Published:Wednesday | October 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Outgoing Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) general secretary Raymond Grant has been re-elected president of the Portland Football Association (PFA) during an extraordinary general meeting yesterday evening.Grant returns to the role exactly five...
Football, when played at a high level, is often compared to a game of chess, because of the intricate tactics, formations and strategies employed by teams to outsmart their opponents.Jamaica Chess Federation President Ian Wilkinson holds this view...
Five of the world's International Chess Masters (ICM) and one of the sport's top coaches will be in the island next week for the first-ever Jamaica International Chess Festival.The three-day event starts on Friday, October 13, wrapping up on the...
Jamaica's REGGAE Boyz meets hosts Saudi Arabia for the first time in 18 years. The game, which was originally to be played in the capitalof Riyadh, will now kick off today at 12:15 p.m., Jamaica time, from the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts has advised Phoenix Football Academy Founder Craig Butler that if he wants to be considered for the role of director of football in the national programme, he must go through the same...
Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Former national senior men's football team head coach Winfried Schaefer believes that current team manager Roy Simpson should be made the Jamaica Football Federation's (JFF) new general secretary.Various names had been mentioned as candidates for the...
Published:Friday | September 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Richard 'Frog' Holmes and his coaching team learnt yesterday that his professional boxing match against the unbeaten Cody Crowley will be for the Canadian Junior Welterweight title.The 10-round bout will take place in Montreal, Canada tonight and...
Published:Thursday | September 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has confirmed that the proposed international friendly match between Jamaica and hosts Saudi Arabia, set for October 7 in Riyadh, will go ahead as planned.There were concerns that the game would have been...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
The proposed international friendly football match between Jamaica and Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on October 7 may not go ahead as planned.Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts, while responding to queries from The Gleaner,...
Published:Friday | September 22, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Junior North American Boxing Federation middleweight champion Kemahl 'The Hitman' Russell has said that it is an amazing and special feeling to have the opportunity to defend his title in front of the Jamaican public in January.The location for the...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2017 | 7:51 PMRachid Parchment
Junior North American Boxing Federation middleweight champion Kemahl 'The Hitman' Russell will be defending his newly acquired title in front of his home crowd in Jamaica early next year. Russell, who claimed the title on September 9, was...
Published:Friday | September 22, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Former national senior men's football team assistant coach Miguel Coley said that he is humbled to know that former head coach Winfried Sch‰fer and newly appointed Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Michael Ricketts believe he deserves a...
Published:Thursday | September 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Professional Football Association of Jamaica (PFAJ) Chairman Don Anderson has warned that discipline will be strictly enforced in this season's Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL), which starts on Sunday.The league was officially launched at the...
Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Senior Vice President of Operations and Marketing at GraceKennedy Money Services, Noel Greenland, has said that brands and athletes who endorse them, should put more focus on selling their products in what he describes as a "unique way."Greenland...
Published:Sunday | September 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Former Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) General Secretary Horace Reid has remained silent regarding his interest in presidency of the body following the completion of newly elected head Michael Ricketts' term in 2019.This comes in the midst of...
Published:Friday | September 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
The Jamaica Amateur Body Building and Fitness Association (JABBFA) is hoping to send between 16 and 20 athletes to this year's Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding Championships in Mexico City, Mexico, from September 28 to October 1.The...
Published:Friday | September 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Jamaica will know whether Ambassador AB Stewart Stephenson or Michael Ricketts leads its football forward for at least the next two years, after this evening's Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) presidential elections. Three of Jamaica's most...
Published:Thursday | September 14, 2017 | 5:43 PMRachid Parchment
Jamaica Basketball Association (JaBA) president Dr Mark Broomfield has resigned from the role, saying that it has become difficult to carry out his duties effectively because of time constraints. Broomfield, who had been in the role since January...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president Christopher Samuda is pleased with the decision to name Paris as the city to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2024, and Los Angeles (LA) for the Olympiad four years later. The decisions were announced...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2017 | 10:45 PMRachid Parchment
There was no vote of no confidence lodged against president Handel Lamey and his board at the Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica's (ASAJ) executive council meeting this evening.Various local swimming clubs' have made complaints about the...
Published:Monday | September 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Richard 'Frog' Holmes will face Canadian Cody Crowley in a 10-round boxing match in Montreal, Canada, on September 30.Crowley is a southpaw (a boxer, usually left-handed, who leads with the right hand and stands with the right foot forward, using...
Published:Sunday | September 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Kristen McGregor is a 22-year-old fourth-year sports management major at the University of Technology. There, she is also a 100 and 200-metre sprinter, but has recently taken up the sporting disciplines of rugby union and bodybuilding.Trying new...
Published:Sunday | September 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Kemahl 'The Hitman' Russell is now the Junior North American Boxing Federation middleweight champion after a technical knockout win over Ian 'The General' Green in New York on Saturday night.Russell controlled the fight throughout and his...
Denham Town High is coached by one of the promising younger coaches in Jamaican football, Omar Edwards.Two seasons ago, the West Kingston-based school exceeded expectations and made the semi-final of the ISSA-FLOW Manning Cup competition.They...
Published:Thursday | September 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMRachid Parchment
Jamaica Amateur Body Building and Fitness Association (JABBFA) President Audrey Allwood is pleased with what she says is a new outlook on women’s fitness physique locally, and how more women are now embracing bodybuilding. This year’s...
