THE JAMAICA Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) National Senior and Junior Athletics Championships is scheduled for this Thursday, June 26 through to Sunday, June 29 at the National Stadium, and president of the sport’s governing body on...
WHILE PREPARING to lose four of its key track and field athletes to Türkiye via a switch of allegiance, the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has called for World Athletics to take action to prevent even more athletes from leaving...
JUST DAYS after deriding the news of key Jamaican athletes making the switch to Türkiye as simply “allegations”, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) president Garth Gayle has officially acknowledged the matter but says that Jamaica...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -A few months after she led a high-profile investigation into allegations of misbehaviour in public office against the then commissioner of police, Erla Harewood Christopher, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Suzette...
LEEDS, England (AP): Harry Brook tipped his head back. He couldn’t believe it. On 99 he’d hooked Prasidh Krishna and thought it was a six for his hundred. He was out, instead. The ball was pouched on the fine leg boundary by Shardul Thakur. England...
GLOUCESTER, England (AP): David ‘Syd’ Lawrence, the first British-born black cricketer to play for England, has died. He was 61. Lawrence’s family made the announcement yesterday in a statement through Gloucestershire, where Lawrence was the club...
FOR the past three years, Rasheed Broadbell, Hansle Parchment, and Orlando Bennett have dominated the men’s 110-metre hurdles at the JAAA National Championships, occupying the top three spots. In 2022, Parchment came out on top ahead of Broadbell...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Legendary Trinidadian sprinter Ato Boldon believes that if Jamaica does not do more to assist its professional athletes, they will lose them to countries which are willing to offer them lucrative contracts to switch...
THE 40th staging of the JTA/Sagicor National Athletics Championships had a nail-biting finish at the National Stadium on Saturday. In a very close contest for top honours 2017 champions St Catherine edged 2018 winners St Andrew by 1.83 points. In...
PHILADELPHIA (AP): Kenan Yildiz scored two goals in Juventus’ 4-1 win over Wydad in the Club World Cup yesterday. The victory clinched a spot in the elimination round of the tournament for Juventus. In the sixth minute, Juventus took the lead as...
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) Director of Cricket, Miles Bascombe, has revealed that veteran pacer Kemar Roach is not in the West Indies’ plans for the future. The 36-year-old Barbadian was not included in the 16-man squad to...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): West Indies Women’s inspirational captain Hayley Matthews played yet another match-winning innings to lead her side to a six-wicket win over South Africa Women in the second T20I here on Sunday. Playing at the 3W’s Oval...
WESTERN BUREAU: President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Christopher Samuda has thrown his support behind Jamaican Olympic medallists who have made the difficult decision to pursue their sporting careers and financial futures outside the...
LEGACY ISLE, the Florida invader, caught at the wire by naturalised American FUNCAANDUN in last December’s Mouttet MIle, yesterday served a six-month warning ahead of this year’s race, clocking an effortless 1:06.0 for five and a half furlongs in...
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP): NOTTINGHAM FOREST manager Nuno Espirito Santo has been rewarded with a contract extension for leading the club to its first European qualification for almost 30 years. The 51-year-old Nuno signed a three-year deal to stay...
MIAMI (AP): AS KICKOFF approached it was clear – the fans weren’t coming. The Club World Cup, football’s shiny, new competition, has been billed as the event to breathe new life into the world’s most popular sport. It began a week ago in the United...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): DEFENDING CHAMPIONS St Lucia Kings will be without the services of their inspirational captain, Faf du Plessis, at this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The 40-year-old South African, who led the Kings to their...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): WEST INDIES Women have avoided the “group of death” at next year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in England. The 2016 champions will compete in Group 2 alongside defending champions New Zealand,...
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): WEST INDIES head coach Daren Sammy has maintained that his team selection is driven by data and not emotion, and that he has no bias towards players from any region in the Caribbean. Sammy made the comments during a recent...
HAVING ALREADY won game one of the semifinals in the National Basketball League, Urban Knights’ head coach Oniel Brown said it will be business as usual when they take to the court in game two today against St George’s Slayers at the National...
GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP): BANGLADESH MISSED out on a rare victory away from home when their series-opening Test against Sri Lanka ended in a draw on the rain-affected final day yesterday. After a prolonged rain break that saw the morning session...
LEEDS, England (AP): OLLIE POPE and his latest century spearheaded England to 209-3 after India were bowled out for 471 on day two yesterday of the Test series opener at Headingley. Pope was 100 not out and the leading scorer as England slashed its...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): TAZMIN BRITS fell agonisingly short of a maiden century but her sensational innings powered South Africa Women to a commanding 50-run win over West Indies Women in the opening T20I on Friday. Player-of-the-Match Brits...
FOLLOWING AN extensive rebrand at the start of the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL), various coaches have noted an improvement in the league’s operations. However, they also believe there is still a lot of work to be done. The JWPL is in full...
