FORMER DIRECTOR of marketing and sponsorship of Netball Jamaica, Karen Rosen-Baugh, was officially ushered in as the new president of the association, following their annual general meeting (AGM) at The Summit hotel on Saturday. Simone Forbes also...
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Garth Gayle is still positive that Jamaica’s relay teams will attain the qualifying times for the Tokyo World Championships in September, despite failing to do so in two of the...
BURNLEY, England (AP): ENGLAND RIGHT back Kyle Walker ended his eight-year stint at Manchester City by moving to Burnley yesterday in a deal reportedly worth 5 million pounds (US$6.8 million). The 35-year-old Walker joins an American-owned team...
NATIONAL CHAMPION and world leader Kishane Thompson was in a confident mood yesterday after he clocked a speedy 9.85 seconds to win the men’s 100m at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. Thompson toppled a competitive field at the meet which...
WITH A statement win at the Prefontaine Classic yesterday, Jamaican sprint hurdler Ackera Nugent said she is pleased with her form this season but will be taking a month-long break from the track to allow herself time to rest. Nugent toppled a...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): BARBADOS MEN’S team was stopped from taking any further part in the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships on Friday after an aggrieved player took the Barbados Golf Association (BGA) to court for his non-selection to the...
ALTHOUGH SET to switch his allegiance from Jamaica to Turkey, men’s Olympic shot put bronze medallist Rajindra Campbell believes Jamaica has the talent to become a global force in the throws events. However, he said more will need to be done to...
RADDESH ROMAN yesterday booted home consecutive Saturday five-timers including an armchair ride aboard Gary Subratie’s American mare, DESERT OF MALIBU, in the Clovis Metcalfe for open-allowance runners at seven and a half furlongs. Roman, whose...
GONDOMAR, Portugal (AP): PLAYERS FROM Liverpool and Portugal’s national team joined family and friends for the funeral of their teammate Diogo Jota and his brother yesterday, two days after the siblings died in a car crash in Spain. Liverpool...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): STEVEN SMITH and Cameron Green both scored half-centuries as Australia dominated play on yesterday’s third day to seize the upper hand against the West Indies in the second Test at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada...
LONDON (AP): NOVAK DJOKOVIC became only the third player in Wimbledon history to reach 100 victories – after Martina Navratilova and Roger Federer – with his 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 win in the third round over Miomir Kecmanovic yesterday. Djokovic, who has...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP): INDIA WERE powering toward a massive series-tying victory over England in the second Test at Edgbaston after a record-setting day-four performance by Shubman Gill yesterday. Gill, in his first series as India captain,...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): Jayden Seales put the exclamation mark on a sterling West Indies fightback against Australia to leave their Test match enthrallingly poised at the end of play on the second day here at the National Cricket Stadium...
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Garth Gayle, is excited about the participation of the country’s young athletes at the fifth staging of the two-day NACAC Under-13 and Under-15 Championships. The meet gets under...
Mehar Trehan and Sanjana Nallapati added the girls’ under-19 doubles gold medal to their individual silver and bronze medals, respectively, after victory over Barbados at the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships, at the...
The new Karen Baugh-led Netball Jamaica (NJ) administration will take office this evening, after the association’s annual general meeting (AGM) at The Summit hotel on Chelsea Avenue. Following nominations on Thursday, only one executive position...
Chad Ziadie and Aliana McMaster will be aiming to successfully defend their National Shotgun Championships titles this weekend at the lush Tru-Juice property in St Catherine when they compete in the 200 Bird Sporting Clays. Ziadie picked up his...
The fastest man in the world this year, Kishane Thompson said ‘anything is possible’ when it comes to potentially breaking Steve Mullings’ men’s 100-metre meet record of 9.80 seconds at the Prefontaine Classic today. Thompson is scheduled to line...
Reggae Girlz Reanna Blades and Tiffany Cameron have secured new clubs. Blades signed with Women’s Super League 2 (WSL 2) club Sunderland while Cameron penned a deal with Halifax Tides from Canada’s Northern Super League (NSL). Blades, 20, will be...
Another Jamaican international has joined the ranks of English Football League (EFL) Championship club Charlton Athletic as they have completed the signing of defender Amari’i Bell on a two-year contract. Bell joins the Addicks as a free agent...
LONDON (AP): Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape, British police said Friday. Partey has also been charged on one count of sexual assault, with the alleged offences taking place from 2021-22. His lawyer...
FOLLOWING the recent track and field coaching changes at top boys’ high schools Calabar and Kingston College, there has been a new addition to the coaching staff at another powerhouse — Jamaica College. After the appointment of Richard Smith as...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): Jamaica were upset by USA in the opening round of the Rising Stars Men’s Under-19 50-over Championships, while defending champions Barbados made light work of Guyana to register a comprehensive victory here on Thursday....
BURNING HEDGE’s 1000 Guineas performance, a five and three-quarter length win in 1:41.3, booked a classic Battle of the Sexes for Sunday’s Jamaica St Leger at 10 furlongs, tackling colts, SENSATIONAL SOUL and BOB THE BUILDER, who battled out the...
