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IN THEIR second game of the Concacaf Girls U20 Qualifiers, Jamaica got the better of Caribbean opponents St Kitts and Nevis 4-0 at the National Football Stadium in Managua, Nicaragua yesterday. Goals from Una Lue (15th minute), Maya Raghunandanan (...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): PRESIDENT OF Guyana Dr Irfaan Ali has been selected to replace Dr Keith Rowley as the new chairman of the CARICOM subcommittee on cricket. The announcement was made by outgoing chairman Dr Rowley on Friday during the...

I WAS pretty alarmed when I read the physical activity update from the World Health Organization (WHO) published in June 2024. The title reads ‘Global levels of physical inactivity in adults off track for 2030’. So why was I alarmed? Over the...

A MINUTE’S silence will be observed at the start of each Jamaica Premier League (JPL) game in round 24 in observance of the passing of coaching legend, Geoffrey Maxwell. Maxwell’s son, Christopher, announced the former coach’s death yesterday...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP): JOSH INGLIS marshalled two-time champion Australia’s record-breaking run chase at the Champions Trophy with a 77-ball century to hand England a five-wicket defeat yesterday. Inglis finished with an unbeaten 120 off 86 balls...

AS ACTION in the ISSA Tip Friendly Society School Girls Football competition continues, the early season contenders have begun to make their presence felt. Defending champions Excelsior have rebounded from a first-game scare to get back to their...

DENBIGH HIGH School is renowned for its netball dominance in ISSA competitions, excelling at the under-14, under-16, and under-19 levels. However, quarter-miler Chanton White is determined to shift some of that attention to track and field. He aims...

KINGSTON FOOTBALL Academy (KFA) director and coach, Eric Rademakers, has heaped praises on the inaugural KFC Elite Cup U17 competition as a platform for development for youth football in Jamaica. The Elite Cup currently stands as a new development...

Minister of Sport, Olivia Grange, says work to resurface the running track at the National Stadium will commence tomorrow. In a release on Thursday evening, Grange said the latest assessment has shown that there is an urgent need to completely...

President of the Jamaica Boxing Association (JBA), Stephen ‘Bomber’ Jones, is upbeat ahead of tonight’s first fight night for 2025. The boxing card is being staged under the banner of the Gloves Over Guns Futures Initiative which is designed...

The Jamaica Squash Association (JSA) and KPMG joined forces for the 25th time to launch the long-running KPMG League at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston on Thursday night. The league will serve off next Tuesday at the same venue and is scheduled...

NEW MONTEGO BAY United (MBU) head coach Paul ‘Tegat’ Davis believes that the absence of a familiar voice might have affected their performance after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Racing United in their Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier...