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Published:Thursday | July 6, 2023 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

TWO-TIME WORLD T20 champions, West Indies, will have top representation in the inaugural season of Major League Cricket (MLC) in the United States of America. The T2O tournament, which will include six teams – Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New...

Published:Tuesday | July 4, 2023 | 1:34 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

TEAM Jamaica registered a 3-1 victory over hosts El Salvador at the ongoing Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games to lift the bronze medal in badminton action. In men’s singles, Jamaica’s Zane Reid suffered a two-set defeat to Uriel Canjura...

Published:Monday | July 3, 2023 | 7:09 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jamaica’s pair of Blaise Bicknell and John Chin missed out on medal contention in Central American and Caribbean Games men’s doubles tennis action today in San Salvador. The pair suffered a 2-1 defeat at the racket strings of Colombia’s Alejandro...

Published:Monday | July 3, 2023 | 6:01 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jamaica’s netball campaign got off to a winning start at the Central American (CAC) Games in San Salvador, El Salvador with a wire-to-wire victory over Caribbean team Barbados earlier today. The young Sunshine Girls produced a dazzling display,...

Published:Monday | July 3, 2023 | 4:31 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jamaica’s medal tally at the Central American and Caribbean Games moved to five after the country’s badminton team mined bronze earlier today in San Salvador, El Salvador. Team Jamaica registered a 3-1 victory over hosts El Salvador to help Jamaica...

Published:Monday | July 3, 2023 | 4:11 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jamaican tennis ace Blaise Bicknell booked his spot in the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games men’s singles semi-final in San Salvador, El Salvador earlier this morning. Bicknell earned the spot with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Costa...

Published:Saturday | July 1, 2023 | 1:32 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA’S men’s hockey team blanked hosts El Salvador 3-0 yesterday to register their first victory at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games. Giovanni Gordon, Tyrone Vernon and Tuseef Graham were the scorers for Jamaica. The...

Published:Saturday | July 1, 2023 | 1:18 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jeff Miller, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Tallawahs, says the franchise’s management has selected all the players that they need in order to lift a fourth Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title. “Absolutely, based on what we had...

Published:Friday | June 30, 2023 | 12:40 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Top-Order batter Brandon King has been named captain of defending Caribbean Premier League champions Jamaica Tallawahs. King, who is currently on West Indies duties in the ongoing 50-over World Cup qualifiers, was the heaviest scorer last season...

Published:Friday | June 30, 2023 | 1:18 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

REIGNING national Red Bull Car Park Drift champion Nicholas ‘Tazz’ Barnes is still beaming with joy from his 2022 heroics, which saw him not only being named the country’s first ‘Drift King’, but also having the distinction of representing Jamaica...

Published:Friday | June 30, 2023 | 1:00 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

TWELVE thoroughbreds will capture the eyes of horse racing lovers as the highly anticipated 97th running of the Jamaica St Leger will grace the sands of Caymanas Park tomorrow. Denzil Miller, the racing secretary, believes the event will be...

Published:Thursday | June 29, 2023 | 1:34 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA’S YOUNG Reggae Boyz failed to secure three points in their Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) opening fixture against Honduras in San Salvador, El Salvador, yesterday. Ronaldo Webster’s 41st-minute strike gave the team a 1-0 lead...

Published:Tuesday | June 27, 2023 | 1:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Samuel Ricketts put his local badminton rivals on notice following a strong showing at the recently concluded Peru Future series. Ricketts competed in men’s singles where he reached the quarterfinals and in tandem with England’s Kevin Koon Fung,...

Published:Saturday | June 24, 2023 | 12:43 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AHEAD of the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup tournament which kicks off tonight with Jamaica facing hosts United States, Reggae Boyz striker Michail Antonio believes that he’s in the right place mentally to help the team lift their first Gold Cup trophy....

Published:Friday | June 23, 2023 | 12:58 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Members of Jamaica’s 3x3 basketball squad are currently going through their paces under the watchful eyes of head coach Rick Turner before they depart for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games which opens today in San Salvador, El...

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 12:51 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA’S MOST decorated female boxer, Alicia ‘Slick’ Ashley, is on the island for a few days to bask in the glory of her recent International Boxing Hall of Fame induction in Canastota, New York. Known for her foot movement in the ring and...

Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2023 | 12:43 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

LOCAL tennis star Jeremy Miller has put the fraternity on notice, yet again, as he took the men’s open championship with an emphatic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory over David Goldsmith at the inaugural Innovative Invitational Amateur Tennis Classic at the...

Published:Saturday | June 17, 2023 | 1:01 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AT AGE 36, most professional footballers are thinking of retiring. Reggae Boyz defender Adrian Mariappa is, however, showing no signs of slowing down any time soon. Mariappa, who captained the Reggae Boyz in their international friendly against...

Published:Friday | June 16, 2023 | 1:17 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

HEIMIR HALLGRIMSSON, head coach of the Reggae Boyz, says he was left disappointed with both the result and performance of the team during their international friendly against Qatar yesterday which saw the Reggae Boyz suffering a 2-1 defeat....

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2023 | 1:45 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

HEIMIR HALLGRIMSSON, head coach of Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz, says despite a short turnaround time between preparation and the Concacaf Gold Cup, Jamaica can expect its national team to do well. Hallgrimsson was speaking ahead of Reggae Boyz’s...

Published:Tuesday | June 13, 2023 | 12:46 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A SMALL Jamaican team produced some big performances at the recently concluded 2023 Youth Parapan American Games in Bogota, Colombia. Five athletes brought back four medals, inclusive of two gold medals, a silver, and a bronze medal from the Games...

Published:Saturday | June 10, 2023 | 1:12 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA’S men’s team will now have to rely on defeating Paraguay in their third and fourth playoff of the 2023 Hockey5s Pan American Cup tomorrow to book a spot at the 2024 Hockey5s World Cup following their 9-2 semifinal defeat by Trinidad and...

Published:Friday | June 9, 2023 | 1:19 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

ON the heels of a successful 2022 staging of the Red Bull Car Park Drift competition, organisers are eyeing another season filled with tyres screeching and engines revving. This year’s qualifiers, which is expected to be a thrilling showdown of...

Published:Thursday | June 8, 2023 | 1:35 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

OLYMPIC GARDENS have been booted from the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) following last Saturday’s no-show for a semi-final against Frazsiers Whip. Additional sanctions will have significant impact on the Olympic Gardens club and its manager...

Published:Thursday | June 8, 2023 | 1:28 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FIVE-TIME NATIONAL champion discus thrower Fedrick Dacres is downplaying his performance at the fifth staging of the Racer’s Grand Prix, held at the National Stadium on Saturday, where he finished fourth. Dacres only managed a best throw of 62.85...

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