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Published:Sunday | June 12, 2016 | 5:26 PMRaymond Graham

Top athletes showed their appreciation for the support from the near-capacity crowd at Saturday's Racers JN Grand Prix at the National Stadium.Both the bleachers and grandstand were full, reminiscent of the crowd at Boys and Girls' Championships,...

Published:Saturday | June 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

JAMAICA'S Fitzroy Dunkley was in blazing form over 400 metres on Friday's  final day of competition at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Outdoor Division 1 Track and Field Championships at the Hayward Field in Eugene...

Published:Saturday | June 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

American Johnny Dutch outclassed a fairly strong field last night to post a world leading time in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the first staging  of the JN  Racers Grand Prix meet at the National Stadium. Dutch clocked 48.10...

Published:Friday | June 10, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

ALL is set for today's first staging of the Jamaica National Racers Grand Prix at the National Stadium starting at 7 p.m.Most of the world's top athletes, including the world's fastest man Usain Bolt - the triple Olympic gold medallist - will be in...

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2016 | 2:22 PMRaymond Graham

IT should be a humdinger this evening when two of the island's top netball teams, Jamalco and UWI Pelicans, meet in the final of the Supreme Ventures Limited Major League Senior competition at the National Indoor Sports Centre at 7 p.m. Preceding...

Published:Sunday | May 22, 2016 | 7:39 PMRaymond Graham

DEFENDING champions Mico 'A', along with Molynes United 'A' and UWI Pelicans, joined Jamalco in the semi-finals of the Supreme Ventures Major League netball competition after quarter-final wins at the Leila Robinson Courts on Saturday.Defending...

Published:Saturday | May 14, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

USAIN Bolt opened his 2016 campaign with an easy 10.05 seconds victory in the men's 100 metres at the Cayman Invitational meet last night.The world record holder was off to a good start and controlled the race throughout to hurt the lien ahead of...

Published:Friday | May 13, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

WORLD 100 and 200-metre record holder, Usain Bolt, will make his first appearance when he heads a list of 25 Jamaicans down to compete at this evening's Cayman Invitational meet at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in Grand Cayman.After watching some...

Published:Sunday | May 8, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

Undoubtedly, the most popular athlete on Saturday night at the Jamaica International Invitational meet was former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell.The man with the most sub-10 clockings in history, despite not winning a major individual...

Published:Saturday | May 7, 2016 | 8:28 PMRaymond Graham

American Gwen Berry and Trinidad and Tobago's Shakeil Waithe captured the women's hammer throw and men's javelin, respectively, at the Jamaica International Invitational (JII) meet yesterday.In the first final, Berry set a National Stadium and meet...

Published:Friday | May 6, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

Local track and field fans are in for a treat today as several of the world's top athletes will be on show at the Jamaica International Invitational (JII) meet inside the National Stadium.The main events are set to get under way at 7:30 p.m. with...

Published:Sunday | May 1, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

After knocking on the door for several years, GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport had their greatest moment at the 122nd staging of the Penn Relays last week with a win and several top-three finishes, ending as the most successful...

Published:Saturday | April 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania:Jamaican high schools stole the spotlight on yesterday's final day of competition at the 2016 Penn Relays in Philadelphia.Kingston College (KC) produced the most impressive display with a record-equalling 39.63 seconds to...

Published:Friday | April 29, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania:Edwin Allen High's girls were brilliant on yesterday's penultimate day of competition at the 122nd renewal of the Penn Relays in Philadelphia yesterday.The Clarendon-based school had two three-peats as they captured the...

Published:Thursday | April 28, 2016 | 9:17 PMRaymond Graham

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania:Excelsior High's Shanice Love fought off cool and rainy conditions on the opening day of the 2016 Penn Relays to break her own national junior record and the meet mark in the girls' discus throw.The ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys...

Published:Monday | April 25, 2016 | 7:03 PMRaymond Graham

SEVERAL of the country's top senior and junior athletes will be busy competing at the 122nd staging of the Penn Relays in Franklin Field, Philadelphia, from Thursday to Saturday. Most of these athletes from top high schools and colleges will depart...

Published:Sunday | April 24, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

IN 2014, Jamaica College broke the high-school Boys' 4x100 metres Championship of America relay record after posting a time of 39.72 seconds at the prestigious Penn Relays.However, that record only stood for a year as another Jamaican school,...

Published:Friday | April 15, 2016 | 5:14 PMRaymond Graham

Raymond GrahamGleaner WriterToday's MVP Track and Field meet will take focus inside the National Stadium this evening, with the promise of top quality athletics, given the early form shown so far this season.Following last Saturday's outstanding...

Published:Thursday | April 14, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

ST Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) are again the rural area ISSA-GraceKennedy Headley Cup schoolboy cricket champions after defeating Vere Technical on first inning points in the final played at the Jamalco Sports Club in Halse Hall Clarendon,...

Published:Wednesday | April 13, 2016 | 7:38 PMRaymond Graham

Defending champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) hold the upper hand after day one of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association Grace Headley Cup cricket final against Vere Technical at Jamalco Sports Club in Halse Hall,...

Published:Sunday | April 10, 2016 | 5:50 PMRaymond Graham

Former champions Vere Technical advanced to the 2016 Headley Cup final after easing past Munro College by nine wickets last Friday.Scores in the two-day semi-final match played at Vere were Munro 95 and 140; Vere Technical 215 and 21 for one.The...

Published:Saturday | April 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

WORLD 200 metres silver medallist Elaine Thompson produced a world-leading 11.07 seconds in the women's 100 metres at the Senior Link-Up track and field meet at Stadium East yesterday morning.Thompson joined the United States Morolake Akinosun atop...

Published:Saturday | April 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

JANIEVE Russell of the University of Technology (UTech), and G.C. Foster College's Demish Gaye shone brightly on yesterday's final day of competition at the NCB Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships at the National Stadium.Russell, who had...

Published:Friday | April 1, 2016 | 7:54 PMRaymond Graham

G.C. Foster College has made a strong statement following competition on day one of the NCB Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships at the National Stadium with their male and female teams taking the early lead.The male team sits on 93 points...

Published:Monday | March 28, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham

JAMAICA ended the 45th Carifta Games in St Georges, Grenada, last night in fine style as they had a clean sweep in the 4x400m to follow up on their sweep in the 4x100m on yesterday's final day as the country ended with a record 86 medals.This...

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