The outstanding Shanoya Douglas stayed on course to retain her double sprint titles on yesterday’s opening day of the three-day Carifta Games in St George’s, Grenada, after winning the Girls’ Under-20 100 metres. Coming off a personal best 10.98...
The 116th ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) were all blue, as Edwin Allen dethroned defending champions Hydel to secure their 11th title, while Jamaica College got the better of defending champions Kingston College...
Excelsior High Class 2 intermediate hurdler Jaeden Campbell was one of the standout performers on Friday’s fourth day of competition at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) after producing a massive personal best...
Athletes competing at the three-day Carifta Trials, which started on Friday, are doing so without having to think about paying the usual entry fee of $500 per athlete, as the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) has waived the fees...
Foga Road High School’s Shameika McLean and Elite Performance’s Zachary Wallace were in impeccable form in the under-17 girls and under-20 boys’ 400-metre finals at yesterday’s Carifta Trials inside the National Stadium. It was McLean who set the...
Jamaica College bounced back in fine style to defeat St George’s College on the road in their second ISSA Urban Under-19 schoolboy basketball semi-final game on Friday, evening the series at 1-1 and setting the stage for a winner-take-all contest...
Jamaica and Clemson University’s Shantae Foreman was not surprised at producing a world-leading and indoor personal best of 14.17 metres at the Orange and Purple Invitational Track and Field meet at Clemson University on Friday. Competing for...
World Athletics Championships 100-metre silver medallist Kishane Thompson and 4x100m podium finisher of the same hue, Tia Clayton, stole the spotlight at yesterday’s Fuller Anderson Development meet at G.C. Foster College as they warmed up for the March 20–22 World Indoor Championships...
It will be a repeat of the 2022 senior ISSA Urban Schoolgirl Netball Championships final next Tuesday, as Gaynstead and José Martí Technical High School secured their spots following Thursday’s semi-final action at the Leila Robinson Courts....
FAVOURITES GLENMUIR started the quarterfinals of the daCosta Cup football competition on a winning note as, playing at home against neighbouring parish team Kemps Hill, they staved off a strong second-half challenge to open their Group B campaign...
AT THEIR recent council meeting in Monaco, World Athletics’ governing body announced several rule changes that will impact future competitions. One of those changes comes in finals of the 400 metres at indoor championships, while another has to do...
GLENMUIR BOOKED their quarter-final spot in the ISSA daCosta Cup football competition after scoring a 2-1 win over home team Clarendon College in Group Three action yesterday. The victory pushed Glenmuir to six points, staying perfect from their...
TRIPLETS ARE a rarity, triplets excelling at the same sport, even more so. At Kellits High School, triplets play on the same under-16 netball team. Fifteen-year-olds Shanay, Sheamoy, and Shenelle Stewart are all key members of the Kellits High...
AFTER CONCEDING a late goal to Garvey Maceo before falling in a penalty shootout during last year’s ISSA daCosta Cup final, McGrath High’s coach, Jermaine Thomas, is optimistic about his team’s chances this season and is looking for a more positive...
FORMER ST George’s College high jumper Zayne Palomino, who is in his first year as an assistant track and field coach at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, says he wants to give back to the sport that shaped him. The 23-year-old...
FORMER URBAN senior schoolgirl netball champions Gaynstead have sent a strong message to their rivals that they are ready to reclaim their top spot after back-to-back big wins in the ISSA competition. The Dalton Hinds-coached team, beaten finalists...
JAMAICA HAS carved out a strong record in the men’s long jump at the global level. Tajay Gayle struck gold at the 2019 Doha World Championships and claimed bronze in Budapest two years ago, laying the foundation for the nation’s success. Wayne...
IT TOOK a meet-record-tying time for Kishane Thompson to stay ahead of Noah Lyles and keep his win streak going ahead of the World Championships at the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Wanda Diamond Leage in Poland yesterday. It was also a good...
THE SCHEDULE in Europe for Jamaican athletes continued with the latest assignment coming at yesterday’s World Continental Tour Bronze meet, the Mityng Ambassadorow Bialostockiego Podlaskiego Sport, in Bialystok, Poland. The best performance by a...
GARVEY MACEO were minutes away from losing 1-0 to McGrath in the daCosta Cup final last year, but found a late equaliser before claiming their third title via a penalty shootout. As the team prepares to defend their title, coach Lester Hibbert –...
FOLLOWING THE conclusion of the three-day Clarendon Football competition, which saw seven high schools in action, Anthony Baker, the driving force behind the tournament, was elated after what he considers a successful first staging. Glenmuir came...
WITH JUST about two months to go before the Tokyo World Championships, Jamaican athletes will need to step up big time if they are to factor among the medals. With nine of the 15 Diamond League meets completed, only four of the country’s athletes...
THERE WERE no surprises for Olympic Games silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts, the triple jumper continuing her dominance on local soil to win the National Junior and Senior Championships for a seventh time yesterday. Ricketts lept to 14.52 metres...
EIGHT TEAMS, led by 2024 daCosta Cup finalist Glenmuir High School, will get their 2025 schoolboy football season off to an early start as they compete in the inaugural staging of the Clarendon Elite Cup, where over $100,000 will be up for grabs....
SINCE THE news recently broke that four of the country’s top field event athletes have decided to change allegiance to compete for Türkiye for economic reasons, there has been much debate among local fans and administrators about the move. On...
