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Published:Wednesday | March 30, 2022 | 7:48 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Aston Villa's Leon Bailey returns to the starting line up for Jamaica's final World Cup qualifying game against Honduras which is set to kick off at 8:05 p.m this evening at the National Stadium. Bailey did not feature in the Reggae Boyz 4-0...

Published:Wednesday | March 30, 2022 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

THE NEWEST Flow Brand Ambassador, national winger Leon Bailey, says that he is targeting his latest local endorsement to support and inspire the dreams of other young people, knowing what it was like to navigate through his own challenges to...

Published:Wednesday | March 30, 2022 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

AS JAMAICA finish yet another unsuccessful World Cup qualifying cycle, national senior men’s interim head coach Paul Hall says victory against Honduras will not only provide a road map towards the future, but also raise the morale. The Reggae Boyz...

Published:Tuesday | March 29, 2022 | 1:29 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

National winger Leon Bailey has joined Telecommunications company Flow as their brand ambassador. Bailey was unveiled today in an event at the AC Hotel in New Kingston, joining back-to-back double Olympic Sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah. The...

Published:Tuesday | March 29, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The implementation of new technology used to judge take-off fouls for the long and triple jump events has received mixed reviews from SprinTec head coach Maurice Wilson and national jumps coach Kerry Lee Ricketts. The technology was first...

Published:Monday | March 28, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

In the end, Jamaica could not delay Canada’s qualification to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. They could only watch as the Canadians celebrated ending a near four-decade drought. The Reggae Boyz were beaten 4-0 in their World Cup qualifying game yesterday...

Published:Monday | March 28, 2022 | 12:05 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Edwin Allen High School’s Delano Kennedy will represent Jamaica in the 400 metres at the Carifta Games next month. However, he says that he has unfinished business to complete at this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships...

Published:Saturday | March 26, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz are in danger of not winning a home World Cup qualifier for the first time since 2014. But interim senior men’s head coach Paul Hall says that he is more focused on continuing to develop the core that will challenge for...

Published:Saturday | March 26, 2022 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

After one season at the University of Memphis, Jamaican international basketballer, Josh Minott, will be heading to the NBA. Minott declared for the 2022 NBA draft on Thursday after a freshman campaign that saw him average 6.6 points, 3.8 rebounds...

Published:Saturday | March 26, 2022 | 12:05 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

She may come from a footballing family, but Immaculate Conception High’s long jumper Onanda Lowe says that she wants to chart her own sporting legacy in athletics, and hopes to enjoy competing again after a turbulent campaign last year. Lowe will...

Published:Friday | March 25, 2022 | 12:13 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The fans at the National Stadium did their part with vigorous cheering of the Reggae Boyz last night. The Reggae Boyz almost did theirs as they tried to end a winless run at home in 2022 Concacaf World Cup qualifying. However, they could not make...

Published:Friday | March 25, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

With crucial financial backing and a well-rounded squad, Immaculate Conception High School head coach Franz Forde says they are targeting a top 10 finish this year, as they look to rebound from a 2021 season that saw much upheaval and less-than-...

Published:Friday | March 25, 2022 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Ahead of the national senior women’s final two first-round World Cup-qualifying games in April, national goalkeeper Sydney Schneider will have a new opportunity to earn a starting spot professionally in her second professional season. Schneider, 22...

Published:Thursday | March 24, 2022 | 8:16 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Jamaica drew 1-1 with El Salvador in their Concacaf World Cup qualifying game on Thursday night at the National Stadium. Eriq Zavaleta gave the visitors the lead in the 21st minute while Andre Gray got Jamaica's equaliser in the 72nd minute....

Published:Thursday | March 24, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

WHETHER OR not Paul Hall is given the national senior men head coaching job full time, he says he is focused on laying the foundations for the next World Cup qualifying cycle. Hall was speaking at a pre-game press conference for Jamaica’s World Cup...

Published:Wednesday | March 23, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

NATIONAL SENIOR men’s interim coach Paul Hall has questioned the commitment of some of the England-based players in pulling out of call-ups for the final three games of the 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign. Speaking yesterday at the pre-game...

Published:Wednesday | March 23, 2022 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

TO THE frustration of Jamaican basketballer Kofi Cockburn and the University of Illinois, history repeated itself in the worst way at the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. For the second straight year, Illinois were eliminated at the round of 32...

Published:Tuesday | March 22, 2022 | 12:12 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) president Keith Wellington says that changing the race schedule for this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) was not just to meet the international standard for...

Published:Tuesday | March 22, 2022 | 12:12 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The lifting of the COVID-19 restrictions under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) has created greater flexibility for the hosting of most sporting events. However, Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts and 2022 Carifta...

Published:Monday | March 21, 2022 | 3:04 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Jamaica Premier League's current leading goal scorer, Dunbeholden's Atapharoy Bygrave gets his first international call up, along with several local players, for the final three games of the Men's 2022 World Cup Qualifying campaign. The 28-year-...

Published:Monday | March 21, 2022 | 1:31 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

A maximum of 20,000 patrons both vaccinated and unvaccinated will be allowed to attend this years staging of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships. Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association president Keith Wellington made...

Published:Saturday | March 19, 2022 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

TRILIFE876 DIRECTOR Dayne Wright says his organisation hopes to develop the next generation of triathletes using a consistent competition schedule to fill the current void with respect to the sport in Jamaica. The group, which comprises local...

Published:Friday | March 18, 2022 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The rescinding of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) may open the door for a return to sporting events at pre-pandemic levels, but veteran administrator Mike Fennell says that sporting bodies still have to be cautious in how to navigate a full...

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

WITH HIS path towards an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament title now determined, Jamaican basketball and University of Illinois centre Kofi Cockburn has added another individual accolade to a strong 2021-22 season. Cockburn, 22, was named to the...

Published:Tuesday | March 15, 2022 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

While targeting a return to the traditional Reggae Marathon for this year, Running Events CEO Alfred Francis says that they will not be abandoning the virtual format which they had to adjust to in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic. His...

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