HAVING NARROWLY missed out on the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Championship title last year, Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) head coach Donovan Dennison said his team were determined not to have a repeat this time around. JDF...
THE PROFESSIONAL Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) continues in its attempt to merge the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) and local dancehall culture as a means of exposing and taking the competition to new audiences. At this Friday’s Grand Super Final...
CANTERBURY, England (CMC): WEST INDIES Women’s captain Hayley Matthews hit a brilliant, unbeaten century, but it was not enough to save her side from an eight-wicket thumping at the hands of England Women in the opening T20I in Canterbury yesterday...
THE GIFTED Chess Foundation, in a partnership with Bridget Sandals, will host its 23rd annual Scholastic Team Chess Championships today at the University of Technology auditorium beginning at 8:30 a.m. Founded in 2000, the annual Scholastic Team...
DUBLIN, Ireland (CMC): OPENER ANDY Balbirnie and pacer Barry McCarthy rocked West Indies in the opening One-Day International (ODI) to set up Ireland’s comfortable 124-run victory at Clontarf yesterday. Player of the Match Balbirnie cracked his...
FEARLESS FORCE’S demolition of return winner, fellow American SHEER DELIGHT, makes Philip Feanny’s four-year-old foreigner a tough horse to beat with 108lb in Friday’s Labour Day Trophy at seven furlongs. Richie Shakes’ bug takes FEARLESS FORCE’s...
THE JAMAICA Teachers’ Association (JTA), in partnership with title sponsor Sagicor Foundation, will, this year, host the 40th staging of the JTA/Sagicor National Athletics Championship with multi-Olympic and world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown...
JALMARO CALVIN once again proved to be Cavalier FC’s clutch performer, scoring the decisive goal in the 59th minute to seal a 1–0 victory over Arnett Gardens FC and secure a 2–1 aggregate win in their Wray...
LOSING THE Tier II final against Spanish Town Police FC on Saturday is already long forgotten by Treasure Beach FC, who are far more ecstatic about their return to the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) after a one-year absence. Club chairman Jason...
DUBLIN, Ireland (CMC): DESPITE HAVING not played a Test match for the West Indies in almost four years, West Indies white-ball captain Shai Hope is still eager to face the red ball once again. The 31-year-old Hope last played a Test match for the...
CANTERBURY, England (CMC): HAVING ACHIEVED limited success in the last decade, West Indies Women head coach Shane Deitz believes the time has come for the regional team to adopt a different style of play. And with the team set to take on England in...
NEW YORK (AP): THE US Open’s Arthur Ashe Stadium will get an overhaul as part of a US$800-million project announced yesterday that the US Tennis Association (USTA) is touting as the “largest single investment” in the history of its Grand Slam...
AP: CANADA COACH Jesse Marsch understands why some of his team’s supporters might not want to travel to the Concacaf Gold Cup for fear of difficulty at the United States border. “I could see trepidation for anyone looking to travel to the US at...
IN WET, muddy conditions at the Alpha Boys’ Home on Saturday, Cavalier and Arnett Gardens played out an exciting 2-2 draw in the first fixture of the second round in the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL). Shanel Spence gave Cavalier the lead in...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): FROM THE sun-soaked pitches of Christ Church, Barbados, to the pinnacle of West Indies cricket, Roston Chase’s journey has been one of resilience, reinvention, and relentless ambition. Barbadian Roston Chase is set to...
INJURIES TO a number of senior players have forced Reggae Gilz head coach Hubert Busby Jr to name a “flexible” 21-member squad to face the United States in an international friendly at the Energizer Park in Missouri on June 3. With experienced...
HYDERABAD, India (AP): SUNRISERS HYDERABAD ended Lucknow Super Giants’ faint play-off hopes with a clinical six-wicket win in the Indian Premier League yesterday. Abhishek Sharma’s blistering 18-ball 59 led Hyderabad’s chase to 206-4 with 10 balls...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): CRICKET WEST Indies (CWI) has unveiled a mix of emerging talent and experienced players for the upcoming West Indies ‘A’ series against South Africa ‘A’, set to take place in St Lucia from May 21 to June 11 at the Daren...
SEVERAL NEW names have surfaced in a Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) preliminary 60-man squad for the Concacaf Gold Cup this summer. In line with Concacaf protocols, all teams participating in the Gold Cup are required to submit a 60-man squad...
AS JAMAICA’S national basketball programme ramps up preparations for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 2027 World Cup pre-qualifiers, head coach Rick Turner believes the team could be on the brink of a special achievement. “We’re not...
Mount Pleasant Football Academy advanced to their third straight Jamaica Premier League (JPL) final with a 2-1 aggregate win over Montego Bay United, after battling to a 1-1 draw in their second-leg semi-final at Sabina Park last night. Franco...
World 100 metres champion Sha'Carri Richardson placed fourth in her season opener at the Golden Grand Prix in Japan yesterday. The American clocked 11.47 seconds behind Australia’s Bree Rizzo who crossed the line in 11.38 in the women's 100m....
MILAN (AP): The fight for the Serie A title will go into the final day, and maybe even further. Napoli could have clinched their second Italian league title in three years yesterday, but will have to wait after both Antonio Conte’s team and second...
NATIONAL long jumper Carey McLeod registered a best of 8.33 metres to emerge the only Jamaican winner at last Saturday’s Adidas Atlanta Games, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event. McLeod’s winning mark came on his fourth attempt,...
SPANISH TOWN Police FC were crowned champions of the Jamaica Football Championships (Tier II) when they defeated Treasure Beach FC 2-0 at Drax Hall Sports Complex on Saturday. In a thrilling encounter, Spanish Town’s leading goal scorer Jordan...
