“AMAZING”, IS how Sunshine Girls’ newcomer Rhea Dixon reflects on a whirlwind month leading up to the current Horizon Netball Series between Jamaica and England, which recommences at the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC) in Kingston next Monday...
ENGLAND’S VITALITY Roses claimed a one-match advantage in the Horizon Netball Series after a clinical second-half performance yielded an eight-point victory over a hard-working, but too often errant, Sunshine Girls. In contrast to the opening test...
SUNSHINE GIRLS coach Sasha-Gaye Henry has stressed how anxious she is to see her squad, a mix of youth and experience, comes together for Jamaica’s forthcoming four-match international series against England’s Vitality Roses, which begins in...
GLASGOW, Scotland: If Peter Pan had been female, she would have been called Kimberly Williams as the twice former Commonwealth Games triple jump champion and three times medallist at global level insists that there is still more in the tank despite...
Defending champions Jamaica comfortably qualified for this afternoon’s women’s 4x400m relay final (3:30 p.m. Jamaican time) but the success of Junelle Bromfield, Andrenette Knight, Charokee Young and Leah Anderson at the World Athletics Indoor...
GLASGOW, Scotland: Ackeem Blake sped to Jamaica’s first medal of the 2024 World Indoor Athletics Championships after following American favourites Christian Coleman and Noah Lyles home in a hotly contested men’s 60 metres final yesterday. The...
GLASGOW, Scotland: A Jamaican team comprising 23 athletes are among over 650 track and field stars going for global glory in Glasgow at the 19th World Indoor Championships which begin early today (Jamaica time). The three days of intense...
BUDAPEST, Hungary An exuberant Adele Tracey heaped praise on team-mate Natoya Goule-Toppin as the inspiration behind yet another personal best (PB) in the women’s 800-metre final. The Seattle-born former British athlete came home seventh in a...
BUDAPEST, Hungary: Even “the best series of jumps of my life”, a season’s best and a successful if ultimately worthless protest were not enough to keep Shanieka Ricketts on the podium as phenomenal world record holder Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas (15.08 metres)...
BUDAPEST, Hungary: Having seen both her teammates bow out in the first two races, defending champion Shericka Jackson cruised through to defend her title in today’s 200-metre final at the 19th World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary. The...
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: PACE AND plenty of patience helped Natoya Goule-Toppin and Adelle Tracey comfortably through the opening round the of the women’s 800 metres at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. All of the seven heats...
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: MEGAN TAPPER and Danielle Williams qualified through exceptionally fast first-round heats of the 100-metre hurdles, forcing them to declare the short and technical discipline the most competitive that it has ever been. Tapper,...
BUDAPEST, Hungary: Traves Smikle and Fedrick Dacres will launch a double assault on the medals in today’s men’s discus final after the duo sailed through qualification with top seven placings. Kingston-born Smikle, five times and reigning national...
BUDAPEST, Hungary: Jamaica’s Ackelia Smith is determined to let the huge frustration of a dramatic long jump final fuel her drive for a medal in the World Championships women’s triple jump, which begins on Wednesday. Smith, still just 21 yet world...
Head coach Connie Francis has additional concerns over injuries to key players as the Sunshine Girls bid to bounce back from their 73-52 first Test defeat when they again take on England’s Vitality Roses at the Copperbox Arena in London today at 9:...
LIEGH SPORTING VILLAGE, England: Touchdowns from Mo Agoro and Jordan Andrade could not hide tinges of disappointment as Jamaica ended their maiden Rugby League World Cup participation with a third heavy defeat. Lebanon ran in 13 tries in reply,...
VETERAN FULLBACK and try scoring hero Ben Jones Bishop has stressed how much his late score – Jamaica’s first-ever Rugby League World Cup four-pointer – has meant to both his fellow squad members and the sport’s attitude towards the expansion of...
Director of Rugby Romeo Monteith says if his Jamaican team gave the same effort and commitment today in their second Rugby League World Cup group game against tournament co-favourites New Zealand, as they did in their first against Ireland, they...
DERWENT PARK, Workington, England: Jamaica’s Rugby World Cup squad was beaten 28-12 by Cumbria yesterday in a warm-up match for next weekend’s first-ever game in the competition. After a bright but breezy and cool afternoon, the Reggae Warriors,...
STAR GOAL shooter Jhaniele Fowler highlighted how much the past week has meant to Jamaican netball though the Sunshine Girls’ magnificent run to a first-ever Commonwealth Games final ended in a 55-51 defeat to Australia. After a historic and...
SHANIEKA RICKETTS cited dedication and her close support crew as she finally turned silver into gold by claiming the triple jump crown with a new Commonwealth Games record yesterday. On a cold Birmingham night, not conducive to quality athletic...
RASHEED BROADBELL ran the race of his life to provide a golden lining to the cloud left by the withdrawal of Olympic champion Hansle Parchment from the 110m hurdles final. Broadbell ran a sensational 13.08 seconds to equal the 28-year-old...
BARELY 12 hours after celebrating gold in the 100m final, Elaine Thompson Herah returned to the track to comfortably ease through the heats of the 200m. Jamaica’s Commonwealth sprint queen clocked a commanding 22.80 seconds – the second fastest of...
Jhaniele Fowler described her side as “incredible” after Jamaica’s netball stars were left dancing in the National Exhibition Centre Arena following their historic 57-55 comeback victory over Australia yesterday. The Sunshine Girls trailed by as...
ELAINE THOMPSON-HERAH put any disappointments from the recent World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, behind her by storming to an emphatic victory in the Commonwealth Games 100m final in Birmingham, England, yesterday. Jamaica’s double...
