Published:Sunday | May 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Former Olympic Gardens and Tivoli Gardens High striker Okeem Forth was described as a big talent during a thanksgiving service for his life at the Olympic Way Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Olympic Gardens yesterday.Forth died on the same night...
Published:Friday | May 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Dawyne Smith and Kemar Flemmings could be back to strengthen the University of the West Indies (UWI) Football Club outfit after the pair missed the Red Stripe Premier League first leg semi-final against Portmore United.Both players were out for...
Published:Thursday | May 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Humble Lion Football Club's boss Mike Henry has slammed the non-selection of players from his club to national senior men's training camps over the past two weeks.Losing semi-finalists...
Published:Tuesday | May 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Well-known Santos Football Club administrator, Carlton 'Spanner' Dennis, has been hospitalised, suffering from pneumonia, since Monday morning.He has been admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).Dennis went to the Delgado...
Published:Sunday | May 21, 2017 | 6:46 PMMarc Stamp
Arnett Gardens FC edged Humble Lion 1-0 in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) return-leg semi-final at the Effortville Community Centre in May Pen yesterday.The Junglists went into the game with a one-goal lead after they won the first leg 2-1 at...
Published:Thursday | May 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
As many as 1,200 of the best athletes from the 7-15 age group will be on show at the National Stadium on June 2 and 3 for the 34th staging of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA)-Sagicor National Athletics Championships.Title sponsors Sagicor...
Published:Thursday | May 18, 2017 | 7:15 PMMarc Stamp
Portmore United advanced to the CONCACAF Champions League first phase following a 2-2 draw with San Juan Jabloteh in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship final stage at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago on...
Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2017 | 4:40 PMMarc Stamp
National senior men's team football head coach Theodore Whitmore is continuing the Jamaica Football Federation's plan to invest in local players.A 25-man squad of mainly local-based players started training at the Stadium East Complex yesterday. The...
Published:Sunday | May 14, 2017 | 5:19 PMMarc Stamp
Arnett Gardens and Humble Lion will have to wait another day for the playing of their Red Stripe Premier League return leg semi-final match, which was postponed yesterday due to heavy rains at the Effortville Community Centre in Clarendon.The game,...
Published:Saturday | May 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Humble Lion's president Mike Henry said on Friday that the immediate future of his club rests on overturning a 1-2 deficit against Arnett Gardens in their Red Stripe Premier League semi-final return leg today at the Effortville Community Centre in...
Published:Thursday | May 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Caribbean Foods Limited through its Foska Oats brand continues to show its support for sports after handing over a $1 million cheque to Melbourne Cricket Club towards their 2017 programme.The sponsorship will go towards Melbourne's cricket academy,...
Published:Friday | May 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Overgrown grass, dilapidated spectator stands, and the appearance of a venue that has been left to rot best describes the current condition of what was once one of the island's most popular football venues - Ferdie Neita Sports Complex.Situated in...
Published:Tuesday | May 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Daniel Azar was very elated after winning his first major regional title at the Central American and Caribbean Tennis Confederation (COTECC) championship that ended earlier this month.The All Jamaica 12-and-under champion dominated the recently...
Published:Tuesday | May 9, 2017 | 4:51 PMMarc Stamp
Arnett Gardens coach Jerome Waite praised his goalkeeper, Damion Hyatt, after his team came away with a 2-1 win in the Red Stripe Premier League semi-final first leg against Humble Lion on Monday night.The Junglists will take their slim advantage...
Published:Monday | May 8, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Sandra Seymour, the mother of Okeem Forth, is still finding his passing after a recent football game as a shock.Forth was elbowed in the neck by an opposing player during the Magnum/KSAFA Major League quarter-final game on April 28 between Olympic...
Published:Sunday | May 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Molynes United head coach Calvert Fitzgerald said that his team's advancing to next season's Kingston andSt Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Super League is part of a three-year plan to qualify for the Red Stripe Premier League."The objective is...
Published:Sunday | May 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
The University of the West Indies (UWI) FC made a bold step towards a place in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) final when they staged a come-from-behind 2-1 win against Portmore United yesterday at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Clarendon....
Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2017 | 7:16 PMMarc Stamp
Coach of Arnett Gardens, Jerome 'Jerry' Waite, said that he is anticipating a tough match-up against regular season champions Humble Lion when the teams meet in their upcoming Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) two-leg semifinal tie later this month....
Published:Monday | May 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Despite failing to qualify for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup which takes place in India this October, national head coach Andrew Edwards said that he wants to continue in the role as he can still contribute. Jamaica missed out during the CONCACAF U-17...
Published:Saturday | April 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Local fast food chain Tastee handed over $150,000 to Cavalier SC to help their participation in the Cayman Airways International Under-15 Youth Football Cup next week in the Cayman Islands.Alessandro Boyd of Tastee's marketing department made the...
Published:Sunday | April 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Portmore United head coach Linval Dixon was excited about his team's 2-1 win against Tivoli Gardens in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) second-leg quarter-final at the Wembley Centre of Excellence yesterday.Portmore advanced to the semi-final, 3...
Published:Saturday | April 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Coach of Olympic Gardens Michael Peart believes that Okeem Forth would have had a 'fighting chance' to remain alive if officials at last Friday night's Major League match had acted swiftly to assist the player.Forth died at the Andrew's Memorial...
Published:Saturday | April 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
The Olympic Gardens Major League football team is now in mourning following the death of 18 year-old forward Okeem Forth. Forth, a student of Tivoli High School, died Friday night shortly after a Magnum/Kingston and St...
Published:Friday | April 28, 2017 | 12:42 PMMarc Stamp
Montego Bay United's conduct during a recent match has emerged as one of the main reasons title sponsor Red Stripe has decided to discontinue broadcast coverage of the island's Premier League.A release sent to the media by Red Stripe two days ago...
Published:Thursday | April 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMMarc Stamp
Several athletes who represented Jamaica at the IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas last weekend are missing from the team selected for the USA vs the World events at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania tomorrow.Yohan Blake, the 2011 World...
