St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) will have a monumental task in front of them when they face St George’s College (STGC) in Group H of the quarter-finals of the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup competition today in the 4 p.m. feature game of a...
The IAAF named Jamaican junior sprint hurdler Britany Anderson as a finalist for the 2019 Rising Star Award, which recognises the year’s outstanding under-20 athletes from around the globe. The other four finalists are Lemlem Hailu of Ethiopia,...
Waterhouse FC extended their lead at the top of the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) table to four points, holding on to secure a 2-1 win against second-place Molynes United in their match at the Constant Spring Sports Complex yesterday. Kenroy...
Jamaican Olympian and former Kingston College track star Rupert Hoilett will be assessing the damage to his property after fire consumed shops around his premises at his Skibo Avenue residence in Kingston yesterday. When the news team arrived at...
Excelsior High rallied back from near elimination to defeat Dinthill Technical High School 4-3 on penalties as the opening round of the ISSA Champions Cup got underway yesterday at the National Stadium. Alex Alexander scored the decisive penalty...
Defending champions Kingston College stormed past Charlie Smith 5-0 as the quarter-finals of the ISSA-Digicel Manning Cup continued from the National Stadium, yesterday. Dwyane Atkinson led the way with two goals, while Ronaldo Robinson, Tyreese...
Dunbeholden gave themselves much-needed breathing room in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) table with a 1-0 win over bottom club University of the West Indies (UWI) FC in their game at the Royal Lakes Sports Complex yesterday. Dean-Andre Thomas...
Sport minister Olivia Grange says Jamaica’s global appeal in athletics, especially in sprinting, was the driving force behind the coaching exchange partnership brokered with Kenya. Grange confirmed that the two countries will be planning to...
The ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup second round between Mona High and St George’s College (STGC) was much closer than it was last year. But STGC came back from a goal down to win 2-1 in the first leg of their two-game tie at Stadium East yesterday....
United States-based publication Track and Field News has named Jamaican sprinter Briana Williams as its High School Athlete of the Year. The world junior champion received 14 of the 19 votes for the top honour. The other number-one votes went to...
After being forced to withdraw from the 200m and 4x100m at the recent World Championships in Doha owing to calf and Achilles issues, double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson will be advised in two weeks’ time on the course of treatment...
Founder and head coach of SWEPT Track Club Okeile Stewart believes that the addition of Jamaican hurdler Jaheel Hyde to his training group will lead to a return to form for the 22-year-old, who is looking to kick-start his career after a ...
It is customary to find Brian ‘Spuddy’ Rickman commentating on Heroes Day racing from Caymanas Park, as he has done for over 30 years. It would take something serious or massive to get him away from the track. So count receiving a national award as...
Veronica Campbell-Brown won her first Olympic medal in 2000 as part of Jamaica’s silver medal-winning women’s 4x100m relay team that included Merlene Ottey. Last night, the multiple Olympic and World champion was honoured with a statue in her...
One of Jamaica’s most decorated athletes is now cast in bronze. The statue of multiple-times Olympic and World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was unveiled last night in a ceremony at Independence Park that celebrated her achievements, as well as...
Jamaica’s 2-0 win over Aruba in the Concacaf Nations League B last Saturday maintained the team’s strong position in Group B, but Theodore Whitmore was far from pleased with the performance, criticising the complacency that was shown. What followed...
Vauxhall High secured their place in the second round of the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup after battling to a 2-2 draw with Wolmer’s in the final Group E game at Windward Road yesterday. Wolmer’s, who were already assured their passage to the last 16,...
The fate of Group A teams St Jago High School and Cumberland High School will be decided as the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup group phase concludes today. Jago will travel to Spanish Town Road to face Haile Selassie High School at 1 p.m., knowing that...
Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Secretary General Garth Gayle believes that the proposed changes to the World Athletics (IAAF) marketing and advertising policy present an opportunity for both the association and the athletes to...
At long last, Danusia Francis has captured her Olympic dream. The 25-year-old gymnast booked her place innext year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, recently after a stellar showing at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart,...
Dunbeholden will wonder how they were not able to take advantage of the numerous opportunities they had on goal. Humble Lion will be kicking themselves for letting the golden opportunity they had to win it deep into stoppage time slip. But both...
Hydel High School continue their search for a spot in the second round of the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup competition in their rescheduled Group D fixture against St Mary’s College today at 1 p.m. The reigning Walker Cup champions are in third place...
Windies cricketer Chris Gayle will take his talents into the signature watch industry. The 40-year-old Jamaican has partnered with Hagley West Watches, as well as co-founders and cricket lovers Tim Hayden and Jayden Levitt. Hayden, company CEO,...
Fraser McConnell became Jamaica’s first every rallycross champion with victory in the final of the ARX2 Rallycross meet in Lexington, Ohio on Sunday. Rallycross is a form of motorsport that takes placed on a closed multisurface racing circuit, with...
Shericka Jackson came home after the London World Championships in 2017 bitterly disappointed in her performance. She failed to medal in the women’s 400m and was part of the 4x400m relay team that did not finish the race. She arrived last night at...
