Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda says the partnership with the United States Sports Academy (USSA) will help to increase the international standard of local coaches and sport executives, enhancing sports development in...
Jamaica Athletics Administration Association (JAAA) president Garth Gayle says that the success the country has experienced in hurdling can be attributed to the foundations laid by late track and field coach John Messam. The former Vere Technical...
Inspired by the journey of Olympic diver Yona Knight-Wisdom, Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson, the newest athlete to represent Jamaica in the sport, says he hopes to be that same beacon to increase its profile and its complement. Eskrick-Parkinson, 21, who...
With diver Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson the newest athlete to join the Jamaican ranks, Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica president Martin Lyn is cautiously optimistic about the possibility of being a part of synchronised diving at the 2022...
ALTHOUGH STILL focused on a three-year rebuilding project, St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) head coach, Phillip Williams, says he has been pleasantly surprised at how ahead of schedule he is, with another ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup semi-final...
Independence Park Limited (IPL) Chairman Mike Fennell says his organisation is hoping for approval to start renovations to the National Stadium during the upcoming fiscal year. According to Fennell, the latest reports and assessments have been...
With confidence in his training levels already in his pre-season preparations, Olympic diver Yona Knight-Wisdom is setting high targets for the 2022 campaign, which include nothing less than a Commonwealth Games medal. Coming off his second...
AFTER FIVE years in Europe, national defender Allyson Swaby will be continuing her career in the United States with the newest team in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Swaby, 25, will be joining Los Angeles-based expansion franchise Angel...
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL Jamaica Limited chairman Christopher Williams has indicated an interest in using Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for the Jamaica Premier League but has not committed to a timetable for its incorporation. His comments come as...
National midfielder Omar Holness has led the tributes for his former Bermuda international teammate Osagi Bascome, who died tragically on Saturday. Bascome, 23, who played for English National League team Darlington and for Bermudan club St George...
NATIONAL STRIKER Jody Brown headlines a 28-player roster that have been called up to the second combined Women’s Under 17 and Under 20 camp, which started on Monday at the UWI/Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence. The four-day camp, which is...
National defender Jadya Hylton-Pelaia will begin life as a professional with National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) franchise the Chicago Red Stars. The club selected the former Arizona State University (ASU) and East Carolina University (ECU)...
While it has taken time for national striker Khadija Shaw to adjust to the rigours of the English game, new interim national senior head coach Vin Blaine says that he is pleased so far with her progress for new club Manchester City. In a year that...
Veteran national swim coach Lynval Lowe described the circumstances surrounding Alia Atkinson’s disqualification from the women’s 50m breaststroke at the World Swimming Short Course (25m pool) Championships as concerning, as other athletes fell...
FIFA referee instructor Peter Prendergast says that the inclusion of the video assistant referee (VAR) for the remainder of the Concacaf World Cup qualifying football matches is not an indictment on the quality of officiating in the region....
Champion swimmer Alia Atkinson will not defend her 50m breaststroke world title after she was disqualified in her semi-final heat at the World Short Course (25m pool) Swimming Champions in Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning. Atkinson 33, is the world...
THE LATEST chapter of the St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) and Jamaica College (JC) rivalry lived up to its heavyweight billing. But it was the Dark Blues that prevailed in an eight-goal thriller 5-3 in yesterday’s Inter-Secondary Schools’...
HAVING RETURNED to the national senior women fold, interim head coach, Vin Blaine, says that he hopes to foster a culture of respect and improved communication with the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) to meet their 2023 World Cup target. Blaine...
FORMER REGGAE Boy, Paul Hall, described his ascension to interim senior national men’s football team head coach as bittersweet, while committing himself and his team to an aggressive attacking style of play to turn around Jamaica’s fortunes in the...
THE CIRCUMSTANCES may be different, but St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) head coach Philip Williams and Jamaica College (JC) head coach Davion Ferguson are both expecting a fierce battle, similar to years past, when they face each other...
St Andrew Technical High’s (STATHS) ISSA/Manning Cup quarter-final entry may have been fortuitous, but yesterday they laid down the challenge to the rest of their quarter-final group with a strong offensive display. An Omar Laing hat-trick in the...
For Jamaica College (JC) head coach Davion Ferguson, a reminder of his team’s potency at the business end of the ISSA/Manning Cup was not the chief goal. After his team’s 2-0 win over Mona High in yesterday’s opening Group One quarter-final game at...
Jamaica College (JC) head coach Davion Ferguson says he is hoping that his team maintains the reputation it has built for itself during the business end of the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup season. JC’s 2019 title defence continues as they face Mona...
Sagicor Foundation Executive Director Alysia White says that they are targeting a scaled-down physical event for the Sigma Run next year. She was speaking at the press briefing for the annual event yesterday. It was also announced that Olympic 110m...
SPECIAL OLYMPICS Jamaica Chairman Ali McNab said that the renovation of the Special Olympics court felt like a rebirth for the movement in Jamaica, given the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented. McNab was speaking after yesterday’s...
