AFTER riding 50 winners last season and finishing fourth in the jockeys’ title race, Raddesh Roman has had a strong start to the 2024 season and was recently named the most improved jockey. Roman, who currently sits in second place on 18 victories...
HEADING into his second term as president of the Jamaica Basketball Association after being re-elected unopposed at the recent elections, Paulton Gordon says he is hopeful that his new team can help to grow the sport locally. “We’re grateful with...
THE INTER-SECONDARY Schools Sports Association (ISSA) is remaining mum on the continued attempt from Jamaica College (JC) to have a decision to render two of its athletes ineligible to compete at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics...
FIVE-TIME national discus champion Fedrick Dacres believes a change in approach could work magic for him during the 2024 track and field season. Dacres, while speaking with RJR Sports, stated that he and his handlers have opted for a “conservative...
DESPITE heading into today’s start of the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) without their regular players, last season’s beaten finalists Cavalier are hopeful that they will kick off their season with a win when they lock horns with St. Thomas-...
AFTER throwing a season’s best of 64.25 metres to finish third behind the pair of Traves Smikle and Fedrick Dacres at last Saturday’s King of the Ring competition at the Courtney Walsh Oval, veteran discus thrower Chad Wright has pointed to changes...
AFTER PLAYING second fiddle to Reyan Lewis in last season’s Jockeys’ Championship, Tevin Foster believes he is now more prepared to go one better when all rides are cast at the end of 2024. Foster, who entered Ash Wednesday’s race day tied with...
THE Marcel Gayle-coached Waterhouse moved to sixth-place in the Jamaica Premier League after they registered a 1-0 victory over Vere United at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. Revaldo Mitchell scored the winner in the 25th minute,...
Interim head coach of the senior Reggae Girlz, Xavier Gilbert, has expressed his disappointment that the top players are are still not available to represent the country in two friendly internationals against Chile later this month. “I felt...
AFFECTIONATELY called ‘Compound’, the official home ground for five-time Jamaica Premier League (JPL) champions Harbour View is currently undergoing renovations to both the playing surface and infrastructure in a bid to get the stadium fit and...
AFTER A somewhat pedestrian start to the 2023-24 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season, former champions Cavalier are enjoying life atop the standings. Rudolph Speid, head coach of the team, said while his offensive line is a force to be reckoned...
EVEN AS Jamaica’s number-one ranked tennis player, Blaise Bicknell, accepted responsibility for the country’s 3-2 defeat to Barbados in Group II Davis Cup action at the weekend, the team’s captain Noel Rutherford thinks there was another fly in the...
Jamaica’s five-member team comprised of Blaise Bicknell, Rowland ‘Randy’ Phillips, Jeremy Miller, Daniel Azar and David Goldsmith will go into action today against Barbados in Davis Cup Group II with the tie set to serve off at 11 a.m. at the Eric...
The Jamaican Davis Cup team are taking no chances in their Davis Cup Group II encounter, pitting their top two players, Blaise Bicknell and Rowland 'Randy' Phillips against the might of Barbados when the two serve off against each other at the Eric...
FOLLOWING last year’s resounding success of the inaugural staging of the RESI Cricket Legends, former West Indies fast bowler Daren Powell, founder of the event, believes Year Two will be bigger. The 2024 staging will be held on February 18 at the...
EUROPEAN UNION Ambassador to Jamaica Marianne Van Steen is excited about the second staging of the European Union-Jamaica 5k and 10k run/walk. Van Steen is anticipating that the event, scheduled for downtown Kingston on March 10, will, at the very...
AHEAD of this weekend’s (February 3-4) Davis Cup clash between Jamaica and Caribbean rivals Barbados at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre, president of the Jamaica Tennis Association, John Azar, told The Gleaner at the weekend that the finishing touches...
FOLLOWING Calabar High’s Under-16 team’s thrilling 55-46 victory over the more fancied St George’s College in Thursday’s deciding game three of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) basketball tournament, Ludlow Barker, assistant...
Having already netted 10 goals from 15 games in the 2023-24 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season Waterhouse FC’s striker Javane Bryan is grateful after being selected a member of a local 22-man training camp that completed a recent two-day...
THE FIVE-MEMBER team of Blaise Bicknell, Rowland Phillips, Daniel Azar, Jeremy Miller, and David Goldsmith will have the weight of expectations levied on their shoulders as they prepare for a must-win Davis Cup battle against Caribbean counterparts...
DESPITE creating numerous goalscoring opportunities, both Cavalier and the league’s highest scoring team Tivoli Gardens failed to convert any of their chances during yesterday’s Jamaica Premier League encounter at the Anthony Spaulding Sports...
HEADING INTO his 11th Major League Soccer (MLS) season on February 21, Reggae Boyz captain and starting goalkeeper for the Philadelphia Union, Andre Blake, believes that with each passing season, his team is becoming more and more of a threat in...
JAMAICAN international umpire Patrick Gustard is one of two Caribbean officials set to officiate in the upcoming men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. The Under-19 World Cup bowls off on January 19. Gustard shared that it felt great...
A 10-MEMBER team representing the PHASE 1 Basketball Academy will depart Jamaica on January 25 for the January Jump Off basketball tournament at the David Psnak Jewish Community Center in Davie, Florida. The tournament, being used by the Jamaicans...
Reigning Barclay’s Women’s Super League (WSL) Player of the Month for December, Reggae Girl Khadija Shaw, has heaped praises on sprint legend Usain Bolt for the support he has given since her move to Manchester City FC in England. In a recent...
