Published:Thursday | February 25, 2016 | 5:15 PMShayne Fairman
Having championed the West Indies cricket team's cause for seven years, former fast bowler-turned politician Daren Powell contends that he is ready to bowl the People's National Party (PNP) to victory and unseat incumbent J.C. Hutchinson as member...
Published:Thursday | February 25, 2016 | 12:22 PMShayne Fairman
High Political drama unfolded early this morning in the vicinity of the old JAMINTEL Building on Duke Street in downtown Kingston, where Jamaica Labour Party supporters claim a motor vehicle full of Peoples National Party supporters “swung at...
Published:Friday | February 19, 2016 | 7:15 PMShayne Fairman
Coach Neil Harrison's confidence was clear: "We are ready. We were born ready."That's the message he is sending as it relates to his Kingston College (KC) charges' readiness for the fast-approaching ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships....
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2016 | 6:40 PMShayne Fairman
With ambitions of successful representation and bringing home medals as soon as the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, a memorandum of understanding between Table Tennis Jamaica (TTJ) and the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) was signed yesterday at...
Published:Monday | February 15, 2016 | 3:52 PMShayne Fairman
Despite the "unpredictable" and highly technical nature of the 110-metre hurdles, 25-year-old Hansle Parchment believes he has enough experience and confidence to upstage his main rivals and win Jamaica's' first-ever gold in this event at this year'...
Published:Saturday | February 13, 2016 | 7:44 PMShayne Fairman
World Youth 400 metres champion, Calabar High's Christopher Taylor, impressed with a fast 100 metres run at yesterday's Camperdown Classic at the National Stadium.The versatile 16-year-old stopped the clock at 10.44 seconds to take heat nine of the...
Published:Friday | February 12, 2016 | 7:22 PMShayne Fairman
Despite not yet in his best physical shape, Calabar's sprint phenomenon Tyreke Wilson remains confident of breaking the boys Class Two 100m record at next month's ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships.The speedster also declared...
Published:Wednesday | February 10, 2016 | 2:25 PMShayne Fairman
Kingston College (KC) standout sprinter, Jhevaughn Matherson, one of the athletes on whom KC's ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships title ambitions to dethrone Calabar High School rests, is looking to clock fast times and help...
Published:Tuesday | February 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Natalie Neita-Headley, minister with responsibility for sport, lauded the American International School of Kingston's contribution to Brand Jamaica through sports tourism ahead of their sixth annual SportsFeva tournament.The competition will see...
Published:Sunday | February 7, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Excelsior High School's girls' team captain, Shanice Love, showed off her good form at the Digicel/PUMA Youngster Goldsmith Classic held last Saturday inside the National Stadium.Competing in her backyard, the 18-year-old threw a meet record 51.92...
Published:Friday | February 5, 2016 | 12:41 PMShayne Fairman
Standout Reggae Girls attacker Tashana Vincent is lamenting the lack of support and recognition for female football in Jamaica, while also admitting that the perception that all players are homosexuals have affected the sport."It is hard as a female...
Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2016 | 3:14 PMShayne Fairman
Two-title winning Tivoli Gardens Football Club coach Glendon 'Admiral' Bailey has admitted that he found his former team in a less than ideal state and has been having to teach football tactics from the very basics.Bailey replaced Christopher Bender...
Published:Wednesday | February 3, 2016 | 4:49 PMShayne Fairman
Homegrown talent Ayesha Champaigne, who stood out at the inaugural SW Isaac-Henry Track and Field Invitational last year and went on to win a heptathlon gold medal at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships, is St Andrew Technical High...
Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
International Reggae legend Robert Nesta 'Bob' Marley would have celebrated his 71st birthday on February 6. His boyhood friend, Clive 'Busy' Campbell, organiser of the Bob Marley One Love Fun Day and football matches, is inviting 'friends in...
Published:Monday | February 1, 2016 | 5:47 PMShayne Fairman
Marquee 400m hurdler Kaliese Spencer recalls last season as bittersweet but remains confident that should she medal at this year's Olympics in Rio, Brazil, it would put the icing on the cake as her greatest year ever.Spencer is one of the most...
Published:Monday | February 1, 2016 | 6:08 PMShayne Fairman
The prestigious and exciting Gibson McCook Relays, slated for Saturday, February 27, will see the 4x200 metres Girls' Open and the 4x200 metres for Class One and Two boys upgraded to championship events.These events will be part of a stellar cast of...
Published:Friday | January 29, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Having had his left leg amputated due to life-threatening bone cancer, former outstanding Holy Trinity High School footballer Jordan Foote is locked in a race for his life, with doctors working to prevent the cancer from taking over his body.Foote's...
Published:Thursday | January 28, 2016 | 4:55 PMShayne Fairman
Gibson McCook Relays organising committee chairman, Professor Rainford Wilks, believes this year's 40th renewal is set to be one of the biggest, most exciting, and well-attended while revealing that they are hoping to make it an international staple...
Published:Wednesday | January 27, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
The Glendon 'Admiral' Bailey effect was felt right away on the Tivoli Gardens bench.Bailey, who previously won two titles with Tivoli Gardens, returned to lead the struggling team to a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Rivoli United in the Red Stripe...
West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Kiddy Cricket coordinator, Phillip Service believes the Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket’s mandatory request for all their coaches to have certification in child care and protection, will help to ring in a new era in...
Published:Thursday | January 21, 2016 | 8:54 PMShayne Fairman
With The Queen's School still Jamaica's only all-female institution to host an annual development meet, the organisers are hoping this year's 15th staging of the Queen's-Grace Jackson meet will be their biggest, most memorable and most spectacular...
Published:Tuesday | January 19, 2016 | 4:50 PMShayne Fairman
Very much a part of the international display by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) when the regional team plays host in the Caribbean, Scotiabank's grass-roots thrust, Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket, which has turned out an estimated 20 national/West...
Noted clergyman, Father Richard Ho Lung, considered one of the country’s most devoted philanthropist, said he prays for ailing 100-metre and 200-metre silver medallist Yohan Blake and hopes the athlete will “soon be restored to full...
Published:Saturday | January 16, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Newly crowned RJR Sports Foundation National Sportsman and Sportswoman of 2015, Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, say winning the prestigious title means a lot to them, adding they will be looking to represent Jamaica well, and seek more...
