Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts says the federation is not only aiming for automatic qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but will be working on plans to ensure the nation is competitive in the following World Cup...
CHAIRMAN OF the Racers Grand Prix organising committee and acclaimed track and field coach, Glen Mills, is anticipating an epic Racers Grand Prix thanks to the stars already confirmed. Mills revealed several athletes who will be competing at the...
Jamaican field athlete Rojé Stona achieved the qualifying standard in the men’s discus throw for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Sunday when he recorded a new personal best of 69.05 metres at the Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational. Stona had...
Following his departure from his role as head coach at Molynes United, Alex Thomas has found a new lease on life in the KFC-sponsored Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League. Thomas is in charge of early title contenders Slingerz FC, who are...
Santos Football Club awarded several of the club’s legends, which included current club president Carlton ‘Spanna’ Dennis, during their 60th-year anniversary award ceremony and dinner last Saturday night at the Terra Nova Hotel. Throughout the...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Michael Ricketts was on hand to heap his praises on Santos FC during the club’s 60th anniversary awards ceremony and dinner on Saturday night at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel. Ricketts said he could not...
With the focus of Jamaica’s top junior athletes now shifting towards the upcoming Penn Relays later this month as well as the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in August, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) president Garth...
Supreme Ventures Limited has reaffirmed its sponsorship for Jamaica’s major and minor netball leagues. Supreme Ventures presented a symbolic cheque for $3.5 million during the recent 2024 Divisional League opening ceremony. Tricia Robinson,...
In a landmark press conference yesterday, the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA), the University of the West Indies (UWI) Faculty of Sport and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced the launch of the inaugural Gather, Adjust, Prepare,...
PENN RELAYS associate director Aaron Robison said the annual international track and field meet has proven to be an important avenue for Jamaican student-athletes to make their transition to the American collegiate circuit. With this year marking...
With this year’s staging marking the 60th year since a Jamaican team made its debut at the Penn Relays, associate director Aaron Robison said he is open to finding ways of furthering the meet’s relationship with Jamaican track and field. The Penn...
Following Jamaica’s historic third-place finish at the recent Concacaf Nations League, Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts is looking forward to a ‘busy summer’ for the Reggae Boyz. In a press release from the JFF...
Jamaica’s Tiffany James-Rose has been handed a two-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). James-Rose has been adjudged guilty of three separate whereabouts failures in the span of 12 months. She was listed among a group of 22 athletes to...
HAVING ALREADY had their relegation confirmed, head coach Victor Ebanks says Treasure Beach FC will be playing for pride as they prepare for their final game of the Wray...
Robert Miller claimed Jamaica’s second record at the Carifta Games in the under-17 400 metres hurdles final yesterday. Miller stopped the clock in 52.19 seconds to erase Bahamian Stephen Newbold’s record of 52.75. Jamaica’s first record of the meet...
SEVERAL OF Jamaica’s junior athletes who dominated at the recently concluded ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships are expected to feature heavily at the 2024 Carifta Games being held in Grenada this weekend. The Jamaica...
OLYMPIC GARDENS FC has had an impressive season so far in this year’s Wray and Nephew Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Championship. Head coach Ira Hemmings says the team’s success is dedicated to the community. Olympic Gardens...
ST JAGO High School and Knox College claimed the 2024 Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) boys and girls all-island volleyball titles with victories over Jamaica College (JC) and Wolmer’s Girls School respectively at the GC Foster...
IT WAS a dramatic end to the boys’ Class 2 1500 metres as Jamaica College’s (JC) Samuel Creary ran past Kingston College’s (KC) Nahashon Ruto on the homestretch to claim the title and earn a massive nine-point haul for JC. Inches separated the two...
While an injury may have cost Jamaica College’s (JC) Hector Benjamin some valuable time off the track, the Old Hope Road-based school’s leading man says he is still aiming to win the coveted Boys Class 1 100-metre title. Benjamin made the headlines...
THERE WERE a few high-profile names missing as Reggae Boyz head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson announced his 23-man squad for the Concacaf Nations League yesterday. Hallgrímsson, however, said that these absences will be an opportunity for new players...
FRESHLY MINTED head coach of Jamaica’s under-20 team, Jerome Waite, is hoping to start his tenure quickly. Waite said he will be looking towards getting as many training sessions with the teams because he only has three months to prepare before the...
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) Christopher Samuda says he will be putting plans into place this year to establish a Paralympic academy. According to Samuda, this academy will provide opportunities for para-athletes in the...
