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...
Safety is a big concern for many Jamaicans as the country’s crime rate remains very high. Although the National Stadium is a venue where many citizens and tourists go to enjoy sporting activities, areas close to the venue are not the safest as...
CANADA-BORN DIVER Yohan Eskrik-Parkinson said he was happy to make his debut for Jamaica at the recently concluded Canada Grand Cup in Calgary, Canada, but he still has a lot to learn if he is going to achieve his goals. “I was honoured to finally...
HEAD COACH of Jamaica’s under-15 girls football team, Tashana Vincent, is banking on the talent of her charges and her coaching to get them over the challenge of truncated preparation for the upcoming Concacaf Girls U15 Championship. The Young...
After a quiet 24 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the women’s national volleyball team got the chance to break a sweat with a ‘Volleyball Sumfest’ last weekend. The games involved the national team splitting in groups and playing against...
For the first time in Jamaica’s football history, a team will be directed by women only as former Reggae Girls Tashana Vincent and Alicia James will serve as head coach and assistant coach, respectively, for the national under 15 girls. They will...
Sprinting legend Usain Bolt will be back competing at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park tomorrow, but not in his spikes, as he will lace up his football boots to compete at the Soccer Aid for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “London, I’m...
Karen Healy-Silcott, player/coach on the national lacrosse team, says her role is difficult but she is determined to help to develop the sport in Jamaica. Born in the United States to a Jamaican mother and former player at the Syracuse University...
The Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF) says, unlike other sports, chess has seen a boost locally during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they plan to lift the sport to another level. President of the federation, Peter Myers, said one of the main reasons for...
FORMER SUNSHINE Girls goal shooter Jodi-ann Ffrench-Kentish has established Jamaica’s first netball academy, saying that the development of the sport was paramount for the new organisation. She said the Future Netballers Academy is a non-profit...
JAMAICA’S ONLY representative at the Pan-American Karate Championships, Valentyna Zolotarova, was unable to make it past the first round of the competition held in Curacao last week, but enjoyed wins for the island’s programme in different ways....
Jamaica’s youngest-ever national women’s chess champion, 14 year-old Gabriella Watson, says constant training and keeping focused helped her to rewrite Jamaica’s chess history this month. Competing in her first women’s championships, Watson...
REGGAE BOY and Philadelphia Union striker Cory Burke surprised a seven-year-old with a home visit and a signed pair of his cleats after a social media post. According to an Instagram post, created by the fan’s mother and tagging Burke, Tyler Caruso...
