For Ballaz Academy founder and director Andre Virtue and under-12 coach Michael Blygen, their performance at the recently concluded Springs Holiday Cup Tournament in Florida not only showed the growth of their youth but has put the spotlight on...
In a game where Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick, he still found himself a loser. That loss meant his dream of giving his beloved France, back-to-back titles ended, but the 23-...
Barring the referee spoiling Sunday’s World Cup final with soft or dubious penalty calls, it promises to be epic. One for the ages. It will be South America versus Europe, defending...
ON THE cusp of ending a nearly 40-year drought for a world title, chargé d’affaires at the Argentinian Embassy José Grande Perez says that World Cup glory for Argentina would not only be the crowning achievement for their captain Lionel Messi, but...
After what has been a truly remarkable tournament, the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup is down to two games, the third-place playoff and Sunday’s grand finale between defending champions France...
For Kingston College, a programme that has set for itself a standard of excellence and silverware, a trophy-less schoolboy season could be seen as a failure. However, for head coach Raymond Watson, in his first season on the job, he believes that...
With gratitude for a career that has made him legendary, eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt will be honoured by the BBC with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. The announcement was made...
Former national women’s coach Charles Edwards says, while in support of increasing the Women’s World Cup rosters to 26, that Jamaica will have to make do and be mindful of their squad selections ahead of next year’s tournament. His comments come...
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is at the closing stages and what an extraordinary tournament is has been so far. Beaten finalists in 2018, Croatia, made a wonder run, but...
The Atlas Lions have nothing to be ashamed of. They've won the hearts of many. They came, they saw but didn't conquer, and that's ok. The entire country should be proud, from the city of Tangier in the north...
WHAT MOROCCO have already achieved at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and what they will attempt to do this afternoon in the quest for more history cannot be understated in the minds of Jamaica College head coach Davion Ferguson and former national...
WITH A rematch three years in the making, Jamaica College (JC) and Clarendon College (CC) will close the 2022 schoolboy football season to decide all-island supremacy, in the ISSA Olivier Shield final this afternoon at 5 p.m. at Stadium East Field...
Penalty aside, Argentina put the screws to Croatia and never eased up. No extra-time needed. What was billed as a battle of atrition ended up being a display that showed this version of...
Glenmuir High School’s first schoolboy football title in 13 years cannot only be attributed to the success on the field but for the emphasis that the programme has placed on the mental health of its athletes, something that head coach Andrew Peart...
Ballaz International Group Founder and Director Andre Virtue says that the rare opportunity to send their younger age group teams to compete internationally will benefit them in their development as players both on and off the field, and they are...
This World Cup has been one of upsets, and the team that has created the most thus far is Morocco. Since the start of the tournament, the north Aficans have been beating...
Argentina and Croatia's last world cup meeting four years ago would shape the destinies of both countries in that tournament. Croatia’s commanding 3-0 group stage win would fuel their run to...
When things go wrong, they really go wrong. Cristiano Ronaldo through on goal, his team down 1-0, no dice. Harry Kane, a sure shot from 12 yards away, his team down 2-1, no...
One coach hopes to claim a title that has eluded him while the other is hoping to not end the season trophyless. The latest chapter of the Jamaica College-Kingston College (KC) rivalry will unfold this afternoon as they will face each other in the...
The aftermath of the FIFA corruption scandal, as well as the part that Caribbean administrators played in it could spell doom for any other aspiring person from the region vying for the Concacaf presidency in the future according to ESPN football...
In one word, Wow. When commenting on how Croatia have gone about their business, I often refer to them as battle-tested warriors. They entered the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar without the...
And then there were eight. The Oranje have looked solid throughout the tournament. Ball possession … check, pace in all areas of the field … check, winning mentality … pending. Having lost three World...
The goal of Tivoli Gardens High head coach Christopher Nicholas is to bring the school back to its former glory. There, they were perennial schoolboy football contenders. After Friday’s Walker Cup title victory, Nicholas believes they are on the...
ALTHOUGH MISSING out on World Athletic Female of the Year award honours, five-time 100-metre World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and World 200m champion Shericka Jackson will go head to head for Jamaica’s highest individual sporting prize as...
FOR ALL the pressure and criticism that England head coach Gareth Southgate has been under before and during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Deputy British High Commissioner in Jamaica, Daniel Shepherd, says that he has, so far, answered them with...
