A YEAR ago, a fall from a clipped hurdle denied Andrenette Knight a chance at a World Championship team. With an emphasis on trust and patience, Knight booked her place in Budapest, finishing second in the women’s 400m hurdles final, clocking 53.78...
NEWLY CROWNED national men’s 400-metre hurdles champion, Roshawn Clarke, is not taking for granted the major leap he has taken in his first professional season, nor the magnitude of what he accomplished on Friday. Clarke made his first senior...
AFTER SOARING to the top eight in the Men’s Lacrosse World Championships, Jamaica Lacrosse Association (JLA) president Calbert Hutchinson is hoping that the momentum can sway local corporate partners to be a part of the growth of the game locally....
REGGAE BOYZ head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson and national midfielder Daniel Johnson will not be paying too much attention to overhauling the United States goal differential in a bid to top their Gold Cup Group A when they play against St Kitts and...
WITH TWO weeks to go before the National Championships, Antonio Watson put together a lifetime-best 200m performance at the JAAA All Comers meet at the Jamaica College Ashenheim stadium yesterday. Watson sped to victory in a personal best (PB)...
WHILE THE focus of Jamaican international Dujuan Richards will be on the Gold Cup, his club future, which was determined earlier this year, was confirmed by his new home yesterday. Richards signed a pre-contract with Premier League giants Chelsea...
WHILE HER journey into powerlifting may have come by accident, two-time national champion, Sami Depass, says that she has relished her experience in her first World Championship competition and is eager to see where it takes her. Depass finished...
IN WHAT was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Hydel Preparatory, they still surged back to the top of Prep school athletics, winning the 2023 JISA/Little Caesar’s National Inter Preparatory Championships as the final day closed yesterday at the...
THE JAMAICAN women’s fifth-place finish at the Hockey 5s Pan American Cup was not just about getting retribution against Brazil, but honouring a staunch supporter of the sport as well as setting a platform for the future. The girls closed their...
PASSIONATE, DEMANDING, deserving. Head coach Theodore Whitmore, assistant coach Damion Ferguson, and midfielder Demario Phillips are focused on finally rewarding the supporters of Mount Pleasant for their loyalty and dedication by finally achieving...
CAVALIER’S COMMITMENT to youth development was rewarded with their first Jamaica Premier League (JPL) title in 40 years in 2021. Now back in the final, club chairman Ryan Foster is not just proud about the way the team has been challenging...
THIS TIME last year, Demario Phillips watched with frustration as a valiant season ended without a title as a member of Dunbeholden. Twelve months later, as a member of Mount Pleasant, he will get a second opportunity to claim silverware in today’...
ARNETT GARDENS’ quest to return to the summit of Jamaican football has been about their brotherhood, something that captain Fabian Reid is banking on, especially after their three-week bye included a team-building trip that has been very beneficial...
JAMAICA WILL begin their quest for a historic appearance in the Hockey 5s World Cup today when they open their Pan American Cup campaign at the Mona Hockey Field. The Jamaican women will open against Trinidad and Tobago at 5 p.m. while the men will...
AS THE situation surrounding Jamaican quarter-miler Christopher Taylor’s anti-doping violation charge unfolds, sports medicine specialist Dr Paul Wright and sports lawyer Dr Emir Crowne have offered contrasting views about whether the violation is...
Author Colleen Wint-Bond hopes the legacy of her father, Arthur Wint, captured in the book Arthur Loves to Run, will leave the younger generation having an appreciation for the foundation he laid for Jamaica’s track and field success. Wint-Bond...
HAVING STARTED her 200m slate with a strong performance, World 200m champion Shericka Jackson will gauge herself against the best at today’s Wanda Diamond League Meet in Rabat, Morocco, starting at 12:37 p.m. Jamaica time. Jackson leads a strong...
RELISHING THE opportunity to take his abilities to the next level, ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships Class One 200-metres champion Malique Smith-Band will take his talents to Gainsville, Florida, as he will attend the...
JAMAICAN SPRINTER Ackeem Blake heads a strong Jamaican contingent competing in today’s Bermuda Grand Prix but will be seriously tested as he lines up against world 200m champion Noah Lyles and former 100m world champion Cristian Coleman. Blake,...
CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) president, Keith Joseph, is backing the latest bid for netball to be added to the Olympic programme, critical of how many hurdles the sport has had to clear to join the throng of others...
JAMAICA BOXING Association (JBA) president, Stephen ‘Bomber’ Jones, said he does not foresee a scenario where the federation leaves the International Boxing Association (IBA) in the midst of its continued impasse with the International Olympic...
A 1-0 WIN over Dunbeholden in the first leg of the Lynk Cup semi-finals on Friday may be a slim advantage but it is one that Cavalier technical director, Rudolph Speid, is expecting to be telling given a more relaxed schedule. Cavalier were the...
WITH GRATITUDE to the teammates that got her this far, national striker Khadija Shaw said she hoped her groundbreaking Concacaf Women’s Player-of-the- Year award will inspire others to keep on the journey towards success. Shaw captured her first...
HAVING GOTTEN positive feedback from regional officials regarding the staging of the 26th Yonex Pan American Individual Championships, Jamaica Badminton Association general secretary V.J. Tolan is hoping that yesterday’s staging will be the...
WHILE COY about the reasons she elected to join Elite Performance this season, Olympic 100m hurdles bronze medallist Megan Tapper was not so evasive about her target. Tapper began her season by finishing second in the 100m hurdles at the Velocity...
