It’s do or die for Jamaican wrestler Aaron Johnson today in his bid to qualify for the Paris Olympics. He gets his final chance of securing a first-ever men’s wrestling spot for Jamaica at the Olympic Games when he faces Sumit Malik of India in...
JAMAICAN BOXER Shakeel Phinn, ‘The Jamaican Juggernaut’, has been getting a lot of support from the boxing world, which believes the result of his fight against the undefeated Erik Bazinyan on Thursday was a travesty. Phinn battled the Armenian,...
SPRINT LEGEND Usain Bolt expects Jamaica to maintain their high level of performance at the Paris Olympic Games starting in July. Bolt, who was unveiled as Red Stripe ambassador on their ‘Guh Fi Gold and Glory’ campaign at the Half-Way Tree...
WITH THE preliminary round of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Major League now completed, and with one round remaining in the Championship League, president of KSAFA Mark Bennett anticipates an exciting climax to the...
EVEN AFTER helping Arnett Gardens to consistently impressive preliminary stage performances and into the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) quarterfinals, many observers still had question marks about coach Xavier Gilbert. However, after outplaying and...
Arnett Gardens secured the first of two remaining semifinal spots in the Jamaica Premier League at Sabina Park last night after Fabian Reid’s late goal saw them to a 1-0 win over Portmore United. Arnett Gardens won the quarterfinal tie 2-1 on...
The popularity of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) has grown exponentially in the four seasons Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) has taken charge of the league. This season, it has grown even more so, and chairman of the PFJL,...
It’s do-or-die time. Two teams will advance and two will go home when the second legs of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) quarter-finals are completed this evening at Sabina Park. In the first game at 5 p.m., Portmore and Arnett renew their battle...
Legendary track and field coach Glen Mills says local sports associations must make a greater effort to improve their professionalism in order to meet administrative demands and make themselves into first-class sporting organisations. However, he...
LEGENDARY JAMAICAN sprint coach Glen Mills hopes the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) makes the most of the current contract offer sports apparel giant Adidas has put on the table. Mills, who coached many-time Olympic and World...
HEAD OF Beach Soccer Jamaica (BSJ), Pat Garel, has filed a claim for the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) election to be ruled null and void if she is successful in her bid to have the court rule on behalf of her organisation when the matter...
After beating Waterhouse twice this season and having a far better run over the preliminary stage of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), Tivoli Gardens head into today’s first-leg quarterfinal against their crosstown rivals as firm favourites. Kick-...
AT THE start of the season, there was much hubbub when Xavier Gilbert was appointed coach of Arnett Gardens, with many arguing that the long-time women’s coach was not experienced enough at the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) level to manage a top...
LIKE THEY did last season, Racing United from Portmore, St Catherine, are currently running away with the preliminary stage of Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Tier II competition, now renamed the Jamaica Football Championship (JFC). Racing now...
EXCELSIOR HIGH School brushed aside semifinal opponent Garvey Maceo High School at the Prison Oval to book their eighth straight appearance in the ISSA/Tip Friendly Schoolgirl football final on Thursday. Garvey Maceo were seen as the biggest...
After finishing 12th in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) last season, with just five wins and 22 points, no one expected Tivoli Gardens to have the turnaround they are having this campaign. However, under former Arnett Gardens coach Jerome Waite...
AFTER SQUEEZING into the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) playoffs on the final match day, finishing sixth on the same number of points as Montego Bay United, Waterhouse are looking to emulate what Arnett Gardens and Harbour View did in 2017 and 2022,...
AFTER HIS devastating professional debut win over Argentinian Marcelo Adrian Fernande in a light-heavyweight contest at the Pickering Casino Resort on the weekend, boxer Jerone ‘The Beast’ Ennis says he will not be hasty about building his career....
Members of the Reggae Boyz family at the historic World Cup qualification in 1998 remember Brazilian Jose Camago, who passed away in his homeland at the weekend, as a consummate professional and a warm personality. Former Reggae Boyz captain Warren...
It has been more than 10 years since FC Reno last graced the nation’s top-flight football league. However, interim coach and club executive Everton Tomlinson says the club is on a mission to reclaim its Premier League status this season. Recently...
Goals from the leading striker, Felecia Brown, and Danischa Rattray saw Edith Dalton James High into their first ever Tip/Friendly schoolgirl football semi-finals after a 2-0 win over Decarteret College in their top-of-the-table Zone C match at...
LOCAL WOMEN sports administrators said the inclusion of three women in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Board of Directors recently is welcome and an indication of the times. Jamaica’s Diann Campbell was one of three women appointed to CWI’s board....
THOUGH CAVALIER FC women’s goalkeeper Danielle Flake has come under pressure for her role in a brawl between her and Arnett Gardens player Shanel Spence during a Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) top-of-the-table clash at the Anthony Spaulding...
WHILE THERE is an ongoing saga over whether boxing will even be at the 2028 Olympics, the Jamaica Boxing Association (JBA) had found itself in a spot of bother over Paris later this year but may be seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. The Paris...
A number of schools will try to edge closer to a place in the Tip Friendly/ISSA schoolgirls football semi-finals when the second round of quarterfinal matches take place today. In the opening round of matches before the Easter holiday break, a...
