THE UNITED STATES’ Grace Stark had to produce a meet record in Stockholm yesterday to get the better of Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent, who finished second in the 100-metre hurdles, clocking 12.37 seconds at the seventh stop of the Wanda Diamond League....
FORMER CLARENDON College quarter-miler, Dejanea Oakley, was at her best on Saturday — the final day of competition for women — at the NCAA Division One Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, posting a lifetime best 49.65...
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (AP): LIONEL MESSI was denied a sensational late winner as Inter Miami had to settle for a 0-0 draw against Egypt’s Al Ahly in the opening game of the Club World Cup on Saturday night. Argentina’s eight-time Ballon d’Or...
INGLEWOOD, California (AP): DEFENDING CHAMPIONs Mexico overcame a slow start to defeat the Dominican Republic 3-2 on Saturday night in the CONCACAF Gold Cup opener. West Ham midfielder Edson Álvarez opened the scoring in the 44th minute, Fulham...
ATHLETES GOT a final opportunity over the weekend to prepare for next week’s National Championships, as a large number turned up inside the National Stadium for the third All Comers JAAA Last Chance Meet, where there were some decent results. World...
BREADY, Ireland (CMC): OPENERS EVIN Lewis and Shai Hope provided the West Indies’ platform in a historic batting performance to propel them to an emphatic 62-run victory over Ireland in the third and final T20I yesterday at the Bready Cricket...
Montego Bay United chairman, Yoni Epstein, said the decision to hire Arnett Gardens head coach over the last two Jamaica Premier League (JPL) seasons, Xavier Gilbert, came down to the need for long-term stability. According to Epstein, whose...
COOLIDGE, Antigua: The West Indies Academy ended the opening day of their second four-day match against Sri Lanka Emerging Players trailing by 159 runs after a strong bowling display and a steady start to their chase at Coolidge Cricket Ground...
Maria, 37-y-o qualifier, ousts Keys in semis LONDON, England Madison Keys was stunned in straight sets by 37-year-old qualifier Tatjana Maria in the Queen’s Club semi-finals yesterday. Maria, a German mother of two, beat Keys 6-3, 7-6 (3) for...
SAN JOSE, California: United States (US) coach Mauricio Pochettino said he wouldn’t allow Christian Pulisic to dictate which games he would be available for, explaining why he rejected the star’s offer to play in a pair of friendlies ahead of the...
CAVE HILL, Barbados: A dominant all-round display from South Africa Women secured a 40-run victory over West Indies Women in a high-scoring encounter at the 3WS Oval yesterday, levelling the three-match ODI series at 1-1. Opting to bowl first on a...
FRESH off her exploits in the Grand Slam Track series, Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent will make her first Diamond League appearance of the season in a very stacked women’s 100m hurdles line-up today in Stockholm, the seventh stop in the series. Nugent,...
With the 2025 Reinas Cup set to kick off tomorrow, founder Neo Oxford said its record of producing national youth players and providing a path for overseas opportunities has made the competition a standard-bearer for developing women’s football in...
SAO PAULO, Brazil: Brazil will have four teams, more than any other country, in the expanded Club World Cup which kicked off yesterday in the United States. But for Palmeiras, the competition holds a special meaning: winning it would provide some...
LONDON: Chokers no more. The South Africans consigned the word to history when they ripped the World Test Championship (WTC) mace from Australia’s callused grip inside four days of a riveting final at Lord’s. South Africa wore a new label on...
“This has been a long journey for me and I am very happy. It took me two years to achieve this feat, but it was all about being patient, as I was always confident that the opportunity would come, and I am very grateful,” said Ralford Mullings,...
INDIANAPOLIS: Game on the line, season quite possibly on the line, the Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC) had only one place to turn. They went to the MVP. And Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA) delivered, scoring 15 of his 35 points in the final 4:38, capping...
It all came down to the wire in yesterday’s promotion battle in the America’s Group III tournament at the 2025 Davis Cup, as Jamaica were narrowly defeated 2-1 by Puerto Rico and were denied automatic qualification to the Americas Group II tier....
FORMER St Elizabeth Technical High School female sprint hurdler Habibah Harris was the top Jamaican qualifier for today’s finals of the Women’s NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, following semifinal action on Thursday at Hayward...
LIVERPOOL, England: Liverpool has agreed to pay a transfer fee of 116 million pounds ($157 million) for attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, British media reported yesterday. The deal for the 22-year-old Germany international...
LOS ANGELES, United States: West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder will lead the Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) in the 2025 Major League Cricket. The 33-year-old Holder has led the West Indies in all three formats, and brings plenty of...
SOUTHAMPTON, England: West Indies head coach Daren Sammy has admitted that he is not totally surprised by the recent decision by T20 superstar Nicholas Pooran to retire from international cricket at the age of 29. In fact, Sammy said he expected...
Founder and Commissioner of Grand Slam Track (GST) Michael Johnson said the decision to cancel the final meet of its inaugural season, set to be held later this month in Los Angeles, will open the door to improvement for its second staging next...
