Published:Monday | March 2, 2015 | 7:24 PMLeighton Levy
In the finals of the sprint relays at the London Olympics in 2012 and again at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last year, Usain Bolt got the baton almost even with the anchors for the United States' Ryan Bailey and England's Danny Talbot,...
Track and field magazine Athletics Weekly (AW) is reporting that Doyle Management is to sue Epiphany D1 for US$8 million (J$928 million) on behalf of Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson. Both athletes were banned in 2013 after they ...
Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2015 | 5:30 PMLeighton Levy
It was the strength of brand Jamaica and potential for success of the national football programme that helped the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) secure a nearly J$700 million kit sponsorship deal with Romai Sportswear.Under the agreement which...
Published:Monday | February 23, 2015 | 12:00 AMLeighton Levy
Peter Abdool, the fight supervisor at Saturday night's clash between Jamaica's Sakima Mullings and Guyana's Clive Atwell for the World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) junior welterweight title, is to review the tape of the...
Published:Sunday | February 22, 2015 | 4:24 PMLeighton Levy
Jamaica's Sakima Mullings is appealing to the World Boxing Council (WBC) to either set aside his loss Saturday night to Guyana's Clive Atwell, or order an immediate rematch.In what was only the second defeat of his professional career, Mullings (17-...
Smikle was banned by a Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel in 2014 after his urine sample from the June 2013 National Championships was found to have traces of Hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic used by some athletes to lose weight or mask the use of anabolic steroids.
Published:Thursday | February 19, 2015 | 4:26 PMLeighton Levy
With three consecutive wins under her belt indoors, Alabama University's Remona Burchell is feeling confident about her season so far, and even has an eye on making the Jamaican national team to the IAAF World Athletic Championships in Beijing,...
Published:Sunday | February 15, 2015 | 4:30 PMLeighton Levy
Christoff Bryan on Saturday set a personal best and new national junior record in the men's high jump when he won the event at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas.The mark puts the Kansas State University (KSU) freshman into a three-way...
Published:Thursday | February 12, 2015 | 8:00 PMLeighton Levy
Traves Smikle might need to resort to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to get the justice he desires after an Anti-Doping Appeals Tribunal yesterday upheld a two-year ban imposed on the athlete last year for failing a drug test for the diuretic...
Published:Monday | February 9, 2015 | 12:00 AMLeighton Levy
Former 100-metre world record holder, Asafa Powell, has expressed delight at his second place finish and time in the men’s 60-metre dash at the New Balance Grand Prix in Boston at the...
Published:Sunday | February 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMLeighton Levy
West Indies and Barbados Tridents all-rounder Kieron Pollard says he backs Jamaica's Chris Gayle to lead the West Indies with his bat during the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup that begins this coming weekend.
Published:Friday | February 6, 2015 | 4:12 PMLeighton Levy
Kieron Pollard, captain of the defending Caribbean Premier League T20 champions, the Barbados Tridents, said his team selected the right players at Thursday’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Draft held at the Terra Nova Hotel in St Andrew.
