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Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2023 | 12:40 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Kingston College’s (KC) Tahj-Marques White safely booked his spot into Thursday's final of the Boys’ Class II 400 metres with a composed victory in semi-final three, clocking a calculated 48.49 seconds to win ahead of Excelsior’s Kishawn Hoffman,...

Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2023 | 12:07 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Hydel High School’s Zico Bennett and Kingston College’s Isaiah Patrick have taken the early lead in the decathlon at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships inside the National Stadium. Bennett, the son of Hydel and Calabar...

Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2023 | 1:40 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FOLLOWING THE conclusion of day one of the ongoing ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, the stage has been set for what is expected to be a mouth-watering four days of action. In the boys’ category of the championships,...

Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2023 | 1:30 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE HIGHLY anticipated 2023 Mayberry Investment Swim meet lived up to expectations at the National Aquatic Centre, ending on Sunday. In the high school division, 2022 champions Immaculate Conception High School defended their girls’ title,...

Published:Tuesday | March 28, 2023 | 2:33 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Hydel High School’s Nastassia Fletcher booked her spot in the Girls’ Class III 400 metres semi-final after cruising to a 56.29 clocking to win heat two of the event ahead of St Jago’s Brianna Redwood in 58.89 and St. Elizabeth Technical’s Mareka...

Published:Tuesday | March 28, 2023 | 11:18 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Kingston College’s (KC) Nahashon Ruto has staked his claim to be on the Boys’ Class II 1500-metre podium as day one of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boy’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships begins inside the National Stadium this morning. Defending...

Published:Tuesday | March 28, 2023 | 1:22 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE Xavier Gilbert-coached Excelsior High kicked off their quarterfinal round of the ISSA Tip Friendly Society high schoolgirls’ football competition in impressive fashion following their commanding 15-1 victory over Denham Town in Group One action...

Published:Monday | March 27, 2023 | 12:58 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE 2023 Mayberry Investment Mayberry Investment Schools Swimming Championships lived up to expectations following the two-day meet held over the weekend at the National Aquatics Centre, National Stadium. In the high school division, 2022 girls’...

Published:Friday | March 24, 2023 | 1:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

The 25th staging of the Mayberry All-Island Swim Meet will take place today and tomorrow at the National Aquatics Centre with action set to start at 8 a.m. each day. Immaculate Conception High and Campion College will seek to defend successfully...

Published:Wednesday | March 22, 2023 | 1:16 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AFTER ACHIEVING all there is to in the sport of his choice, would sprint legend, Usain Bolt, really have given up for other opportunities? His answer might surprise you. According to the multiple Olympic and World Champion, as well as the holder of...

Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2023 | 12:46 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

REIGNING Ultimate Fighting Champion (UFC) of the welterweight division, Jamaica-born British fighter Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards, has poured cold water on the prospects of fighting former welterweight champion, American Colby Covington, in his next title...

Published:Saturday | March 18, 2023 | 1:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FOLLOWING HIS stunning TKO victory over Kamara Usman back in August 2022, Jamaica-born Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards will put his welterweight championship on the line later this evening against Kamara ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Usman. The fight, a third...

Published:Friday | March 17, 2023 | 1:19 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

WITH less than a month before the start of the 2023 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championships set to be hosted in Nicaragua, Jamaica’s young Reggae Girlz are currently in preparation mode in a bid to qualify for the 2024 FIFA Women’s Under-20 World...

Published:Thursday | March 16, 2023 | 12:58 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DEFENDING JAMAICA Premier League champions, Harbour View Football Club, will be without the services of their leading goalscorer Nicholas Hamilton, who left the island on Sunday for a two-week trial with Finnish club IFK Mariehamn. From his 16...

Published:Thursday | March 16, 2023 | 12:43 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

CHAIRMAN OF the Jamaica Football Federation’s (JFF) Technical Committee Rudolph Speid is promising more from his organisation in the way of increasing the amount of age-group football being played on the island below the age of 12. The Jamaica...

Published:Tuesday | March 14, 2023 | 1:19 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE DELANO Campbell-coached Denham Town unit maintained its unbeaten streak in the ISSA Tip Friendly Society School Girl Football season, easing past rivals Tivoli, 6-1, at the Tivoli Gardens school ground yesterday. Denham Town opened their...

Published:Saturday | March 11, 2023 | 1:15 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

GOVERNOR GENERAL of Jamaica, Sir Patrick Allen, says the effort of Paralympians serves as a reminder of what is possible for Jamaican people. The governor general was speaking yesterday on the occasion of officially proclaiming today, Paralympic...

Published:Thursday | March 9, 2023 | 12:51 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

WITH THE 2023 Netball World Cup set for Cape Town, South Africa 141 days away, world number-four-ranked Jamaica received a massive financial boost geared towards preparation for their African trip. Yesterday at the National Indoor Sports Centre,...

Published:Tuesday | March 7, 2023 | 12:50 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Coach Merron Gordon has blamed insufficient preparation and playing at a high altitude in Guatemala for the national Under-17 team’s early exit from the 2023 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The young Reggae Boyz were eliminated at the round of 16 stage...

Published:Saturday | March 4, 2023 | 1:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

ACTION IN the Junior Cup Under-9 football competition kicks off today at the Constant Spring Football Field in Kingston at 9 a.m. The much-talked-about Emmanuel Christian Academy will be looking to follow up their Under-11 championships season...

Published:Saturday | March 4, 2023 | 1:06 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FOLLOWING the 2023 staging of the Central Athletics Championships, the issue of lighting at G.C. Foster College is again being discussed. Chester McCarthy, athletics director at the sports college, said following what he termed an ‘excellent’...

Published:Friday | March 3, 2023 | 1:05 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FOLLOWING a three-year stoppage, dating back to 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the KPMG Squash League will make its return to the court following Tuesday’s launch at the Liguanea Club in Kingston. The league, which is set to run from...

Published:Thursday | March 2, 2023 | 1:14 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

BARBADOS AND West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder has joined rare company but still feels he has much more to give to cricket in the region. Holder, yesterday, joined countryman and West Indies great Sir Garfield Sobers as players from the region...

Published:Wednesday | March 1, 2023 | 2:19 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Still locked into a tightly contested battle with South Africa after two days in the first Test at Centurion Park, the West Indies were given reason to smile earlier today after Barbados-born all-rounder, Jason Holder, became the second West...

Published:Wednesday | March 1, 2023 | 1:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE STATE of football fields in Jamaica has once again taken centre stage, becoming the topic of many discussions. One such discussion brings into question, who should be responsible for the development of fields, given its purportedly close...

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