Gregory Little, coach of rising Jamaican sprint star Ackeem Blake, says his young charge is now fully fit and ready to compete at the World Athletics Championships, which will be held in Eugene, Oregon, from July 15-24. Blake, who is the training...
HAVING WON the 1000 Guineas and the Jamaica St Leger with the impressive colt BLUE VINYL, top-flight jockey Raddesh Roman has now set his sights on winning the first Triple Crown of his career at Caymanas Park. The Bern Identity-Blufield colt,...
GREGORY LITTLE, coach of former 100m World Champion Yohan Blake, says he is expecting his charge to run a much faster time at this month’s World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Blake, who is the second-fastest man of all time with 9.69...
Jamaica’s top female shot putter, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, said she had been working assiduously to improve on her technique ahead of this year’s World Championships, which will be held in Eugene, Oregon from July 15-24. Thomas-Dodd, who won a silver...
National junior sprint star Bryan Levell will now be considered for selection to Jamaica’s team to this year’s World Under-20 Championships after receiving a medical exemption for an injury he suffered almost a month before the JAAA’s National...
PATRICK SMELLIE, president of the United Racehorse Trainers Association of Jamaica (URTAJ), said his organisation has signed a $48-million purse increase agreement with horseracing promoters Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL...
HAVING CLOCKED a personal best time to win the Under-20 100m hurdles at the JAAA/National Junior and Senior Championships at the National Stadium last weekend, Hydel’s Kerrica has now set her sights on the U20 world record. The 17-year-old Hill,...
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), promoters of horse racing locally, unveiled their new digital tote board screen at Caymanas Park on Sunday. The tote board, which is located in the infield at Caymanas Park, is an easily...
St Catherine High School’s Sandrey Davison and Hydel High School’s Alana Reid produced impressive performances to win the boys’ and girls’ Under-20 200 metres titles, respectively, at the JAAA National Junior and Senior Championships at the...
Edwin Allen High School’s Tina Clayton cried tears of joy inside the National Stadium last night after she turned in a scintillating display to break the National Junior 100 metres record at the JAAA National Junior and Senior Championships....
Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah booked her place in tonight’s final of the women's 100m event at the JAAA National Senior and Junior Athletics Championships after winning her semifinal heat at the National Stadium. In fact, Thompson-...
National 800m champion Natoya Goule has expressed her delight after she was installed as the new brand ambassador of the Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) on Wednesday. Dr Damien King, chairman of RPJ, made the announcement during a press...
FOLLOWING SUBPAR performances in her last two races, reigning national 800m champion Natoya Goule said she is now refreshed and ready to defend her title at the JAAA National Senior and Junior Championship, which is scheduled to begin today at the...
Reigning National 200 metres champion Rasheed Dwyer has a personal best of 19.80 seconds for the distance but the last time he went sub-20 seconds in the half-lap event was seven years ago at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Dwyer...
President of Netball Jamaica (NJ) Tricia Robinson says she is very optimistic and confident that the Sunshine Girls will finish in the top two at next month’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Robinson made her prediction after her...
Former National 400 metres champion Demish Gaye says he is determined to reclaim his title at next week’s National Track and Field Championships, but he admits that his execution will have to be spot on for him to achieve this. Gaye, who has...
HAVING SHATTERED her own regular season scoring record in Australia’s Suncorp Super Netball League, Sunshine Girls’ captain Jhaniele Fowler has turned her attention to another goal, one that has eluded her for a few years. Fowler really wants to...
With just under two weeks to go before the start of the National Championships, Glen Mills, coach of Jamaica’s top sprinter Oblique Seville, says his charge remains very calm and focused as he bids to secure a spot on this year’s World...
After being in the United States for more than six weeks recovering from a broken leg, Holmwood Technical High School’s middle-distance runner Samantha Pryce says she is very eager to return home to her family and friends. Pryce, 19, broke her...
With just over a month to go before the start of this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, first vice-president of Netball Jamaica Simone Forbes says the Sunshine Girls’ preparations are going well as they look to improve on the...
IN AN effort to improve the local racing product in Jamaica, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) is scheduled to import more than 20 horses from the United States next month to compete against the local thoroughbreds....
Racehorse owner Don Wehby says he is very confident that his outstanding three-year-old chestnut filly ATOMICA can emerge as the first Triple Crown winner for his family at Caymanas Park this year. ATOMICA produced one of the most devastating...
Olympic relay gold medalist Briana Williams clocked a season’s best, 10.98 seconds to win the women’s 100m at the JAAA/SDF Jubilee Series at the Richard Ashenheim Stadium today. Williams won the event comfortably ahead of Shockoria Wallace, 11.09...
With just under three weeks to go before the start of Jamaica’s Davis Cup Group Three matches, the country’s top tennis players, Blaise Bicknell and Rowland ‘Randy’ Phillips, say they have been working assiduously to ensure that they are in tip-top...
CHAIRMAN OF the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) Alexander Williams said his organisation was at fault for yesterday’s announcement that an under-20 girls’ 4x100m time set at the Carifta Games in April would not be ratified by track and field...
