Western Bureau: INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach, admitted he is impressed with the broadening scope of Jamaica’s sports beyond just athletics, which he says can only elevate its standing in the Olympic movement. Bach,...
Western Bureau: MIXED EMOTIONS flooded the St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) camp after defending both the boys and girls County of Cornwall Athletics Association (COCAA) Western Athletics Championships title in honour of late coach...
Western Bureau: TWENTY-TWO YEARS after the tragic passing of Steve ‘Shorty’ Malcolm, the family believes that not enough is being done to honour the iconic midfielder, who was a key part of Jamaica’s team to the first and only World Cup in France,...
Western Bureau: CLARENDON COLLEGE (CC) honoured their late assistant manager with their 10th hold on the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) daCosta Cup football competition title after defeating Central High School 3-0 in the final...
Western Bureau: AFTER A 10-year drought, Glenmuir High School had their seventh hold on the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Ben Francis Knockout Cup with a 2-0 win over last season’s winners Edwin Allen High School at the STETHS...
Western Bureau: A CLINICAL St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) nullified an in-form Manchester High School for a 1-0 win in their quarterfinal round match of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Champions Cup football...
Western Bureau: MANCHESTER HIGH School have qualified for the semi-finals of the ISSA/Digicel daCosta Cup football competition for the first time in seven years. Manchester’s final-four appearance came courtesy of last Saturday's 3-1 win over...
Western Burea: IRWIN HIGH School came from behind to do the double over Cornwall College and snap their opponent’s win streak with a 2-1 victory in the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) daCosta Cup football competition at Cornwall...
Western Bureau: CORINALDI AVENUE Primary School will be the rural representative in the all-island final of the Youth Football League’s Junior Cup after claiming the title for the rural leg of the tournament in Montego Bay yesterday. The...
Western Bureau: MAGGOTTY AND Lacovia high schools played to a 1-1 stalemate in difficult weather conditions in their Zone E, Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) daCosta Cup football match at the STETHS Sports Complex in Santa Cruz....
Western Bureau: GREGORY PALMER, coach of Faulkland FC, announced his decision to step down from his role after guiding the team to next season’s Jamaica Premier League. Faulkland secured promotion with a 4-3 win on penalties over Falmouth United...
Western Bureau: IT IS interesting that much was expected of the quartet of Leanna Wainwright, Benjamin Davis, Leah Chin, and Talon Longmore when they arrived at the Carifta Swimming Championships in Barbados last week. What makes that interesting...
Western Bureau: THOUGH NETBALL in western Jamaica has been in dire straits in recent years, two of the world’s best are testimony to what the region can produce. Still, the lack of development in the region means the sport is barely surviving....
Western Bureau: KINGSTON COLLEGE (KC) won their first ISSA Olivier Shield title in 35 years with a 2-0 victory over Garvey Maceo High School at the STETHS Sports Complex in Santa Cruz yesterday. Lifting the oldest title in schoolboy football...
Western Bureau: THE STATUS of football and sports on a whole in western Jamaica has been on the decline for the past two decades, with poorly managed and dilapidated sports facilities in the region providing the most glaring signs of this. The...
Western Bureau: GARVEY MACEO High School routed St Thomas Tech 12-0 in their final quarter-final group match to book their spot in the semi-finals of the Inter-Secondary Schools’ Sports Association (ISSA) daCosta Cup by the narrowest of margins...
Western Bureau: QUARTER-FINALISTS from seven of the eight zones in the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) daCosta Cup football competition were decided in the final round games yesterday. The quarter-finals promise to serve up some...
Western Bureau: William Knibb coach Dwight Jeremiah, while eyeing a perfect run in the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) daCosta Cup first round after his team’s 5-0 demolition job on Maldon High School at home yesterday, is...
Western Bureau: Jamaica Golf Association president Jodi Munn-Barrow says all is in place for today’s inaugural staging of the Tryall-CUMI Charity Golf Tournament. The tournament, to be hosted at the Tryall Golf Club in Hanover, replaces the...
President of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), Keith Wellington, has warned that it is now or never for the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, while casting doubt on the possibility of any high- school...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica is poised to open the doors to its first transitional home for boys, which will be located in Porto Bello, St James. The result of an ongoing partnership between Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and...
WESTERN BUREAU: FLEEING AN abusive home, Daniel Richards spent the better part of his childhood in state care. It was at this refuge from constant beatings that he was introduced to what would later become a huge part of his life – music. “My...
Western Bureau: BB Coke ended their history-making season in style, after beating Garvey Maceo on penalties in a drama-filled ISSA Ben Francis final at Montego Bay Sports Complex yesterday. After progressing beyond Second Round of the daCosta Cup...
