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Stories by Orane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Published:Thursday | September 19, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A WORKMANLIKE performance by St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) saw them registering a 2-0 victory over Zone D opponents Camperdown at the Boys’ Town field in the ISSA Manning Cup competition yesterday. The Phillip Williams-coached STATHS...

Published:Thursday | September 19, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Christopher Samuda has heaped praise on the Scottish city of Glasgow for stepping up to play hosts for the 2026 Commonwealth Games following months of uncertainty surrounding where the games will...

Published:Tuesday | September 17, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

IN MEMORY of former president of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JABA), the late Marland Nattie, players will get the opportunity to grace the National Stadium courts for the inaugural staging of the Marland Nattie Legends 3x3 tournament, set...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Ahead of the highly anticipated 2024-25 season of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), chief executive Officer of Professional Football Jamaica Limited, Owen Hill, says, from a management standpoint, they are eagerly awaiting the start of the league....

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AFTER SERVING a 22-month ban, opening batsman John Campbell is set to make an immediate return to the Jamaica Scorpions setup. Newly appointed chairman of selectors, Delroy Morgan, said based on conversations with Campbell, the stylish left-hander...

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Owner of French Park Community Club, Cassius Burton, is seeking to get the facility back to its best after the cricket ground located in Manchester was damaged last month by Hurricane Beryl. Burton says the impact has been widely felt around the...

Published:Saturday | August 24, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FORMER Clarendon College central defender Devonti Hodges will suit up for Harbour View in the upcoming Jamaica Premier League season. The 19-year-old, who featured in his debut season last year for Dunbeholden, has been brought in to strengthen...

Published:Friday | August 23, 2024 | 12:13 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Overseas transfer students looking to participate in competitions run by the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) will be subjected to a waiting period of one year before gaining eligibility. High-school sports’ governing body ISSA, in...

Published:Thursday | August 22, 2024 | 12:13 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA’S SWIM team coach Gillian Millwood says she is proud of her charges’ accomplishments at the three-day Goodwill Swimming Championships in St Lucia recently. Jamaica finished fourth on the points table, a drop in position from its second-...

Published:Saturday | August 17, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

NEWLY appointed head coach of Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz, Englishman Stephen McClaren, says he’s excited ahead of his first match in charge of the national team next month. Speaking with Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) media McClaren said that in...

Published:Friday | August 16, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

EXPECTATIONS are high for Jamaica’s 35-member team which arrived in St Lucia yesterday for today’s start of the Goodwill Swimming Championships. Vice president of the Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica, Hilary Brown Nixon, stated that while...

Published:Thursday | August 15, 2024 | 12:12 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE 14TH staging of the David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Classic will take centre stage this Saturday at the UWI Mona Bowl as the pair of Calabar High School and Kingston College will lock horns in the day’s featured encounter. The classic, named in honour of...

Published:Thursday | August 15, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

YESTERDAY, FANS of West Indies cricket celebrated the 40th anniversary of the team’s famous ‘blackwash’ over rivals England on English soil. The Clive Lloyd-captained team defeated England 2-1 in the One-day series and then followed up that feat...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2024 | 12:12 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

NEWLY promoted Chapelton Maroons will be under the guidance of Oneil ‘Bigga’ Thompson for the upcoming 2024-25 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season. Ahead of the start of the new season, Thompson said the club is attracting interest from several...

Published:Monday | August 12, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT of Tennis Jamaica John Azar believes the ongoing King Alarm-sponsored Amateur Tennis Series has shown signs of significant growth over the opening two series of matches. The third staging will run from August 19-23 at the Eric Bell...

Published:Saturday | August 10, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DESPITE registering only two series victories in their last 10 Test matches head coach of the West Indies, Andre Coley, has shared that while the team’s overall performance hasn’t been the best, some players have shown that they’re capable of...

Published:Thursday | August 8, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FORMER REGGAE Boyz goalkeeper Ryan Thompson believes the appointment of former England manager, Stephen McClaren, as head coach of the senior men’s team ‘speaks volumes’ of Jamaica’s football programme. Thompson said following the appointment,...

Published:Tuesday | August 6, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FORMER President of Netball Jamaica, Marva Bernard, says Sunshine Girls shooter Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard is one of the most dominant players in world netball. The West Coast Fever goal shooter claimed her sixth hold on the Stacey Marinkovich...

Published:Friday | August 2, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FOLLOWING last year’s successful staging of his first goalkeeping training camp, Jamaica’s senior Reggae Girlz goalkeeper coach Andrew Sewell will host a second camp this year to help improve the standards of Jamaica’s best shot-stoppers....

Published:Friday | August 2, 2024 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FORMER Reggae Boyz goalkeeper Ryan Thompson has hailed the appointment of Englishman Stephen McClaren as the new Reggae Boyz head coach. McClaren, a former England manager, left Manchester United at the end of last season. He was a member of...

Published:Thursday | August 1, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

HAMMER THROWER Nayoka Clunis, while disappointed at the realisation that she will certainly miss competing at the Paris Olympics, believes that her best days are ahead of her. Yesterday, the 28-year-old said she was pleased with the outpouring of...

Published:Saturday | July 27, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICAN international Jordan Kellier has secured his first professional contract with Slovakian club BK Iskra Svit. The move comes after he ended his collegiate season with the West Chester Golden Rams averaging 12.8 points and 10.7 rebounds per...

Published:Friday | July 26, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE wait is now over as the Paris Olympics will officially begin today. As Jamaicans wait anxiously for the start of the track and field competition on August 1, national track and field coach Corey Bennett shared that he will have his...

Published:Tuesday | July 23, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

SHANNIKA JOHNSON, captain of the title-winning Manchester Spurs netball team, believes the perfect mix of youth and experience helped her team successfully defend Elite League crown. According to Johnson, the mix of youth and experience, with lazer...

Published:Saturday | July 20, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

SWIMMER Sabrina Lyn is very nervous heading to her first Olympic Games in Paris but she is also excited at the prospects that lie ahead. The former Campion College student, who idolises former national representative Alia Atkinson, is aiming at...

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