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Published:Friday | March 25, 2016 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz broke their losing sequence at home with a 1-1 draw against Group Two leaders Costa Rica in their CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying football match at the National Stadium. Playing without injured captain Rodolph Austin,...

Published:Friday | November 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz made a poor start to their Semi-final campaign in CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying, losing 2-0 at home against Panama at the National Stadium.

Published:Friday | September 4, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

When Jamaica tackle Nicaragua in their second-leg football match next week Tuesday in Managua, the Reggae Boyz must win to have any chance of advancing any further in their quest for a place at the 2018 World Cup final in Russia.

Published:Friday | September 4, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

At half-time, Nicaragua hold a shock 2-0 lead over Jamaica's Reggae Boyz in their first-leg CONCACAF World Cup qualifying football match at the National Stadium in Kingston. Captain Manuel Rosas gave his team the lead at the fourth minute,...

Published:Monday | July 27, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: Jamaica’s head coach, Winfried Schafer, put an arm around the necks of some of his players following the team's disappointing 3-1 loss against Mexico in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup at the Lincoln...

Published:Saturday | July 25, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: DARREN MATTOCKS reckons he’s a man for the big moment. As a schoolboy, he did it for Bridgeport High to lift the Manning Cup title. Year-end at the regional...

Published:Saturday | July 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

Jamaica qualified for the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 win over Haiti in their quarter-final football match at M&T Bank Stadium today. Giles Barnes scored the winning goal at the seventh minute, taking a cut back off Adrian...

Published:Saturday | July 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

Jamaica lead Haiti 1-0 in their CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal football match at M&T Bank Stadium here. Giles Barnes scored at the seventh minute, firing in from an acute angle off a pass from Rodolph Austin.

Published:Saturday | July 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

BALTIMORE, Maryland: Clint Dempsey netted a hat-trick as the United States advanced to the CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final with a 6-0 thumping of Cuba in their quarter-final football match at M&T Bank Stadium this evening. The Americans led 4-0 at...

Published:Tuesday | July 14, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

TORONTO, Canada: There has been one change to Jamaica's starting team for this evening's CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B football match against El Salvador at BMO Field. Darren Mattocks, who represents Canada-based Major League Soccer franchise,...

Published:Tuesday | July 7, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

HAWTHORNE, California: Neither the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) nor its players will face any consequences for the latter’s refusal to train as scheduled at the StubHub football facility, in preparation for their opening Group B match in...

Published:Tuesday | July 7, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

HAWTHORNE, California: Describing the players’ strike action as ‘normal’ in the sport, Reggae Boyz head coach, Winfried Schafer, said it is important for the players to understand that they must now fight for their country in...

Published:Saturday | May 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

Olympic and World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the women’s 100m in a world leading 10.81 seconds to score the only Jamaican win at the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field, University of Oregon, today. Running in her second 100m...

Published:Saturday | May 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

Schoolboy Jaheel Hyde finished seventh in one of his earliest tests competing against the sport’s big guns in the men's 400m hurdles at the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field, University of Oregon, today. The Wolmerian never had his...

Published:Saturday | May 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMAudley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

Jamaican duo Nickel Ashmeade and Julian Forte got caught in Justin Gatlin’s tailwind, in the Men's 200m to finish third and fifth, respectively, at the Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field, University of Oregon, today. Both were well off...

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