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...
Having been out for almost a month due to injuries, top apprentice jockey, Oshane ‘Johnny’ Nugent, said he was itching to return to the saddle in hopes of continuing his wonderful form at Caymanas Park. Nugent, who was the leading rider at the...
President of Netball Jamaica, Tricia Robinson, said the Sunshine Girls will take on South Africa and Caribbean rivals Trinidad and Tobago in a tri-national Sunshine Series rubber in October this year. Robinson told The Gleaner in an interview that...
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment General Manager Lorna Gooden says that the tote board on the infield at Caymanas Park will be demolished later this month. This is because it will be replaced by a digital one. “We will be demolishing that...
Assistant coach of the Jamaica Scorpions Nikita Miller warns that there is no room for complacency in the national side ahead of their opening game in the Regional Super50 Cup against defending champions Trinidad and Tobago. The Scorpions, who last...
Sports Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange has sought to assure cricketing interests that the sport is not being neglected in resumption talks, on the back of concerns raised by chief executive officer of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), Courtney...
Jockey Shane Ellis says he is aiming to make his return to the saddle with a bang on the nine-race card at Caymanas Park today. Ellis will be making his comeback after almost three months out with a fractured collarbone, after falling from his...
President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts and Dr Donovan Bennett, first vice-president of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), are encouraging Jamaican athletes to take the COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available. The...
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said a national risk assessment will have to done before a permit can be granted for the resumption of sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Tufton said that his ministry has held dialogue with...
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Chairman Solomon Sharpe says that the number of race days for this year has been increased from 80 to 85. Plans are also being made for an increase in purse this season. “For the past few years we have been...
Omar Hawes, head coach of the newly formed Calabar-based Legacy Athletics, believes that the club has assembled an impressive group of athletes as they seek to establish themselves as one of the top track and field outfits in the world. Legacy...
President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts said his organisation has set aside a date in February for the restart of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL). This comes after previous deadlines, set for October and November 2020,...
Having recorded her second straight victory of the year, jockey Abigail Able believes that she now has an outside chance of winning this year’s championship. Able will be aiming to achieve a feat that no other female jockey has been able to...
National senior netball defender Malysha Kelly says she has no plans to retire from the sport anything soon, as she prepares to suit up for the Seven Stars in this season’s Vitality Netball Superleague in the United Kingdom (UK). Kelly, who turned...
