Who knows, maybe last year’s history-making run to the title may be repeated by the youngest-ever champion, then 17-year-old John Issa. But whatever the outcome, this year’s ninth annual Jamaica Inn Foundation Backgammon Tournament promises to be...
SUNDAY’s AnyBet 12th Anniversary Trophy at six and a half furlongs has attracted a half-dozen runners, fillies and colts split equally, all aiming at a win before next month’s Portmore and Kingston, the last major prep races before June’s 1000 and...
POMONA, California (CMC): A historic chapter in sports was written Wednesday as construction officially began on a new cricket stadium at the Fairplex Grounds in Pomona, marking the sport’s triumphant return to the Olympic Games for the first time...
FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia Inter-secondary champions Edwin Allen High stole the show on yesterday’s opening day of competition for high-school girls at the 130th staging of the Penn Relays, in Franklin Field, Philadelphia. The Michael Dyke-...
MUMBAI, India (CMC): In a dominant display of all-round excellence, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) secured a comprehensive 103-run victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 33 of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium in...
FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia High school boys will be back in a familiar time slot when the second day of competition at the 130th staging of the Penn Relays gets under way today in Philadelphia. The boys who competed on the two opening days last...
MIAMI, Florida (CMC): The 2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers have concluded, with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and Panama booking their tickets to the upcoming Concacaf W Championship. While the region celebrated six qualified...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): The second round of the 2026 West Indies Championship served up a little bit of everything. When the dust settled, we had an innings-and-141-run demolition, a record-filled draw, and a scary abandonment that left everyone...
FIFA’s resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under US$2.3 million each. The US$2,299,998.85 seats for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, are located behind a goal in the lower...
Having finished behind only Mouttet Mile winners, or runners-up, in her last three races, United States-bred SUPERNATURAL POWER has cashed in a conditions bye two classes lower, facing overnight-allowance runners in Saturday’s World Vet Day Trophy...
Hosts Jamaica Scorpions clung on for dear life in a nerve-racking final session against the Barbados Pride at Sabina Park yesterday, battling to 90 for four after being set a theoretical 40-plus overs to survive. After the Pride declared on a...
Molynes United took a major step towards securing Jamaica Premier League (JPL) football next season after they defeated Racing United 2-1 at Ferdi Neita Park yesterday, for a third straight win to move five points clear of the relegation zone....
Organisers of the inaugural Jamaica International Amateur Pickleball Tournament are promising an exciting three-day spectacle when the event serves off from May 1–3 at Pickle n Chill in Barbican. Director of Creative Sports and chief organiser,...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): One of the greatest West Indies fast bowlers of all time, Sir Curtly Ambrose, has described Barbados Pride batsman Kevin Wickham as a “special talent”. The 23-year-old has made a record-breaking start to the 2026 West...
Racing stars continue to align for Mouttet MIle-winning ownership group Cassiopeia Racing Inc Ltd, whose second acquisition, United States-bred FOREVER FIRE (Friesanfire-Foreverinmyheart), made a winning debut in Saturday’s eighth race for three-...
The 130th staging of the Penn Relays gets under way today at the historic Franklin Field Stadium in Philadelphia with high school girls set to take centre stage on the opening day of competition. The girls return to competing on the first two days...
During his prime in the mid-1970s, Patrick Roxburgh was a dominant force for St Jago High School, setting records in the 800 metres and winning the 1500 at Champs, the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships. In his first year in...
Having booked their spot in the Concacaf W Championship after a perfect run in the Concacaf W Qualifiers, Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby says his charges must continue to express themselves through their brand of football. The Reggae Girlz...
St Mary Football Association president, James Pearson, spoke like a man with the weight of the world lifted from his shoulders, upbeat and spritely, announcing this Sunday as the start of the parish’s Major League after agonising in an April 9...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): The second-round match between the Leeward Islands Hurricanes and Trinidad and Tobago Red Force was abandoned on the third day after it was determined that the pitch at the Sir Viv Richards Stadium was unfit and dangerous...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Led by a brilliant all-around performance by veteran Veerasammy Permaul, the Guyana Harpy Eagles demolished the Windward Islands Volcanoes inside three days to claim their second successive victory in the West Indies...
Day three of the West Indies Championship match at Sabina Park belonged entirely to the Barbados Pride, as captain Kraigg Brathwaite and Kevin Wickham carved magnificent centuries to steer their side past Jamaica Scorpions’ first-innings total of...
Owen Hill, CEO of the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL), says it will not make an official statement on the $100-million lawsuit filed against the organisation by Pivott LLC until it has completed a legal review. Pivott, the broadcast...
MEXICO CITY (AP): After a few months in which it was heard only sporadically at local tournaments across Mexico, a homophobic chant has resurfaced strongly in recent weeks in what could be a prelude to what will happen at the 2026 World Cup. The...
The combination of tournament MVP Danae Brown and defensive stalwart Mikala Morrison, at either ends of the court, helped the Queen’s School reclaim the ISSA Urban Area Schoolgirl Basketball title with a 49-33 win over St Andrew High School in the...
