IT HAS now been 60 years since Jamaica won an Olympic bronze in cycling, the island’s only medal outside of athletics at the Games, a statistic the Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF) is aiming to address. JCF president Dr Wayne Palmer said in order...
Many doubted the Jamaica Tallawahs but franchise CEO Jeff Miller said, because of the strong unity within the team, they were able to win their third Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title. This unity is what Miller said fuelled the Tallawahs to...
Nearly 150 young players from across the island competed at the National Age Group Chess Championships at the University of the West Indies on October 1 and 2. The players competed in 12 age-group categories ranging from Under-8 to Under-18 as...
Cyclists are not among the most popular sports personalities locally, but Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF) President Dr Wayne Palmer expects this to change very soon. Dr Palmer says the local talent pool in the sport has been improving, and they...
It is not very often that a rally driver experiences a crash the day before and comes back the day after to compete and secure a podium finish, but Jamaica’s Fraser McConnell did it. McConnell crashed during practice for round three of the Nitro...
As World Netball investigations into the near-failed Test series between Jamaica’s Sunshine Girlz and New Zealand in that country intensify, some of the chaos that ensued up to 24 hours before the first game has been coming to light. A news report...
AFTER A rough start to the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup football season, Camperdown High School head coach, Donovan Lofters, has been looking for inspiration. According to the veteran coach, when Mozein Sutherland won the Digicel Rising Stars (DRS) on...
‘SLOW FEET don’t eat and I’m hungry!’ is the slight twist on NFL player CHad ‘OChocinco’ Johnson’s mantra that former under-18 national 100-metre champion Ackeem Blake said he uses to help push himself towards achieving his athletic goals. Blake...
Outgoing treasurer and public relations officer of the Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF), Janneille Morgan, is en route to success after emerging as one of the 16 Jamaicans who were awarded the 2022 Chevening Scholarship. Morgan, who will be...
The Camperdown High School Manning Cup team is backing 17-year-old footballer and singer, Mozein Sutherland, to win the Digicel Rising Stars (DRS) competition as he is among the top three contestants. With the football team not performing as well...
With school sports returning to normality, the discussions surrounding international students competing in Jamaica have also resurfaced. Aryamanya ‘Ari’ Rodgers of Kingston College and Delano Williams of Munro College, who became household names...
OLYMPIC DOUBLE double champion Elaine Thompson Herah stepped into a new era when she walked away from the MVP Track Club in 2021 to be coached by her husband Derron Herah. By establishing the New Era Track Club, the husband-and-wife duo set out to...
Leaving Jamaica for an unknown environment to improve as a cyclist is not something national representative Llori Sharpe says she regrets. In fact, the leap of faith has paid off, as she said she has noted significant improvements in her...
Born with two spinal conditions, spina bifida and scoliosis, Acee Green was prevented from being able to walk, but this is not stopping him from going after his goals as an archer. The 20-year-old, with only a few months experience in the sport of...
THE JAMAICA Chess Federation has hailed both the male and female under-20 national champions for the outstanding form displayed in the National Junior Chess Championship, which it notes is one of the most prestigious tournaments on its calendar fr...
Head coach of Jamaica College’s (JC) Manning Cup team, Davion Ferguson, says his team is aiming to win all the titles on offer this season. “This year is no different, we always play to win,” Ferguson told The Gleaner. He noted, however, that “...
The schoolboy football season returned with thousands of people in the stands at Sabina Park for the opening matches last Saturday, and it was an atmosphere many fans enjoyed as they have been kept away for the past two years by restrictions...
After being the first Jamaican weightlifter to compete at the Commonwealth Games in 30 years, Omarie Mears says he wants to continue to raise the profile of the sport in Jamaica. At the Games hosted in Birmingham, England, he finished 11th in the...
WITH A number of Jamaican-born Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athletes rising in the sport, fighter and coach Jason Downer said that he hopes to achieve at the highest levels, to help him develop the sport and give back to local communities. “I would...
Ukraine-born Valentyna Zolotarova has captured Jamaica’s first ever women’s medal at a Commonwealth Karate Championships. Zolotarova claimed a bronze medal in the women’s under-55kg weight category at the championships held in Birmingham, England,...
TWELVE JAMAICANS will line up on the last day of the two-day Diamond League finals in Zürich, Switzerland, today but perhaps the most anticipated events for Jamaicans are the women’s sprint. World champions Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-...
IN SPITE of a season of full of ups and down, American-born sprinter Andrew Hudson said that he remains no less passionate about representing Jamaica at the highest level. “I was born and raised in Texas, (but) my sister and I went back to Jamaica...
Jamaica Tallawahs are seeking to improve on their fifth-place finish in last year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and one man who has been appointed to help them achieve this is strength and conditioning coach Anthony Kepple. “The team is in...
Rasheed Broadbell went from running 13.20 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles this year to becoming the third Jamaican in history to dip below the 13-seconds barrier in the event, but he says this was all possible because of God and His timing. “All...
AFTER RETIREMENT, some athletes walk away from fitness regimes for one reason or another. But retired Olympians Jermaine Gonzales and Aleen Bailey said they try to keep active to remain as fit and healthy as possible. They both said keeping fit and...
