Penalty aside, Argentina put the screws to Croatia and never eased up. No extra-time needed. What was billed as a battle of atrition ended up being a display that showed this version of...
JAMAICA’S 2022 National Car Park Drift champion Nicholas ‘Tazz’ Barnes is back home and resting following his historic trip to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he represented the country at the Red Bull Car Park Drift Finals. Barnes, who defeated 20...
This World Cup has been one of upsets, and the team that has created the most thus far is Morocco. Since the start of the tournament, the north Aficans have been beating...
Argentina and Croatia's last world cup meeting four years ago would shape the destinies of both countries in that tournament. Croatia’s commanding 3-0 group stage win would fuel their run to...
When things go wrong, they really go wrong. Cristiano Ronaldo through on goal, his team down 1-0, no dice. Harry Kane, a sure shot from 12 yards away, his team down 2-1, no...
In one word, Wow. When commenting on how Croatia have gone about their business, I often refer to them as battle-tested warriors. They entered the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar without the...
JAMAICAN SPRINTING legend, multiple Olympic gold medallist and world record holder in the men’s 100 and 200 metres, Usain Bolt, believes big contracts for young athletes could be hurting rather than helping. Bolt, while speaking on local podcast ‘...
And then there were eight. The Oranje have looked solid throughout the tournament. Ball possession … check, pace in all areas of the field … check, winning mentality … pending. Having lost three World...
REGGAE BOYZ captain and goalkeeper Andre Blake is giving back to his home parish, Clarendon, and anticipates a huge turnout for this year’s staging of ‘Family Soccer Sunday’ on December 11 at the Versalles Football Field, beginning at 10:00 a.m....
Croatia are quietly going about their business to give captain and stalwart Luka Modric one last hurrah at the World Cup. They were made to work for it against Japan and Croatia goalkeeper Dominik...
Alas Senegal just couldn't find a way past England. Not having Sadio Mane finally showed. But for Alou Cisse and company this year should be seen as a success. African champions and a World Cup round of 16 place are achievements to be proud of.
Louis van Gaal produced a tactical clinic against the USA. They were more than happy to give the Americans the ball to see what they could do with it and knew that Holland's quality in the final third would be good enough...
AFTER Tivoli High’s Dwayne Johnson smashed the crossbar of Haile Selassie High’s goal with a header as early as the 10th minute during yesterday’s Walker Cup KO final at Sabina Park, the signs were clear that the Christopher Nicholas-coached team...
THE CONTINENT of Africa has five countries participating in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar (Senegal, Cameroon, Morocco, Ghana and Tunisia) and while all of them have performed creditably with Tunisia, the African champions through to the round...
DENNIS CHUNG, general secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), hopes national representative Leon Bailey hasn’t found himself in “hot water” following scathing remarks aimed at football’s governing body in a podcast done earlier this...
FOLLOWING his outstanding performance in the recently concluded Regional Super50 tournament, which saw him bag 15 wickets and end up tied for first with teammate Odean Smith and Trinidad and Tobago’s Shannon Gabriel for most wickets, Jamaica...
IN THE midst of the excitement of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, third-place finisher at the recently concluded Jamaica Golf Open Championships, William Knibbs, revealed that this time around he’s watching football’s showpiece event as a neutral to avoid...
HAVING waited a decade to lift another Regional Super50 title, the Rovman Powell-led Jamaica Scorpions also finished atop the batting and bowling departments. Captain Powell was the leading scorer for the 2022 season after tallying 346 runs, four...
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Weightlifting Federation, Dr Mark Broomfield, has revealed that in order for the sport to grow locally there are three key components that should be in place, facilities, equipment, and what he terms as the ‘technical know-...
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Basketball Association, Paulton Gordon, is confident the inaugural staging of the 3x3 Basketball competition for high school boys, which tips off on Saturday and ends on November 20 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre,...
UNDETERRED BY the fact that Australia hasn’t been a happy destination for the West Indies team in Test cricket, captain and opening batter Kraigg Brathwaite is of the belief that this team is more than just optimistic ahead of their two-Test series...
HAVING MIGRATED from Jamaica at the age of 13, Rajiv Maragh, now 37 years old, plies his trade on the American circuit, on the foundation of a stellar career in which he has ridden over 1,600 winners, inclusive of the Florida Oaks (2009), Louisiana...
President of the Jamaica Golf Association, Jodi Munn-Barrow, has predicted that this weekend’s 55th staging of the Jamaica Open Golf Championships will bring out the best in all the participants vying for the 2022 national golf title. The...
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS St Catherine started off their title defence of the Walker Cup in empathic fashion, dismissing rivals St Jago 2-0 at the Spanish Town Prison Oval yesterday. What started off as a cagey encounter between the pair grew to match...
