In the most competitive field of nominees in years, the World Athletics 2022 Women’s Athlete of the Year went to the one who has redefined the 400 metres hurdles event, World and Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. The announcement was made...
Croatia are quietly going about their business to give captain and stalwart Luka Modric one last hurrah at the World Cup. They were made to work for it against Japan and Croatia goalkeeper Dominik...
Just as his father, Kevin “Pele” Wilson, did decades before, Jamaica College’s (JC) Kevaughn Wilson continued the family tradition of Manning Cup success on Friday night, honoured and privileged to write his own name in history. Jamaica College’s...
Alas Senegal just couldn't find a way past England. Not having Sadio Mane finally showed. But for Alou Cisse and company this year should be seen as a success. African champions and a World Cup round of 16 place are achievements to be proud of.
Louis van Gaal produced a tactical clinic against the USA. They were more than happy to give the Americans the ball to see what they could do with it and knew that Holland's quality in the final third would be good enough...
Three times in five seasons Jamaica College (JC) and St Andrew Technical High (STATHS) have played for the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup title. Three times it has gone to penalties. And now three times JC have prevailed. And as far as they are concerned...
New Walker Cup champions will be crowned this afternoon, which could mean making history for one school and ending a title drought for another. Haile Selassie High and Tivoli High will face each other in this afternoon’s ISSA/Digicel Walker Cup...
A World Cup in the middle of the schoolboy football is unusual. Although the action in Qatar can have the potential to distract teams, it has brought either laser focus or an opportunity to bond together as a team and learn in the cases of Jamaica...
Jamaica College (JC) and St Andrew Technical High (STATHS), a rivalry built on respect, ambition and exciting moments and what is turning into one of the most anticipated clashes over the past few years in schoolboy football, will close the 2022...
IN ASSESSING the performances of Concacaf teams so far in the 2022 World Cup, the grading has been mixed although former national assistant coach Jerome Waite, former Molynes United coach Calvert Fitzgerald and current Molynes United’s Alex Thomas...
NOT EVEN in his wildest dreams did Haile Selassie High head coach Linval Dixon think that their first season back in schoolboy football would result in an appearance in a final. Now they are 90 minutes away from their first piece of silverware...
Haile Selassie High and Wolmer’s Boys’ School will meet for the second time this season, both looking to continue their unexpected runs towards silverware in their ISSA/Walker Cup semi-final this afternoon at the National Stadium at 2 p.m. The...
WITH THE World Cup in full swing, Argentina losing and Portugal winning their first games, we asked the schoolboy football fraternity if a World Cup title for Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo would settle the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) debate...
For the third time in five seasons, Jamaica College (JC) and St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) will face each other for the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup title. But fans will have a chance for a preview of what’s in store as the two schools...
For the 19th staging of the Wesley Powell Track Meet, competition director David Riley says that he is targetting a return to pre-pandemic levels with strong crowd support to see the results of junior and collegiate athletes’ background training...
A different direction and financial capital are what Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts hopes will bring in a new era for women’s football in Jamaica. Ricketts was speaking at the launch of the 2022-23 JFF Women’s Premier...
JAMAICA COLLEGE (JC) will have another chance to add to their legacy of schoolboy football excellence after fighting to their third straight ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup final, dispatching Mona High 2-1 in yesterday’s semifinal at the National Stadium...
INTENSE TRAINING, relentless resolve. Those were the ingredients, according to Chapelton Maroons Rohane Brown, that have seen the rise of this proud new club. Brown’s 20th-minute strike was enough to help Chapelton edge Waterhouse 1-0 in their...
IN A year which has seen Jamaican athletes excel on the track, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) president, Garth Gayle, said being named a finalist for the World Athletics Membership Federation Award was not unexpected. World...
History was made by Chapelton Maroons last night: Their first Jamaica Premier League (JPL) goal and their first win of the season and in the top flight. Rohane Brown’s 20th-minute strike was enough to clip many times champions Waterhouse 1-0 in...
The fighting spirit that has normally defined Mona High this season was lacking in their ISSA Champions Cup defeat on Saturday, according to head coach Craig Butler. Nothing less than maximum effort will do as they face many-times champions...
The tough 24 minutes that the Haile Selassie coaching staff predicted yesterday came to pass, but they ensured that they finished the job they started on Thursday afternoon to end the ISSA/Digicel Walker Cup reign of St Catherine High. Thanks to...
The 2022 edition of the ISSA Champions Cup begins today featuring tournament debuts and a 2018 rematch as the battle for rural and urban bragging rights commences. In the doubleheader at St Elizabeth Technical High, Manchester High will face St...
After a season which saw him miss out on an MLS Cup title, national striker Cory Burke is saying goodbye to the Philadelphia Union and closing in on a move to one of his club’s biggest rivals. Burke, 31, is reportedly finalising a deal to join...
