Sixteen World Championships medals, eight Olympic Games medals, seven national titles, five Sportswoman of the Year awards, one Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award and the Order of Jamaica tells the riveting story of Jamaican sprint legend...
ARNETT GARDENS head coach Xavier Gilbert said his team is ready to kick off their Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Shield campaign when they face an “unknown” Racing Club Aruba (RCA) this Saturday. Arnett will enter the competition in the round...
IT IS the eleventh hour for Jamaican hammer thrower Nayoka Clunis as her GoFundMe campaign, aimed at putting together the money needed to take her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), is not gathering the steam she would have hoped...
HEAD COACH of Jamaica’s boys’ under-19 volleyball team, Adrian Ramdeen, is cautiously optimistic about the team’s chances ahead of Saturday’s opening game in the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) U19 Boys’ Championships at the GC...
Six-time national Davis Cup tennis representative Brandon Burke has been re-elected to the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) board of directors as the player alternate representative for his third straight term. Burke said it is a privilege to be...
JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts is optimistic that a trio of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) teams readying for the 2024 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Shield and CONCACAF Caribbean Cup will do well. Cavalier, Mount...
HAVING PENNED a two-year contract with Leicester City in the Barclays Women’s Super League (WSL), Reggae Girl defender Chantelle Swaby is excited to test her mettle against the best teams in England. She said the chance to sign for Leicester was a...
THE U20 REGGAE Boyz will face a tough opening game in the Concacaf Men’s U20 Championships against the United States today at the Miguel Alemán Valdez Stadium in Mexico at 9 p.m. The Reggae Boyz are drawn in Group A alongside US, Costa Rica, and...
HEAD COACH of Jamaica women’s under-20 lacrosse team Taylor Erwin said her players are at risk of missing out on the 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship as their fundraising campaign is moving slower than expected. The team will need to...
HEAD COACH of Jamaica’s women’s U20 lacrosse team, Taylor Erwin, said the upcoming World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship is just the beginning of what is a bright future for the sport on the island. Jamaica will make its second appearance at the...
FOLLOWING YEARS in Europe after a stint at schoolboy football with Mona High School, Alexander Bicknell is ready to play his part in Jamaica’s bid for FIFA U20 World Cup qualification. Bicknell will be making his second appearance for Jamaica at a...
THE BOND between a father and son is one that Jamaican 400-metre hurdles national champion Malik James-King knows very well. His son, he says, is his biggest motivation. The Olympic-bound athlete is in the form of his life having set a new personal...
THE CHALLENGE of competing in the 800 and 1500 metres at the global level would intimidate most. Most aren’t middle-distance runner Adelle Tracey. Tracey is set to represent Jamaica in the women’s 800 and 1500 metres at the upcoming Olympic Games...
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Lacrosse Association (JLA) Calbert Hutchinson said the upcoming World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship in Hong Kong, China, provides a platform for local players to attract university scholarships. Jamaica is gearing up to...
There is divided opinion among St Catherine-based clubs in the lead-up to the elections for a new administration following a directive from the St Catherine Football Association (SCFA) stating that only executive members of a club will be allowed...
CHESS NATIONAL Master Ryan Blackwood expects a strong performance from the Jamaica and Cayman Islands delegation which will compete in the 2024 National Junior Chess Congress in Orlando, Florida today. Blackwood, head of the delegation, said the...
SEVERAL ST Catherine-based football clubs have said they are yet to receive a response to their requests for an extraordinary meeting with the St Catherine Football Association (SCFA) despite being told of the date for the parish’s elections. On...
CHESS GRANDMASTER Fabiano Caruana is set to visit Jamaica from July 24 to 25 to meet with the local chess community as well as take part in workshops. Caruana is the reigning Grand Chess Tour champion as well as the third-highest player in chess...
ASHTON BLANKSON, head coach of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) U-17 All-Stars, says his players are ready to take on the U-17 Reggae Boyz despite a lack of training sessions ahead of today’s exhibition fixture. Ashton said...
JAMAICAN POWERLIFTER Sami DePass has proven that she is a champion of mental and physical strength. While she now stands as a pioneer in her sport, DePass explained that her interest in powerlifting bloomed from personal struggles in her life. She...
Chairman of the Jamaica Football Federation’s (JFF) technical committee, Rudolph Speid, says the federation will be looking to appoint a “modern” coach to take the helm of the Reggae Boyz squad following Heimir Hallgrimsson’s resignation. Speid...
BOYS’ TOWN FC and Liguanea United have secured their spots in Sunday’s final of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) U17 competition in contrasting fashion. Boys’ Town edged Maverley Hughenden 4-3 on penalties after playing out a...
EROLL WALTERS, sports agent of 400-metre hurdles national champion Malik James-King, has denied claims his client was part of a group unwilling to run during Jamaica’s last-ditch attempt to qualify for the men’s 4x400m relays on Sunday. The denial...
FORMER REGGAE Boyz head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said he will be leaving the national programme in better shape for his successor after inheriting a “disjointed” Jamaica squad. Hallgrimsson tendered his resignation on Sunday following the...
JAMAICAN 100 AND 200-metre national champion, Shericka Jackson, will be hoping to repeat her feat on local soil when she goes to Paris later this August. Jackson said she has been preparing to take on the challenge of claiming not just her first...
