MANCHESTER, England (AP): THE RISING number of injuries to top football players came at a cost of nearly US$800 million to teams across Europe’s leading leagues last season, according to a report published yesterday. At a time when there are...
LONDON (AP): THOMAS TUCHEL is expected to be the next England head coach after widespread reports in the English media said the German was set to be confirmed as Gareth Southgate’s successor. The Champions League-winning coach has been out of work...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): NEW ZEALAND reached their first Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals in eight years after dismissing Pakistan for a record-low 56 yesterday. Wrist spinner Amelia Kerr picked up 3-14 and New Zealand won by 54 runs in...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): WEST INDIES Women’s head coach, Shane Deitz, believes that all the pressure will be on favourites England when they clash today in their crucial Group B match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. West Indies...
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (CMC): WEST INDIES T20 vice-captain Roston Chase is aiming for a 3-0 series sweep over Sri Lanka in their current T20 series, which he said would go a long way in helping the Caribbean side reclaim the number-one spot in the ICC...
SURPRISE OLYMPIC discus champion Rojé Stona has missed out on the World Athletics Field Athlete of the Year nomination. Stona, who clinched the 2024 Olympic discus title in a meet record of 70 metres, was not mentioned in the nomination list of...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): THE FIRST set of men’s cricketers from the West Indies Academy to be based at Cricket West Indies’ (CWI’s) Coolidge Cricket Ground headquarters on a full-time basis were inducted in a ceremony over the weekend. The 18...
WITH SEVEN debutantes in the 10-member squad, Jamaica will be banking on the talent of their youth to secure the country’s first medal at the FAST5 netball tournament set for November 9 in New Zealand. Simone Forbes, vice-president at Netball...
SPORTS-SUPPORTING FIRM, McKay Security, a consistent sponsor of sporting genres - including pistol-shooting competitions, martial arts, men’s football, netball and horse racing - has extended its sponsorship dollar to national women’s football...
WHEN CHARLIE Smith High School takes to the field today in their ISSA Manning Cup fixture against Tarrant High School, they will be aware that anything short of a win could spell disaster for their campaign, as they are embroiled in a close race...
WHILE MOST think of Campion College as minnows of the ISSA Manning Cup football competition, head coach Newton Sterling believes the school is changing views after securing their third consecutive appearance in the second round. Campion edged zone...
DENBIGH HIGH School avenged a reverse-tie defeat this season to Lennon yesterday, running out 4-1 winners at home in their final preliminary ISSA /WATA daCosta Cup Zone H game. Denbigh, who had booked a second-round berth on Saturday when they...
DESPITE ALREADY securing second-round berths of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup football competition, a lot will still be at stake for defending champions Clarendon College and Denbigh High when they close out today’s final set of matches in Zone H...
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (CMC): OPENERS BRANDON King and Evin Lewis produced a masterful display of power hitting to set up West Indies’ five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the opening T20 yesterday at the Dambulla International Stadium. After losing...
JAMAICA GO into their Concacaf Nations League League A, Group B match in a top-of-the-table clash against Honduras at the National Stadium, at 8 p.m. tonight, knowing a win against their opponents, who sit a point adrift, will seal their place in...
KHADIJA SHAW’S goalscoring exploits for Manchester City continued yesterday with the Reggae Girl captain bagging a brace to help in a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Liverpool in Women’s Super League action yesterday. The victory moved City to the...
CANOPY INSURANCE-JISA Under-12 Alberga Cup champions Mona Preparatory kick-started their quest to defend their title in impressive fashion at the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Mona field on Saturday. Mona, who played in Zone 4, were in high...
WHILE THEIR performances this season have seen them falling out of contention for a spot in the second round of the ISSA Manning Cup, Holy Trinity High School have still found reasons to be in a celebratory mood. Holy Trinity sit third in Zone G of...
AUSTRALIA BEAT India to seal their place in the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, winning by nine runs despite a phenomenal knock from Harmanpreet Kaur that took the game to a dramatic final over. Harmanpreet Kaur’s superb 54* saw...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP): CRISTIANO RONALDO scored his record-extending 133rd international goal to keep Portugal perfect in the Nations League with a 3-1 win over Poland on Saturday. The 39-year-old superstar was there to put in the rebound after...
AFTER A bright start to the 2024 inter-collegiate football season, first-time head coach of G.C. Foster College, Raymond Bogle, is expecting the Spanish Town-based team to get back on top of the podium. Beaten finalist last year by the University...
SHANGHAI (AP): TOP-RANKED JANNIK Sinner beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets to win the Shanghai Masters yesterday, giving the Italian his tour-leading seventh title of the season. The Italian bettered the 24-time Grand Slam champion 7-6 (4), 6-3...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP): MAURICIO POCHETTINO arrived at Q2 Stadium to see posters and banners with his face around the grandstand and behind a goal. By the time he left, he was saluting fans who were cheering his name. The 52-year-old Argentine’s debut...
CHICAGO (AP) — Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya smashed the world record by nearly two minutes at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, winning in 2:09:56. The 30-year-old Chepngetich broke the world record set by Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia in 2:11:53 at...
WITH JUST over a year since his debut for Jamaica, Reggae Boyz defender Tayvon Gray is excited to be back in the national set-up – his last appearance before the team’s 2-0 win over Nicaragua on Thursday night coming against the Dominican Republic...
