Reigning Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) champions Portmore United will look to cause a major upset when they face Mexican club Cruz Azul in the first leg of their Concacaf Champions League Round of 16 tie tonight at the National Stadium, starting...
South East St Catherine political candidate Robert Miller intends to use sport as part of his agenda for the constituency if elected. The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) hopeful, along with JLP Bridgeport coordinator Duane Ebanks, recently presented...
World Athletics Championships women’s shot put silver medallist Danniel Thomas-Dodd says that the cancellation of this year’s World Athletics Indoor Championships has lessened her workload as she prepares for the Tokyo Olympics this summer. The...
Olympian Yona Knight-Wisdom says that he will be targeting consistency in his performances as he officially gets his 2020 season under way at the first meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix in Madrid, Spain, tomorrow. The Pan American Games 1m...
Shama Beckford held off the challenge of brothers Ivah and Icah Wilmot to win the first event of the Jamaica Surfing Association (JSA) 2020 National Open Series held at the Copacabana Beach in Bull Bay, St Andrew, on Sunday. Beckford’s combined...
Shahiede Patterson is seeking to be the first Jamaican to qualify for rowing at the Olympics, and he is working hard to achieve the feat. Patterson, a fourth-year student at the Caribbean Maritime University, has had to balance his academics and...
Sport Minister Olivia Grange says that plans are being made to commission more statues in the near future commemorating the success of local athletes. Grange was speaking at the statue unveiling of former world record holder Asafa Powell at...
One of the fastest men ever in world history, born here in Jamaica, has now been immortalised. Asafa Powell, the former 100m world record holder was honoured in a ceremony last night at Independence Park, where his statue was unveiled in front of...
Olympian Yona Knight-Wisdom’s success has left an impression on the local aquatic community, most notably national junior swimmer Zaneta Alvaranga. While participating in an opening training session with the Pan American Games silver medallist...
Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) General Secretary and CEO Ryan Foster admitted disappointment, but underlined that despite the failure of Jamaica’s senior women’s football team to qualify for this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, they have...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) general secretary Dalton Wint says that a decision on the long-term future of head coach Hubert Busby Jr will be made after the completion of the Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualification tournament. Jamaica’s senior...
Jamaica senior women’s football team head coach Hubert Busby Jr says that striker Khadija Shaw is on target to return to the field for their crucial Group B final round Olympic qualifying game against Canada this afternoon at 5:30 p.m. The country...
National Tackle Football Association (JNTFA) director Jerome Harriott says that plans are in place to take American football to schools in the Corporate Area. He says that with this plan in mind, talks are already ongoing with a number of these...
Two months after the launch of their new sled and portable track, Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (JBSF) president Nelson Stokes says that he is already seeing improvements in Jamaica’s teams on the international circuit. The new sled and...
Jamaican Basketball Association (JABA) president Paulton Gordon says that the death of NBA legend Kobe Byrant was a loss not only for basketball but for the entire sporting community. The five time NBA champion and double Olympic gold medallist...
Moylnes United head coach Calvert Fitzgerald praised his rotated team after their 1-1 draw against UWI FC in their Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) game at the UWI Mona Bowl yesterday. Tyrick Stephenson got the opener for the visiting Molynes in...
Racers Track Club president Glen Mills says that he was surprised at the improved gold status that World Athletics granted to the Racers/Adidas Grand Prix which is set for the National Stadium on June 13. Mills was speaking at the launch of the...
Former Windies fast bowler Courtney Walsh believes that the Under-19 squad has what it takes to mount a serious title challenge in their ICC World Cup campaign under way in South Africa. The young West Indians are off to a strong start in the...
As Yona Knight-Wisdom prepares for a crucial 2020 season, headlined by making this year’s Olympic Games, the 24-year-old believes that recent success has validated his decision to represent Jamaica in the sport. The Pan American Games silver...
For young Jamaican driver Alex Powell, the year 2019 could not have gone any better. In a season where he won the ROK Super Final in Italy and became the first Jamaican and Caribbean driver to sign to a Formula One team, Powell’s success was...
Champion swimmer Alia Atkinson began her 2020 season with a third-place finish in the 50m breaststroke on the opening day of the FINA Champions Swim Series at the Shenzhen Universiade Center Swimming Natatorium in Shenzhen, China, yesterday....
Olympian and world record holder Alia Atkinson opens her 2020 season today at the first meet of the FINA Champions Swim Series in China, as her preparations continue towards the Olympic Games later this year. The tournament, which is in its second...
Another Jamaican international will make her mark in the Women’s French League this year. Midfielder Havana Solaun has joined Paris FC from Norweigian club Klepp IL until the end of the season, making her the club’s first signing of the winter...
Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) president Martin Lyn has predicted a strong season from Olympian Alia Atkinson, who is about to kick her preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in high gear. The national record holder will...
Though Hydel High started the high school athletics season strongly at the Purewater/Jamaica College/R Danny Williams Invitational on Saturday, head coach Corey Bennett says he still has some concerns as the road to the 2020 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys...
