Published:Friday | October 2, 2015 | 6:06 PMMarc Stamp
Charlie Smith High drubbed Penwood High 8-1 at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday to move closer to a spot in the next stage of the ISSA/FLOW Manning Cup football competition.Led by a brace from Kemar James in the 44th and 48th minutes,...
Published:Thursday | October 1, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Charlie Smith High will look to maintain their perfect run when they face lowly Penwood High in the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/FLOW Manning Cup Group D, today at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, starting at 3:30 p.m.The...
Published:Tuesday | September 29, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
The Reggae Boyz will have to do without head coach Winfried Schäfer after the German was suspended by FIFA's disciplinary committee, from sitting on the bench for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Panama and Haiti.However, president of the...
Published:Thursday | September 24, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Hydel High will square off against Haile Selassie High in today's feature Group B clash of the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/FLOW Manning Cup preliminary round at Cling Cling Oval, starting at 3:30 p.m.The Hydel team leads the...
Published:Friday | August 21, 2015 | 5:10 PMMarc Stamp
Organisations such as Friends of Football, Masters and Celebrities and World Sports International teamed up to contribute football gear to Barbican FC and Boys' Town FC during a brief handing over ceremony at Barbican Complex last Friday.Also...
Published:Tuesday | August 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) named eight athletes who are involved in a camp in preparation for participation at the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia, Samoa from September 5-11.The announcement was made by Alan Beckford, JOA director...
Published:Monday | August 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Three-time national football league champions, Portmore United, are bracing for a tough return to the Red Stripe Premier League 2015-16 season, which is tentatively set to start on September 6.Portmore United made a quick return to top-flight action...
Published:Thursday | August 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Jamaica's national men's senior football team handed over $250,000 to three organisations on Thursday at the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) offices in New Kingston.After finishing second in the Gold Cup last month, the Reggae Boyz decided to...
Published:Thursday | August 13, 2015 | 11:59 AMMarc Stamp
THIS YEAR'S staging of the Hi-Pro All-Jamaica Senior Tennis Championships will serve off next Monday at the newly refurbished Eric Bell Centre at the headquarters of Tennis Jamaica, Piccadilly Road.The championships will run from August 17-22. The...
Published:Tuesday | August 11, 2015 | 12:41 PMMarc Stamp
Calabar High School's plan to open its new synthetic track at its Founder's Day ceremony next Wednesday has been pushed back, at least until next month end.The Red Hills Road-based institution will be the first high school in Jamaica with such a...
Published:Monday | August 10, 2015 | 2:50 PMMarc Stamp
Some of Jamaica's football coaches will go down in history as the first to participate in the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) FIFA Fitness Coaching Course, which started yesterday at the JFF's Centre at the University of the West Indies.The course...
Published:Thursday | August 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
THREE of the nation's top sporting personalities - football administrator Carvel Stewart, former Jamaica Cricket Association president Lyndel Wright, and former FIFA referee Peter Prendergast - have been recognised with the Order of Distinction (...
Published:Monday | August 3, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Donovan 'DV' Hayles has resigned as head coach of Hydel High School's Manning Cup football team, following the re-hiring of Geoffrey Maxwell in late June."Yeah, man. I resigned from early July because, with no disrespect, but Mr Maxwell was brought...
Published:Friday | July 31, 2015 | 9:31 AMMarc Stamp
Manager of Jamaica's national men's senior team, Roy Simpson, says the valuable experience gained in the Copa America and Scotiabank CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments, has lifted the confidence of the players ahead of the upcoming World Cup...
Published:Tuesday | July 28, 2015 | 2:56 PMMarc Stamp
Calvert Fitzgerald is aiming at winning the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) in his third stint as coach of Waterhouse Football Club.After guiding Rivoli United for several seasons in the nation's top football league, Fitzgerald parted ways with the...
Published:Monday | July 27, 2015 | 2:59 PMMarc Stamp
Two local football experts have blamed Jamaica's slow transition plays for the loss to Mexico in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Sunday night in Philadelphia, United States.Mexico captured their seventh Gold Cup title with a 3-1 win over a...
Published:Thursday | July 16, 2015 | 1:12 PMMarc Stamp
Restaurant Associates Limited, local operators of the Burger King franchise, handed over $400,000 in sponsorship yesterday to send the Jamaica Junior Squash team to the Caribbean Area Squash Association championship in Barbados.The tournament starts...
Published:Sunday | July 5, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Extensive traffic changes will be in place on roads close to Sabina Park during this week's Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 matches at the country's premier cricket venue.The changes are being made to ensure the smooth staging of matches...
Published:Thursday | July 2, 2015 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) yesterday announced a strong team to participate in the July 10-26 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.Sixty-five athletes and 28 officials were named by chef de mission Compton Rodney during a press briefing...
Published:Monday | June 29, 2015 | 3:28 PMMarc Stamp
Jamaica's men's Under-23 football team assistant coach, Jerome 'Jerry' Waite, is pleased with their performance at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Olympic qualifiers, after they topped Group Three in the Dominican Republic.The Jamaica team...
Published:Thursday | June 25, 2015 | 10:44 AMMarc Stamp
Former national senior men's team football coach Geoffrey Maxwell will be back at Hydel High for the 2015 Manning Cup schoolboy season.Maxwell is the technical director, while Donovan 'DV' Hayles will continue as coach. The veteran football...
Published:Monday | June 22, 2015 | 1:55 PMMarc Stamp
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Football Club will look to support from its alumni in order to build on their historic spot in the 2015-16 Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL).UWI qualified for the first time in the nation's top-flight football...
Published:Monday | June 22, 2015 | 3:56 PMMarc Stamp
Come the start of the 2015-16 Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) season, all participating clubs must be properly registered to the regional body - Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).Clubs are...
Published:Monday | June 22, 2015 | 12:39 PMMarc Stamp
Jamaica men's Olympic team will depart today to participate in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualifiers in the Dominica Republic intent on a historic berth in the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.First, the Jamaica Under-23 team will have to top...
Published:Tuesday | June 16, 2015 | 6:22 PMMarc Stamp
President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Dave Cameron, has called on Caribbean countries to follow the lead of Trinidad and Tobago and grant incentives to sponsors of sport.He said this was needed in the region in order to properly develop...
