Although Jamaica’s venture into Skateboarding has been put on pause because of the coronavirus pandemic, Jamaica Skateboarding Federation (JSF) president Ryan Foster says that the body is still financially sound in its pursuit for an Olympic berth...
With the 2020 athletic season on an indefinite pause because of the coronavirus pandemic, Sprintec Track Club head coach Maurice Wilson says he is not optimistic about any financial recovery for athletes and clubs for the 2020 season. Athletic...
As athletes continue to navigate a new reality of limited training and no competition due to the coronavirus, sports psychologist Olivia Rose believes that maintaining mental discipline, as well as their mental health, will be critical in dealing...
Jamaican Olympic diver Yona Knight-Wisdom is finding comfort through routine and community while in self-isolation in the United Kingdom as the country increases measures to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Pan American Games 1m...
Sport Minister Olivia Grange says that athletes who were in training for the now-postponed Tokyo Olympics should still expect financial support from the Government, starting this week. The funding comes under the Athlete Assistance Programme (AAP...
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics has pushed back the ambitions of sports with lesser profiles in Jamaica looking to break through on the international stage. However, some sporting associations are taking a more optimistic view of the current...
For several Jamaican athletes, news of the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games due to the coronavirus pandemic has delayed a lifelong dream of competing on the biggest sporting platform on the planet. The International Olympic Committee (...
DESPITE THE disruption of the local high-school athletics season due to COVID-19, two of the island’s top coaches have voiced their disagreement with suggestions that the age of eligibility be extended to give final-year student athletes an...
Sprintec Track Club head coach Maurice Wilson is taking no chances on measures to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. Local athletes from various sporting disciplines have been forced to restructure their training programmes because of the...
JAMAICAN BASKETBALLER Romaro Gill had no way of knowing that his collegiate basketball career would come to such an abrupt end. Last week, Gill, who was in his senior season for Seton Hall University, was supposed to compete in the Big East...
Local athletes are managing to find ways to train in spite of restrictions being imposed by the Jamaican Government to combat the novel coronavirus, which now has 16 official cases and one death. The pandemic has caused numerous cancellations and...
Former Jamaica College (JC) football head coach, Miguel Coley, is in the midst of an unexpected and difficult chapter in his coaching career The coronavirus pandemic has put the sporting world in a vice and football leagues across the world have...
When racing resumes today at Caymanas Park, it will be under the strictest of protocols, which according to Supreme Ventures Racing Limited (SVRL) Chairman, Solomon Sharpe, have been devised to ensure a low-risk environment for all stakeholders....
Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) president Dr Warren Blake says the cancellation of this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships may be necessary as a response to the coronavirus which had its first confirmed case...
Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club (JMMC) President Stephen Gunter says that Jamaican driver Alex Powell’s first top-three finish of the 2020 season was well needed after a difficult start to life in the junior class. Powell finished second in the...
As his nickname suggests, Jamaican driver William ‘Wings’ Myers is the latest local product to soar on to the international circuit. The 22-year-old announced on February 28 that he was the latest addition to team Group A Racing, which will compete...
Former Major League Baseball (MLB) player Andrew Dixon says that the latest inclusion to St Thomas Baseball League has justified his choice in bringing the sport to the parish. Dixon, who is also president and founder of the Andrew Dixon...
Former national tennis player and current tournament organiser Max Brown will be hoping to spark the future of Jamaican tennis at the Max Brown Clay Court Tennis Championships, scheduled to take place from April 10 to 13 at the Couples Swept Away...
Sports Minister Olivia Grange says that resources have been allocated to repair the synthetic track surface at the Montego Bay Sports Complex in St James. “The funds (for the new Montego Bay Sports Complex track) are available in the 2020 fiscal...
Minister of Sport Olivia Grange hopes that a financial assistance programme valued at between $50 and $70 million, will galvanise Jamaica’s prospective Olympians in their preparations for the Tokyo Olympics this year. Grange was speaking at a...
Jamaica Association of Social Workers (JASW) President Eva Forde is hoping to use sport as a way of breaking the stigma of mental health in Jamaica. The association will have their inaugural JASW 5k Run/Walk and Social Impact Expo in New Kingston...
Jamaica Athletics Administration Association (JAAA) president, Dr Warren Blake, says a possible cancellation of this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, due to the coronavirus break would be calamitous His comments came after senior...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) referee department head Victor Stewart says the ejection of a fan from a Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) game for verbal abuse aimed at match officials yesterday will send a message to potential future aggressors...
Olympian Yona Knight-Wisdom captured his first medal of the 2020 season, winning a silver in the 3m springboard at the opening FINA Diving Grand Prix meet in Madrid, Spain, last Saturday. The Pan American Games silver medallist posted a score of...
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...
