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Published:Tuesday | September 20, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States has begun investigations into an incident where national defender Damion Lowe was allegedly the target of racial abuse during an MLS match on Sunday by DC United forward Taxi Fountas. The game between...

Published:Monday | September 19, 2022 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

New senior men’s national head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson’s motivations for taking the job may not have been about money, but Jamaica Football Federation finance chairperson Dennis Chung is adamant that a compensation package is available to pay the...

Published:Saturday | September 17, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Jamaican football’s new era under Heimir Hallgrimsson will begin with captain Andre Blake after all, with the hope that a new dynamic can be built and maintained. Hallgrimsson announced that the 31-year-old goalkeeper has been included in the...

Published:Friday | September 16, 2022 | 12:14 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Five days after items were stolen from their dressing room at Sabina Park, St George’s College assistant coach Marcel Gayle said that the assistance in getting their valuables replaced helped to ease the minds of his players en route to a...

Published:Friday | September 16, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

With the national senior men’s coaching situation seemingly resolved, former national assistant coach Bradley Stewart and Harbour View General Manager Clyde Jureidini say that adaptability concerns will be one of the main obstacles that will have...

Published:Wednesday | September 14, 2022 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA COLLEGE (JC) may have opened their 2022 ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup football campaign with a resounding result, but head coach Davion Ferguson says that they have to raise their level as they hunt for silverware this season. The Dark Blues put...

Published:Tuesday | September 13, 2022 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Buoyed by their semi-final finish last season, Charlie Smith High’s head coach Eugene Williams has preached patience with his evolving group following their 0-0 draw with Haile Selassie High in their 2022 ISSA-Digicel Manning Cup Zone C opener...

Published:Monday | September 12, 2022 | 10:50 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

West Ham striker Michail Antonio has been recalled to the Reggae Boyz squad scheduled to face Argentina in an international friendly on September 27 in the United States. The Jamaica Football Federation released their extended 29-man squad on...

Published:Saturday | September 10, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

It may not have happened in 2022 but five-time World 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says that she is still aiming to get to her goal of a sub-10.6-second clocking after a season in which she has registered multiple sub-10.7 times....

Published:Wednesday | September 7, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

WITH THE first part of a long evaluation process complete, interim senior women’s head coach Lorne Donaldson has praised his team’s response to experiment tactically during their tour of South Korea, which he says will be beneficial in building the...

Published:Wednesday | September 7, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

THE PERFORMANCE of Jamaica’s under-21 lacrosse team at the recently concluded Under-21 World Championships has not only raised the optimism levels of the programme, according to head coach Brian Silcott, but the opportunity for much easier funding...

Published:Saturday | September 3, 2022 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

After three years in Slovenia, national winger Kaheem Parris is taking another step in his professional career, securing a move to reigning Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kyiv. The club announced the acquisition of the former Cavalier SC player...

Published:Saturday | September 3, 2022 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

With her berth to the 2022 Wanda Diamond League final already secured, World 200 metres champion Shericka Jackson scored a major win in the 100 metres, handing five-time World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce her first defeat of the season in the...

Published:Friday | September 2, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Cautiously optimistic about her progress from a hamstring issue, five-time World 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce hopes to continue a season of fine form when she competes in the Memorial Van Damme Meet, the penultimate Diamond League...

Published:Wednesday | August 31, 2022 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

ALTHOUGH HIS immediate focus is on the upcoming friendly with South Korea, national interim senior women’s head coach, Lorne Donaldson, says that he is optimistic about wrapping up details of his extension to the post to lead the team for the 2023...

Published:Tuesday | August 30, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

After an unexpected exit from last Friday’s 100 metres showdown at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland, double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah will hope for a better showing as she headlines the 12-member Jamaican...

Published:Monday | August 29, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

With an eye toward roster positions for next summer’s Women’s World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand, senior women’s coach Lorne Donaldson says that he will focus on youth players for the next two international windows as the evaluation...

Published:Saturday | August 27, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The much-anticipated 100 metres clash which should have featured five-time World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah and World 200m gold medallist Shericka Jackson had an anticlimactic end with an...

Published:Friday | August 26, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

In her continued pursuit of excelling beyond her high standards in the 100 metres this season, five-time world 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will do battle once more with double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah and world 200m...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

DESPITE JAMAICA’S inability to keep up fitness-wise against Morocco in their international friendly yesterday, national men’s senior football coach, Merron Gordon, hailed the effort from the locally based group, acknowledging that the experience is...

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Despite concerns about fitness, national senior men’s coach Merron Gordon says that members of the Reggae Boyz team are prepared to prove themselves at the international level when Jamaica face Morocco in a friendly today at 10 a.m. Jamaica time,...

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2022 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The Reggae Boyz will play fewer games than originally planned in their invitational four-team tournament in Austria and national senior men’s coach Merron Gordon says that the extra time will be used to better adjust to the conditions. His comments...

Published:Saturday | August 20, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Shot putter O’Dayne Richards ensured a positive start to Jamaica’s 2022 NACAC Championships campaign, with the country’s first medal as day one came to a close yesterday at Freeport Stadium in the Bahamas. Richards got bronze in the men’s shot put...

Published:Friday | August 19, 2022 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

After a successful Women’s World Cup qualifying campaign, national striker and captain Khadija Shaw continued her summer goalscoring form, leading her club Manchester City to a 6-0 win over Tomiris-Turan in their UEFA Women’s Champions League...

Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2022 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL Jamaica Limited (PFJL) chairman Christopher Williams says that while his organisation is intent on continuing to use centralised venues for the upcoming Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season, it is also keen to involve more of...

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