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Published:Friday | June 14, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE FIVE-MEMBER team of Blaise Bicknell, John Chin, Daniel Azar, Keyondre Clarke, and Kyle Clarke are in Paraguay gearing up for Davis Cup Group Three qualifiers, set to begin on Monday. John Azar, president of Tennis Jamaica, says, while he’s...

Published:Friday | June 14, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

REGGAE BOYZ head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says that his coaching staff, in reality, put forward a 23-man coaching squad for the Copa America football tournament, with an additional three creating some unnecessary controversy. According to...

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

WHILE CHRISTOPHER Samuda, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), believes French president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a snap election, weeks before the start of the Olympic Games, is a bid to use the event for political gain,...

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

UNDER-20 REGGAE Boyz head coach Jerome Waite wants European clubs to release overseas talent for a camp ahead of the Concacaf Under-20 Championship next month. According to Waite, whose team just returned from a jaunt in Mexico ahead of the...

Published:Thursday | June 13, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE JAMAICA Racing Commission (JRC) has slapped jockey Jerome Innis with the maximum penalty of a 25-race day ban along with a fine of $20,000 by the Jamaica Racing Commission for not taking every step to ensure the best performance of his mount....

Published:Tuesday | June 11, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

ST JAGO High School’s ISSA Urban under-14 cricket victory is re-creating a long-dormant fervour for the game within the school. According to St Jago coach, Joseph Lemmie, the four-wicket win over Campion the competition’s final last week has...

Published:Monday | June 10, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

HAVING GUIDED Frazsiers Whip to their first Jamaica Women’s Premier League title in 2023, veteran local coach Xavier Gilbert says his love for the club means he has to find ways of helping them, especially given their bow in the Concacaf Women’s...

Published:Saturday | June 8, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

ONE of Jamaica’s exciting young footballers, Karoy Anderson, made his home debut during Thursday’s 2026 World Cup qualifying match against the Dominican Republic and the 19-year-old says he was happy with the support fans gave to the national team...

Published:Friday | June 7, 2024 | 12:14 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

REGGAE BOYZ head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson believes that his charges will need time to adjust to a new formation. The Reggae Boyz head coach was speaking after Jamaica clipped the Dominican Republic in the first game of their Group E Concacaf World...

Published:Thursday | June 6, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AFTER SIX pulsating stops, the National Tackle Football Association and Jamaica Bobsleigh Association will host another leg of their recruitment programme on Saturday at Jamaica College, with action set to start at 8:00 a.m. Nelson ‘Chris’ Stokes...

Published:Thursday | June 6, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE JEROME Waite-coached under-20 Reggae Boyz will depart the island today for a two-match assignment in Mexico as part of preparation for the upcoming Concacaf Under-20 Championships. The young Reggae Boyz will lock horns against Guatemala on...

Published:Tuesday | June 4, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

REGGAE Girl Vyan Sampson, who formed part of a three-defender backline during Jamaica’s 4-0 defeat against Brazil on Saturday, says playing under a new system will require more time. “It was obviously quite a difficult game as Brazil is a very...

Published:Tuesday | June 4, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA BASKETBALL Association president, Paulton Gordon, is looking forward to the July 14-18 staging of the KFC-sponsored Star Search basketball camp where, he says, young players from across the length and breadth of Jamaica can make a name for...

Published:Saturday | June 1, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

STAND-IN captain and veteran defender Allyson Swaby says she’s not only excited to be back in the Reggae Girlz set-up, but also to lock horns with the formidable force of South American giants Brazil. The Reggae Girlz will play the first of two...

Published:Friday | May 31, 2024 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Tennis Association, John Azar, is hailing the recently concluded International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour M15000 tournament a ‘success’. With matches hosted at Tennis Jamaica and Liguanea Club, athletes from...

Published:Thursday | May 30, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

REGGAE GIRLZ head coach Hubert Busby is pleased with the attitude of his charges after the team, sans Jody Brown, trained at the Nautica Football Stadium in Brazil yesterday. The team is preparing for a two-match friendly international against...

Published:Thursday | May 30, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

WORLD CHAMPION Shericka Jackson says she is in much better shape than she was two weeks ago when she opened her half-lap season at the Le Grande Stade in Marrakech on May 19. Jackson was speaking at a press conference yesterday ahead of today’s...

Published:Tuesday | May 28, 2024 | 12:14 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

WEST INDIES past players and coaches helping other teams hoping for an advantage in the Caribbean and the United States when the Men’s T20 World Cup begins next month must not be seen as traitors, says noted sports analyst and commentator Joseph ‘...

Published:Tuesday | May 28, 2024 | 12:14 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Gymnastics Association, Nicole Grant, is pleased the country will be hosting the inaugural Carifta Gymnastics Championships set for November 29-30 at the National Indoor Sports Centre. “We are elated, very happy to be the...

Published:Tuesday | May 28, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT OF Jamaica’s Gymnastics Association, Nicole Grant, is pleased with the performances of the three-member team of Isabelle David, Alana Walker, and Elel Wahrmann-Baker at the recently Pan American Gymnastics Championships in San Marta,...

Published:Saturday | May 25, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA-born Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards is currently in preparation mode ahead of his third welterweight title defence against Belal Muhammad in the main event of UFC 304 on July 27 at the Co-op Live Arena in...

Published:Friday | May 24, 2024 | 12:13 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FOLLOWING THE recent staging of the 2024 INSPORTS Primary School Championships at the National Stadium, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, was in awe of the performances that unfolded over the two days of action....

Published:Friday | May 24, 2024 | 12:12 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA’S PAIR of Isabelle David and Alana Walker will aim at securing medals for the country when they contest the women’s all-round final later today at the 2024 Pan American Gymnastics Championships being held in San Marta, Colombia. David...

Published:Thursday | May 23, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICAN TENNIS player Jeremy Miller believes a lack of experience was the reason behind his failure to progress beyond the qualifying round of the ongoing International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis M15000 tournament, being hosted on local...

Published:Tuesday | May 21, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

REGGAE Boy and West Ham striker Michail Antonio has opened up about his struggles with mental illness. While he is known for his toughness on the field of play, off the field, Antonio’s passion for the game was being tested, and while speaking on a...

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