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Stories by Daniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Published:Wednesday | August 2, 2023 | 5:43 PMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Jamaica's 65-member squad to the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary was announced today with quarter-miler Zandrion Barnes making the team and double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah joining the relay pool being...

Published:Friday | April 21, 2023 | 1:16 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Despite a late flurry from Molynes United, Portmore United survived and clinched their place in the Lynk Cup semi-finals after their 2-2 draw in their quarter-final return leg at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. Leading 2-1 from last...

Published:Wednesday | October 26, 2022 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

THE OCCASION of a first knockout round tie in 30 years may have got to Campion College in the beginning, but they eventually found their feet. On the other side of the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup tie at the Ashenheim Stadium yesterday was a...

Published:Friday | September 9, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Five has become the magic number for Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce in 2022. In a year where she captured her fifth World 100 metres title, Fraser-Pryce closed the season with her fifth Diamond League title at the Diamond League Finals yesterday in Zurich...

Published:Monday | February 28, 2022 | 5:18 PMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Jamaica defeated Cuba 3-0 in their second Group H game at the Concacaf Under 20 Women's Championship in the Dominican Republic on Monday. Kameron Simmonds scored a brace in the 34th and 49th minutes and second-half substitute Christina Salmon...

Published:Saturday | July 31, 2021 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Waterhouse FC head coach Marcel Gayle says that, despite the poor form of Humble Lion, they will not be letting their guards down during their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) fixture this afternoon at 1 pm at the UWI/Captain Horace Burrell Centre of...

Published:Sunday | July 25, 2021 | 11:55 PMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

There will be no fourth straight trip to the Concacaf Gold Cup semi-finals for Jamaica. The Reggae Boyz were defeated 1-0 by the United States in their quarter-final game at the AT...

Published:Thursday | July 1, 2021 | 9:35 PMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Shot putter O'Dayne Richards and discus thrower Shanice Love have been dropped from Jamaica's Olympics team. Both athletes had originally made the team having satisfied the quota that the International Olympic Committee had for the number of...

Published:Thursday | July 1, 2021 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Fresh off her first league title win in five years with Hungarian club Ferencvarosi Torna Club (FTC), national midfielder Tiffany Cameron has decided to make yet another move in her much-travelled career. Cameron, 29, while remaining in the...

Published:Saturday | June 26, 2021 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Mount Pleasant head coach Paul Davis and Phillip Williams, the man in charge at Tivoli Gardens, have stressed that they will be seeking strong starts when they face each other in their Jamaica Premier League season opener today at 1 p.m. at the UWI...

Published:Friday | June 25, 2021 | 12:13 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Michael Ricketts says that sanctions could be coming for the University of the West Indies Football Club (UWI FC) after their withdrawal from the 2020-21 Jamaica Premier League season. Professional...

Published:Thursday | June 24, 2021 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Reggae Boyz goalkeeper and captain Andre Blake says that he is fully prepared to meet the demands of a hectic upcoming schedule for both club and country. Blake, 30, was named to the 60 man provisional roster for the Concacaf Gold Cup tournament...

Published:Wednesday | June 23, 2021 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Olympian Alia Atkinson will return to the London Roar for the 2021 International Swimming League (ISL) season. Roar’s General Manager Rob Woodhouse announced yesterday on Instagram that Atkinson, 32, is among the first five athletes that the team...

Published:Tuesday | June 22, 2021 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

President Michael Ricketts says that the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is proposing to bring fans back into the National Stadium for their FIFA World Cup qualifiers later this year. The schedule for the final round has been finalised with...

Published:Saturday | May 29, 2021 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

National swim coaches, Rory Alvaranga and Wendy Lee, have hailed the return of local competitive swimming. According to the coaches, this has not only brought solace for the coaching staff and swimmers but after the long layoff, they can now...

Published:Saturday | August 29, 2020 | 12:14 AMDaniel Wheeler/ Staff Reporter

Tivoli Gardens head coach Philip Williams wants the uncertainty regarding the start of the upcoming Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) season to be resolved soon. Premier League teams are still awaiting word from the Ministry of Health regarding...

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