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Parishes affected by the devastation of Hurricane Melissa will get some assistance from the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), starting with the distribution of care packages today. The federation has received special donations from world governing...

President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts is hoping that the nation’s premier football facilities, the National Stadium and Sabina Park, gets a passing grade to host FIFA Women’s World Cup games at the 2031 tournament. The...

Jamaica’s under-17 Reggae Boyz take on their Canadian counterpart in what their coach Wendell Downswell has labelled the ‘showdown’ in Group G to decide who qualifies from the group for the FIFA Men’s Under-17 World Cup in Qatar in November. The...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP): Make that seven straight races without a medal for Mikaela Shiffrin at the Winter Olympics. The American skiing standout was given the ideal platform to win the new team combined event after partner Breezy Johnson led...

Wolmer’s Boys’ School are ISSA Urban Under-16 schoolboy basketball champions, while the Under-19 champions will be decided in a Game Three following action at St George’s College yesterday. Led by a strong all-round performance from Alexander...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Cricket West Indies (CWI) has congratulated Vitel Lawes for his outstanding showing in the recently concluded ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup, which led to his selection to the Team of the Tournament. The 18-year-old left-arm...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): West Indies’ left-arm spinner Vitel Lawes was rewarded for his impressive performance in the recently concluded ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup by being named in the Team of the Tournament. The 18-year-old Jamaican,...

The GraceKennedy ISSA Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) is just over six weeks away, and last Saturday at the Youngster Goldsmith Classics inside the National Stadium and at the Fervet Distance Carnival at the Ashenheim Stadium,...

Michael Dyke, head coach of Edwin Allen’s girls’ track and field programme, says despite interruptions which led to a six-week delay in their preparations, he is confident they can lift the title at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics...

Cavalier ended their four-game losing streak in the Jamaica Premier League, with a dominant second-half display, beating Spanish Town Police 5-0 at Stadium East in the lone Monday game. Cavalier got all four goals in the second half through Jerome...

ISLAMABAD (AP): Pakistan reversed their decision to boycott the T20 World Cup game against India and were directed to “take the field” in Colombo next Sunday. A week-long impasse ended yesterday, a day after International Cricket Council Director...