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Safe passage for Jamaicans in men’s sprint hurdles

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 7:56 AM

All three Jamaican competitors safely navigated their heats in the men’s 110-metre hurdles at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as Orlando Bennett, Tyler Mason and Demario Prince booked their spots in the semifinals. Mason was fastest...

Orlando Bennett to use experience in quest for first World Champs final

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 7:35 AM

Jamaican 110-metre hurdles national champion Orlando Bennett says he will be using his experience as he aims for his first-ever final appearance at the World Athletics Championships. In his fourth World Championships appearance, Bennett is...

Mojito lands Mattis Memorial feature

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MOJITO, the horse who promised much, crowned champion two-year-old in 2022 and unbeaten in five starts after winning the 2023 Guineas by 12 lengths, yesterday won his third race in 10 months, yet another overnight-allowance victory, but impressive...

Arnett end Maroons’ unbeaten run

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott and Ashley Anguin/Gleaner Writers

Arnett Gardens ended Chapelton Maroons’ perfect start to the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), handing the Clarendon team their first defeat and knocking them off the top of the standings yesterday. Roderick Granville got the game’s only goal in the...

One last time

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 12:11 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

TOKYO, Japan: After leaving the track in her final individual race at the World Athletics Championships yesterday, Jamaican sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took the time to reflect on her illustrious career, while praising the rise of the next...

‘I wanted to give up’

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

TOKYO, Japan: While celebrating her first-ever global medal in the women’s 100 metres at the Tokyo World Athletes Championships yesterday, Jamaica’s Tina Clayton revealed she would have quit the sport last year if not for the support of her mother...

World Champs schedule

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 12:10 AM

Evening Session Day 4 (Tuesday September 16) 5:35 am: Men’s 800 Metres Heats 5:40 am: Women’s Triple Jump Qualification 6:36 am: Men’s High Jump Final 6:40 am: Men’s 110 Metres Hurdles Semi-Final 7:01 am: Men’s Hammer Throw Final 7:07 am: Women’s...

Past The Finishing Post

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 12:09 AM

Sep 14, 2025 Race Results Race 1 Purse $700,000 3YO...

Williams over the moon after breaking 50-second barrier

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 12:08 AMKeith McGhie/Contributor

Stacey-Ann Williams smashed the 50-second barrier for the first time in her career to lead a triumphant trio of Jamaicans through the 400m heats on day two of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In the immediate wake of all but...

Williams fully focused ahead of 100m hurdles semis

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 12:08 AMKeith McGhie/Contributor

Danielle Williams celebrated her birthday by leading Jamaica’s three competitors into the second round of the 100-metre hurdles, before emphasising how inspirational iconic teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is in terms of longevity. Double World...

‘I’ll come back bigger and better’

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 12:07 AMKeith McGhie/Contributor

TENACIOUS QUALIFYING performances from Bovel McPherson, Rusheen McDonald and Delano Kennedy were slightly overshadowed by the comprehensive elimination of defending champion Antonio Watson in the heats of the men’s 400 metres at the World Athletics...

STETHS’ struggles continue, Cambridge earn draw

Published:Monday | September 15, 2025 | 12:07 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

BEN FRANCIS Cup champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) are yet to register a goal, much less a win, in this season’s ISSA daCosta Cup, as they drew 0-0 in their Zone E match on Saturday. STETHS’ Kaieem Lewis had multiple clear...

Oblique Seville triumphant; Kishane Thompson takes silver

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 8:50 AM

Oblique Seville has earned his first global individual medal, taking the men’s 100-metre World Athletics Championships title in a new personal best of 9.77 seconds at the Japan National Stadium. Compatriot Kishane Thompson claimed the silver...

Tina Clayton mines silver in women’s 100m

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 8:41 AM

Jamaica’s rising starlet Tina Clayton ran a new personal best of 10.76 seconds on her way to the silver medal in the women’s 100 metres at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships at the Japan National Stadium. USA’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden took...

Seville, Thompson into men's 100m final; Blake misses the mark

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 7:50 AM

Jamaica will have two competitors in the final of the men’s 100 metres at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson booked their spots in comfortable fashion. Akeem Blake, Jamaica’s other entrant, failed to...

Jamaican sprint queens comfortably into 100m final

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 7:38 AM

It was a safe passage to the final of the women’s 100 metres for all three Jamaicans as Tina Clayton, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson all punched their tickets at the World Athletics Championships in comfortable fashion. Shericka...

JC make dominant start to title-chasing season

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 12:16 AMRobert Bailey - Gleaner Writer

FORMER CHAMPIONS Jamaica College (JC) began their quest to lift the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup title with an effortless 7-0 victory over St Mary’s College at the Ashenheim Stadium yesterday. JC were led to victory, courtesy of a hat-trick from Dwayne...

Supernatural Power continues winstreak with Thunderbird Trophy

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 12:16 AMAinsley Walters - Gleaner Writer

UNITED STATES-BRED SUPERNATURAL POWER yesterday chalked her fifth win from seven starts, easily tracking ridden-without-a-purpose MAMMA MIA, going by the native speedster while on the bridle entering the stretch run of the seven-furlong Thunderbird...

Struggling giants seek redemption

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 12:16 AMLivingston Scott - Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Cavalier and beaten Jamaica Premier League finalists, Mount Pleasant, renew their ever-growing rivalry when they square off in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) feature match at Drax Hall, starting at 3:30 p.m. The two giants of...

Past The Finishing Post

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 12:16 AM

Sep 13, 2025 Race Results Race 1 Purse $1,050,000 REST.MAIDEN CONDITION RACE - NB3-Y-O (DIV.I) NOT EARNED $280,000 LIFETIME Off At: 12:16.48 PM Distance: 5 1/2 Fur Track Condition: Dirt :Fast Winning Time: 1:10.4 Splits: 24.1, 49.3 1. D’STORM...

TaylorMade

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 12:15 AM

The ante on the speedometre climbed pretty quickly at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Still, the stars have maintained their cool throughout.

Edwin Allen plunged into mourning over athlete’s death

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 12:15 AM

THE EDWIN Allen High School community was left in shock on Friday after the sudden passing of one of their young track and field athletes. Fifteen-year-old Tanesha Gayle, a member of the successful medley relay team at last March’s ISSA/...

Cavalier, Mount Pleasant kick off streaming partnership

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott - Gleaner Writer

THE LONG wait for live televised Jamaica Premier League (JPL) matches comes to an end today and will kick off with a repeat of the last three finals, Mount Pleasant against Cavalier at Drax Hall at 3:30 pm. Although it was announced that live...

Reggae Boyz still short of World Cup financial goals

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 12:14 AMSharla Williams - Gleaner Writer

IT’S THE Jamaican dream to make it to the 2026 World Cup which will be held in America, Canada, and Mexico in July, but the campaign trail attracts a big bill. Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Ambassador Tanya Lee Perkins, who is responsible for...

McGregor focused on representing with pride

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2025 | 12:14 AMGregory Bryce - Staff Reporter

DESPITE FALLING short of her goal of securing an individual spot on Jamaica’s team at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, Roneisha McGregor is proud to have been selected for the women’s 4x400-metre relay pool. McGregor had harboured ambitions...

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