AFTER BEING booted from the Manning Cup competition last year, Camperdown High School’s football coach, Donovan Lofters, said his team has moved past that setback and is ready to give it their all this season. “It took us a week to get over that. (...
NICKNAMED ‘Big Dick’ in high school because of his name and stature, Duvaughn Dick decided to change his life as an obese person and become a bodybuilder. Dick has since moved from being 330lb in 2018 to 199lb in 2022 to be crowned champion of the...
On their debut international assignment, Jamaica sent three athletes to the Junior Pan American Karate Championships in Mexico City and Rasandre Evans made the biggest impact by making it to the third-place play-off. However, the 12 year-old fell...
SPORTS, ART and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an unusual mix, but CEO of StarApple AI, Adrian Dunkley, has been using these components to create numerous art pieces in recognition of Jamaica’s athletic legacy. Dunkley said his love for these...
THE JAMAICA Lacrosse Association (JLA) said the country’s ninth-place finish at their debut World Lacrosse Men’s U21 World Championship was a showcase of the growth of the sport on the island and in the diaspora. Calbert Hutchinson, the JLA...
PRESIDENT OF the National Powerlifting Association Jamaica (NPAJ), Michael Blair, is to have his résumé extended as he is set to take on the role of chairman of the Sports For All Commission at North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF). Blair...
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL is another sport which suffers from lack of development in Jamaica, but president of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JBA), Paulton Gordon, said that the association has already begun to take action to change their position....
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) says the island could have a record number of athletes participating in different sports at the Paris 2024 Summer Games. President of the JOA, Christopher Samuda, says this might be possible because of Jamaica...
Given the success of the summer E1 Caribbean Basketball League CEO of P.H.A.S.E. 1 Academy, Wayne Dawkins says the competition is set to return bigger and better with a fall competition. “This (the summer league) was not our end goal. This was...
Discipline and strength are two key components needed to succeed in any sport and the Jamaican powerlifting team clearly possessed both as all three athletes won gold medals and set records on the team’s recent international debut. Manager and...
The organisers of cricket in St Catherine have hailed the return of the Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP) Cricket League after a two-year hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. President of the St Catherine Cricket Association, Milholland Barker...
Jamaica’s junior karate team will make their international debut when they compete at the 31st Under-21 Pan American Karate Championships set to take place in Mexico City, August 22 to 28. Jamaica Karate Federation (JKF) said they hope to reap...
JAMAICA’S POWERLIFTING team, the Jamaica Spartans, were strong enough to lift gold medals in record-breaking style, on their international debut, at the NAPF Regional Championships in Panama City, Panama. The Jamaica Spartans claimed their first-...
The Jamaican Women chess team topped the English-speaking Caribbean nations while the Absolute Team placed second at the recently concluded 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India. The Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF) has described the team’s...
MORE THAN 60,000 people follow John Manradge on TikTok because of his freestyle football skills, but the 19-year-old wants to move from behind the screen and on to a stage, hoping that his calls for the resumption of local freestyle competitions...
AS IF their fast times and history-making moments in track and field aren’t enough, Jamaican athletes continue to draw interest to the sport with their fashion statements. Fashion designer Denise Katz describes them as ‘daring and edgy’. “Jamaican...
National gymnast Tyesha Mattis says it’s a great honour to get to represent Jamaica at the World Gymnastics Championships after she placed third in the women’s individual all-round at the Pan American Championships in Brazil. The championships...
Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) president Jacqueline Cowan has hailed the Jamaica Under-21 male team for their third-place finish at the recent Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Men’s Under-21 Championship in Trinidad and...
WORLD 100 and 200-metre record holder Usain Bolt has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Brunel University in London. Speaking from Jamaica, Bolt thanked the university for his award. “I want to thank Brunel University for this honorary degree,...
As Jamaica gets ready to celebrate 60 years of independence, Sports Minister Olivia Grange says Jamaicans and tourists alike are to reap many benefits from a sports museum which is set to be built on lands close to the National Stadium. “It will...
TRACK AND field official and Special Olympics sports coordinator Hugh McDonald was seven years old when he lost his right hand, but that hasn’t stopped him from lending a helping hand in sports. McDonald has been volunteering in athletics for more...
Dwight Jones, the coach of national junior discus record holder Cedricka Williams, says he has high hopes for the athlete ahead of next month’s World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. “Last year she made the top eight. This year the aim is...
NATIONAL WOMEN’S 100m hurdles record holder and former World Champion Danielle Williams will be one of three Jamaicans competing in the Stockholm Diamond League today as they look to sharpen their skills ahead of the World Championships in Eugene,...
Eight-time national 800 metres champion Natoya Goule was unable to reclaim her title at this year’s JAAA Senior and Junior National Championships but she says her main focus is to perform well at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon...
Spectators who flock to the National Stadium to enjoy major sporting events usually rely on the vendors in the stands to sell them snacks to meet their food needs. Nuts are a popular snack consumed by spectators and Paul Jones has been travelling...
