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Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 9:33 AM

A valiant effort from Rusheen McDonald in the final of the men’s 400 metres fell just short as he was edged at the line at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, finishing fourth in 44.28 seconds. McDonald would have thought he won the bronze...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 9:23 AM

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson will have a chance at defending her women’s 200-metre world title as she advanced to the final in composed fashion at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. In the first semifinal of the night, Jackson clocked a...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 8:16 AMKeith McGhie/Contributor

Natoya Goule-Toppin made light work of the heats of the 800 metres, winning the seventh and last one, but neither Kelly-Ann Beckford nor Adelle Tracey made it through to Friday’s semi-finals. Goule-Toppin led for almost all of the two laps and...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 8:13 AM

Bryan Levell will be waving Jamaica’s flag high in the men’s 200 metres as he advanced in a blistering time of 19.78 seconds at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Levell followed up on his dominating performance in the heats to book his...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 8:04 AMKeith McGhie/Contributor

Lamara Distin couldn’t hide her deep disappointment as she bowed out of the World Championship high jump competition at the first attempt. Barely an hour after entering the Japanese capital’s National Stadium, Jamaica’s sole aspirant in the...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 7:15 AM

It was a night of Caribbean excellence in the men’s javelin throw final at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott and Grenada’s Anderson Peters claimed the gold and silver medals. Walcott, the 2012...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

HAVING DEBATED stepping away from the sport, Jamaican sprinter Adrian Kerr has praised his coaching switch as one of the major reasons behind his recent success, which sees him competing in his first-ever World Championship for Jamaica. Kerr made...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

REIGNING NATIONAL men’s 400-metre champion and national record holder Rusheen ‘Big Boy’ McDonald says he is ready to do whatever it takes in the final as he eyes a podium finish at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. McDonald is set to contest...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNBEATEN IN his last four races, a record of five wins from six starts, United States-bred RIDEALLDAY returns to sprinting in Saturday’s open allowance at five and a half furlongs after posting three consecutive middle-distance victories. Among a...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

ELEVEN-TIME DACOSTA Cup champions Rusea’s High punished their rivals Frome Technical High with a 3-1 victory during their Zone E clash at the Collin Miller Sports Complex in Lucea yesterday. The game was a continuation of one started on Tuesday....

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 12:11 AMKeith McGhie/Contributor

CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR described his experience in the 200-metre heats at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium as “mind blowing”, after overcoming all but two to progress yesterday. The challenge brought out a personal...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 12:11 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): IN A strategic move focusing on the future, Cricket West Indies (CWI) has named a 15-man squad sans many of its senior players for the landmark three-match T20 International series against Nepal in the UAE later this month...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 12:11 AM

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): THE TRINBAGO Knight Riders are still in the hunt for their first Caribbean Premier League title since 2020, this after they advanced to the next round with a commanding nine-wicket victory over the Antigua...

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 12:10 AM

Tajay Gayle had one hand on his second World Championship title, but there is no disappointment for a man who has battled multiple injuries over the last few years. Just memories. Memories immortalised through the TaylorMade lens.

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2025 | 12:10 AM

Evening Session (Friday September 19) 3:33 am: Women’s 100 Metres Hurdles Heptathlon 4:20 am: Women’s High Jump Heptathlon 5:30 am: Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification - Group A 6:00 am: Men’s 5000 Metres Heats 6:30 am: Women’s Shot Put...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 9:06 AMKeith McGhie/Contributor

Shericka Jackson and Ashanti Moore eased through the qualifying heats of the Women’s 200m but there was no room for youngster Gabrielle Matthews to join them. World champion Jackson, the second fastest woman ever over the half-lap distance, put in...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 9:15 AM

Tajay Gayle earned Jamaica’s sixth medal at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as he claimed the silver medal in a season’s best 8.34 metres. Gayle enjoyed a strong series with four of his six attempts exceeding the eight-metre barrier....

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 8:46 AM

Jamaica will be without a competitor in the finals of the men’s 400-metre hurdles as Roshawn Clarke and Malik James-King both failed to advance from the semifinals at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. James-King’s time of 48.01 seconds,...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 8:07 AM

Bryan Levell was the highlight of the men’s 200-metre heats as the speedster was dominant in his heat as all three Jamaicans advanced to the semifinals at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Levell was by far the fastest qualifier in the...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 7:59 AM

Shiann Salmon will be Jamaica’s only competitor in the women’s 400-metre hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships as she successfully navigated the semifinal round. Salmon advanced from heat three as an automatic qualifier when she...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 7:11 AM

It was an easy day in the office for Jamaica’s Jordan Scott at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as he needed just two attempts to advance as an automatic qualifier to the men’s triple jump final. With the qualifying mark for the event set...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:22 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

ELEVEN YEARS, one month and 24 days. That is how long Jamaican sprint hurdler Tyler Mason had to wait between finishing second at the World Junior Championships and his first-ever medal at the World Athletics Championships. “It’s been a long couple...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:21 AMKeith McGhie/Gleaner Writer

SHANIEKA RICKETTS goes into her sixth successive world triple jump final full of confidence after qualifying alongside Jamaican teammate Ackelia Smith for Thursday’s medal decider. Ricketts, twice silver medallist at World Athletics Championships...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:21 AMregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

STILL IN his early days as the reigning men’s 100-metre world champion, Jamaican speedster Oblique Seville says he was confident he would be able to take home the title, as long as he remained healthy throughout the rounds. Seville led a Jamaican...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:20 AM

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, (CMC): WEST INDIES men’s under-19 head coach Rohan Nurse said he is satisfied with the team’s overall showing in the just-concluded seven-match Youth One Day International series against Sri Lanka’s under-19s. The regional...

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