Having competed in his first meet in months, World Championships discus throw silver medallist Fedrick Dacres says that he will continue competing in local events for the rest of the 2020 season. Dacres took victory recently at the Velocity Fest...
The latest national basketball player to commit to an NCAA Division One school will be under the tutelage of a former NBA All Star. Seventeen-year-old Josh Minott recently committed to the University of Memphis of the American Athletic Conference....
Sports psychologist Dr Olivia Rose believes that sports stakeholders should not lean towards worst-case scenarios regarding the possibility of another shutdown of sports because of sharp COVID-19 increases. The recent double-digit increases of...
With more than two weeks since the reopening of the National Aquatic Centre (NAC), Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) President Martin Lyn says that there are still no plans for any swim meets to be held locally in the near future. The...
Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) president, Dr Warren Blake, says that the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Jamaica is troubling, as they seek to continue the local track and field season. All local sports were suspended in...
Sports physician Dr Akshai Mansingh says that an increase in community spread of COVID-19 could put sports at risk of another hiatus. The country reported significant increases in positive novel coronavirus cases over the last week. Thirty cases...
Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association President Warren Blake hailed Olympians Merlene Ottey and Deon Hemmings-McCatty as pioneers of local athletics after they were announced among the sporting figures to receive national awards later this...
Whether it was the standard of excellence set by track and field greats, past and present, or Jamaica’s landmark achievement in football, experienced sports administrator Mike Fennell believes that the National Stadium has been instrumental in...
With recommendations being developed to improve Jamaica’s domestic football product, sports administrators Don Anderson and Carvel Stewart believe that professionalising the island’s top flight can attract overseas investors to local clubs. Former...
New England Patriots’ Jamaica-born safety Patrick Chung says that his decision not to play in the 2020 National Football League (NFL) campaign was a matter of prioritising the health of his family. The three-time Super Bowl champion is the latest...
