Nicholas Newby was an emotional figure after advancing to the semi-finals of the boys’ Class One 100 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) at the National Stadium and he had...