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JAMAICAN lightweight fighters, – 169lb – Ackeem Lawrence and Nicholai Reid, have been important mainstays in the combined martial arts team’s arsenal, especially team-fighting, which the unit dominated internationally, once going unbeaten in 53...

THE YEAR is 1963. The West Indies have just completed a tour of England where they defeated their opponents 3-1 in a five-Test series, led by the experienced Sir Frank Worrell. Desiring silence away from the team’s celebratory mood, Worrell decided...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP): LAMINE YAMAL will switch to the number-10 jersey at Barcelona, the same number Diego Maradona, Ronaldinho, and Lionel Messi wore for the Catalan club. “I’ll try to build my own path, but all kids would like to be like them,”...

AP: IT IS the world’s most popular sport, and yet there is still debate over what it should actually be called. Is it football or soccer? US President Donald Trump waded into the topic while at the Club World Cup final in New Jersey last Sunday. He...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): THE GUYANA Amazon Warriors secured their spot in the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL) final with a commanding four-wicket victory over the Hobart Hurricanes XI, triumphing with 21 balls to spare at The Guyana...

SWANSEA, Wales (AP): SNOOP DOGG has become a “co-owner and investor” of Welsh football club Swansea. The former Premier League club, now in the English second division, didn’t disclose financial details in yesterday’s announcement, which shines a...

MONACO (AP): WOMEN’S MARATHON world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich was provisionally suspended for a positive doping test yesterday. Track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said Chepngetich tested positive for a banned diuretic and masking...

THE POCKET Rocket Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2025–2026 scholarship programme, reaffirming its commitment to supporting Jamaican student-athletes. It is open to high school athletes from second through to sixth form who excel...

FOLLOWING BOTCHED exchanges at the World Relays and failure to achieve the automatic qualifying mark for the Tokyo World Championships, Jamaica’s male sprinters will make another attempt this Saturday at the London Diamond League in their bid to...

RICHARD STONE, the first fighter to win back-to-back Night of Champions International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) World Championship titles at the International Sports Karate Association (ISKA) United States Open, returns to the main tournament for...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): WEST INDIES Women’s captain Hayley Matthews has been appointed as a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) ambassador. Describing her as a “trailblazer on and off the pitch”, the CPL said Matthews will play a pivotal role in its...