In an effort to boost its water-supply system, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) recently completed the purchase of two new water trucks, valued at $14.5 million each, for the Caymanas Park facility. General Manager of...
A successful Reggae Boyz over the course of two competitions could cost the Jamaica Football Federation more than $1 billion. The figure rises over the head of a hopeful nation like a terrible demon in the mind of a child at night when the shadows...
Track and Field analyst Hubert Lawrence says that Jamaica’s selected men’s 4x100m relay team for the World Athletics Relay Championships is poised to secure qualification for the Olympic Games this summer. The World Relays will take place in...
Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) President Wayne Shaw says that the Super and Major League competitions for 2021 have been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is now the second straight season that KSAFA’s football...
Two of the nation’s top high school coaches said their athletes are frustrated and demotivated by the inactivity in the junior athletics season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been no track and field in Jamaica since March because of a...
Despite the Government’s extension of the weekend curfew measures, Ian Forbes, first vice president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), said this will not affect the body’s ability to stage meets locally, once they received...
President of Netball Jamaica Tricia Robinson said her organisation is growing frustrated as they are yet to be granted permission from the Government for the Sunshine Girls to return to contact training. The Sunshine Girls, who are ranked fourth in...
General Secretary Dalton Wint said it is going to cost the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) over a billion dollars to sustain the national men’s programme during the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers which start in September. The Reggae Boyz...
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment General Manager Lorna Gooden says the resanding of the track at Caymanas Park will be done to international standard. The three-day project began yesterday and no work-out of horses will take place in that...
As local sporting organisations continue to grow frustrated with the Government's continued lockdown of the sector, Minister of Sport Olivia 'Babsy' Grange is calling for calm from the various stakeholders. Grange, who could not provide any updates...
Senior Vice-President Bruce Gaynor has confirmed that the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is trying to recruit Southampton forward Nathan Redmond for the senior national men’s team. Redmond, 27, has represented England at all youth levels but is...
There was palpable grief hanging over the local horseracing industry following yesterday’s passing of many-time champion trainer Wayne DaCosta. DaCosta, who won a record 18-time championships, had been hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit of...
With tears streaming down his face, veteran racehorse groom Linval ‘Pickings’ McFarlane could hardly contain his emotion hours after learning that 18-time champion trainer Wayne daCosta had died. DaCosta, who had COVID-19, passed away on Wednesday...
In light of the Government’s revised COVID-19 curfew hours announced on Sunday, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment (SVRE) has now been forced to adjust its racing calendar accordingly. The new guidelines set out that businesses will close...
Many-time national rally champions David Summerbell Jr and Doug Gore says a void has been left in Jamaican motor sports after the death of veteran race car driver Peter Moodie Sr. Moodie, who is regarded as one of Jamaica’s best drivers of all...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) General Secretary Dalton Wint has confirmed that physical trainer Jason Henry is not a member of the contingent travelling for the international friendly match between Jamaica and the United States of America in...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) General Secretary Dalton Wint says nothing will be left to chance and the Reggae Boyz will adhere to strict protocols in their training camp as they get ready to face the United States of America later this month....
The Jamaica Football Federation received some good news this week despite contentious negotiations with the players, as the Ministry of Sport has approved a training camp for the Reggae Boyz. The organisation now feels this is an indication that...
Chairman of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) technical committee, Rudolph Speid, said the Government’s approval of a training camp for the Reggae Boyz is a clear indication that local football is on a return path. Minister of Sport, Olivia ‘...
Veteran netball administrator Sylvester Campbell has said that a lot of local coaches and umpires have fallen on difficult times due to the lockdown of the sport, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The local netball leagues, a major source of income...
Chairman of the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL), Christopher Williams, is appealing to the football fraternity and local fans of the sport to adhere to the Government’s COVID-19 protocols. This, as his organisation gets set to meet to...
ACTION ANN from the barn of improving trainer Christopher Pearson is the ante-post favourite for this Saturday’s 27th running of the Hotline Stakes for three-year-old fillies, which will be run over six furlongs at Caymanas Park. The race have...
Despite his team’s impressive showing at last weekend’s Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association Qualifying meets, Hydel High School’s head coach Corey Bennett says his team is still a long way off from their best. The Hydel girls stamped...
With the Sunshine Girls set to begin their preparations for next year’s Commonwealth Games, President of Netball Jamaica (NJ) Tricia Robinson said her association has re-entered negotiations with rivals England over a four-Test series. The highly...
Following the recent demolition of the tote board at Caymanas Park, General Manager of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), Lorna Gooden, said her company is now in the process of submitting the final cost for a new digital...
