It was a predictable but still exciting end to the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium last night. Calabar High School claimed their seventh straight hold on the Mortimer Geddes Trophy while Edwin...
Independence Park General Manager Major Desmon Brown says that he is unaware of fire safety code violations taking place in the Grandstand at the National Stadium during the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships..The Gleaner was...
Edwin Allen High School's Kevona Davis was the talk of the evening after breaking the Class 2 Girls 100m record twice in a matter of hours at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships at the National Stadium earlier...
Spectators at the National Stadium were left stunned and in disbelief, as the two favourites for the Class 1 Boys 100m title at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships suffered injuries in the showpiece event earlier...
Rachid Parchment/Sports News Coordinator Calabar High School middle distance runners Kevroy Venson and Rivaldo Marshall delivered on their coach Errol Messias’ promise that they will do the quinella in the Class 2 Boys 1500m final at the ISSA...
After many months of speculation, veteran race car driver Douglas 'Hollywood' Gore has revealed his new car to be a modified Kia Rio. Gore unveiled his new vehicle at ATL Motors in Kingston earlier this evening and said that it is...
The management of Phoenix All Stars Football Academy has turned down the invitation extended by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) to players Leon Bailey and Kyle Butler to be a part of the national senior men's football team for its...
Published:Saturday | February 24, 2018 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
St John's Antigua:Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Whycliffe 'Dave' Cameron says that there are a couple of challenges to the education system in Jamaica that are hampering the full exposure of youngsters to the sport.He said that one of the main...
Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2018 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
St John’s, Antigua: Defending champions Barbados Pride secured a 13-run win over Kent CCC in their semi-final clash in the Cricket West Indies Regional Super50 Cup at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Wednesday night. The Pride, who chose to...
Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
NORTH SOUND, Antigua: The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, in North Sound, Antigua, much like the Trelawny Stadium in Jamaica was built ahead of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, but since then, both venues have had contrasting fates.The similarities...
Published:Wednesday | January 3, 2018 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Ksenia Maiorova, an American immigration lawyer, has said that Jamaican athletes seeking US visas based on "extraordinary ability" in sports may have a difficult time obtaining them from now on. A visa rewarded on the condition of extraordinary...
Published:Saturday | December 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Damani Ralph, agent of national defender Kemar 'Taxi' Lawrence, says a number of European clubs, including 19-time Turkish Super League winners Fenerbahce SK and six-time winners Trabzonspor, are interested in his client.Lawrence, who plays for the...
Published:Thursday | December 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Christine Morris is a life coach who specialises in helping athletes get over mental obstacles to get better performances out of themselves in their various sporting disciplines.Although she was born in Manchester, England, to Jamaican parents,...
Published:Wednesday | December 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Jamaica Rugby Football Union chairman Jerry Benzwick says the association wants to significantly increase its training sessions for local-based players as they get ready for next year's schedule of regional and international competitions.The Jamaica...
Published:Thursday | December 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Jamaica senior men's team manager, Roy Simpson, says Bristol City defensive midfielder Korey Smith was scouted for national selection in the past but was not offered any invitation.Smith, who scored the winner in Bristol City's 2-1 win over...
Published:Wednesday | December 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Tennis Jamaica general secretary Leroy Brown said that plans regarding the future of the association, after the resignation of president John Bailey, will be decided early next year.Bailey, whose three-year term would have ended in 2019, resigned on...
Published:Wednesday | December 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Sports minister Olivia Grange says the Government will be assisting in the research on traumatic head injuries in sport. She said this will be done with the support of the University of the West Indies' (UWI) newly created Faculty of Sport.Grange's...
Published:Thursday | December 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has announced a number of organisational changes as it looks to restructure the format of its operations to that of what it said is a business model.At a press conference at its headquarters on Wednesday, the...
Published:Thursday | December 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has officially signed a partnership with British football equipment maker Umbro.The contract was signed by JFF president Michael Ricketts in Panama last night with vice-president Bruce Gaynor and general...
Published:Wednesday | December 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts said that he is excited about the imminent partnership with British football equipment makers Umbro.Ricketts and other members of the JFF are currently in Panama where the deal will be...
Published:Wednesday | December 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has announced plans to redevelop its headquarters to become a multicomplex facility. Newly appointed chief executive officer Ryan Foster announced the plans during a JOA press conference to outline the new...
Published:Wednesday | December 13, 2017 | 2:32 PMRachid Parchment
A delegation from the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), including president Michael Ricketts, is currently in Panama preparing to announce a new contract with British kit makers Umbro tomorrow. It is understood that Umbro, with its new sponsorship...
Published:Thursday | December 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Corporate Jamaica has a bigger role to play in the development of Jamaican sports. That is the conviction of some of the leading players in the fraternity, who pointed to the need for proper infrastructural and personnel development support, while...
Published:Wednesday | December 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Jamaica and West Indies cricketer Andre Russell has said that the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) is compromising his safety with how it handles visits for scheduled sample collection. The 29-year-old, currently finishing up a one-year ban...
Jamaica and West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell said that he does not take pleasure in the prospective termination of Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) Executive Director Carey Brown's contract.JADCO's board had terminated Brown's contract in...
