THE FANS of Mount Pleasant did their part in welcoming their team back to Drax Hall for the first time in two years. However, the team could not reward those fans with a win against second-place Waterhouse in an early season top-of-the-table clash...
THE RETURN of national senior women’s head coach Vin Blaine to Grenada will be bittersweet, but he will look to put his feelings for his former employers aside as the Reggae Girlz take them on in their second World Cup qualifying game at the Kirani...
CAVALIER’S DISCIPLINARY record as of late, whether deserved or not, in the mind of technical director Rudolph Speid, is starting to become a major problem in their 2022 Jamaica Premier season. The defending champions were subjected, yet again, to...
FOUR MONTHS ago Kalyssa Van Zanten hoped her first national senior call-up would be the catalyst for a role in Jamaica’s 2023 Women’s World Cup qualifying bid. On Thursday against Bermuda, she got her wish with an international debut she said went...
WITH ONE swing of his boot, Molynes United captain Nicholas Nelson shocked, stunned and helped to solve the equation of how to beat the rampaging Waterhouse. Molynes United, the bottom club so far on the 2022 Jamaica Premier League table, took the...
NATIONAL SENIOR women’s head coach Vin Blaine says the immediate focus for his World Cup qualifying squad is forming and gelling a new defensive unit as they seek to qualify for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Blaine announced his 23-player squad last...
ARNETT GARDENS have not yet broken their habit of not being able to close out games, much to the frustration of head coach Paul ‘Tegat’ Davis. They were once again the victims of a last-minute stunner, forcing them to settle for a 1-1 draw with...
CLAIMING UNFAIR treatment regarding the allocation of places for the two-woman bobsleigh event, Olympian Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian is taking legal action in a bid to compete in the discipline. Fenlator-Victorian, who is competing in her third and...
IF THE Reggae Boyz are to mount a late comeback in their World Cup qualifying campaign they will have to once again break a losing trend in a Central American country. Jamaica will face Panama this evening at 6:05 at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez...
ICE HOCKEY player Quinton Byfield, of Jamaican descent, marked his return to the National Hockey League (NHL) with a memorable moment in his young career. The Canada-born Byfield, 19, scored his first-ever NHL goal for the Los Angeles Kings, en...
TO THE delight and relief of St Catherine High School head coach Anthony Patrick, retaining their ISSA/Digicel Walker Cup crown did not require another penalty shootout. Dillion Richards’ 89th-minue header was the difference as St Catherine edged...
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL Jamaica Limited (PFJL) director Donovan White says that the organisation is committed to ensuring that all Premier League clubs will have the financial support they need as it targets generating over $200 million in revenue...
WITH CONCACAF giving its final blessing for the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for the remainder of the region’s World Cup qualifiers, Independence Park Limited General Manager Major Desmon Brown says that not many alterations will be required for...
JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) General Secretary Dalton Wint says the organisation will work with whatever capacity is agreed upon for the upcoming home World Cup qualifiers at the National Stadium. His comments come as Local Government Minister...
For Kingston College’s Christopher Pearson, his strong midfield play that has led the many-time champions to yet another ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup semi-final run has been attributed to coming on the other side of an injury that tested his mental...
Video Assistant Referee (VAR) may be closer towards implementation for the final stretch of the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers, but Concacaf head of communications, Nicholas Noble, says the main barrier towards full approval will be getting the...
THREE GAMES, three wins and an ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup semi-final secured for Kingston College. For assistant coach Raymond Watson, it was the perfect way to enter the Christmas break with the target of another Manning Cup title after dispatching...
AFTER A two-year absence, national defender Alvas Powell will make a return to Major League Soccer (MLS) club FC Cincinnati. Powell, 27, signed with the club on Friday via free agency to a one-year deal, with an option for the 2023 season. The move...
Excelsior High School’s head coach, Xavier Gilbert, did not need much to motivate his team for their ISSA/Manning Cup quarter-final match yesterday. With a new lease on life, Excelsior High took full advantage, dispatching Kingston Technical High...
IN A year that has seen his title dreams come true, Olympic 110m hurdles champion Hansle Parchment is hoping that another achievement is crossed off the list: winning the RJRGLEANER Sports Foundation Sportsman of the Year award. Parchment leads the...
AFTER A difficult start to their truncated 2021 Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Manning Cup football campaign, Jamaica College (JC) head coach, Davion Ferguson, was cautious regarding his team’s ability to make up ground in a...
NATIONAL SENIOR netball head coach, Connie Francis, wanted a strong response from her team after their first Test loss to England last week Sunday. Instead, the Sunshine Girls could not recover after a poor start as they fell 66-47 in yesterday’s...
FOR THE third time in his first English Premier League (EPL) season, national midfielder Leon Bailey will spend another period in the treatment room. The Aston Villa winger is set to miss the final games of the calendar year, starting with today’s...
FRUSTRATION AND relief described the emotions of both Excelsior and St Andrew Technical (STATHS) high schools as the two battled to an entertaining 3-3 draw in their ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup Group B game at Stadium East yesterday. It was...
NATIONAL senior team netball head coach, Connie Francis, says that they must display improvement and adaptability as they take on England in the first game of their long-awaited three-match Test series. The Sunshine Girls, ranked number four in the...
